BoshStrikesBack posted...
It actually makes his relationship with Grindelwald a lot deeper, and there's nothing to contradict it in the book either.
Please. As if adding a sexual component to a friendship suddenly makes it "a lot deeper." More complicated and tense, maybe, but it's pretty clear that Rowling said that as a way of generating more discussion after the final book's release.
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Well...no. There was definitely something that bothered me about Dumbledore before this interview. This man who was completely obsessed with love had no love interest; even after we learned his backstory, no woman with which he was particularly close (Minerva is dedicated to him, but he shares his confidences with a young boy over her). There isn't even hint of a woman we hadn't heard about through him having kids or something. But he acts kind of irrational and weird around three characters: Gellert Grindlewald, whom he seems eager to go along with and please in spite of how much they differ. Harry Potter, who causes Dumbledore to tear up when he declares that he is "Dumbledore's Man". And Severus Snape, with whom he confides a lot more than, say, MgGonigal in spite of it being more dangerous to do so. Notably, all three of these characters are male.
Dumbledore being gay isn't strictly necessary, but it does make the story make a lot more sense.
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