When did dumbldore get revealed as gay
'We already knew that, bro': 'Fantastic Beasts 3' finally addresses Dumbledore's sexuality onscreen
Spoiler alert: The obeying post discusses plot details from the brand-new "Harry Potter" spinoff movie "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
Nearly 15 years after J.K. Rowling revealed Dumbledore is queer , "Harry Potter" fans finally saw that backstory play out onscreen in the third prequel spinoff "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
"Harry Potter" Professor Albus Dumbledore (played by a bearded Jude Law) had an intense meeting over tea in the movie's opening scene with his former love-turned-archfoe Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen, who took the roleover from Johnny Depp). Later, the two face off in a long-teased wand battle.
The social media reaction from fans still on the "Fantastic Beasts" coach was varied. "What's the secret?? That he's gay??? We already knew that, bro," wrote Twitter user @animeberet.
"I love so much how they're handling Dumbledore organism gay ... Long for we see more," wrote @PotterxFlash.
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Summary
- Albus Dumbledore's sexuality was confirmed by J.K. Rowling in 2007, revealing that he had a romantic association with Gellert Grindelwald.
- The Fantastic Beasts movies did not explicitly corroborate Dumbledore's gay identity, disappointing some fans who were hoping for more voice.
- The upcoming Harry Potter TV series on Max may have an opportunity to properly portray Dumbledore as openly male lover, without the need for ambiguity or censorship.
Harry Potter's Wizarding World is full of secrets, of which many have been revealed and confirmed by J.K. Rowling over the years, including Albus Dumbledore's sexual orientation — so, is Dumbledore gay, and what is his association with Gellert Grindelwald? Help in 1997, Rowling introduced readers to the Wizarding World through her debut novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Even though the Harry Potter series came to an end in 2007 (and 2012 in the case of the movie saga), the Wizarding World continued its expansion thanks to other works.
Fantastic Beasts created a series of prequel movies to the Harry Potter saga coverin
Michael Gambon plays Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films |
She made her finding to a packed house in Recent York's Carnegie Hall on Friday, as part of her US book tour.
She took audience questions and was asked if Dumbledore found "true love".
"Dumbledore is gay," she said, adding he was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, who he hit in a battle between good and bad wizards prolonged ago.
The audience gasped, then applauded. "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy," she said.
"Falling in love can blind us to an extent," she added, saying Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly authorize down" and his love for Grindelwald was his "great tragedy".
"Oh, my god," Rowling, 42, concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction".
Rowling said her books are a "prolonged argument for tolerance" |
Fan sites possess long speculated on Dumbledore's sexuality as he was established for having a mysterious, troubled past.
Rowling told the audience that while working on the planned sixth Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Pri
Rowling Lets Dumbledore Out of the Closet
Oct. 20, 2007 — -- Well, it's official. Albus Dumbledore, a hero of the phenomenally popular Harry Potter series and headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts, is gay.
That's right, Harry's mentor and father-figure would like a nice wizard to a hot witch any day.
In a surprising new Potter twist, writer J.K. Rowling outed Dumbledore at New York's Carnegie Hall in front of 2,000 Potter fans during a question and respond session Friday night.
After reading an excerpt from the seventh installment of her series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," one young fan asked if Dumbledore had ever loved anyone.
"Dumbledore is gay, actually," replied Rowling.
She was initially met with a surprised silence but ultimately the audience erupted in cheers for several minutes prompting Rowling to add, "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy."
Rowling went on to explain that Dumbledore fell for Gellert Grindelwald, his childhood partner with similarly brilliant wizarding skills, who eventually went over to the gloomy side and became the predecessor to the i
The third 'Fantastic Beasts' feature finally addresses Dumbledore's sexuality front and center — nearly 15 years after J.K. Rowling first revealed he's gay
In 2007, "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling made a remark that would echo in the franchise's fandom for years to come. Speaking at Carnegie Hall that year, she said that she had "always thought of Dumbledore as gay" — and that the connection between him and his teenage friend Gellert Grindelwald had been romantic.
Since then, Dumbledore's sexuality has only explicitly existed outside of any of the franchise's main properties, and Rowling's words had never been confirmed on screen. She hinted in 2016 that the character's queerness would play a role in the "Fantastic Beasts" films, telling reporters to "watch this space," Time Magazine reported at the time.
Almost fifteen years after Rowling first confirmed Dumbledore's sexuality, it's finally made it to the big screen.
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
'The Secrets of Dumbledore' opens with Dumbledore and Grindelwald rehashing their history
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