LET'S TALK.
It's pride month and as a proud member of the LGBT community I am gladdened to see the pride flags and support the community has for all Lesbian Gay Bisexual Questioning Plus Community. I was thinking about this topic for quite a while and I hope the staff doesn't remove it I want to promote a safe place where people of all people can post their opinions. I am going to define the word homophobia as making fun of people for their sexuality all I want to ask and debate with you all;
Does Dumbledore's sexuality ever play a part in the story as a whole other than to fill a criteria. I am going to argue against the latter and here's my reason why.
Sexuality plays no part in the first 7 books so we can disregard them. The first mention of anything gay came from a JK Rowling comment in an interview ("The author appeared at Carnegie Hall in 2007 to answer fan questions after the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When asked whether Dumbledore had ever found love, Rowling responded that she “always thought of Dumbledore as gay.”) I find this to be completely unnecessary and think the reason of sexuality was brought was to fill a certain criteria. A certain comment from the Cursed Child comes to my mind "We were closer than brothers." That in my eyes was all that was needed that they were close and very close might I add, adding sexuality adds nothing to the story except for a rallying point behind Dumbledore. I want to debate that's not even needed, I was thinking a lot about it and spoke to some of you fabulous people in the server and you said it shows how hard it was for Dumbledore to fight his former lover but again "We were closer than brothers." does that for me.
What do y'all think?
Keep being awesome
Love from Max.
It's pride month and as a proud member of the LGBT community I am gladdened to see the pride flags and support the community has for all Lesbian Gay Bisexual Questioning Plus Community. I was thinking about this topic for quite a while and I hope the staff doesn't remove it I want to promote a safe place where people of all people can post their opinions. I am going to define the word homophobia as making fun of people for their sexuality all I want to ask and debate with you all;
Does Dumbledore's sexuality ever play a part in the story as a whole other than to fill a criteria. I am going to argue against the latter and here's my reason why.
Sexuality plays no part in the first 7 books so we can disregard them. The first mention of anything gay came from a JK Rowling comment in an interview ("The author appeared at Carnegie Hall in 2007 to answer fan questions after the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When asked whether Dumbledore had ever found love, Rowling responded that she “always thought of Dumbledore as gay.”) I find this to be completely unnecessary and think the reason of sexuality was brought was to fill a certain criteria. A certain comment from the Cursed Child comes to my mind "We were closer than brothers." That in my eyes was all that was needed that they were close and very close might I add, adding sexuality adds nothing to the story except for a rallying point behind Dumbledore. I want to debate that's not even needed, I was thinking a lot about it and spoke to some of you fabulous people in the server and you said it shows how hard it was for Dumbledore to fight his former lover but again "We were closer than brothers." does that for me.
What do y'all think?
Keep being awesome
Love from Max.
