Canon citation requested (was Re: The problems with DD being gay

[Shaunette Reid]

No: HPFGUIDX 178803

> Angel Lima wrote:
> The problem with this grown up is the manipulation behind this all. 
She wrote a character that seemed to be above sexual innuendo, he was a
bloody puppeteer afterall, then bang 3 or however many months after the
finale, the author decides to spring him out of the closet, his
imprisonment within apparently a weighty deal on the outcome of the
work.  If she wanted to trumpet a movement, a theme, heck enlighten us,
whatever ... then she should have done it in canon.  End of story!
>

Shaunette now:
I too am very disappointed that it wasn't at least hinted at in canon,
but I think part of the reason she didn't put anything in the books is
her lack of intent to "trumpet a movement" or "enlighten anyone" about
the issue. I'm not sure DD was "trapped in the closet" so much as just
really, really old. He was most likely quite beyond having a lovelife by
the time we reach Harry's tale and it thus didn't really matter at all.
It did matter when he was young, it did matter with Grindelwald, and
that's a part of the story we should have learned more about, I think.
If love is so important, surely Dumbledore's great tragic love matters a
little?

Shaunette, who regrets her comment about Grownups and really didn't
intend to offend anyone personally, and who will try to argue a bit more
maturely herself