Dumbledore is Gay! Oh, My!
By John Amato Monday Oct 22, 2007 9:05am
On MSNBC, they pushed this story all day!
Rowling unveiled her news in New York's Carnegie Hall on Friday, in answer to the question of whether Dumbledore -- a believer in the prevailing power of love -- had ever fallen in love himself.
"I always thought of Dumbledore as gay," she replied, explaining that Dumbledore fell in love with his brilliant friend Gellert Grindelwald, who later became a powerful dark wizard whom Dumbledore defeated.
Apparently this major news break justifies to some wingnuts that Jerry Falwell was right about a certain Teletubbie. I've given up trying to make sense out of the authoritarian cult....
Login or Register to post comments.
The indignation is boiling over. It's time to kill him off, I guess.
Sorry, the comments were turned off by the code trolls...
What about Mr. Chips? Was he gay too?
Um....who give a flyin fuck, about the sexuality of a FICTIONAL character?
Not this guy by golly!
I bet the churchies are foamin at the mouth over this non-story, lol!
This revelation has sparked a long-overdue international conversation about the finer points of literary theory and textual analysis - the kind of pointless intellectual bullshit that bugged the crap out of me in college.
And this is big news - why???
liberalNmoderation @ 4:
James Dobson, Bat Robertson, everyone in Florida, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina.....you know where I'm going with this.
I see nothing wrong with this but you know the fundies will. It doesn't fit into their "vision". Odd, the fundies will harp on JK Rowling's character for being gay but you just look at some of the cartoons most of us grew up with (which I still think are funny and like by the way) and they don't say a word. The fundies seem to have no problem with Porky Pig wearing no pants or a cross dressing Bugs Bunny for example. :lol:
I'm shocked that Dumbledore is a republican. Does he have a wide stance too?
Dumbledore is gay!?!?!?!
I haven't been this devastated since I found out that Lassie was a male.
Is Dumbledore's crotch as hairy as his head?
... jesus mother fucking christ !!! I thought the fact that 'it'/dumbledore is a fictional character would supersede/pre-empt the affixing of/exclude/reject all other qualificatives .... the other 'it' of the story -falwell- that fat asshole is looking for another 'purple one' .... and the media gives 'it' airtime for 'it' to blabber about 'its' fucking god ... amazingly stupid ....
Joe O. @ 8:
I think I had my first woody in What's Opera Doc, when Bugs dressed like Brunhilde and was just so damn cute!
Greg @ 7:
Hehehe....yeah...those fucktards are gonna trip over themselves to be the first one to say that Gawd hates queer wizards...I can't wait...
Unfortunately, the plot and premise to harry Potter is more believable than the reality going on now.
So, is he a top or bottom?
.
So, it isn't the Satanic implications that bother Falwell, it's genitals.
.
Actually this is a wonderful turn of events. I wish I thought Rowling had done it deliberately, and frankly if anyone COULD have done it she could have.
What Rowling did was established an heroic, honorable, lovable, parental figure, a figure fiersomley protective of the children in his care, a figure that parents and children can see as a role model... and after his place was firmly established, revealed that he was gay. She basically tricked a lot of people who might be uncomfortable with homosexuality into opening their hearts to someone, and discovering later that the person they love is gay.
Sure this is fiction. The first interracial kiss on television was not only fictional, it was within the context of the program a compelled action. But this is the way cutural progress is made - tiny steps. Now there are many people around the world who have discovered that someone they love and admire is gay.
That's not fictional, that's real change.
Good for Rowling.
I smell another Dan Quayle / Murphy Brown moment, wherein the morality police astound us with their in-depth analysis of both a fictional world and its fictional occupants to conclusively prove that the Potter books are every bit as evil as they'd always thought.
So, I guess Harry should have turned ol' Albus into the cops, and wholeheartedly backed a staunch Republican like He Who Shall Not Be Named.
"The Truth is an Offense, but not a Sin" ~ Robert Marley
liberalNmoderation @ 14:
Maybe they'll be too busy bashing the upcoming movie The Golden Compass, which they apparently believe is going to turn children into atheists.
Posted on SouthernTube.com 17 minutes ago: Dumbledore and the purple tele tubby get their grove on.
I'm already tired of this story. I must say, I don't really understand this woman announcing this twist at this point. The series is done, she's made her billions, it seems like if she really wanted to make a point about gay support, she would have been more upfront about Dumbledore's sexuality in the books. I thought she always made it look like Dumbledore and Professor McConagle (sp) had a thing going, now she announces he's gay.
While I support gay rights totally, it seems rather misplaced in a children's fairy tale, especially since most kids probably never even thought about it. I read all seven of the books and I never thought Dumbledore seemed gay. She's supposed to be writing a murder mystery, why not use this as a theme in an adult novel?
Albatross @ 17:
Hey! How DARE you bring common sense and logic to this blog!!! ;)
It's time to out Peppermint Patty and Lucy, Beetle Bailey, Frank and Joe Hardy, Sherlock Holmes, Captain Ahab, Robin (Batman's "partner"), Willie Wonka, Jay Gatsby, Little Boy Blue, and the Invisible Man.
Meriadoc and Pippin were thought to be gay too.
Insert joke about Hobbit holes here - ><.
Oh, and it's interesting that the possibility of a gay character gets so much press. I haven't seen any analysis of the fact that she's symbolizing Hitler and the first world powers (Britain, U. S.--she is, after all, Scottish) as the main theme of these books.
Of course, she forgot to portray the negative RAMmifications of homosezual lifestyles, so now all her readers will grow up gay, and no more babies will be born.
Holly shit the fundies were right! harry Potter is the devil and he was sent to destroy the earth!
Now we know why he was so good with wands.
liberalNmoderation @ 4:
And I wonder how much longer she'll be milking this series for all it's worth!
Max-1 @ 16:
He probably had a dinky tinkywinky.
Dr. Matt @ 24:
Aqua man had a thing for mark spitz.
Falwell's ilk may be surprised when they open their eyes and wonder why it's soooo HOT DOWN HERE while looking upwards where we're waving at them...;-)
Lollimom @ 1:
I hate to break it to you, he's long since dead.
Dr. Matt @ 24:
No way, Peppermint Patty was straight. She had a huge crush on Charlie Brown. You might be thinking of Marcy, Peppermint Patty's sidekick.
Albatross @ 17
Nicely put. I hope some people do get out of it what you said.
Unfortuantely, fundies like my mother-in -aw didn't bother to read it, or let her daughter read it b/c it was "witchcraft". Which is much different than the bearded puppet in the sky that you pray to for a pony, don't you know.
Rusty Shackleford @ 34:
Rumor has it that Peppermint Patty was actually bi. Apparently she was in to the dominatrix thing; she liked to top women and men.
The big difference between J.K. Rowling's readers and those of the religious reich is that her readers understand that the story and characters are fictional, whereas, the religious reich doesn't understand fiction and thinks the story and characters, like the ones in their book, are "true". And why not, they share alot in common; talking snakes, magical powers, witches, spells...
So the religious reich has got to be loving this, afterall, it gives them one more excuse to spew their hatred and lies.
http://www.nclark.net/BluePeopleofTroublesomeCreek.html
Little boy blue's family is going to have something to say about those accusations, Dr Matt.
Dr. Matt @ 24:
No, no, Lucy isn't gay. It's Peppermint Patty and Marcy (the one who calls her Sir). Lucy is just a dominatrix. ;)
What about Wonder Woman, she came from an island of all Amazon women.
Ah, hell, not Captain Ahab (as I remember him being portrayed by Gregory Peck).
Besides, Ahab was into whales...Remember? ;-)
The Political Junkie @ 40:
You're always on top when its a blow hole!
Fanon @ 39:
Apparently a lot of people on C&L are up to speed on Peanuts' sexuality. lol.
The Political Junkie @ 40:
I believe they were sperm whales.....and he was obsessed with the great white one.
Dr. Matt @ 42:
Yes, well, let's not even get started with the Mystery Machine gang from Scooby Doo.
The Political Junkie @ 40:
Sailors spend a lot of time at sea, alone, with no women, just men...those men are called seamen. Come on.....can't you see that!?
Ahahahaaaa!!! Stop it yous guys!
You're all crackin me up!!! Peppermint Patty a dominatrix?!?! Bwaaahahahaaaa!!!
No way, Peppermint Patty was straight. She had a huge crush on Charlie Brown. You might be thinking of Marcy, Peppermint Patty’s sidekick.
Sorry, Rusty, but out in San Francisco, my friends say Patty was really too butch to be into Charlie Brown when she actually had the hots for Lucy.
They say Patty was in straight denial...
But since we're outing cartoon characters, you might as well throw Tom and Jerry into this mix; not to mention Speed Racer's best friend Sparky the mechanic.
Tom and Jerry? That's a new one on me. How about Huckleberry Hound?
I think there's a book to be written here: "Everything you always wanted to know about the sexuality of cartoon characters, but were afraid to ask."
or
"The Cristian's Companion to Cartoon Watching."
Fanon @ 44:
I hope this thread doesn't transition into bestiality theories of fictional characters. That would make man-on-dog Santorium way too happy.
I was watching a flick called Girl 27 the other day and the author pointed out that Betty Boop is almost always stalked and suggestively raped by the other characters in the cartoon. Someone should do a movie on her childhood.
Dr. Matt @ 50:
Shaggy was alone with Scooby way too much.
Okay, Fanon, I'm starting in on that bunch.
The only straight one in that bunch was Daphne. Freddie's scarf wearing ass gave him away, Thelma was also butch, and Shaggy was straight up doing Scooby.
LOL
Not to mention that bastard SpongeBob SquarePants (who started off this whole discussion about the sexuality of cartoon characters, cause that's how Falwell brought in Tinky Winky after seeing him sporting a handbag_.
OMG stop the presses! (what are those?) - the folks who are outraged about this were already burning Harry Potter as a heretic for being an un-Christian wizard. Kids in the bible belt were already reading these heathen books with a flashlight under the covers. Now we find out JK Rowling always "thought of Dumbledore" as gay? What a big f-ing yawn. Hey JK! try writing a character as gay instead of announcing a press conference about how you "thought" he had a thing for the lads after the books have made you rich. Then you might know what it feels like to be a real writer whose books sell in the thousands, and consider themselves damn lucky at that. Grow up.
curtilingus @ 52:
Alone and apparently getting stoned quite often.....hmmmm, 2+2 = 4? It's adding up.
ysbaddaden @ 13:
:lol:
I think I just found out why the Fundies and Republicans never questioned the characters in those cartoons as they surely will JK Rowling's character. In those Bugs Bunny cartoons wearing no pants as in the men's room (Larry Craig) or cross dressing (Guiliani) are seen as good attributes for lower ranking Republicans. The ultimate service is paid to the one character in those cartoons the Republicans and Fundies cheerish. He is the embodiment of all they hold dear. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you get when you put George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in the same body:
ELMER FUDD! :lol:
You’re always on top when its a blow hole!
Shoot, that whale got Ahab in the end. Probably got tired of Ahab stalking him like that.
Shaggy was alone with Scooby way too much.
Alone and apparently getting stoned quite often…..hmmmm, 2+2 = 4? It’s adding up.
___________________________________________________________________
So now we know what's in those "Scooby Snacks" they were always scarfing down. They were always hungry because they had their buzz on.
Fanon @ 39:
In a WW comicbook since 1990, a minister was on Amazon Island and asked discreetly about their sexuality, and WW explained some are like Aphrodites, and some like Artemis, but some had to help themselves. Afterall thousands of years on an island is a long time. All he said was oh.
I've never read harry Potter, but a good author should no have to explain their books, especially fiction. the reader's imagination is supposed to fill in the details.
That being said, this thread is a lot funner than politics.
Greg @ 7:
There's that freaking South Carolina again...
Yeah, if I were the "liberal" media, I'd want to focus on the sexual disposition of a fictional character rather than Knucklehead's whining for more billions to pour down the rathole known as Iraq too.
The inmates are running the asylum and no one cares.
Dumbledore gay. Ian McKellan gay.
I SAY WE MUST KILL ALL REALLY OLD, WISE MEN TO STOP THE GAY!
kaT @ 26:
Rowling has commented that the books are more about current politics in England (particularly Tony Blair) rather than WW2.
Here ya go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxPxpSvXQ8
Scott Radtke @ 54:
That's the point: Rowling DID write the character as being gay, exactly. Or, wait, did you mean "sterotypically gay"?
I can certainly sympathize with those who are thoroughly tired of Harry Potter marketing hype. But if YOU want to be a famous author, you could always try participating in National Novel Writing Month...
The Political Junkie @ 53:
Actually, I always thought Fred was gay but that Shaggy was doing both Velma and Daphne. Is it Thelma or Velma?
He's here, he's queer, get used to it. And let's never forget how hot Bugs Bunny looks in a skirt!
Bugs always drooled over the female rabbits (including the robot ones). I always has the impression that he was comfortable enough in his sexuality that he could cross-dress to confuse his foes and took great delight that once they discovered he was actually a guy. Some of the greatest actors of our and the previous generations did a role dressed as a woman. (Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Lemmon, Jamie Fox — all Oscar winners; I have no idea how Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo would fit into that list).
What's this little guy's sexuality?
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/jackierose_2000/martian-1.jpg
Oh, geez -- Next thing you know, somebody will claim Peter Pan was gay.
Albatross @ 66:
Stereotypically gay, exactly. Should he have worn a feather boa and maybe had a lisp? Would that have made him gay enough for you? Sounds to me like someone is jealous of else's success. Maybe it's not exactly great literature, but it sure turned kids around the world into readers. After reading a 500 page HP book, by nephew was not intimidated to try some of the classics that can seem so daunting.
I hear they're finally releasing the long awaited sequel, Who Outed Roger Rabbit?
OMG, the world is coming to an end!!! War? What war?
ysbaddaden @ 70:
Hmm, that's a tough one. Neurotic, OCD, chronic failure, chronically frustrated.....I don't know about sexuality, but I'm pretty sure he's Republican.
ysbaddaden @ 70:
Oh that picture. Thats Larry Craig's new disguise. He is going to sneak into the men's room wearing a bucket and toilet scrubber on his head. :lol:
Hey! Don't forget about Puumba and Timon!
The question of the today should be: When are the GOP hypocrites hiding in the closet to come out like Dumbledore?
mudkitty @ 68:
.............hot?
Lone Rogue @ 63:
A Man Called Horse Is Gay?
King Arthur is Gay?
Betty Boop and her Parade of Wooden Soldiers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKlRq4ZWSE
How about des guyz?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRHFIVJtqpc
Lyon @ 79:
Flannel.
Weaseldog @ 80:
Naw, he just hangs around with a bunch of butch fellows, working out to stay in knightly condition, and seems surprised when his neglected spouse gets it on with another man. Was he upset with Lancelot because of Guinivere's infidelity, or because Arthur never suspected the knight swung his sword both ways?
"I’ve given up trying to make sense out of the authoritarian cult…"
File under the circuses half of "bread and circuses." My kingdom for a distraction! Wait, my kingdom IS a distraction.
Albatross @ 84:
Mists of Avilon put them in a three-way so if Guenevere got knocked up they wouldn't be able to know who got her preggers, and not know if Arthur was infertile.
Typical, written by a woman, who doesn't seem to know that Arthur was married at different times to three different Gueneveres, and all of them were sterile. From other women he had sons Amhar, Llachew (also an advisor), Gwydre and of course his nephew/son Medrawt.
You can't tell me Droopy Dog isn't gay.
didn't Mickey Mouse go 50 years before he kissed Minnie?
One of the great outings of all time (from Repo Man):
Miller: John Wayne was a fag.
All: The hell he was!
Miller: He was, too, you boys. I installed two-way mirrors in his pad in Brentwood, and he come to the door in a dress.
I can't believe that JK said that about Dumbledore... I always thought that he had an affair with Mcgonagall!!!
Someone made a video with some Dumbledore scenes...
http://www.weshow.com/us/p/20390/dumbledore_glad_to_be_gay
Hilarious isn't it? LOL
Is it true that "I should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque" is slang for "meet me in the men's room"?
I can't believe that JK said that about Dumbledore... I always thought that he had an affair with Mcgonagall!!!
Someone made a video with some Dumbledore scenes...
weshow.com/us/p/20390/dumbledore_glad_to_be_gay
Hilarious isn't it? LOL
Wait a minute.. Fictional book, fictional charactor? Right??? And with the 'real' world in the shitter, this constitutes what??!!! 'Real news'?? Jesus fuck... I guess it figures... What can anyone expect from a group of people who take the bible 'litterally'...Every last word of it without reflection of any kind or apparently any understanding of the words metaphore or analogy... I.. Ahh fuck it... This just shows how rediculous things have gotten now... Yea, I imagine they'll be going after the rest of em next... Robin, Peppermint Patty, and anyone else they have a hardon against.. Pretty much anything or anyone, real or imaginary they don't understand or want to understand.. And I think we all know who I'm talking about... Yep, the same braindead who decided to make a big deal out of this goofyness....As for Rawlings herself... Whatever, don't have a clue why she decided to make the comment, but I don't think she needs the money.....JD
Jack Damage @ 92:
It is unfortunate that the same people who will trash an undisputed book of fiction for all that is morally 'wrong' with it, but will not offer the same introspective look at the book on which so many of their own morals are based.
At least Harry Potter has a fair and just and kind father figure. What does the bible have?
Hmph, I'll file this is under stuff I didn't want nor need to know.
On a related note:
http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/index.html