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

[Carol]

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"Carol" <cinders at ...> wrote:

> I think that you should enjoy and reread them. 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.
> 
> Carol
>
Carol (JustCarol) responds:

Just to avoid confusion, I want to let others know that this is not my
post. No agreement or disagreement intended, only clarification.

Carol, who wondered why she didn't recognize this post and then
realized that it was someone else's