J. K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall Reveals Dumbledore is Gay; Neville Marries Hannah Abbott, and Much More
Posted by: EdwardOctober 19, 2007, 09:17
Tonight, the one thousand grand prize winners of the Scholastic’s Open Book Tour Sweepstakes along with a companion got the chance to see Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling read from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," answer questions and sign books at New York City’s Carnegie Hall. We have exclusive information this evening on the myriad of "Deathly Hallows" questions she answered as well as in-depth details on a number of subjects she spoke about.
The question was: Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?
JKR: My truthful answer to you… I always thought of Dumbledore as gay. [ovation.] … Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a little more because falling in love can blind us to an extend, but he met someone as brilliant as he was, and rather like Bellatrix he was very drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly, terribly let down by him. Yeah, that’s how i always saw Dumbledore. In fact, recently I was in a script read through for the sixth film, and they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script saying I knew a girl once, whose hair… [laughter]. I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the scriptwriter, "Dumbledore’s gay!" [laughter] "If I’d known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!"
Jo also said after revelation: "I had to give you something to talk about for the next 10 years…Just imagine the fan fiction now."
Sunday’s coming i wanna drive my car to your apartment with present like a star You show me your body before night comes down I touch your face and promise to stay ever young
Young For You
sunday’s coming i wanna drive my car to your apartment with present like a star forecaster said the weather may be rainy hard but i know the sun will shine for us
oh lazy seagull fly me from the dark i dress my jeans and feed my monkey banana then i think my age how old, skyline how far or we need each other in california
*you show me your body before night comes down i touch your face and promise to stay ever young on this ivory beach we kissed so long it seems that the passion’s never gone
*you sing me your melody and i feel so please i want you to want me to keep your dream together we’ll run wild by a summer symphony this is what we enjoyed not a fantasy
the tin-man’s surfing i wanna try my luck to the top of tide rip like just have some drugs i know you have no blame for my proud moonish heart welcome to the golden beatnik park
oh diamond seashore drag me from the yard incredible sunward i watch as you’re in photograph for camera your smile’s so sweet, palm trees’ so lush would you believe my honey it’s califonia
*you show me your body before night comes down i touch your face and promise to stay ever young on this ivory beach we kissed so long it seems that the passion’s never gone
*you sing me your melody and i feel so please i want you to want me to keep your dream together we’ll run wild by a summer symphony this is what we enjoyed not a fantasy