One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[slytherin_jenn]

> Del replies:
> Because it is NOT a minor detail for a LOT of people. You are
> perfectly free to view it as a minor detail yourself, but that doesn't
> mean that everybody else should view it that way too. For A LOT of
> people, DD being gay is a MAJOR problem, there is simply no point
> denying that.

Celoneth:
I'm not denying it - I just, for the life of me don't understand it -
unless its tied to bigotry or prejudice (which is the only thing I can
think of) and in that case I have no sympathy at all, and nor do I
think an author should pander to prejudices. It doesn't change the
plot (except in elucidating DD's struggle against GG), it doesn't
change anything about DD's behaviour in the books, its not OOC, and
because the event happened off the page and many years before the plot
- easy for a reader who sees DD differently to ignore. So I really
don't see how its a major detail in any way.
Celoneth