[HPforGrownups] Re Is Harry gay??

[Sushi]

No: HPFGUIDX 55409

         Gina wrote, in response to rashm1's post:

>Didn¹t Harry react to the veelas at the world cup?  That might also support
>Harry¹s heterosexual orientation.


         But it's never been explicitly stated that veela affect a person 
based on sexual orientation.  It could be purely a gender-based 
thing.  It's unlikely that every single wizard at the World Cup was 
straight, and, yet, I got the impression that ALL the men were staring and 
ALL the women were trying to get them to snap out of it.  (Arthur wasn't as 
affected as Ron and Harry because he knew what the veela were, he wasn't 
just starting down the Path of Pubescent Hormonal Hell, and he knew enough 
to take his glasses off from the start.)  You very seldom find anyone who 
goes 100% in either direction anyway - one of my best friends is as gay as 
they come, and yet we very nearly settled down together - so even in the 
case of a hardcore gay man, the veela might affect that fractional 
percentage of straightness lurking in his subconscious.

         Just to note, I'm thoroughly convinced that Lockhart was at least 
part veela.  It's the only thing I can think of to explain *how* he's got 
every female in the wizarding world swooning over him. *rolls eyes*


>I also doubt JKR will explicitly identify any of her characters as gay.  But
>that doesn¹t mean there aren¹t any.  Mind you, I am dead set on the idea
>that Draco is gay.  He waaaay overreacts to Harry¹s rejection of friendship.
>And he seems downright obsessed with the boy.


         Ah, and it breaks my slashy little heart to say this, but I have 
to agree.  As much as I would truly love to find out that Harry has a crush 
on Ron (or, better yet, Snape, but I'm weird that way), I think it's about 
as likely in canon as it would be to learn that Hagrid's size is only an 
illusion and he's actually a dwarf named Stinky Mel.

         Interesting point on Draco.  Although, I can sort of see this 
applying more to Colin.  (There's no way that boy is straight.  That hero 
worship of his goes way beyond bordering on a crush.)  Draco has always 
struck me as someone who's used to being the centre of attention and can't 
cope when Harry brushes him off.  I can see where you're coming from, 
though.  Huh.  Great, now I'm picturing Harry telling Colin exactly what he 
thinks of the little peeping Tom, and Colin getting adopted by a certain 
Slytherin.  That could get... messy.


>Gina (who is very obsessed with Snape and thinks he is 100% on Dumbledore¹s
>side)

         Sushi, who is as well, but is pretty much convinced that Severus' 
loyalties aren't as clear as they might first appear (can you say, 
Dumbledore's got him by the tender bits?)


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