Dumbledore, gay?

Over the weekend it was revealed by JK Rowling that Professor Dumbledore is, in fact, gay. "Oh, well that makes sense," my friend replied after hearing the news. Does it? Were there stereotypical "gay" scenes that appeared in the series that I somehow missed? I suppose there was the casual mention of how a younger Dumbledore "loved to shop." And the character Dumbledore always reminded me of being molded after Tolkein's Gandalf, who in the LOTR movie series was played by Sir Ian McKellen, who also happens to be gay...

I am curious as to why JK Rowling has decided to have a main character "come out" now, when there wasn't mention of it in the series. I suppose the answer to this question shouldn’t matter. After all, there could be a lot of information about each character that never made it into the final books. We never found out Hermione's favorite color, for example, or if the house elves were avid tea drinkers considering they also lived in Great Britain...

However, I am left wondering if JK Rowling decided to have Dumbledore “come out” in order to spark additional controversy. Perhaps she decided, on a whim, let’s stir things up. The Religious Right hasn’t been as strongly anti-Potter lately and the “Dumbledore is gay” fan fiction is compelling… so why not give fans and foes something to talk about?

In equally compelling news, why not check out Giuliani in drag. I am not trying to make the suggestion that Giuliani might be gay, I just envy the fact he was able to sing alongside Julie Andrews. Who wouldn’t go in drag for the opportunity to sing alongside Maria? I know I would. (Maria from The Sound of Music is my favorite Julie Andrews character.)

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Feel free to steal any of these ideas

This post does not contain any spoilers about HP Book 7. You can read on, knowing you are safe and sound.

After writing the previous entry I began brainstorming Harry Potter fan fiction ideas. This list followed. I won’t be using any of the ideas as I’m not a fan fiction writer (yet), so feel free to make them your own.

Harry Potter Fan Fiction Ideas:

The Hermione, Ron, Harry trio breaks up. In its place is the Luna, Neville and Harry trio. Hermione and Ron are happy with this arrangement, as it gives them more time to focus on their relationship. Harry accepts this arrangement as well, considering he always felt like “the third wheel” when in company of Hermione and Ron.

Cho Chang and Harry Potter get back together. Ginny claims she never loved Harry in the first place. In order to prove her point, she makes out with Draco.

“The new Hermione.” Hermione throws away all her books and goes punk. She takes up smoking, joins a band and petitions for Hogwarts to build an underground wizard’s skatepark. Instead of being known as the smart girl, she seeks out an identity as the punk girl. In order to be even more subversive, she tattoos the crest of Slytherin on her arm.

Dobby and Kreacher unite to form a house-elf union. The union strives to gain equal rights for house elves everywhere. Their first appeal is to gain the right to wear clothing. They devise the slogan: “No nude elves.”

Rita Skeeter publishes a shocking biography on Harry Potter. She titles the book: “Harry Potter: The Book Who Lived and Lied.” When Harry learns of the biography he decides to no longer focus his energy on overcoming Voldermort but instead he will focus on overcoming Rita. He decides “writing well is the best revenge” and sets out to pen a book that will expose her. He titles the book: “The Queen of Ugly Journalism: Rita Skeeter.”

Hagrid leaves Hogwarts in order to take a teaching position at Beauxbatons in France. During this time he reunites with Olympe Maxime. Their courtship is fiery but brief, seeing that she refuses to admit her giant heritage. Hagrid is heart-broken and adopts a goldfish in order to distract him from the pain. He names the fish Frank and opens a vineyard in the south of France.