Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Magically Gay

The Harry Potter novels have been a godsend for me..I feel as if my life wud have been incomplete without them. All characters have been close to my heart and will probably be there throughout my life. After having read the 7th book for the 7th time i decided to give the series a bit of a rest. But a recent announcement made by JKR herself that the greatest wizard ever(oops but that has to be harry aint it?) Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was homosexual has brought back my slightly dipping interest levels back to their lofty heights. The announcement created quite a furore especially among the Christian evangelists who have always said that Harry Potter novels tend to glamourise the figure of Satan..well personally I find all these arguments to be a pile of cat litter. This fact is inconsequential to a great extent..infact i think that by potraying dumbledore as gay JKR has tried to place the homosexuals at a level pedestal to the so called "normal" heterosexuals..gay or not gay dumbledore was a special talent and nothing can take that away from him. And for all those who say that JKR did this for just some cheap publicity well i would just say that cynics will always be there and I will ask god to forgive them all..JKR we(that is to say all potter fans) are all behind you in whatver you say..and please think over reviving the pottermania..may be it is time for all of us to see what young Albus Severus Potter is made of.

2 comments:

Sharat Nambissan said...

When JKR announced this fact, I was reminded of a Delhi Times article where they had taken out specific lines from the Harry potter series books and interpreted them in a totally different manner like "Hermione and Harry crouched towards the black hole. They could hear rumblings in there."

I frankly think JK Rowling has done a Delhi Times by announcing Dumbledore as gay and as a result, spoiled the fun that magazines and newspapers like Delhi Times might have gained by wasting newsprint speculating the same.

By the way, nice blog! Hope to see more entries.

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