Respect / Unforgettable moments LONG

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 180426

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
 
> But see again, I am just not sure how he will be different 
> character. I mean besides the fact that he will be interested 
> in men instead of women.


zanooda:

Hehe, I gather from your "no difference" point of view that you don't 
read books imagining yourself one of the characters, or just 
imagining yourself there, kinda like an extra character :-). I don't 
read this way anymore either, but I used to, a lot, in my childhood 
and youth. I can see that, unlike me, you never read about Andrey's 
love life and thought "If only *I* was there instead of this stupid 
Natasha!" (I was Natasha's age back then :-). So, yeah, him liking 
men would change a lot for me :-). 

Just kidding, of course, but, seriously, I think it's pointless to go 
on arguing - we obviously can't convince each other :-). I suppose 
things like this are very individual. It's OK, we may disagree, but I 
still like you and your posts a whole lot :-)!


> Alla:

> We already decided that for Andrey it would change things, yes, but 
> again only in his love life, no?


Oh, but that's the most interesting storyline in "War and Peace" :-)! 
I remember I always skipped the "war" parts to get to the "peace" 
parts :-).


> Alla:

> Now we have Dumbledore and we know, well pretty much nothing about 
> his love life before DH.


Oh yeah, and I was soo fine with it :-)! DD was always an asexual 
being in my head. Well, not anymore ... .


> Alla: 

> She says he was gay in the interview, so all that one can 
> do IF and only if one wishes to is to add this little 
> information about Dumbledore to their mental picture, no?


It doesn't work this way, not for me. See, I obviously don't want 
to "add this information to my mental picture" :-), but, as the 
information was already given, it keeps creeping into my head! This 
is exactly my objection and the source of my confusion.


> Alla:

> What changed in Dumbledore as you knew him in the books?


Wow, I would really prefer not to go into this :-). It's not 
something that I can convince you of with quotes from the book, 
because it's not in the book, only in my head (but it was JKR who put 
it there :-). You don't feel it - good for you :-)! Unfortunately 
it's not the same for me ;-(.


> Alla: 
 
> I mean, again I understand confusion but only to a small degree.


It's all right, I'll take it :-)! Thank you for trying! But, me too, 
I feel how I feel, and there is nothing I can do about it :-), sorry! 
DD became different to me (not "bad" different, just different), and 
his two different images are all mixed up in my head!
 


zanooda, going back to reading DH in translation, where Harry thinks 
of DD as his "Teacher" (with the capital T) instead of Headmaster :-).