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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3886155" data-attributes="member: 18280">You realize that you just inspired 100 fledgling fanfic slashfic writers, don't you?&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />The only real evidence that Dumbledore is gay, IMHO, is that the author says that he is gay, and that she envisioned him as being gay while she was writing him.&nbsp; To me, that is sort of lukewarm in the evidence-o-meter, but I accept it because it doesn't contradict the remainder of the work, and it is unlikely that it will ever be contradicted.When retconning Star Trek or Doctor Who, though, I use the rule that &quot;What Is Seen On-Screen Is All We Actually Know&quot;.&nbsp; Statements of authorial intent, especially after the passage of time, are questionable at best.&nbsp; Does anyone really believe that George Lucas had midichlorians in mind when the first Star Wars film came out?&nbsp; Does anyone really believe that JKR had the plots for all seven books when she wrote HP&amp;TPS?&nbsp; Authors lie.&nbsp; Often, authors lie because they think it is what their readers want to hear.&nbsp; Some authors, like Stephen King (in On Writing) even admit later that some of their earlier statements were lies.If JKR ever re-visits the HP universe, I think it likely that she will continue along the &quot;Dumbledore is gay&quot; line.&nbsp; But she might not.&nbsp; Does it really matter?RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3886155, member: 18280"] You realize that you just inspired 100 fledgling fanfic slashfic writers, don't you? :lol: The only real evidence that Dumbledore is gay, IMHO, is that the author says that he is gay, and that she envisioned him as being gay while she was writing him. To me, that is sort of lukewarm in the evidence-o-meter, but I accept it because it doesn't contradict the remainder of the work, and it is unlikely that it will ever be contradicted. When retconning Star Trek or Doctor Who, though, I use the rule that "What Is Seen On-Screen Is All We Actually Know". Statements of authorial intent, especially after the passage of time, are questionable at best. Does anyone really believe that George Lucas had midichlorians in mind when the first Star Wars film came out? Does anyone really believe that JKR had the plots for all seven books when she wrote HP&TPS? Authors lie. Often, authors lie because they think it is what their readers want to hear. Some authors, like Stephen King (in On Writing) even admit later that some of their earlier statements were lies. If JKR ever re-visits the HP universe, I think it likely that she will continue along the "Dumbledore is gay" line. But she might not. Does it really matter? RC [/QUOTE]

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