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[selene_13]

So, every newspaper is picking up the "Dumbledore (here 'Perkamentus') revealed as gay!". Big news, people... *raises eyebrow*

*sigh* It might have been more, you know, progressive, if JKR had mentioned it in the actual book. But, noooo, she'll keep her books nice and clean for kiddy/conservative market (why create a controversy for bigoted people to fall over), then reveals characters' sexual identities after all is said and done and everyone and their dog has spent their money on the book.

Lame.

If she was really okay with it all, then why didn't the text simply tell us that DD had a crush on Grindelwald and was disappointed instead of being just best friends. I bet if Grindelwald had been a Grindelwanda it would've been mentioned. It could've been an easy line to throw to Harry, who could have just reacted normally to such plain news.

And when she was asked if DD had a great love of his life, she could have just randomly said that he had a partner for thirty years but he died of the fibbertigibblets when he was 102 or something instead of making "a statement" about it.

It feels like she's going "oooh, look at how accepting and open-minded I am" now that it's safe since the series is finished and it can't be canon anymore. Just... really lame.

She should have just had a student same-sex couple randomly flit by in text or outed Sirius and Remus or something. ;)

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To be fair, she hasn't waited SO long that it can't be included in the next movie(s)... THAT should be interesting.

This is true. Also, several translations of the book haven't come out yet either. However, when there is criticism, it is always the English market/public that is most vocal (or maybe it just seems so because it will be explored most in the news), and also the English publication is the most massively sold (and that wave has crashed by now). She could have mentioned it before the end of the series so it might have had a bearing on the story even if that itself didn't mention it, but she chose not too. I know there's been speculation in fandom about DD/McGonagall, so it's not like it's never come up. She could've used it in one of her website q/a sessions. I still think it's lame she left this tidbit until all was said and done and be suddenly cool about it now.

Since it has no relevancy in the book, I doubt the movie will go into it. But maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised (aka, is Cuaron directing?)?

But, I wish too that if tolerance was the goal, we needed someone(s) to flit through, as you said.

She could have just used Justin. ;) He was fandom's token gay character in lots of fanfic. She inserted enough fandom into the last books anyway. But her statement would only be a statement if she'd had the guts to out someone in text, IMO.

And, yes, frighteningly big news. Guess war, pestilence, and plague were a little slow yesterday.

God forbid the world not noticing things like HP's closeted gay character, Britney's custody battle or J-Lo being preggers or not...