Ebony/Ships, Gay Character

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 27244

Ebony wrote:

> --Ebony AKA AngieJ (whose shipping boggart is that we do indeed
> have a LMA situation on our hands--Ginny as Amy--but then would 
> Hermione end up with Lupin?  Ack!  ;-))

I can imaginr that Hermione could end up with Lupin. Not at Hogwarts 
-- in adult life, when their research paths continually cross in 
libraries and archives, and acquaintance gradually evolves into 
friendship and more...

Cindy wrote:

> So if JKR came to me and said she was thinking of introducing a gay 
> character, well, we'd have to go out for tea so I could explain
> that doing so would probably kill the series in the U.S.

She started writing the series for herself, not in hopes of making 
a ton of money, and now that she HAS made a ton of money, doesn't 
that free her to do what she wants without worrying whether it'll be 
profitable?

> The most she could probably do is have Harry just "wonder" about 
> some character's orientation.  But I have a hard time (plot-wise) 
> seeing how Harry can muse about this and have it in some way be 
> relevant to the upcoming fight against Voldemort. 

One young man is captured as hostage by the Dark Side and another 
young man is most frantically determined to rescue him, and Harry 
wonders why they're so attached to each other.