Dumbledore's gay

October 22, 2007 12:00 AM

J.K. Rowling revealed that the character Albus Dumbledore is gay. At a press conference, she alluded to Dumbledore's "great tragedy" of his youth in an affair with a wizard who eventually went over to the dark side.
posted by Poagao (56 comments total)

And can you believe it... a MeFite was there!
posted by Poolio at 12:02 AM on October 22, 2007

Triple.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 12:02 AM on October 22, 2007

Is James Brown still dead? Cause I don't see anything about that in the sidebar, so, I was just wondering.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:09 AM on October 22, 2007

What? James Brown is dead?

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posted by Wolof at 12:11 AM on October 22, 2007

Oops. Obviously the search function is broken, as a search for "Dumbledore" and "gay" turned up nothing.
posted by Poagao at 12:13 AM on October 22, 2007

You know who else is familiar with the dark side?
posted by miss lynnster at 12:15 AM on October 22, 2007

sidebarred, and still reposted.

huh.
posted by Arturus at 12:17 AM on October 22, 2007

Still gay.
posted by tellurian at 12:20 AM on October 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

This is about a different gay Dumbledore.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 12:20 AM on October 22, 2007 [10 favorites]

Obviously the search function is broken, as a search for "Dumbledore" and "gay" turned up nothing
posted by Wolof at 12:21 AM on October 22, 2007

Gumbledore is Day?
posted by Esoquo at 12:23 AM on October 22, 2007

how does she know he's gay ? did he knock her back ?
posted by sgt.serenity at 12:30 AM on October 22, 2007

He's so gaye he's a Dumblewhore.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:30 AM on October 22, 2007

you are fired.
posted by exlotuseater at 12:30 AM on October 22, 2007

last post!
posted by the_bone at 12:38 AM on October 22, 2007

In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
posted by Malor at 12:43 AM on October 22, 2007

I bet he had a narrow stance in the toilets.
posted by heeeraldo at 1:09 AM on October 22, 2007

Bumbledoor is what?
posted by pracowity at 1:09 AM on October 22, 2007

He put a spell on me.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:13 AM on October 22, 2007

Radiohead had gay sex with James Brown.
posted by melorama at 1:24 AM on October 22, 2007

He is NOT gay! He just has a wide stance! You people, and your neverending quest to gayify fictional wizards who love their wives very very much, you are tearing America apart!
posted by maryh at 1:33 AM on October 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

Come on!
posted by chlorus at 1:34 AM on October 22, 2007

Dumbledore's alive? I knew it.
posted by Neiltupper at 1:38 AM on October 22, 2007

These fleeting moments when the moderators sleep or eat sandwiches or whatever make me miss the img tag sooooo much.
posted by maryh at 1:50 AM on October 22, 2007

Wow, so many replies to a thread that shouldn't actually exist.

In the future, I promise that I will not rely on the Metafilter search function and google everything to make sure it's not on Metafilter, ok? My apologies.
posted by Poagao at 1:51 AM on October 22, 2007

I put on my robe and my wizard hat...
posted by Abiezer at 1:53 AM on October 22, 2007

Hi Abiezer! How are things in sunny China?
posted by By The Grace of God at 1:58 AM on October 22, 2007

you are fired.

At least I won lunch.
posted by dreamsign at 2:07 AM on October 22, 2007

Hey BTGOG! I'm less than an hour away from the Beijing MeFi meet-up. I haven't slept all night, pretending to make a deadline and wasting time on here. I am so looking forward to looking like a zombie in the photos. I'm a skeleton at the best of times.
posted by Abiezer at 2:21 AM on October 22, 2007

well have fun at the meetup and hoist a pint for me!
posted by By The Grace of God at 2:43 AM on October 22, 2007

But did The Fat Friar die of gluttony or food poisoning?? That's the real question here.
posted by ZachsMind at 2:54 AM on October 22, 2007

Yay! I wanna see pictures of Zombie Abiezer!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 2:55 AM on October 22, 2007

eventually went over to the dark side

Lots of people experiment in their youth, only to join the Republican Party when they become adults. It doesn't make them gay.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 2:56 AM on October 22, 2007

Zaphod Beeblebrox is gay??? Oh noes.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 3:05 AM on October 22, 2007

This is why we need a mod in a completely different timezone.
posted by adamvasco at 3:36 AM on October 22, 2007

IM IN UR DUMBLEDROORS, MAKIN THEMS GAY.
posted by allkindsoftime at 3:38 AM on October 22, 2007

you know what...i think the search is broke (at least in my browser (safari)) ...its treating everything like it's in quotes, not as keywords. (i was looking for the post on 'content aware image resizing'...typed in: content image...nothing, just 'content'...bam, came right up. just checked it with dumbledore gay...again, nada.)
posted by sexyrobot at 3:41 AM on October 22, 2007

If there was only some place, say on the front page, where big stories could be linked to to avoid this. Maybe off to one side.
posted by pjern at 3:45 AM on October 22, 2007

What, still?
posted by Eideteker at 3:49 AM on October 22, 2007

DUMBLEDORE IS STILL GAY?!?? OH NOES!!!!!
posted by Justinian at 4:00 AM on October 22, 2007

Does this mean that Snape killing Dumbledore is now a hate crime?
posted by davelog at 4:04 AM on October 22, 2007

Well DUH. He had a flaming bird, that did nothing but die and be reborn. Can you say drama queen?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:12 AM on October 22, 2007

He sounds like the kind of wizard whose staff would have a knob on the end...

TBQH, I can't believe that this people think that a fictional character being "outed" is sufficiently interesting to be posted once, let alone three times. Bizarre world.
posted by Chunder at 4:46 AM on October 22, 2007

So I downloaded In Rainbows but all I got was a James Brown impersonator explaining that Dumbledore had an affair with a wizard who eventually went over to the dark side. So I downloaded it again and this time the James Brown impersonator said, “That wizard was a man. Get it? Dumbledore is gay. This something you would have had to read Harry Potter to understand. OK bye.”
posted by tepidmonkey at 4:53 AM on October 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

This thread is so gay.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 4:54 AM on October 22, 2007

Dude, pop that post!
posted by y2karl at 4:57 AM on October 22, 2007

I HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY THIS WAS POSTED ONCE, LET ALONE THREE TIMES!!!!!
posted by MrMustard at 5:05 AM on October 22, 2007

Well, of course dumbledore is happy, why shouldn't he be?
posted by willie11 at 5:39 AM on October 22, 2007

I WISH THERE WAS A MOD IN MY TIME ZONE.
posted by sveskemus at 5:41 AM on October 22, 2007

I mean come on. It was soooooo obvious, what with him mincing around in his frock, always brooding about something, so gay.
posted by Pollomacho at 5:45 AM on October 22, 2007

SPIDERMAN JK ROWLING HAS MADE YOU GAY!!!1!
posted by triv at 5:54 AM on October 22, 2007

It's not just the time zone, it's how late these lazy mods get up in the morning. Slackers.
posted by terrapin at 6:06 AM on October 22, 2007

Please remove Dumbledore from my computer.
posted by AwkwardPause at 6:06 AM on October 22, 2007

Doubledore.
posted by kirkaracha at 6:17 AM on October 22, 2007

These fleeting moments when the moderators sleep or eat sandwiches or whatever make me miss the img tag sooooo much.

YES BUT AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE CAPS LOCK!!!
posted by languagehat at 6:23 AM on October 22, 2007

kirkaracha - Doubledore?
posted by MrMustard at 6:25 AM on October 22, 2007