Rowling says Dumbledore is gay

[Tonks]

> > bboyminn:
> > 
> > I'm not sure, Lee, whether you are projecting your own feelings 
or  what you assume the feelings of others will be;
> 
> Random832:
> I got the impression that her statement of her own disgust was not 
at 
> Dumbledore being gay *per se*, but rather (you snipped this) that 
it 
> seems like JKR was just going down a checklist "hmm, need a 
character to be gay, who can it be?", and that it (or, rather, _any_ 
kind of 
> relationship) doesn't, in her opinion, fit Dumbledore at all.
> 
> I.e. sacrificing coherent characterization for "political 
correctness".
>

Tonks:
I wasn't going to get into this since my POV is so different than 
that of young people today. I have been so upset about what Rowling 
did. As you say it was too much wine, too little sleep or a check 
list. I add to that plain stupidity. How can an otherwise 
intelligent woman mess this up so badly? Personally I think she 
needs a therapist. She seems to have a problem with father figures. 
Remember when she almost killed off Arthur? Then she said later that 
she felt there need to be one good father figure left. I will bet 
that an editor told her that. So now the books are finished and she 
is a bit too famous... out comes the gun and bang goes her foot. 
Self defeating behavior, if you ask me.

The reason I am so upset is 1. I love DD myself. I like to think of 
him as possible husband material. Ya I know .. I am married to 
Lupin.. but never mind that. and 2. To me DD is the hermit monk. He 
is celibate. For some reason people in our society like to classify 
people. Straight, Bi, or gay. The idea that anyone can NOT have sex 
never seems to cross their mind!! I know many people who are 
celibate. True, most are members of Religions orders, but it is 
another choice. And no, they are not fridged women and gay men. 
And 3. And this is the biggest reason I am upset:

The HP series has done what few other things have been able to do. 
It has united people the world over. All ages, sexes, religions, 
nationalities. Personally I don't care if someone is gay or not. I 
don't think it is a sin against nature. That is not the issue for 
me. The issue is that for many people in our country and certainly 
in other parts of the world, homosexuality is a big deal. And it 
divides people.

Rowling has taken something that is successful at bring people 
together. Something that has people respecting the person of DD as 
if he were a god. People remember and follow his teachings. And 
bang.. She destroys her own work. Stupid. Just stupid. How do you 
think this is going over in the Muslim world? Never mind the 
conservative Christians. Now many, far too many I fear, will not 
respect the wise old man, not listen to his teaching and not allow 
the books in their home. This will be a sad lost. What she has done 
is so wrong. Where was the editor to remind her?  She played into 
the hands of American pop culture. Just stupid.

Tonks_op