Rowling Outs Dumbledore

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by TrojanWoman

I also didn't see how this information changed things in the books a great deal. I agree with sageofages that I saw Dumbledore as asexual. But the movies take a little bit more freedom with the story and I think it came up because JK didn't want them to show Dumbledore having a female love interest.

Realistically though I think we think of most elderly people as asexual. (Except Sue on the Sunday Night Sex Show!) We probably assume they're straight, but if they're single for whatever reason, there's not really any sexuality assumed.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

well I guess this is one more reason for people to want to ban her books.

Let the book burning begin! (when I imagine book burning, I see the book burning scene from Footloose)

Let's DAAAANCE!


I tried to find a photo of the book burning, but drat. If you enter "footloose" into Google Images, a crazy entertaining mix of photos come up! When did Footloose become a stage musical?

[ZTABullwinkle]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Let's DAAAANCE!


I tried to find a photo of the book burning, but drat. If you enter "footloose" into Google Images, a crazy entertaining mix of photos come up! When did Footloose become a stage musical?

Rumor has it that they are remaking the movie with Zac Efron playing the lead rold Kevin Bacon played. Why mess with the original? Are the screenwriters having such a hard time coming up with new ideas for movies?

/end hijack

[texas*princess]

I think she did it because her series is over and she's an attention-whore like some Hollywood starlets.

LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! ONE OF MY CHARACTERS WAS GAY!

meh.. I never got into the whole HP thing. What was his mom smoking when she named her kid Dumbledore anyway?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

I think she did it because her series is over and she's an attention-whore like some Hollywood starlets.

LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! ONE OF MY CHARACTERS WAS GAY!

meh.. I never got into the whole HP thing. What was his mom smoking when she named her kid Dumbledore anyway?

Lol, I just want to know how Lupin's parents knew he'd be a werewolf... or Sirius' parents knew he'd choose a dog as his animagi alter ego.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

What was his mom smoking when she named her kid Dumbledore anyway?

She married into that name; Dumbledore was his last name. His full name was Albus Percival Dumbledore. (Actually, I think there were a couple other names in there, but I don't remember what they were.)

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Lol, I just want to know how Lupin's parents knew he'd be a werewolf... or Sirius' parents knew he'd choose a dog as his animagi alter ego.

Well, what's the point in being magical if you don't have at least some hunches about what will turn out to be appropriate names for your kids.

Originally Posted by SydneyK

She married into that name; Dumbledore was his last name. His full name was Albus Percival Dumbledore. (Actually, I think there were a couple other names in there, but I don't remember what they were.)

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

Trivia point: JKR has said that she derived some of the "magical structure" of the books from alchemy (starting with the Philosopher's stone). In alchemy, there are three stages:

nigredo (blackening): individuation, purification, burnout of impureness;
albedo (whitening): spiritualization, enlightenment
rubedo (reddening): unification of man with God, unification of the limited with the unlimited.

Note that the three stages are reflected in the names of three major charecters -- nigredo (Sirius Black), albedo (Albus Dumbledore), and rubedo (Rubeus Hagrid).