Three Reasons Why Wizards Can't Be Gay or Straight
(1) Wizards don't fall in love.
Wizards aren't interested in being in love. It's true that insofar as love is a spiritual force that creates and governs the universe, Wizards are interested in it. But no Wizard worth his salt would be so vulnerable as to fall under the control of the force he is trying to master. As Gandalf said (paraphrase): "Wizards cannot destroy something in order to understand it". Isn't "destroying to understand" a definition of romantic love?
(2) Wizards are, technically speaking, not human.
Wizards are somewhere between angels and men. In a way, they are a parody of the Incarnation because they are a sort of fusing together of the human and Divine in an unstable mixture. They may act like they can love like other men, but it's just a show for purposes of concealment or to gain control over another person.
(3) Niether gay men nor straight women like long beards.
Even supposing a wizard did fall in love, he wouldn't be able to find a partner unless he shaved. If he shaved, he would lose all his power.
Therefore, if Dumbledore is gay he is not a Wizard. If he is straight he is not a Wizard either. It's as if J.K. Rowling didn't know anything about magic!
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Dude, he's a fictional character and JK (as the author) gets to decide his characteristics. Also, he was gay but not involved in a sexual relationship. He fell in love with Grindelwald when they were teenagers and when Grindelwald became evil Dumbledore gave up men.
At least that's how I understand it...
Have you read book 7?
Hey ma. No, I haven't read book 7. From what I've heard of it, I don't think I'd enjoy it. I lost interest in HP after book 5 because I began to sense that JK didn't understand what makes fantasy worthwhile. Fantasy isn't about plot twists and who-dunits. Nor is fantasy about angsty characters and the trials of being a teenager. Good fantasy is about blurring the line between fiction and non-fiction. After reading LOTR or The Space Trilogy, one gets the feeling that the realms and events depicted in them could actually exist on some plane inacessible to normal everyday experience. At the end of book 5 of Harry Potter I felt like JK wasn't interested in making the world of Hogwarts seem real.
Whether Dumbledore ever had a sexual relationship is beside the point. If he's just a normal gay guy with normal gay guy feelings about love, then he's not a wizard worthy of good fantasy. The Harry Potter books are just a bunch of modern novels dressed up with whimsical fantasy elements and dumbed down for kids. There's likely nothing for me to learn from them that I don't already know.
Since I don't like fantasy books you may have just explained why I enjoyed the Harry Potter series! Wow, you have become SUCH a curmudgeon...life isn't ALL about learning.
People should read this.
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