I bet if Grindelwald had been a Grindelwanda it would've been mentioned.
Darn, I like that; I must use that if I post any more about this furore! A solid romantic link between Dumbledore and Grindelwanda would have made the whole thing more tragic, indeed!
I don't think JKR is aggressively liberal, but certainly there was a decision somewhere that the commercial success of the book and minimisation of damage control outweighed any motivation to be politically correct and include a homosexual Dumbledore. Or the need for same to be in the story for plot/characterisation purposes.
It feels like she's going "oooh, look at how accepting and open-minded I am"
It seems a little bit like that, and I can't help but feel myself that she's been quite disingenuous in feigning 'surprise' at the ovation and acclaim she's received for outing Dumbledore, but I gather that it's mainly her loud sycophant media buddies - Emmerson, Melissa, etc, of the web sites - that are really pushing the 'preaching tolerance' wheelbarrow.
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Date: 2007-10-24 04:25 am (UTC)Darn, I like that; I must use that if I post any more about this furore! A solid romantic link between Dumbledore and Grindelwanda would have made the whole thing more tragic, indeed!
I don't think JKR is aggressively liberal, but certainly there was a decision somewhere that the commercial success of the book and minimisation of damage control outweighed any motivation to be politically correct and include a homosexual Dumbledore. Or the need for same to be in the story for plot/characterisation purposes.
It feels like she's going "oooh, look at how accepting and open-minded I am"
It seems a little bit like that, and I can't help but feel myself that she's been quite disingenuous in feigning 'surprise' at the ovation and acclaim she's received for outing Dumbledore, but I gather that it's mainly her loud sycophant media buddies - Emmerson, Melissa, etc, of the web sites - that are really pushing the 'preaching tolerance' wheelbarrow.