JKR Revelation about Dumbledore helps explain Canon

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No: HPFGUIDX 178406

The revelation that JKR sees Dumbledore as gay helps explain certain
action or non-action by Dumbledore with reference to Grindelwald.
Telling Harry about his relationship with Grindelwald, "...his ideas
caught me, inflamed me,"[p. 716 American version Deathly Hallows].
"Grindelwald fled, as anyone but I could have predicted" [p. 717
DH].
"Years pased.  There were rumors about him.  They said he had
procured a wand of immense power...I delayed meeting him until
finally, it would have been too shameful to resist any longer.
People were dying and he seemed unstoppable, and I had to do what I
could."[p.717-718 DH].  Not only was Dumbledore afraid of finding out
whether he killed Ariana, he had the further burden of needing to
face and defeat someone that he was in love with or infatuated with
at one time.  Whether the relationship was mutual or physical is
irrelevant.

Prof. Slughorn mentioned in [Half-Blood Prince p. 186] when
discussing Amortentia, "this will simply cause a powerful infatuation
or obsession.  It is probably the most dangerous and powerful potion
in this room--oh yes.  When you have seen as much of life as I have,
you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love."  It is
possible that Dumbledore was as obsessed with Grindelwald that summer
as Bellatrix Lestrange shows herself to be obsessed with Voldemort.
The consequences are shown as disastrous in both instances.

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