One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[sistermagpie]

> Celoneth:
> I'm also bothered by the timing of these calls for JKR to shut up. It
> never seemed to be an issue before she announced DD being gay
> something that imo provides some nice context for the plot and not
> half as out there as Ron becoming an Auror. Of all the interviews
> that's she's given and all the background she's provided - why is 
this
> minor detail generating so much controversy? 

Magpie:
I'm bothered by that too--though I think some of the articles I've 
read, like the one originally linked, aren't really acting out of 
homophobia, but just see a chance to get their general dislike of this 
kind of thing out there because she said something that's 
considered "newsworthy." Nobody would have been interested in an 
article about JKR talking about this stuff if it wasn't considered 
newsworthy that Dumbledore was gay.

At least that's my own reaction, and maybe I'm projecting. DD being 
gay is own revelation that I don't mind knowing (except that I think 
it should have been in the books and think that's suspicious too), but 
it's giving me a chance to talk about not liking these revelations in 
general. I've been writing about it long before this revelation, 
though. I haven't liked her interviews for a long time.:-)

-m