JKR messed up........ no.

[colebiancardi]

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 <k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
>
 
> 
> 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.
>
colebiancardi:

Other than whom someone sleeps with, which we never got any privy to
with the single adult characters, why should there be a different
reading on someone's character?  

I guess I don't understand.  DD is still the same character from the
very first book to the end.  His sexuality, which is not a central
theme in the books, just as Lee Jordan's race is not a central theme
in the books, really has no impact on the choices he has made.   His
preference to males over females is no different than his skin color
or his eye color - he cannot change that and that is who he is.  His
sexual preferences should not take away his goodness or his kindness
and understanding - all of course,  IMHO.     
 
> 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.
> 
>
colebiancardi:

and if GG was a woman - same thing, no?  The argument is the same
whether it was between best friends (like Harry & Ron, who have had
some biggies in the series) or lovers.  If JKR presented the same book
with that tidbit prior to the release, I still would have read it the
same way I originally read it - it was ABERFORTH, not ALBUS, who
started the argument with GG and it was ABERFORTH, not ALBUS, who
pulled out his wand to duel with GG.  Albus was trying to stop GG. 
Doesn't sound like a lover's quarrel there, but a family matter. 
Something we can all relate to.  When I was a kid, I know I've been in
wicked fights with my sister and my friend tried to defuse the
situation.  

colebiancardi