So i am in love with Harry Potter books
and movies! I was wondering if there are
any other Harry Potter fans here? And what
did you guys think of Dumbledore being
gay?
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Lion79
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Posted: 11-10-07 19:15pm
I love HP! The new film comes out on dvd
on Monday yays. And really I don't see the
point in Dumbledore being gay. It's not a
bad thing it was just never indicated in
the books.
I dunno, I never thought of Dumbledore as
gay, or even straight. He was
just...there. I'd never thought of him
actually loving anyone.
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Posted: 11-10-07 19:22pm
It helps in the plot line with his rival.
He didnt want to see the evil because he
loved him.
I am in love with the series. I am so sad
it is all over
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Lion79
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Posted: 11-10-07 19:34pm
Ah, there'll be more. She can write about
when they've grown up and what they do. I
know there's a brief bit at the end of
book 7 but it's not in great detail. More
harry potter!!!
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Posted: 11-11-07 01:23am
I hope she writes more! I love harry
potter, it like makes me forget eveytthing
when i read it and go into a different
world. and i honestly dont see what
dumbledore being gay has to do with the
plot at all. What did you guys think of
the ending of the 7th book?
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Lion79
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Posted: 11-11-07 18:51pm
I forget what happened lol. I didn't much
like the very last chapter, it made me
wanna puke a bit and it was so
predictable, and I felt like half of book
7 could be omitted anyway cuz some of it
was pointless and it was the end that made
it worth the wait. I accidentally spoilt
it for my friend though by shouting out
the name of someone who dies at the end,
cuz I forgot she hadn't read it lol. Ohh
and I know what you mean about forgetting
everything. It's like you're just there,
you're IN hogwarts lol. That's why I love
reading, you can be someone completely
different
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Flurries in the air
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Posted: 11-11-07 19:16pm
i know! i was completely dissapointed by
the ending i felt like i wasnt reading
harry potter anymore, i have like a wild
idea that it wasnt rowling who wrote last
couple of chapter! I wish it ended better,
i felt like most of it didnt make any
sense. And i felt like it was a kid story,
especially when harry died and came back
to life? i was likehuh???
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Lion79
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Posted: 11-12-07 10:37am
Well for me the last book is the one I
enjoyed least. Until that it was the 5th
but I expected this spectacular
adventure-filled book for the last one but
most of the story was about when they were
in hiding and stuff. I'll probably read it
again because I sometimes randomly go
through the series lol and I might enjoy
it more 2nd time around but I forget most
of what happened anyway lol but I did
nearly cry at one bit.
SPOILERS HERE
when Harry is walking to his 'death' to
see Voldemort, and all of the ghosts of
his family are with him. I nearly cried
there, and no book has ever made me
actually cry. It was just so sad, and I
felt that bit was really well-written.
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Flurries in the air
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Posted: 11-12-07 12:35pm
yeah i actually cried there lol and the
part where sirius died, dumbledore's
funeral too
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Posted: 11-14-07 07:59am
frankly I don't understand why she would
bother mentioning Dumbledore's sexuality
when it has no bearings on the plot. I
can't see it doing anything but giving
some people even more reason to hate the
series for no reason.
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Mikolas
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Posted: 11-14-07 08:12am
Yes, I saw no point to her sudden
announcement about that. I think she just
wanted more publicity as controversy arise
from concerned parents. It is implied in
the books that Dumbledore is gay, I always
thought he was a bit of a homo and a
pedophile. It was a good series, the last
one was incredibly predictable. I felt
like Miss Cleo while I was reading that
book, pretty much knew what had to happen.
Ending was incredibly dumb, children could
make similar endings "harry married ginny,
ron married hermione, they made some
babies, named them after all the important
people, send them off to hogwarts for
school, the end. Wow -_-
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Posted: 11-15-07 06:26am
Mikolas
wrote:
It is implied in the books
that Dumbledore is gay, I always thought
he was a bit of a homo and a
pedophile.
I think a moderator such as yourself
should be more careful about the words you
use. I find the word 'homo' to be
offensive, as well as the insinuation that
homosexuality and paedophilia go hand in
hand.
That said, I'd be interested to see some
evidence of Dumbledore being a paedophile.
Got any quotations?
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Mikolas
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Posted: 11-15-07 10:52am
Point taken -_-, sorry I'm running on
about 7 hours of sleep on the last 4 days.
I didn't mean that homosexuality (was too
lazy to spell the entire thing out) and
pedophilia go hand in hand, simply that I
felt Dumbledore character has implied
both. The homosexuality arises from his
affection from his long time friend and
greatest enemy, which Rowlings has already
announced (I believe she said you can find
the implications on the letters between
them or something of the sort). The
pedophilia, I just pondered that from the
odd way in which he presented his
particular love for Harry. At times it
didn't seem like the love of simply
father/son caretaker/boy relationships.
I'll look it up another time, I've slept 2
hours today and working on a essay and
studying for a test tonight.
Sorry if I had offended anyone with my
poor choice of words.
