I promise, after this, I will shut up about Rowling (at least until her next wacky anouncement) and people's reaction to Dumbledore being outed after the fact.

Most of those who are thrilled accept Rowling keeping Dumbledore in the closet, bookswise, because she was writing children's fiction and gay characters just aren't that acceptable (or words ( Read more... )

So...Dumbledore was gay.  I feel like I should be pleased, but, instead, I'm irritated.  I know fandom is terribly divided over the issue, and that much of fandom is utterly unsurprised.  Hell, I'm not the world's best at spotting subtext and the whole Dumbledore/Grindlewald thing had me wondering.  But so did Sirius's fondness for James.  And I ( Read more... )