I love moments like this.
J.K. Rowling apparently revealed tonight, in front of a crowd of Harry Potter fans, that the beloved Wizard and Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, was gay.
It makes sense really. Throughout Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows, Dumbledore's relationship with Grindelwald was eluded to being a very prominent relationship in his life. Now, granted, I've got very prominent relationships with my best girlfriends, but not to the point that I'd go crazy with the magic with them and follow them to the ends of the earth on some crazy scheme in order to take over the world. I might require a postcard, though. And if they were going some place really cool, they'd better invite me, but still - surely after that ramble, you get my drift.
As the AP article states, this is going to give further fodder to those groups that already hate Harry Potter and Rowling. Eh, who cares? They wouldn't be happy with a unicorn that shat gold coins and platinum American Express cards.
She also apparently told fans that she had to pass a note to David Yates, director of Half-Blood Prince, when it was mentioned in the script for the upcoming Potter film, that Dumbledore had once been interested in a, gasp, girl.
After revealing the news, J.K. Rowling joked about the fan fiction that would come about. Oh honey. Dumbledore/Grindelwald fanfic is the least of your worries.
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