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Originally Posted by Chrisb3  I had a gay friend and he absolutly loved that Dumbledore was gay, I think people are just exaggerating it to make her look bad for some reason.
Being gay is not a big deal in England at all, I guess it's slightly different in america or something? I don't understand why it's an issue.
You guys would be better off talking about the unorigonal writing accusation as it sounds much more interesting. |
No one's thrashing the prospect of a gay character at all. It's the after-the-fact statement of him being gay with practically nonexistent support in the text that I and others feel is offensive. It smacks of fishing for edgy writing by including a marginalized group who, if you point out that she's exploiting them for intellectual bragging rights, will accuse you of having a problem with the lifestyle. Coincidentally, this is exactly what you've assumed people here were doing.