Wondering

[delwynmarch]

Katie wrote: 
> So, you would think Dumbledore was an ephebophile even if he was 
> straight? Since you don't associate his gayness with his 
> ephebophile-ness, you just always thought he was an ephebophile, 
> right? You just happened to bring it up now, is that what you're 
> saying? I'm just trying to clarify. Katie

Del replies:
We're still not exactly on the same page, since you say "you don't
associate his gayness", while I said that in my theory he's not gay at
all.

In my theory, DD is neither gay nor straight: he's attracted to
teenage boys. "Gay" and "straight" refer to attraction to adults, and
DD is not attracted to adults at all in my theory.

Before JKR made her announcement that DD was once attracted to
*teenage* GG, my view of DD was A-sexual, because of 2 factors working
together:
1A- Heterosexuality is the only sexuality ever described in the HP books.
2A- DD is not described as being attracted to females.
Thus, he was asexual.

JKR's announcement changed both above factors:
1B- She introduced the concept of alternative sexualities in the HP books.
2B- She described DD as being attracted to someone.

I then had to rewrite my considerations, which became:
1C- All kinds of sexuality are apparently possible in the HP books.
2C- DD once loved a fellow teenage boy.

That's when other considerations took form, such as:
3C- DD never showed any attraction to any adult.
4C- DD showed strange moral weakness where some handsome boys were
concerned.

And that's when the ephebophilia theory was born.

You'll notice that in the final C list above, I don't mention DD being
gay a single time. I do mention his being attracted to a fellow
teenage boy, but this in itself does not make him gay. And when taken
together with 3C, it points to DD *not* being gay at all.

Does this help you understand my theory? And remember: that's all it
is, a theory. I don't even believe in it myself, as I said in my first
post.

Del