JKR messed up........ no/yes.

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 178379

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <cinders at ...> wrote:
 JKR didn't say that
> Dumbledore IS gay. She said when she was writing it, she pictured 
him as being gay, which was her own thoughts of him, not anyone 
else's. There's no where in the books that even hint to that. It's 
just a > ploy. I'm sure she was joking overall, and everyone is 
making a big > deal out of it. It's everyone else constantly 
bringing it up and saying he is gay. He is only what YOU want him to 
be. As a writer, JKR plants notions, it's up to you to take them 
where you want them. The books themselves do NOT say or hint he is 
gay and JK did NOT say he IS gay, only that SHE pictured him that 
way. These are just books and a story after all. Dumbledore is not a 
real person, so the books should just be read for entertainment, 
enjoyment, not taken like it is completely real. If YOU don't want 
him to be gay, then he isn't.

Tonks:
Yes, I think she messed up. I have been very upset by this whole 
thing. And, NO, is has nothing to do with my own views of 
homosexuality. I am a liberal on that topic. It has to do with first 
the fact that DD has never told us that he is gay. Which means 
either that Rowling is right and she 'outed' him and it was not her 
place to do that.  Or he is not gay and Rowling is just reading into 
his lifestyle like so many other people do with adults that are  
perfectly content to live celibate lives, perhaps for spiritual 
reason or otherwise. Either way, Rowling is wrong. That is the only 
way I can cope with this. I see DD as a biological het male who has 
chosen to be celibate. He is very intelligent and has more important 
and more exciting matters on his mind than sex. And maybe one of 
these days he will notice me and we will ride off into the sunset 
together as celibate 'lovers', which is a spiritual concept. I am 
not giving up hope. That old Lupin guy never wanted me anyway. 
lol. ;-)

Tonks_op