[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR messed up........ no.

[Kathy King]

No: HPFGUIDX 178369

Katie snipped:





I see Dumbledore's sexuality as simply a continuation of what she (and I)
saw as the theme of the books. I simply wish that she had actually included
it in the books, instead of just admitting it now. Part of the problem with
not including openly gay characters in mainstream works that are *not*
primarily about homosexual issues, is that then people don't see that gay
people are normal and not overly focused on their sexuality.

Dumbledore's sexuality is only a distracting issue if it's made into one.



Snow:



I believe you hit the nail on the head Katie! If you are not focusing on a
person's sexual orientation and preference, why would you include it in the
books or an interview?



You realize that Harry and Ron are not gay because they married and had
children but gays are not as readily detected. To what purpose should JKR
have informed anyone of Dumbledore's preference unless it was to focus on
sexuality?  JKR was asked directly about Dumbledore's love life but her
answer could have been, as discrete as Dumbledore always was in the books,
by saying that he had a love loss. This is still a true statement and it did
not affect his preference of choice.



I had a friend who confided to me that she was now gay and should she
announce this to her family, my reply was swift, "would you announce that
you were having sex with anyone of any gender"? Why announce something that
should be a 'don't-kiss-and-tell under any circumstance?



Why would JKR announce that anyone was gay, at this point, if she hadn't
made it as crystal clear in the books 'as Snape loved Lily', why does she
feel compelled to now tell us that a main character had Any sexual
preference, to what prevail?



In my opinion, this was a very poor choice, by the author, to announce such
a controversial matter, after the fact, no matter which side of the sexual
divide you are on!



If this author has succumbed to stereotyped tendencies, then I have to
wonder if she maintained the story that she always "claimed"  to have been
devoted to write. Is the story you read in the last volume, the one you
expected? I personally feel uneasy about it. The last book felt disconnected
to the whole. I didn't feel the heart that I felt with the other books which
is why I have refrained from writing again till now.



I totally enjoyed the books and the many people that I have had the
opportunity to meet and correspond with over the years through this forum. I
have always been a proactive advocate for the author until now. I honestly
believed she would write the story she always intended, but after this
latest roust, I feel she may have been bought and sold at the political
market.



Snow


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