Comments on: Of Course. Just Perfect. Wonderful.

By: Elena

Elena — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:30:56 +0000

I never got “gayness” out of Dumbledore till I read Kat’s blog (and only ’cause she said it was so and then connected the dots for me; didn’t *I* have a total “doh!! *smack forehead*” moment!). I got “concerned teacher who actually really cares.” And in the last book, Snape’s undying obse… er… love for Lily was way more uppermost in my reader-vision.

So… yeah, he’s so not flamin’ as far as I’m concerned.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:24:35 +0000

Sorry, but I have to link to this.

By: dolphin

dolphin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:28:17 +0000

He’s still Dumbledore, for crying out loud - he’s not Liberace just because he fancies the dudes.

I dunno. I don’t read the books but based on the excerpt Kat posted here awhile back, Dumbledore sounded a little Liberace-esque before Rowlings outted him.

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:00:36 +0000

This is something that has annoyed me about the fandom reactions to gay!Dumbledore. People are suddenly making icons of him with glittery rainbow text and captions like “Fabulous!” and “It’s fun to stay at the YMCA.” He’s still Dumbledore, for crying out loud - he’s not Liberace just because he fancies the dudes.

By: nm

nm — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:16:44 +0000

Well, there is Omar Little.

By: dolphin

dolphin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:59:54 +0000

Can’t we just hear that a person is gay without going into comic rifts and “camping it up”?

Not right now unfortunately. It’s been great progress to get to the point where mainstream America can accept a gay character as the comic relief, but apparently we’re still a little much for the straight community at large to take seriously. Aside from rare exceptions, we’ve still got a ways to go before Hollywood feels they can make a bundle off of showing a gay person who is neither funny or dying of AIDS.