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Dumbledore Did Seem a Little too Flamboyant . . .

October 20, 2007 2:43 AM

id you ever wonder why Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, the most powerful wizard in the world, didn't have a wife or children? I mean, there was never any hint about any sort of romantic relationship. I always thought it was because he was a man who was too devoted to his work to make time for a family, so he never allowed himself to get tangled up in the whole thing. It turns out, though, that it's because he was gay. Moreover, he was in love with the man he would later have to defeat--the dark wizard Grindelwald.

Personally, I think this adds a whole new dimension to the character, and especially what we learned about him in The Deathy Hallows. For starters, it serves to explain--but not excuse--his involvement in the plan to establish a new world order. Love is both blind and blinding. And, of course, it makes what he ultimately had to do, and the price he ultimately had to pay, that much more difficult. And therefore awesome.

I know some people out there are going to be upset about this. But fuck those people. Dumbledore is one of the best characters ever. He's right up there with Gandalf, Superman, Eric Cartman, Luke Skywalker, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. As in real life, it doesn't matter which gender you love. To echo Dumbledore himself, it's choices that define the man.



5 Comments


Utah said:

I take it you're now going to disclaim gayness for both gandolf and dumbledore?

October 20, 2007 1:04 PM



Dee said:

I always noticed that when he conjured stuff, it tended to be fruity things like chintz armchairs. and he did like to lecture people about manners quite a bit. but i still always considered him sexless. horace slughorn must have pined after him alll along!

October 21, 2007 12:40 AM



TheExpat said:

He was alway sexless for me too, though in an imposed by duty sort of way. Can't say I ever imagined him romantically involved with a woman, either. To me, he was always just gay in that way eriudite professor can be.

October 22, 2007 11:49 AM



Ismael Tapia II said:

I am not gay for Dumbledore. Or Gandalf. Ok, a little for Gandalf. But that's it.

October 23, 2007 12:53 AM



Lily said:

I always thought he was sexless in the way the super-smart are, as though he really had the capacity to use his intellectualism to subdue his tawdry desires.

October 23, 2007 9:35 PM



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