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Regarding JKR outing Dumbledore…
Honestly, I did a double take and wondered if I was still dreaming when I read that.
Yes, I still believe that Important Character Information should be included in the books as opposed to divulged in interviews. Yes, I admit my second reaction (after picking my jaw off the floor) was “…but like the manipulative bit, we sort of knew that already’. Yes, an even better reaction to a major gay character in a children’s book would be a gay character in a happy or at least requited’ relationship in a children’s book. *In the actual text*, even.
But I’m leaving aside all those quibbles because even if a portion of the millions of children who read this book worldwide hear of this, if it makes it makes them think about the fact that one of their favourite figures in the book is a gay man, if this makes it more ok to be gay or more accepting of gay people….well. This is HUGE.
And man oh man, the HP book-burning Christian Right is gonna be PISSED.
Honestly, I did a double take and wondered if I was still dreaming when I read that.
Yes, I still believe that Important Character Information should be included in the books as opposed to divulged in interviews. Yes, I admit my second reaction (after picking my jaw off the floor) was “…but like the manipulative bit, we sort of knew that already’. Yes, an even better reaction to a major gay character in a children’s book would be a gay character in a happy or at least requited’ relationship in a children’s book. *In the actual text*, even.
But I’m leaving aside all those quibbles because even if a portion of the millions of children who read this book worldwide hear of this, if it makes it makes them think about the fact that one of their favourite figures in the book is a gay man, if this makes it more ok to be gay or more accepting of gay people….well. This is HUGE.
And man oh man, the HP book-burning Christian Right is gonna be PISSED.
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Well, pretending her interviews are actually thought about, apparently Cho marries a Muggle, and Dudley marries and has children, and Dudley's children are close to Harry's even though the cousins aren't themselves, which would seem to imply they got close somewhere other than at their parents homes. Like at Hogwarts!
Plus, I flove Cho and Dudders on their own already, and it'd be awesome to see Ginny sitting through a million Xmases etc with hubby's ex.