The Deathly Hallows..

[GoldbrickGangBoss]

Apparently Rowling recently announced that Dumbledore was gay. Pretty interesting.


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2196020,00.html

So she didn't have the guts to put that in the actual books?

[waks]

Apparently Rowling recently announced that Dumbledore was gay. Pretty interesting.


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2196020,00.html

So she didn't have the guts to put that in the actual books?

I don't know if the target audience would grasp the concept..

[GoldbrickGangBoss]

Apparently Rowling recently announced that Dumbledore was gay. Pretty interesting.


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2196020,00.html

So she didn't have the guts to put that in the actual books?

I don't know if the target audience would grasp the concept..

So murder and violence is all fine and dandy but not two guys possibly having a relationship?

Besides, its only religious nuts that wouldn't be able to grasp it and they probably aren't reading it anyway. Too much witchcraft and shiz.

[waks]

Apparently Rowling recently announced that Dumbledore was gay. Pretty interesting.


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2196020,00.html

So she didn't have the guts to put that in the actual books?

I don't know if the target audience would grasp the concept..

So murder and violence is all fine and dandy but not two guys possibly having a relationship?

Besides, its only religious nuts that wouldn't be able to grasp it and they probably aren't reading it anyway. Too much witchcraft and shiz.

No, not pertaining to if it's appropriate or not. I don't know if elementary school kids really understand the concept of homosexuality or not.

[GoldbrickGangBoss]

Apparently Rowling recently announced that Dumbledore was gay. Pretty interesting.


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2196020,00.html

So she didn't have the guts to put that in the actual books?

I don't know if the target audience would grasp the concept..

So murder and violence is all fine and dandy but not two guys possibly having a relationship?

Besides, its only religious nuts that wouldn't be able to grasp it and they probably aren't reading it anyway. Too much witchcraft and shiz.

No, not pertaining to if it's appropriate or not. I don't know if elementary school kids really understand the concept of homosexuality or not.

Elementary school kids really aren't the target audience.

[waks]

Apparently Rowling recently announced that Dumbledore was gay. Pretty interesting.


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2196020,00.html

So she didn't have the guts to put that in the actual books?

I don't know if the target audience would grasp the concept..

So murder and violence is all fine and dandy but not two guys possibly having a relationship?

Besides, its only religious nuts that wouldn't be able to grasp it and they probably aren't reading it anyway. Too much witchcraft and shiz.

No, not pertaining to if it's appropriate or not. I don't know if elementary school kids really understand the concept of homosexuality or not.

Elementary school kids really aren't the target audience.

I'm pretty sure that they are. It's extremely popular in all age groups, yes, but I'm going to guess that the book was originally written for kids in elementary school. Correct me if I'm wrong but adults don't usually read fantasy books about witches and wizards, do they?

[GoldbrickGangBoss]

Apparently Rowling recently announced that Dumbledore was gay. Pretty interesting.


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2196020,00.html

So she didn't have the guts to put that in the actual books?

I don't know if the target audience would grasp the concept..

So murder and violence is all fine and dandy but not two guys possibly having a relationship?

Besides, its only religious nuts that wouldn't be able to grasp it and they probably aren't reading it anyway. Too much witchcraft and shiz.

No, not pertaining to if it's appropriate or not. I don't know if elementary school kids really understand the concept of homosexuality or not.

Elementary school kids really aren't the target audience.

I'm pretty sure that they are. It's extremely popular in all age groups, yes, but I'm going to guess that the book was originally written for kids in elementary school. Correct me if I'm wrong but adults don't usually read fantasy books about witches and wizards, do they?

And children read books that literally center on 'death' as the overlying theme? It has witches and wizards, yes, but its dark across the board. I know tons of adults that read Harry Potter books and no one at all below 18 reading it. They're adult fantasy books. Kids can read them but the complexity and dark tone screams for adult target material.

[Motivational Tool]

I think the first few books were written for the elementary school crowd, but as a fifth grade teacher, I have to say that even my most mature, intelligent student would have a hard time following the last 3 books. 

I don't think it is a big deal that she announced Dumbledore (a.k.a. "The Magical Fruit") as gay.  I think she has entire histories, likes, dislikes, biographical timelines, etc. in her mind for each character as she writes the books, and really none of the adult characters have any sort of love life that is discussed.  I did think that Dumbledore was getting it on with McGonagall, though.

[waks]

Apparently Rowling recently announced that Dumbledore was gay. Pretty interesting.


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2196020,00.html

So she didn't have the guts to put that in the actual books?

I don't know if the target audience would grasp the concept..

So murder and violence is all fine and dandy but not two guys possibly having a relationship?

Besides, its only religious nuts that wouldn't be able to grasp it and they probably aren't reading it anyway. Too much witchcraft and shiz.

No, not pertaining to if it's appropriate or not. I don't know if elementary school kids really understand the concept of homosexuality or not.

Elementary school kids really aren't the target audience.

I'm pretty sure that they are. It's extremely popular in all age groups, yes, but I'm going to guess that the book was originally written for kids in elementary school. Correct me if I'm wrong but adults don't usually read fantasy books about witches and wizards, do they?

And children read books that literally center on 'death' as the overlying theme? It has witches and wizards, yes, but its dark across the board. I know tons of adults that read Harry Potter books and no one at all below 18 reading it. They're adult fantasy books. Kids can read them but the complexity and dark tone screams for adult target material.

I agree, that the last three or four books would be much more difficult for kids to read but the first three were pretty elementary. Most adults weren't reading them at first and the hype didn't rise so much to where everybody was reading them until book 4 or 5.

[Dirty Sanchez]

I hear a prequel called "Harry Potter and Vaseline Coated Pedophile" is coming out next year.

[KungFoooKitty]

Why did somebody resurrect this crappity thread? 

[GoldbrickGangBoss]

The more I read of this recent 'revelation' the more it just sounds like an attention whorish publicity stunt by Rowling.

Still funny that the announcement of a fictional character being gay has caused a gigantic stir.

[waks]

The more I read of this recent 'revelation' the more it just sounds like an attention whorish publicity stunt by Rowling.

Still funny that the announcement of a fictional character being gay has caused a gigantic stir.

Of course it's a publicity stunt.

[Shout it out loud]

WGAFF