Transcript about Dumbledore
Taken from the Leaky Cauldron, to combat the "JK said it was unrequited!!" story going around:
Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?
JKR: My truthful answer to you... I always thought of Dumbledore as gay. [ovation.] ... Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a little more because falling in love can blind us to an extent? But, he met someone as brilliant as he was, and rather like Bellatrix he was very drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly, terribly let down by him. Yeah, that's how i always saw Dumbledore. In fact, recently I was in a script read through for the sixth film, and they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script saying I knew a girl once, whose hair... [laughter]. I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the scriptwriter, "Dumbledore's gay!" [laughter] "If I'd known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!"
So. There you have it. That's all she said, and there's nothing about Grindelwald not returning the feelings. Just that he let Dumbledore down. She does reference Bella, whose love was obviously unrequited, but I think it's often noted that Grindelwald was not Voldemort. Grindelwald, after all, dies to try and protect Dumbledore's grave.
So, she doesn't say Grindelwald did return the affection, but I think the events of the book are in the favor of the requited!Albus/Gellert shippers.
Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?
JKR: My truthful answer to you... I always thought of Dumbledore as gay. [ovation.] ... Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a little more because falling in love can blind us to an extent? But, he met someone as brilliant as he was, and rather like Bellatrix he was very drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly, terribly let down by him. Yeah, that's how i always saw Dumbledore. In fact, recently I was in a script read through for the sixth film, and they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script saying I knew a girl once, whose hair... [laughter]. I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the scriptwriter, "Dumbledore's gay!" [laughter] "If I'd known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!"
So. There you have it. That's all she said, and there's nothing about Grindelwald not returning the feelings. Just that he let Dumbledore down. She does reference Bella, whose love was obviously unrequited, but I think it's often noted that Grindelwald was not Voldemort. Grindelwald, after all, dies to try and protect Dumbledore's grave.
So, she doesn't say Grindelwald did return the affection, but I think the events of the book are in the favor of the requited!Albus/Gellert shippers.