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eshanamama 
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 Topic: More News From JK RowlingPosted: 20 Oct 2007 at 11:21am |
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http://apnews.myway.com//article/20071020/D8SCMP2G0.html
http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787 I didn't see that coming! I was so buried in the books' plots that I never even thought about it! I guess that will give some people more fuel for their banning fires. |
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gourdy
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Posted: 20 Oct 2007 at 11:43am |
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never saw it either. Maybe he is maybe not. I was so caught up in the plot too.
this could even be a publicity ploy......stirring the pot(cauldren).....which is fine with me, I love harry potter books and JK Rowling is an amazing woman/author. |
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Posted: 20 Oct 2007 at 12:38pm |
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ditto this. didn't see it coming...
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gourdy
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Posted: 20 Oct 2007 at 1:22pm |
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Ok after thinking about this for a while doing the morning chores........
aaaaaggghhhhh!!!! Dumbledore even DTD!  Isn't he like 400 years Old?Better knock the dust off! on the other hand being one of the best wizards ever , I guess it would be DARN amazing!lol Hey what ever gets me through the day right! VAl |
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RebeccaL
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Posted: 20 Oct 2007 at 1:28pm |
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My thoughts? Who cares?
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Hikermom
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Posted: 20 Oct 2007 at 6:44pm |
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I kinda agree with Rebecca. I'm a Christian who really likes the books, and if this information isn't included in any of the books themselves, then why is it even relevant?
Dumbledore is a fictional character in a book. If the book doesn't call him gay, is he really gay? At some point, doesn't the author put the control in the hands of the reader if he/she is not explicit? There's a philosophical question for ya. It kinda reminds me of the whole "if a tree falls in the forest, but no one is there to hear it, does it really make a sound?" question. |
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ziegl027
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Posted: 20 Oct 2007 at 11:42pm |
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Yeah, that.
Reminds me of a friend who "came out" when we were in college. He expressed surprise at my calm reaction. I told him "Hate to break it to you, dude, I wasn't planning on sleeping with you, anyway, so why should I care all that much?"
Now the guy who announced he wanted to be a woman shortly after we broke up......That left a mark
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Posted: 21 Oct 2007 at 12:12am |
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The only friend I had a problem with when he came out was that he suddenly thought that it was acceptable to discuss intricate details of his sex life. Okay, Okay, I get it, you're getting laid, but the discussion doesn't really need to go beyong gettin' some or not gettin' some. |
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luckycharm
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Posted: 21 Oct 2007 at 10:26am |
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I thought it was hilarious when I saw it on the news this morning. I'm not sure what makes this "newsworthy." Like Kristin pointed out, the author's opinion isn't really all that important if the details aren't spelled out in the book. (Yes, I'm taking literary theory right now.) It's called the intentional fallacy--the idea that the opinion/interpretation of the author really means something. Really, a reader's interpretation is just as valid as the author's. The text is a text. Once those words are on the page, they're free game.
It's interesting to hear Rowling's take on the matter, but whoever turned it into a news story was obviously not a theorist. |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2007 at 3:16pm |
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April, I think we're geeking everybody else out with our English major talk, but I love it!
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RebeccaL
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Posted: 21 Oct 2007 at 4:05pm |
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And the detail of Dumbledore being gay wasn't in the books. That means it wasn't important to the story.
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Rebecca, Wife to André Oct/11. Looking forward to starting our family.
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Posted: 21 Oct 2007 at 4:56pm |
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ITA.... It's relevant to the story - who thinks of this stuff?
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Posted: 21 Oct 2007 at 5:07pm |
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Meh. I don't care. I just figured he was eccentric like all the other Wizards. Now Christian Coalition will just say its teaching kids to be Gay Witches. Whatever.
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Posted: 21 Oct 2007 at 5:28pm |
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Well, they aren't doing a good job of that considering all the snogging going on in the hallways.  |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2007 at 12:27pm |
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DH's response to the news was "As long as Hagrid isn't a Commie"
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Posted: 22 Oct 2007 at 4:39pm |
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i think it's ridiculous. seriously, what in the world is she doing? i don't get it. she doesn't need the publicity. but what other reason to keep doing all these post series character reveals? yet i don't think she's doing it for the publicity. maybe she's having a hard time letting go of the series? i don't know, but i don't think it's fair to the readers. we don't need everything spelled out for us.
i personally always thought of him as a rather god-like being, kind of asexual. and i really resent her for taking that away! if it was important and relevant she should have written it in the books. |
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eshanamama
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Posted: 22 Oct 2007 at 4:46pm |
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That is actually how I saw him too. . . as being a bit of a holy man, and therefore chaste. *shrug* I guess he still could be.
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Posted: 27 Nov 2007 at 2:05am |
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I agree! Anything details that aren't spelled out for me in the books, I will fill in for myself. Gay really doesn't fit with the way I imagined Dumbledore. Now that I've read them, I feel like I've lived them, and I'm not going to go back and redefine everything I've experienced in this new context. It's different when someone discloses that they are gay. When my uncle told me, I kind of already knew. |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2007 at 12:12pm |
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When reading the books, it occurred to me for a second that maybe Dumbledore had a "thing" for McGonagall. I'm glad that he's gay though. My kids don't have the privilege of knowing any real gay people. |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2007 at 12:14pm |
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Interesting...
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Posted: 27 Nov 2007 at 12:34pm |
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meh, like RebeccaL said: who cares? Does it really change how YOU as the reader interpret the books? Will it stop you from re-reading them? I think not. I personally saw him as eccentric, but what WIzard in that world ISN'T eccentric in some way (think Neville's Grandmother as an extreme case). Would it have changed your view if she said that McGonagall was gay, or that Sirius was a Flamer?? Probably not, because it isn't a relevent detail. so I tend to agree that it was an outside 'plot' force to stir up publicity.
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