[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR messed up........ no.
k12listmomma
k12listmomma at comcast.net
Tue Oct 23 22:44:18 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 178365
> >--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma"
> <k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
>
>> > It's not necessarily about "hate"- which seems to be a very
>> common mistake the gays make- it's merely about choosing what you
> like to
>> read about. I just don't care to read about gay lifestyles, and so
> that
>> would have definitely been an ice cube for me in this series. I
> would not
>> have continued to buy the books, nor would I have cared to read
> them to my
>> children had this series been about gays. That's just not
> something that I
>> even find to be remotely enjoyable.
>>
>>
>
>
> I am a long time lurker who just felt compelled to write as I am
> shocked by the attitudes some people have had towards what I pretty
> much felt was non-news. It doesn't matter to me what JKR's
> motivations were for revealing this as it changes nothing for me. I
> don't think there was much point in her revealing it but nonethless
> I see no reason why people should react to it. I am surprised at the
> complete contradiction in your statement Shelley. You said that you
> would not have read the books because you do not find books about
> gay lifestyles enjoyable but clearly you did find the books
> enjoyable or you wouldn't be a member of this group. The fact is, I
> understand that you might not want to read a book about gay
> lifestyles but this book isn't about gay lifestyles, the fact that
> it was such a revelation is because we did not see anything 'gay'
> about DD's lifestyle. He just happened to be gay but the character,
> that you used to enjoy reading, is the same.
>
> Becks
Sorry, not a contradiction. I am assuming that if Rowling had made DD a gay
character IN CANON, that is, if she has written DD's gayness into the books
itself, and had announced his orientation in the first books, that would
have changed my enjoyment of the books. But, it's not in canon. It's merely
in an interview, which like so many of her interviews after the series was
finished and released to the world, she seems to be pulling a lot of crap
out of her butt that I don't even consider to be canon. Thus, my reading of
Dumbledore, the one that is in the books, is of a straight character.
Frankly, if she had even announced DD's gayness before this book, a lot of
people might have connected that famous fight with Grindewald to be a
lover's quarrel.
Shelley
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