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By: fsdf

fsdf — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:14:15 +0000

Fags should never be a part of a childrens series, whether its fiction or not. They are a danger to normal children. They only way they can reproduce is by raping children, corrupting them into what they are.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:46:18 +0000

I’m afraid to look at the hilterslash.

“I’m going to spend all my time stalking Rowling at public appearances until she clears up McGonagall’s orientation.”

I think it’s clear that McGonagall is into bondage.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:19:36 +0000

Part of what’s baking their noodles, I think, is that Dumbledore is depicted in many ways in the books, but _not_ as a sexual being.
E.g., not half of a married couple, not having a romantic interest onstage, etc. Since _certain people_ define gay men exclusively by their sexuality, this produces a cognitive dissonance – ‘what? he _can’t_ be gay, he’s not rutting about the landscape!’ – and increases their panicky bleating tenfold.

Also, there’s the distress of being told a responsible, admirable, even heroic character possesses a trait which they are certain is always linked with negative qualities – hard to process that, I think.

By: Ciaran McMahon

Ciaran McMahon — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:41:58 +0000

Christians… is there a bigger bunch of idiots and losers on this whole planet?

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:51:02 +0000

Cyrus, yeah, I really just don’t understand the idea of making any fan-fiction public. It’s just creepy to me. Also, last time I looked up the character “Snape” on the web, I found endless sites of fan-fic about him and Hermione’s secret love in his dungeon office. Really creepy, especially since she hadn’t hit puberty really yet. Well, maybe she had in the fan-fic, I was too freaked out by the search results alone to click on the links.

I understand Rowling’s reasoning since reading the BBC article. I wouldn’t want a character of mine (if ever lucky enough to be anywhere NEAR as successful as JKR) to be given a past female love-interest if my back-story involved that character being gay. I did manage a half-assed photoshop of Dumbledore coming out of the closet though, on the + side.

By: Major Woody

Major Woody — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:39:47 +0000

What I don’t get is, the idea that Rowling had to somehow make it clear that Dumbledore was gay in the texts, as if that was the only defining characteristic of his personality we should be interested in. I can see it now:

“Welcome to another year at Hogwarts!” said the gay headmaster, who, incidentally, was a homosexual.

Why can’t he be a major character, a father figure to the protagonist, a regular, fun-loving guy, and gay too? The book doesn’t suggest that Harry Potter is at all aware of Dumbledore’s sexuality one way or another (he’s supposed to be over 100 years old, after all), and almost all of the books are written from Potter’s point of view, so it’s not surprising that there’s no detail about Dumbledore’s sexuality. Still, the public needs to know! I’m going to spend all my time stalking Rowling at public appearances until she clears up McGonagall’s orientation.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:25:21 +0000

Another point: if the Dumbledore vs. Grindelwald battle was the magic world version of WWII, does that mean Rowling thinks Churchhill had the unrequited desire for homonups with Hitler? ‘Cause thats some slash fiction I’d like to read…

Your wish is my command....here.

By: Brian Schlosser, lurker

Brian Schlosser, lurker — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:00:14 +0000

As much as I applaud Rowling for making Dumbledore gay, isn’t it kinda chickenshit to make that announcement after the last book in the series has already sold umpty-million copies? She should have revealed it in the book. It would have fit it perfectly with all the other revelations about Dumbledore’s not-quite-so noble past.

So, Gay Dumbledore: Great Idea, Cowardly execution.

Another point: if the Dumbledore vs. Grindelwald battle was the magic world version of WWII, does that mean Rowling thinks Churchhill had the unrequited desire for homonups with Hitler? ‘Cause thats some slash fiction I’d like to read…

By: russell

russell — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:44:51 +0000

Is that really a picture of Don Surber? What the hells?

No, that is the Don Surber thumb puppet.

And the land they sail off to, in the end, I think is Fire Island.

LOL

By: annejumps

annejumps — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:44:53 +0000

Totally seconding D. Sidhe here.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:42:51 +0000

Wait–there’s a guy named Lupin who’s hiding the fact that he’s a werewolf?

Yeah, funny that, a guy named Remus Lupin ends up being a werewolf. It’s almost as unlikely as Pomona Sprout teaching herbology or Septima Vector arithmancy.

And I got to the bottom of the comments and no one’s mentioned Aberforth and goats?

By: Don "ahmadinejad" Surber

Don "ahmadinejad" Surber — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:44:56 +0000

I have to mention that Charleston, WV was the gayest place I ever lived. I hardly knew *any* straight people there!

There are no gay people in West Virginia!

By: Cyrus

Cyrus — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:30:03 +0000

Except, Cyrus, that most slashers are women.

Really? Never mind, then. I got the explanation I posted from an e-mail that was sent to a columnist about fantasy stuff, but I don’t think I could track the column down online even if I tried. It always made sense to me, but I wouldn’t know.

By: Tak, the Hideous New Girl

Tak, the Hideous New Girl — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:58:40 +0000

I’ll also resurrect this old post of mine Fred Phelps: West Virginia ‘By far the worst’ WhooHooo! Take that San Francisco http://dailykos.com/story/2006/1/20/134644/855

I have to mention that Charleston, WV was the gayest place I ever lived. I hardly knew *any* straight people there!

By: Carnacki

Carnacki — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:47:22 +0000

Considering Christy Hardin Smith is in West Virginia, Surber is not the brightest.

I’ll also resurrect this old post of mine Fred Phelps: West Virginia ‘By far the worst’ WhooHooo! Take that San Francisco http://dailykos.com/story/2006/1/20/134644/855

By: MCH

MCH — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:35:25 +0000

But…I thought all gays were fictional characters.

Only the Iranian ones.

By: Rufus

Rufus — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:07:48 +0000

But…I thought all gays were fictional characters. You mean there are real gay people? Wow.

By: D. Sidhe

D. Sidhe — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:03:24 +0000

Except, Cyrus, that most slashers are women. My personal theory is that amateurs are disappointed with the characterizations and plotting done by the professionals, women think guy-on-guy is a lot hotter than most people assume we think it is, and, yeah, the major or best-developed characters in any given fictional universe are generally male, so if you’re writing romance, it’s going to have to be guys. Plus all the homoerotic subtext.

There’s probably also a strong mischievous appeal.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:46:27 +0000

Surber is from Cleveland and we really wish he would go back.