http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=3754341
You know I picked up on the hints while reading the last book
you know i have never read any of those books... ever so saying that dumble whoever is gay is like saying that billy joe bob down the street is gay...
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HAH! Thats fucking awesome!
My hat off to the woman who is going to break sooooo many minds XD
And suddenly every horrible fanfic I've ever read with Dumbledore raping someone comes rushing back to me. :C
wow zina, i think you could use a hug.
Quote from: Jim Halisstrad on October 20, 2007, 01:28:51 AM
HAH! Thats fucking awesome!
I wouldn't exactly put it that way myself but I share the sentiment. It's made my day :P
Heh..Its not so bad...Yet alittle late to say! Geeze JK...You know your like a flower that blossoms durring fall and not spring..OYI! Well least like I still got Sir Ian to look up to still always...*cuddles my Magneto plush*
Mwahahahah! xD
Awesome way to prod the fandom with a massive baseball bat even after the series ended!
Quote"Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction."
My thoughts exactly :animesweat
Haha, I love her comment: "Oh, my god, the fan fiction." The fans are probably one step ahead of you there. :)
Quote from: Zina on October 20, 2007, 01:30:00 AM
And suddenly every horrible fanfic I've ever read with Dumbledore raping someone comes rushing back to me. :C
You too? :[ We can both be traumatised together.
What does homosexuality have to do with witchcraft?
In any case, he spent most of his life alone, so that doesn't make much of a difference, aside from the event referred to in the article.
And suddenly it will be accepted that everyone who keeps to themselves and has never had a relationship MUST be gay!
Meh. People these days seem to have to throw sex in everywhere. They can't believe that a person can exist without any sexual attractions at all.
Next thing you know, George Lucas will be revealing that the Emperor was gay. And so was Yoda, and Obi Wan, and Jabba the Hut (all the slave women were just a cover).
Gandalf was also gay... D:
This is prejudiced! Everyone is either straight or gay! I demand equal representation for pedos and zoos and people fond of balloons and stuffed animals!
Oh right, that's what furry is for. :tongue
Quote from: Alondro on October 20, 2007, 10:00:54 AM
And suddenly it will be accepted that everyone who keeps to themselves and has never had a relationship MUST be gay!
Hey, you pay for the whore and I'll prove my heterosexuality.
Quote from: Alondro on October 20, 2007, 10:00:54 AMMeh. People these days seem to have to throw sex in everywhere. They can't believe that a person can exist without any sexual attractions at all.
She could be looking for a way back into the news now that the 7th book is over. That's the general consensus on another forum.
...but I'm thinking not.
Quote from: Alondro on October 20, 2007, 10:00:54 AM
Gandalf was also gay... D:
Sir Ian actually is gay, and my first thought was that JK was trying to either imitate the greatness of an actual writer or try to validate her own drivel
Oh my.
Now the christian church has TWO reasons to dislike Harry. :P
Personally, I would have guessed something along the lines of Dumbledor's "true love" being his work, his school.
Then again, I've never really been in to the series... I havn't even read Deathly Hollows. :B
Quote from: Reese Tora on October 20, 2007, 08:11:54 PM
Then again, I've never really been in to the series... I havn't even read Deathly Hollows. :B
Strangely, I'm much more interested in the series now it's finished than I was when it was in full-flow...
The better question (http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/10/20/j-k-rowling-at-carnegie-hall-reveals-dumbledore-is-gay-neville-marries-hannah-abbott-and-scores-more):
Q: In the Goblet of Fire Dumbledore said his brother was prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms [JKR buries her head, to laughter] on a goat; what were the inappropriate charms he was practicing on that goat?
JKR: How old are you?
Eight.
JKR: I think that he was trying to make a goat that was easy to keep clean [laughter], curly horns. That's a joke that works on a couple of levels. I really like Aberforth and his goats. But you know Aberforth having this strange fondness for goats if you've read book seven, came in really useful to Harry, later on, because a goat, a stag, you know. If you're a stupid Death Eater, what's the difference. So, that is my answer to YOU.
I'd have been more interested if there'd been a couple of hot lesbo scenes.
No big deal, never affected my appreciation of the tale.
I've sure if I actually cared for the characters, and not just the general premise, I still wouldn't care as long as there wasn't any describing scenes. :batman Batman!
Quote from: Gabi on October 20, 2007, 08:46:04 AM
What does homosexuality have to do with witchcraft?
Nothing, other than that Christian groups tend to dislike both.
Gay people have conversion magics.
It's true.
Quote from: Darkmoon on October 21, 2007, 01:00:25 AM
Gay people have conversion magics.
It's true.
Damn how did you find out?
thats one of our most guarded secr... err look over there kittens
*runs off into the night*
Quote from: thegayhare on October 21, 2007, 01:01:50 AM
Quote from: Darkmoon on October 21, 2007, 01:00:25 AM
Gay people have conversion magics.
It's true.
Damn how did you find out?
thats one of our most guarded secr... err look over there kittens
*runs off into the night*
Don't look at the kittens, that's how they work thier magic. D:
Gay magic kittens... I knew it! :<
Quote from: RJ on October 20, 2007, 08:35:47 AM
Quote from: Zina on October 20, 2007, 01:30:00 AM
And suddenly every horrible fanfic I've ever read with Dumbledore raping someone comes rushing back to me. :C
You too? :[ We can both be traumatised together.
Why did you read them? They only want you to be traumatised. :dface
I was kind of amused by this news.... and laugh at those extremist Christians. They're silly... they need to learn something that their bible teaches.... TOLERENCE :p.. Which is funnier because of Rowling saying that's an extended theme to her books.
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 20, 2007, 08:27:12 PM
Quote from: Reese Tora on October 20, 2007, 08:11:54 PM
Then again, I've never really been in to the series... I havn't even read Deathly Hollows. :B
Strangely, I'm much more interested in the series now it's finished than I was when it was in full-flow...
Probably precisely the reaction JK wanted.
Lets face it, JKR is a one trick pony- now that her big book series is over she needs to keep peoples interest until all the movies cash in, and attract anyone who has not yet read it to join the legions of her faithful.
To prove my theory that this drama is both pointless and random lets keep an ear out for any further potteriffic announcements. I predict sometime within the next year one of the other characters will be 'revealed' to be into either necrophilia, bestiality, vouyer, or *gasp* pedophilia.... though i have read none of the books i expect anyone who has just instantly matched up EACH of those with a character already.
Quote from: thegayhare on October 21, 2007, 01:01:50 AM
Quote from: Darkmoon on October 21, 2007, 01:00:25 AM
Gay people have conversion magics.
It's true.
Damn how did you find out?
thats one of our most guarded secr... err look over there kittens
*runs off into the night*
I KNEW IT!
You fruits keep turning my lemonade pink! stop it, seriously, it freaks me out when gay ninjas break into my home to switch the contents of my refrigerator.
Quote from: Brunhidden on October 21, 2007, 07:52:00 AM
Quote from: thegayhare on October 21, 2007, 01:01:50 AM
Quote from: Darkmoon on October 21, 2007, 01:00:25 AM
Gay people have conversion magics.
It's true.
Damn how did you find out?
thats one of our most guarded secr... err look over there kittens
*runs off into the night*
I KNEW IT!
You fruits keep turning my lemonade pink! stop it, seriously, it freaks me out when gay ninjas break into my home to switch the contents of my refrigerator.
Dont look at meeee....*swaps your stuff again*
Quote from: Brunhidden on October 21, 2007, 07:52:00 AM
I predict sometime within the next year one of the other characters will be 'revealed' to be into either necrophilia, bestiality, vouyer, or *gasp* pedophilia.... though i have read none of the books i expect anyone who has just instantly matched up EACH of those with a character already.
Errr this is cannon but Dumbledor's brother Aberforth was once convicted of praticing improper charms on a goat.
and though she didn't admit it derectly, she was asked by an 8 year old what that ment in a question and answer session and skirted the issue
I don't get this. This has no relevance to any scene in the entire book. What is the point in updating us now?
I had my money on McG being gay, anyway.
Quote from: BillBuckner on October 21, 2007, 09:22:57 AM
I don't get this. This has no relevance to any scene in the entire book. What is the point in updating us now?
as i said, its a sad attempt to keep interest going even though the books are very over and quite dead.
i would be willing to bet that almost nobody will care by the time the last movie comes out.
Or it was a question and answer session about an extremely popular book.
If you're going to sit here and bash the series, then you really should go and at least make an attempt to read them- otherwise you're no better than the extremists who bash the books for their "ungodly" ways, while never knowing anything about them.
Quote from: Brunhidden on October 21, 2007, 07:52:00 AMTo prove my theory that this drama is both pointless and random lets keep an ear out for any further potteriffic announcements. I predict sometime within the next year one of the other characters will be 'revealed' to be into either necrophilia, bestiality, vouyer, or *gasp* pedophilia.... though i have read none of the books i expect anyone who has just instantly matched up EACH of those with a character already.
Hagrid loves Buckbeak, he's almost human. :E
hmm, nope, none of the other recurring characters stuck me as even remotely fitting in with these. (Well, Snape has the whole pale necromancer look going, but I wouild have pegged him for more of a BDSM fetishist if anything. :erk )
Now that I think of it, didn't one of the teachers have a thing for the Centaur instructor from OotP? :rolleyes
No, that was one of the students ;)
Quote from: Brunhidden on October 21, 2007, 09:33:07 AM
Quote from: BillBuckner on October 21, 2007, 09:22:57 AM
I don't get this. This has no relevance to any scene in the entire book. What is the point in updating us now?
as i said, its a sad attempt to keep interest going even though the books are very over and quite dead.
i would be willing to bet that almost nobody will care by the time the last movie comes out.
Quote from: Damaris on October 21, 2007, 12:34:02 PM
Or it was a question and answer session about an extremely popular book.
If you're going to sit here and bash the series, then you really should go and at least make an attempt to read them- otherwise you're no better than the extremists who bash the books for their "ungodly" ways, while never knowing anything about them.
I'm going to agree with Damaris on this. In any case, some people actually ARE interested in learning more about some of the characters. Personally I'm interested in finding out more about Snape. I never really was all that interested until... well, the 6th book made me curious... but the 7th book made me go: "Holy shit buckets"
But it doesn't explain anything about Dumbledore. If it explained some of his habits/personality/actions, then I'm fine with it. This isn't a revelation, so much as a footnote.
Ron was secretly into VORE!!! :U
And he married Hermione cuz she liked playing the role of a predator.. a side-effect from the feline potion she took in the second book. >:3
I think Polygenes Potion would've been a better name for it..
Wow.
Well, there goes my Dumbledore/McGonagall fanlove. :<
Though the fanfiction that is going to be spawned from this is going to be both traumatizing and hilarious. XD
~Keaton the Black Jackal
Quote from: BillBuckner on October 21, 2007, 04:54:06 PM
But it doesn't explain anything about Dumbledore. If it explained some of his habits/personality/actions, then I'm fine with it. This isn't a revelation, so much as a footnote.
Yes it does, it explains a bit about how he felt about Grimwield or whatever his name was, and thus why things were so painful involving him and why he was so attached and such....
Quote from: Damaris on October 21, 2007, 12:34:02 PM
If you're going to sit here and bash the series, then you really should go and at least make an attempt to read them- otherwise you're no better than the extremists who bash the books for their "ungodly" ways, while never knowing anything about them.
i am friends with a book store owner who has a policy of reading every new book he carries
he told me, with a grim face, not to bother and to actively avoid it. after a lifetime of Tolkein, Niven, Pratchett, Brooks, Cook, Weiss, Hickman, Grubb, Robinson, and so on these books would cause me physical pain according to him. while he was reading the last one he was popping Tylenol like tick tacks.
i trust him a lot more then my sister who believed that harry potter was not in any way a kids book and bashed the LOTR books until she rented the first movie and the same day demanded i give her my copy of the trilogy.
Quote from: Brunhidden on October 22, 2007, 03:16:05 AM
Quote from: Damaris on October 21, 2007, 12:34:02 PM
If you're going to sit here and bash the series, then you really should go and at least make an attempt to read them- otherwise you're no better than the extremists who bash the books for their "ungodly" ways, while never knowing anything about them.
i am friends with a book store owner who has a policy of reading every new book he carries
he told me, with a grim face, not to bother and to actively avoid it. after a lifetime of Tolkein, Niven, Pratchett, Brooks, Cook, Weiss, Hickman, Grubb, Robinson, and so on these books would cause me physical pain according to him. while he was reading the last one he was popping Tylenol like tick tacks.
i trust him a lot more then my sister who believed that harry potter was not in any way a kids book and bashed the LOTR books until she rented the first movie and the same day demanded i give her my copy of the trilogy.
I honestly believe the Harry Potter books slowly evolved... first few were definately kiddy, but after a bit they did get darker and seemed to mature some... I do wonder how anyone could consider the books bad though... I mean, all things considering, they got a lot of people to actually take interest... maybe it won't be quite as long term as many other series, but still. Meh. Everyone is entitled to their opinion though.
Fact of the matter is though, I honestly don't think your opinion is all that valid unless you read the books yourself. Sure you're allowed to trust the opinions of others, but any opinion you state is not really your own
It is my adherant belief that the original J.K. Rowling has died and been replaced with a cyborg, out only for ratings, cash and to corrupt little minds everywhere.
And I'll read and comment this no further, I still haven't read past book five.
Maybe I should come in here and say that I don't like the books, have listened to a couple of them on tape, and think that outing Dumbledore is fine.
And after all, she could have used some other method (like an exclusive interview with the press) if she were really looking for attention. A book talk, after all, isn't exactly high-profile.
Quote from: superluser on October 22, 2007, 11:20:28 AM
And after all, she could have used some other method (like an exclusive interview with the press) if she were really looking for attention. A book talk, after all, isn't exactly high-profile.
And yet she made front page news on the sunday paper, its pretty clever as an exclusive interview may have been seen as too much a plea for attention and last all of 3 minutes.
I lost interest after the 5th book, which I found boring. 4th book was (10/10), though.
Quote from: BillBuckner on October 22, 2007, 12:07:56 PM
I lost interest after the 5th book, which I found boring. 4th book was (10/10), though.
It took me a while to be bothered to buy the 6th book, but it's worth it. There's a lot of waffle I'll admit, but it's got Voldemort's backstory in it which I found riveting.
A nice touch is that Harry uses the same lines as Umbridge and Voldemort when he's doing nefarious deeds.
I have read the books, and all I can say is that making a character gay to provide a reason for Dumbledor's original interests is pretty weak. There so many other reasons people are attracted to others' quests for power that making it a sexual attraction is far too much a politicaly correct cop-out.
The story didn't need it at all. I'm getting very tired of everything having to make a political or social statement. LoTR is a timeless classic very much, I think, because it doesn't lock itself into one particular period of real world history. It was truly its own complete world and pure fantasy.
I did notice the comments about the goat and was really hoping it was just an inside joke. But with this revelation I'm left wondering. I hope she's not going to come out next and say we should also tolerate bestiality.
I'm with South Park: "But the museum tells us to be tolerant!" "Tolerant, but not stupid!" That's my new mantra. It phrases my thoughts on the PC nonsense so succinctly. :3
Quote from: Alondro on October 22, 2007, 12:15:03 PM
I have read the books, and all I can say is that making a character gay to provide a reason for Dumbledor's original interests is pretty weak. There so many other reasons people are attracted to others' quests for power that making it a sexual attraction is far too much a politicaly correct cop-out.
Wait... being gay is politically correct? *gasp* since when? :p
Uhm, you're not aware of that? You must live in Minnesota. >:3
You know this probably would answer another question. What Dumbledor saw when he looked into the mirror in the first book.
Quote from: thegayhare on October 22, 2007, 10:35:25 PM
You know this probably would answer another question. What Dumbledor saw when he looked into the mirror in the first book.
I doubt it. Most of his backstory trauma revolved around wanting to know if he was the one responsible for his sibling incident if I remember correctly.
Quote from: thegayhare on October 22, 2007, 10:35:25 PM
You know this probably would answer another question. What Dumbledor saw when he looked into the mirror in the first book.
I laughed.
Quote from: BillBuckner on October 22, 2007, 12:07:56 PM
I lost interest after the 5th book, which I found boring. 4th book was (10/10), though.
I agree. The third of the Abhorsen series was much better.
Although if I
am going to bother finishing the series, I suppose I should also re-read the first four. I read them way back when in grade four, approximate eight or nine years ago.
Quote from: thegayhare on October 22, 2007, 10:35:25 PM
You know this probably would answer another question. What Dumbledor saw when he looked into the mirror in the first book.
You win the Internet, good sir.
On-topic, personally, I liked all of the Harry Potter books save for the third and fifth; those I couldn't get into. The seventh and final one isn't finished, mostly because I lost the inspiration to after some jerk-off spoiled the ending for me. I was quite distraught, to the point I didn't have the energy to call an assassin to eliminate the ass.
(...Avada Kedavra spy sattelite? [/obscure reference])
~Keaton the Black Jackal
Quote from: Keaton the Black Jackal on October 23, 2007, 08:03:39 AM
On-topic, personally, I liked all of the Harry Potter books save for the third and fifth; those I couldn't get into.
Now not liking the third one does surprise me - not least because your characters have a thing about soul-stealing. Personally I thought it was the turning point of the series, after which the fourth was a bit of a disappointment.
QuoteThe seventh and final one isn't finished, mostly because I lost the inspiration to after some jerk-off spoiled the ending for me. I was quite distraught.
I had the ending spoiled for the 6th, which is probably why I took a while to buy it. It was still pretty good. And I've re-read 7 a couple of times. If it can stand re-reading, I think it can stand being spoiled...
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 23, 2007, 08:10:30 AM
Quote from: Keaton the Black Jackal on October 23, 2007, 08:03:39 AM
On-topic, personally, I liked all of the Harry Potter books save for the third and fifth; those I couldn't get into.
Now not liking the third one does surprise me - not least because your characters have a thing about soul-stealing. Personally I thought it was the turning point of the series, after which the fourth was a bit of a disappointment.
On the contrary, I find the fourth was one of my favorites... actually a lot more fleshed-out than the movie (which took a lot of liberties with the book, but hey, that's a common complaint :B). The sixth one was perhaps the best for me though, since I read it very recently and when I could most thoroughly enjoy the writing.
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I had the ending spoiled for the 6th, which is probably why I took a while to buy it. It was still pretty good. And I've re-read 7 a couple of times. If it can stand re-reading, I think it can stand being spoiled...
Same here, unfortunately... though I was rather happy to buy the sixth and read it through in its entirety. I should totally start an Association for Those Who Like Slughorn Very Much. And you present a good point, sir.
~Keaton the Black Jackal
(PS: For those who are interested: CLICK HERE FOR ULTIMATE WIN. (http://scott-lynch.livejournal.com/139991.html#cutid1) Contains bad language and some spoilers to the sixth book.)
Meh... as I said before, the Psuedo-Holocaust of the Seventh book turned me off. Just because she's J.K. Rowling does NOT mean she gets to invoke Godwin's Law. Then again, she had me reading up to that point, I wasn't about to stop halfway through the seventh.
Dumbledore being gay feels like... well, it doesn't truly feel relevant to the books. Unless you want to secretly reveal that Dumbledore had 'other' reasons for trusting Snape or something. :mwaha
Yeah, that's right. The Terminator's a gay robot (http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=480&Itemid=59).
Well.. he -was- in a man strip club.