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And some of them are mentioning that the one outed gay character having exactly one unrequited love (who was evil) in his past and, presumably, being celibate the rest of his life is OMG homophobic.
Which it might be, I don't know. But I don't really think that this is a sign of JKR's views about gay people. It's more a sign of how she views relationships in general - you seem to have your one true love, and you're stuck with them. FOREVER. Even if they become evil. Even if you throw a nasty slur at them and they never speak to you again. Even if the fact that he's adopted your mom as a quasi-foster mom gives your entire relationship creepy incest vibes, or your family disowns you, or you just aren't right for each other, pregnancy notwithstanding, or whatever - everybody seems to ultimately end up with just one person.
And this is a very sweet and touching way to look at the world. It is. Imagine - you fall in love, you marry your high school sweetheart, awwwww.
It's not very realistic, but we're talking about a world with magic in it. How realistic do we expect it to be, exactly?
(And why hasn't somebody asked the all-important question yet? Why did she decide to stop calling Hermione waspish?)
Which it might be, I don't know. But I don't really think that this is a sign of JKR's views about gay people. It's more a sign of how she views relationships in general - you seem to have your one true love, and you're stuck with them. FOREVER. Even if they become evil. Even if you throw a nasty slur at them and they never speak to you again. Even if the fact that he's adopted your mom as a quasi-foster mom gives your entire relationship creepy incest vibes, or your family disowns you, or you just aren't right for each other, pregnancy notwithstanding, or whatever - everybody seems to ultimately end up with just one person.
And this is a very sweet and touching way to look at the world. It is. Imagine - you fall in love, you marry your high school sweetheart, awwwww.
It's not very realistic, but we're talking about a world with magic in it. How realistic do we expect it to be, exactly?
(And why hasn't somebody asked the all-important question yet? Why did she decide to stop calling Hermione waspish?)
