fantasticbeasts_kinkmeme ([personal profile] fantasticbeasts_kinkmeme) wrote2016-11-23 07:38 am
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Re: Keep it gay?

(Anonymous) 2016-12-23 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
I'd like to hope they'd be more open but I'm also really cynical so I don't know. Like, every time I see people get really excited about the potential for more open representation in big franchises I just try not to get my hopes up because I've been let down SO many times before.

Also, it's been forever since I've read HP or even thought about it, but was it a definite romantic relationship between them, or unrequited? I can't remember. (Or just sort of left ambiguous?)

Re: Keep it gay?

(Anonymous) 2016-12-25 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
JKR said it was unrequited, yeah, and that Grindelwald knew about Dumbledore's feelings and used them to manipulate him, iirc. But I would still think it's an important plot point, regardless of being reciprocated or not.

Re: Keep it gay?

(Anonymous) 2016-12-25 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Ughhhh I wish Grindelwald and Dumbledore relationship had been explored more. Just urgh.

Re: Keep it gay?

(Anonymous) 2016-12-25 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It wasn't explicitly in the books themselves, though you can argue it was sort of implied by some of the stuff Rita Skeeter said about Dumbledore in DH. JKR says Grindelwald didn't actually love Dumbledore back, but, yes, used his feelings to manipulate him, IIRC.
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