[HPforGrownups] Re: Gay Characters

[Saitaina]

No: HPFGUIDX 27240

<Would it be Big Deal in the 
U.S.?  Well, "Big Deal" isn't exactly right, because the correct term 
would be Commercial Kiss of Death.>

I don't think it would be a Kiss of Death love.  It would actually see an INCREASE of sales for that one book.  Controversy is great for one thing, publicity.  The more something is embroiled in controversy the more people check it out to see what is going on.  Boycotts and the like only serve to increase public curiosity and American's, as a whole, tend to look into maters more then is good for us.  We hear something is evil...and we look at it to see how evil it is.  We hear a book is horrible, we buy it so we can moan about it later.  It's a common practice with Americans.  

The Disney 'Sexcapades" were one of these times.  We heard rumors of male body parts and bad words in Disney movies...so we bought/rented them to check.

Sales of the 'Gay Harry Potter Book' (lovely title no?) would increase dramatically among those in the bible belt and other places where people with loud mouths and close minded views want to rant about something.  After all, you can't yell loudly if you have nothing to yell about.

But beyond that fact, I don't think having a gay character or not having one should matter in these books.  Unless it happens to be in regards to Voldemort dancing around in a dress and singing over the rainbow with Wormtail dressed as a shaggy black dog, it has nothing to do with the up coming fight and has nothing to do with what is currently happening in the series.

Most likely, given them number of students, someone in some house, is wondering about their sexuality.  It could be anyone from little Susan Bones to the great Ron Weasley, but somewhere, someone is wondering, and we may find out, and we may not.  But the only way we really will find out, is if Harry walks in on Susan and Hannah snogging in the Astronomy Tower, or Ron admiring a copy of PlayWitch.  
Saitaina
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