[HPforGrownups] Re: Now Rowling's control, was Less than 1000 posts/ som...

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

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Susan:

Second, I love all the books. I love the Deathly Hallows. That  
makes me in a minority, yes? I don't like everything in it. I'm 
happy  to concede that Ms. Rowling hasn't done everything right. 
But I must be in  the smallest minority of all -- I even love 
the epilogue! I love happy  endings..and I am so happy for Harry 
that he has the family he has always  dreamed of and that they 
are doing well...
Sandy:
 
While I don't *love* all of the books, including Deathly Hallows, I  
certainly *like* Deathly Hallows, and think it was much better than the two  previous 
books. My main source of contention with it was that it totally  confused me, 
and it changed forever my perception of Dumbledore, and that was  before JKR 
ever gave one of her post DH interviews. My very favorite part of DH  is the 
epilogue. I *wanted* Harry to survive, marry Ginny and have the  peace and 
happiness he so richly deserved, and, like you, I love happy  endings.
 
 
 
 
Susan:



Third, (and I am obviously NOT in the majority HERE), I think  
it's great that Professor Dumbledore is gay.
Sandy:
 
I don't share that feeling, but only because it wasn't written that way.  Had 
he been written as gay it wouldn't have bothered me, although I can't say I  
could have seen the point in writing him that way, but absolutely nothing gave 
 me the impression that he was.
 
 
 

Susan:

I do think that a few posts that are focusing on how  
awful/dreadful/awful/dreadful/<WBR>evil Dumbledore i
knowing that  he is gay...
Sandy:
 
That is not the case with me. To begin with, I don't *know* that he *is*  
gay. I certainly didn't read a gay Dumbledore, and JKR's statement is, to me,  
ambiguous. She said she always *imagined* he was gay, not that he definitely  
*was* gay. Her oral statement, IMO, can be as interpretive as her written  
statements can. Finding out about DD's past did shake me, but it wasn't the  
definitive thing that forever changed my feelings and perception of him. My DH  book 
is where I can't get to it right now so I can't give an exact quote, but it  
was Snape's statement about Harry being the pig for slaughter that changed my  
feelings toward both of them. For the very first time I actually appreciated  
Snape, and I absolutely abhorred DD. In my reading, and opinion, that is  
*exactly* what DD, the epitome of goodness, did. He put that innocent baby in  
the hands of the Dursleys, and the young boy in harm's way every chance he  got, 
to fatten him up for slaughter. He didn't have a clue, until the end of  GOF, 
that Harry could possibly survive, but he fattened him up nonetheless. Not  
even loving Harry stopped him from this mission or compelled him to better  
prepare Harry for it. I could go on and on about this, but hopefully I have made  
my point. My, now, complete dislike of DD has nothing to do with his sexual  
orientation, especially since I never saw one. It is all about Harry.
 
 
 

Susan:

But of course I could be wrong about that.... it does  seem that 
there have been a lot more posts focused on how DD is evil and  
how Ms. Rowling should be quiet since she talked about his being 
in  love with Gellert Grindelvald. I'm wondering if those who have 
a problem  with Professor Dumbledore being gay have a problem with 
anyone being  gay?
 
Sandy:
 
If DD is truly gay I don't have a problem with it, nor  do I have a problem 
with anyone else being gay. My second best friend in the  world, whom I love 
dearly, is a gay man. I have another dear friend who is also  a gay man. I work 
with a lesbian couple and get along with them just fine and  like them both. 
Actually, they are a hoot, and one of them in particular is a  lot of fun. You 
just never know what she's going to say next. I am not a  homophobe, and I 
feel rather sorry for those who are because they could be  missing the 
opportunity to have a great friend.
 
Sandy









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