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Unless he's humping male arch-villains to try to kill them

 

Must get image.... out... of... head!!!

 

*Screams and flees thread*

 

Reminds me of a joke about a bunch of unfortunate guys caught by primitive tribesman. Their only two options turn out to be......humped or humped to death by tribal warriors (the second only discovered upon the last guy seeing the first 2 humped savagely and opting for death instead....oh the irony). :D

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Unless he's humping male arch-villains to try to kill them, I'm not sure what difference it makes to the story.
This from the young lady whose most posted phrase is
keep in mind that this is a PG-13 forum[/Quote] I’m shocked and a little sicken by the description. :barf:

 

I’m following RedHawke out of this thread.

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"Rowling said she had read through a script for the movie adaptation of the sixth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and corrected a passage in which Dumbledore was reminiscing about past loves by crossing it out and scrawling "Dumbledore is gay" over it."

 

^ looolz

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Before this thread degenerates....

 

THE AUTHOR IS WRONG.

 

The only thing that is canon is what is written in the books. Whatever the atuhor says outside of teh books is merely his interpretion of events. While interpretion may be useful, on the other hand, they are unreliable. They may be "after the fact", and may change. Therefore, I, the reader decide what interpretion to believe. And since I like Dumblore to be single, he is therefore single. The author is wrong.

 

Article about this:

 

http://firefox.org/news/blogs/20/Canon-Versus-Fanon-Versus-Authorial-Intent.html

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But but but... what is said by the Author is G-Canon... or R-canon in this case. :)

 

I'm not sure what all the excitement over this is about. He's an imaginary character who hasn't even managed to have imaginary sex, so the best he could be is imaginary straight/gay/whatever anyways. Unless he's humping male arch-villains to try to kill them, I'm not sure what difference it makes to the story.

 

Well, that sounds like a "Rule 34" request for some Childhood Damaging fanfics.

 

o.0

 

To be fair though, it does add some depth to the character by explaining some parts of the plot.

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If the only thing that is canon is what shown in the books then you COULD also assume that everything Star Wars outside of the movies isn't canon and so therefore, KotOR isn't canon...

 

Right?

 

Besides, you are the one who decides what way to look at Dumbledore: as a wise old man or whatever he is in the books or an old flaming homosexual.

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Besides, you are the one who decides what way to look at Dumbledore: as a wise old man or whatever he is in the books or an old flaming homosexual.

 

Is there any particular reason he can't be both?

 

Personally, I find this changes nothing, or at least very little. Basically it provides a reason for Dumbledore's fascination with Grindelwald, but otherwise Dumbledore is still Dumbledore, as wise and harsh and benevolent as he always was, and his motives throughout the plot of the books are the unchanged, since the matter with Grindelwald lies long before that.

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True. But then wouldn't they have had to implement a part into the films where the audience learn that Dumbledore's gay, to make the role more meaningful to McKellen, or not?

Ian McKellen is Gandalf, a wizard with a larger kick-ass factor who was just as wise and kind. He played his epic wizard part, so I don't see why he should have jumped right into another wizard part. Besides, the critics noted quite heavily earlier on that Dumbledore and Gandalf had a lot in common. Throw in the same actor and you might as well have the same character.

 

Personally, I still enjoyed Richard Harris as Dumbledore somewhat more than Michael Gambon. It was a real heart break to learn that he had died shortly after the second film. The two actors are both good Dumbledores, but Ruchard brought an extra special something on screen that just sold the character to me instantly. Michael does a good job, but he is missing that extra something.

 

I don't really see what Dumbledore's sexuality has so do with anything though. He is still there, still did exactly what he did, and still is the same old, wise wizard that stumbled through life like the rest of us. Why in the world would it have ever needed to have been said in the books, or the movies? If you care, fine, but I would have still read the books even if it turned out that Harry was gay.

 

Like a character being gay matters. Most of the younger people I know aren't even allowed the read Harry Potter because their parents banned it from their house due to witchcraft. And, when I say "most" I do mean most. Not an exaggeration in the least. Bigots are bigots, and chances are if you read the books... you'll still be reading the books even after learning about this.

 

Besides, I had already guessed that Dumbledore was gay by the end of the last book :p Thanks for catching up everybody!

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True. But then wouldn't they have had to implement a part into the films where the audience learn that Dumbledore's gay, to make the role more meaningful to McKellen, or not?

 

Not really, I'd say. As long as McKellen knew the character was gay, he would certainly be able to play it without having to make it overt.

 

Oh, and a slight note - the reason I mention McKellen in this context is because he was offered the role after Harris' death and turned it down, because he did not want to be associated with two wizards. It would be interesting to know, if he has looked at it differently, had he know at the time that Dumbledore was gay.

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What, in particular, brought you to that conclusion?

A good feeling.

 

When they were explaining Dumbledore's childhood about Grindlevald, and how Dumbledore let him get away with so much while he sat back and did nothing sounded like the classic denial that someone they liked could be so terrible. By the end of the book and the last conversation with Dumbledore, I have a solid feeling that he was gay. Something about the way he was portraid in the last book just made it click for me.

 

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