Quoting further from the article, "Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason.
Quoting further from the article, "Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason.
How nice of her to tell everyone from the beginning. I guess this is where compromise gets you when you decide to not care about the witchcraft element.
Hmmm. Book sales slowing?
Yeesh... Some people on this thread...
The stories are over. This never appeared in the books. Children will never read it in the books, as it was never really referred to. It does fill in a question mark on Dumbledore’s old friendship, but even as an adult reader I hadn’t realized the question mark was there until I read this quote. Even Rowling acknowledges this was an un-requited (aka it never happened) relationship.
Therefore, I think we have better things to worry about than the non-escapades of a celibate fictional character. It isn’t really relevant. Rowling didn’t feel the need to include it in the books, and only mentioned it here in response to a direct question.
It’s her personal interpretation of the character. The nice thing about reading is we can all gather our own interpretations.
Thank GOD she did this! There’s just isn’t enough outting of gays in this world.
Now lets all hope its revealed that the entire cast were actually transgendered muslims.
I had problems with the books because so-called Christian publishers put out books like "Finding the Gospel in Harry Potter" when it really wasn't anything of the sort! The gospel is in Scripture, period! Fine, read the books, realize witchcraft is wrong, no matter how it's done. There is no 'secret' knowledge that we are to obtain for direction in life. All we need is revealed in Scripture.
But I wonder what those people who wrote those books about the Gospel in Harry Potter think of this bit of information.
Ah, that explains it! Since he’s a coprophile, it makes sense that his name is a play on “Dump Adore”.