Well, it was new to me

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I've been seeing the news about JK's outing of Dumbledore all over my f'list but only this morning saw:

"Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction."

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[gregoria44.livejournal.com]

Ha! I love the idea that she checks out the fanfiction.

And you know, I bet she does.

Whilst laughing and/or clutching her hand to her mouth in awe-struck horror.

"Oh God, what hath I wrought?!"

Mind you, as I commented to bachlava, it's a shame she's opted to gayify one of the dead characters who was rather past his physical prime anyhow!

I suppose he did opt for glamorous robes and curly shoes rather more often than some...

And does this render McGonagall a fag hag?

[purridot.livejournal.com]

I am always the last to know *everything*! Still, I think it is cool. Even if she didn't admit to Black/Lupin (yet ;-)

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

I'm one of about eight people on the planet who isn't a Harry Potter maniac (so this Dumbledore thing is just meh to me), but I do adore writers/actors/creators admiting to reading fanfiction, especially if they're shamed faced and giggling embarrassedly over it. Yay for JK Rowling!

[lostakasha.livejournal.com]

I've seen one of the films so I'm not the one to comment, but copperwash is a total fan. When I saw your post and told her, she was all "huh? really? hmm." So... wow, I married a woman with broken fictional gaydar. Go figure.

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

OK now I can't get the damn lyrics to "Love is in the Air" out of my head!!:)))

And my daughter is dancing around saying "I *thought* so!" and I'm just more convinced than ever that sub-text should be renamed dom-text:))

Kat

[tabularassa.livejournal.com]

I am still smiling at the whole thing:)

[fallen-arazil.livejournal.com]

I'm kinda sad. I mean, Dumbledore was a beloved character at all, but was probably at the age where his sexuality isn't even all that interesting anymore. Plus, I'm often a little sad when a fictional character has their sexuality outright stated either way--I like the ambiguity.

Mind, I've only read one of the book and seen three of the movies, but I still would have prefered if one of the characters in the primary age group was the one she outed--I mean, the Weasleys alone had to have had at least one gay child, statistically, right?

[victorian-tweed.livejournal.com]

Too little, too late :-P

Call me cynical, but it just feels like such an afterthought, y'know?