The LGBT Left is trying to bully JK Rowling into making another character gay because Dumbledore wasn’t enough (it’s never enough with the social justice mob, Harry and Ron could become transvestite hairdressers and it wouldn’t be enough).
The LGBTQ department of the Cult of Social Justice is going after author JK Rowling – who (among other things) has been an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights – because she won’t “confirm” that Harry Potter’s godfather, Sirius Black, is gay (which he’s not and never has been). And she’s not budging, no matter how much the smutty fan fiction writers beg her to –
The idea of an author having control over her work is alien to the left. All things are common property of the mob, and if the mob dictates that Sirius Black shall be gay and Captain America shall have a boyfriend, and Captain Kirk shall be transgendered, and Jay Gatsby shall be a Black Muslim Lesbian, then all this shall be done.
Again, rather than create their own characters, their own heroes, the social left cannot think beyond hijacking someone else’s creation and forcing it onto their own version of Procrustes Iron Bed. Likewise, they couldn’t build their own scouting organization, so they bullied the Boy Scouts of America into becoming a Social Justice outfit.
One wonders if a time will come when not making a character gay or whatever because the mob demands it will become a hate crime.
“the idea of an author having control of their work is alien to the left.” yep, to a Marxist everything you do has to advance the cause or you won’t be allowed to do it. isn’t liberation great!
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
Lo, the Progressive doth enter
And arrange the farce to his domain
Ordering about according to his deign.
Tis much when scepters are in children’s hands,
But more when envy breeds unkind division;
There does the ruin, there begins confusion.
The jaws of darkness do devour it up;
So quick bright things come to confusion;
Confusion now has made his masterpiece.
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Rowling opened the door to them in the first place, but one can’t expect everyone to be ready for attacks from the gay mafia or even their junior subordinate apprentices. When I first heard Rowling assign sexual orientation to one of her Fictional characters a few years ago or whenever it was, I was a bit confused as to the reasoning behind such an extraneous move. Then remembered that she was being supportive of gay marriage, in her way. Either way, I’m not a fan of fiction constructed for children.
Indeed, all the world IS a stage. This bauble is now tarnished.
Nice, er, updating, Heliotrope.
“One wonders if a time will come when not making a character gay or whatever because the mob demands it will become a hate crime.”
At less than 2% of the population into perpetuity, that’s unlikely to occur.
Making their own scouts wouldn’t work because no one would send their young virgin boys to the poofter scouts. What would the merit badges be like?
Can you imagine what someone existing in, oh, Syria – one day getting gassed by *your* government, next day hoping ISIS head-hackers don’t notice you – must think when the “civilized” world is up in arms over the sexual orientation of a wizard in children’s fiction?
It’s no wonder they hate us.
Crucio!
Oh but it’s not only for children; the Harry Potter stories are a great read and have a vocabulary range which is excellent. I was looking up words at times I didn’t know, and I’m an adult with a rather large vocabulary (at least for adults in the 21st Century). That’s just one aspect of the books which make them appealing. There have been books written on the books, explaining some of the less-obvious references, which are equally interesting.
Also, I don’t think she made Albus Dumbledore as gay just because she favors same-gender marriage. In fact, I think if anything, it’s more likely the reverse. If you’ve seen any of her interviews, particularly with Katie “What magazines do you read?” Couric, you would know that she has boxes and boxes of notes on the characters and the entire universe. Unlike some authors who wish to impart a message and then create something to promote that message, she created the universe and then extracted seven books from it. She is also on record as noting that only a small portion of her notes on the characters and the universe made it into the books. To that end, I’m sure she probably has a backstory on all of the characters, some of which could be startling to some of her readers. (Severus Snape may not be into pederasty, but I could see him being raised by parents who were, for example, BDSM enthusiasts.)
However, it appears her enthusiasm about the series is wearing thin and though she could always change her mind, it seems unlikely she will delve back into that world, other that as side stories (such as the current play). Certainly, when you have almost as much money as God, Oprah, and the Queen, you’re not doing it for the money (anymore).
RSG, Earlier, after reading the comment I wrote knowing that typos & misstatements couldn’t be edited, I noticed my last comment about it being written for children, which it is, but it’s well known that many adults enjoy them also. Including many of my esteemed colleagues past & present. I make no judgment. I, myself, enjoy the perfection of well done Japanese anime (Ghibli studios best), for the artistry that it is & I’m sure the Harry Potters are equally well-crafted. Anime is also held in disdain by many, but I don’t care. My comment was automatic & insensitive. I assume most who comment here are above average, even the sporadic Libs.
Harry Potter and the Jealous Husband.
http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/slash_n_diceyaoi/Hjeal.html
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Thanks, RSG, for pointing out that authors do make up unwritten backstories for characters, especially major characters like Dumbledore — I never had any trouble believing it when Rowling said that she’d “always thought of him as gay,” even though she hadn’t mentioned this in the published books.
As to Sirius Black — isn’t there a line in one of the books where he and Remus Lupin (an obvious “metaphorical gay” whose eventual heterosexual romance with Tonks surprised lots of readers) are said to be “bickering like an old married couple”?
I believe you’re right on that, Throbert. That line sounds quite familiar.