The 'Wheee! Dumbly is Gay' Poll

[themostepotente]

He's here. He's queer. He's here to do a cheer. A lil' poll on the matter of Dumbly's preference for le beau sex.

Alas, I have no DD icons :P

[Poll #1076455]

Have fun all!

--P

Comments

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

Of course this all happens when I'm on a short hiatus for apartment renovations and I miss all the good crack. :-P

When I heard, I knew fandom was going to go batshit and divide itself as it always does. JKR can't win no matter what she does, and I'm frankly quite stunned by a lot of the negative comments I've seen. I mean, sure, I expected it from the anti-slash/homophobic crowd, but the whining from the slashers? The claims that it was a publicity stunt kill me, because, you know, she needs the publicity like she needs a fucking hole in her head. But the "why couldn't it have been X instead because eww, Dumbledore is old" bitching in particular grates on me to no end. I had to stop myself from writing a scathing reply to people on the SB/RL mailing list. And where the hell did she say that DD was the ONLY gay character/wizard?

Fandom makes my brain bleed. I guarantee that if she had been asked about Draco and said that he was gay or bi, suddenly all the "interviews aren't canon" people would be miraculously shouting "IT'S CANON!"

The other thing that kills me is this pervading attitude that now that she's finished writing her seven books, JKR must abdicate all claims to the world and characters SHE created. We're such a bunch of hypocrites. For all the people who complain about that, let's see them give up their "rights" to their fanfic, their fanart, their RP characters and games.

As for your poll, I was ecstatic when I heard, and to be honest, there was more than subtext in DH about it to begin with - she did everything except type the word "gay" in there, and for people who thrive on subtext... Anyway, I chose Remus, but I wouldn't want her to have said he was gay, but rather that he was bisexual. Even despite my shippy R/S tendencies, bisexuality totally suits the way she wrote him.

Btw, Hi! *HUGS* Fun poll! I need more coffee. :-P

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

This comment? Pretty much wins at EVERYTHING. Do I have your permission to use this in a future post, dear?

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

Sure, why not. :-P