[FFML] [News][Potter] Rowling Speaks on Dumbledore

[Sexy Neko Hibiki]

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From: "Ed Simons" <easimons at cris.com>
To: "The Fanfiction Mailing List" <ffml at chez-vrolet.net>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [FFML] [News][Potter] Rowling Speaks on Dumbledore


> Richard Lawson wrote:
>
>>I've actually found this news to be a good indicator of the level of
>>homophobia in an individual.  If all of a sudden they think this entirely
>>changes how they look at Dumbledore and they're suddenly uncomfortable with
>>him as a character, that person is fairly homophobic.
>>
>>If they say, "Cool!", they tend the other way.
>>
>>
>>
> My initial thought from Rowlings comment about it annoying certain
> groups is this is just an attempt to generate controversy and thus
> publicity.
>
> My next thought was drowned out be the squeeing of the yaoi fangirls,
> who I expect to churn out a ludicrous amount of Dumbledore/Harry,
> Dumbledore/Snape, etc, on ff.net in the next two weeks.  Most of these
> fics will feature 'chapters' of less 500 words and their 'authors' will
> be totally unaware of the invention of the spellchecker.
>
> My third thought is Luke Mason's analysis of the character based on this
> does a lot to explain certain inactions of Dumbledore, so some good may
> come of it in the world of fanfic.
>
> If only it weren't for the squeeing yaoi fangirls

I'm not a squeeing yaoi fangirl, I'm a squeeing yuri fangirl.^_^ Why couldn't she have said 
Daphne Greengrass was gay? That would have gone nicely with the fic I'm working on.