Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Once said: That wasn't a tweet. During the book tour for Deathly Hallows she was asked by an audience member if Dumbledore found "true love". Her answer was that Dumbledore is gay and was in love with Grindelwald. He was blinded by love and was horribly let down by it. His love Grindelwald was his 'great tragedy'. The audience gasped, then applauded, to which she said something like "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy." Steve Kloves later revealed that he had written a scene for the script of Half-Blood Prince in which Dumbledore reminisce about a girl. Her only note to the scene was 'Dumbledore is gay'. While it may not be explicit in the books, I definitely think it's hinted at in the last book when we learn about Dumbledore's back story. Gay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 604 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Well, yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Lord of the Rings is for nerds, Star Wars is for freaks, Harry Potter is for virgins, only Indiana Jones is for the cool kids. The one thing that always confused me about Harry Potter was were all the sex had gone... I mean, the students are far away from their parents, they may feel lonely - guess what that means, Hogwarts is a really big place which has many broom closets and a forbidden forest that nobody usually enters, the threat proceeding from Voldemort should make the girls seek a shelter - guess what that means, the many towers of the castle tendentially drive your fantasy. In reality, Hogwarts would be a pleasure palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 What is it about HP that makes perverts want to sexualize it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 21 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: The one thing that always confused me about Harry Potter was were all the sex had gone... I mean, the students are far away from their parents, they may feel lonely - guess what that means, Hogwarts is a really big place which has many broom closets and a forbidden forest that nobody usually enters, the threat proceeding from Voldemort should make the girls seek a shelter - guess what that means, the many towers of the castle tendentially drive your fantasy. In reality, Hogwarts would be a pleasure palace. Hehe, we just spent a day on the discord exploring this topic. This is the best we could find, a lot of references to it in the books collected: https://www.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/comments/1rufvc/sex_at_hogwarts/ Look carefully at the Marauder's Map in the HP3 credits and watch the deleted scenes of Goblet of Fire. TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said: What is it about HP that makes perverts want to sexualize it? Have you ever made a comment on this forum that contributes anything to anything? And you criticize my comment that is very obviously not completely serious? 1 minute ago, Holko said: Look carefully at the Marauder's Map in the HP3 credits and watch the deleted scenes of Goblet of Fire. I know, that Marauder's Map thing is really funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 604 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Brundlefly said: Lord of the Rings is for nerds, Star Wars is for freaks, Harry Potter is for virgins, only Indiana Jones is for the cool kids. The one thing that always confused me about Harry Potter was were all the sex had gone... I mean, the students are far away from their parents, they may feel lonely - guess what that means, Hogwarts is a really big place which has many broom closets and a forbidden forest that nobody usually enters, the threat proceeding from Voldemort should make the girls seek a shelter - guess what that means, the many towers of the castle tendentially drive your fantasy. In reality, Hogwarts would be a pleasure palace. As Rowling told the New Yorker; “The thing about fantasy — there are certain things you just don’t do in fantasy. You don’t have sex near unicorns. It’s an ironclad rule. It’s tacky.” Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Once said: As Rowling told the New Yorker; “The thing about fantasy — there are certain things you just don’t do in fantasy. You don’t have sex near unicorns. It’s an ironclad rule. It’s tacky.” I disagree. It would ground the fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 See: The Witcher. Sex on a stuffed unicorn. Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 What about having sex with unicorns???? Asking for a friend. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 And in Rowling's universe, unicorns are semi-afraid of boys, they only let girls near, so she worked around that quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,833 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 So that’s why Voldemort needed that unicorn... it wasn’t just for the blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 And who knows what the hunky Firenze did with her admirers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,510 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 . Holko and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 38 minutes ago, Once said: As Rowling told the New Yorker; “The thing about fantasy — there are certain things you just don’t do in fantasy. You don’t have sex near unicorns. It’s an ironclad rule. It’s tacky.” Further proof why women don't understand men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 38 minutes ago, Alex said: So that’s why Voldemort needed that unicorn... it wasn’t just for the blood. Does he have that desire? He can't love, but can he make love? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Well if you count the fanfiction as canon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 I don't. Does he die as a virgin in the canon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 I guess so, it's in-character. Rowling says that play thing is canon but she's irrelevant now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Very mean by Harry to kill him nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Harry only wanted to disarm him! Voldy killed himself with the reflected curse because the Elder Wand refused to murder his current owner in the hands of someone who didn't acquire it properly. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2018 Yes, and then Voldemort's lifeless body collapsed on the ground. It did not dissolve into magical ashes. (I just cannot believe that Rowling approved an end for Voldemort that 100% goes against the central theme of the ENTIRE EFFING SERIES) Holko, Brundlefly and Once 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,833 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 For f*** sake, I’d just about wiped The Cursed Child from my memory and you guys bring it up again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 22 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: (I just cannot believe that Rowling approved an end for Voldemort that 100% goes against the central theme of the ENTIRE EFFING SERIES) I also don't remember a reference to how Harry sacrifiing himself meant literally everyone in the castle was now protected from Voldemort, like his mother's sacrifice originally protected him. Not even Voldy's Silencio worked on the crowd! TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 He didn't say the full spell: SILENCIO POR FAVOR!!! Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 604 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: (I just cannot believe that Rowling approved an end for Voldemort that 100% goes against the central theme of the ENTIRE EFFING SERIES) Rowling didn’t actually have much influence on the film adaptations. The script writers, producers and directors were very kind and interested to have her involved in the process, but all she really did was to let them know if anything contradicted her future plot lines. Overall she had a very hands-off approach to the films, only really getting involved when asked. Merchandise, on the other hand, is something she had (and still has) a lot of control over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 @Brundlefly Maybe because not everything needs to be sexualized. There's a time, a place and a context for that. Most other forms of entertainment and media are dominated by sexualization, and with Potter you have to ask whether it would benefit the story for it to be included. What's important in Rowling's work is actually the theme of love, unconditional, pure love and the stories were told without a single hint at sexualization. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 26 minutes ago, Holko said: The fuck is wrong with that woman Yeah, because we totally need that information. I just can't watch the movies without thinking about the history of their bathroom situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 You may ask "hey, what about the Chamber of Secrets, built into the plumbing below a bathroom in around 1000 AD? She's got you covered with the Retcon Hat: the new plumbing nearly uncovered the Chamber, and it was an Heir that built it into the bathroom, but he didn't kill muggleborns for... reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 First, I plan to soil myself. Then I'm going to regroup and come up with another plan. Any thoughts? mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,499 Posted February 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2019 Poopus Disappearex! crumbs, Chen G., mstrox and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,300 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 So the wizards just shit their pants at Hogwarts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,943 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Holko said: Poopus Disappearex! More like Braccae non olet! Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 @Jay, Rowling retconning yet another thing about the world itself separately from the film/score universe belonged better in the HP Disenchantment thread, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Why was this conversation moved in here? It’s got nothing to do with the film series or the scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,282 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 My bad, my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 The Harry Potter Disenchantment Thread? A knock-off of the SW thread? This proves that even when it comes to disenchantment, Star Wars still wins (in terms of amount of disenchantment). bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 Well, TPM happened in 1999, COG in 2018. Give my thread a chance to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 The Ancient Romans had sewers but Hogwarts couldn't manage plumbing in any form until round about American Revolutionary times? Chen G. and bollemanneke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,024 Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,643 Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 Everything that happened in the Harry Potter books really happened in real life, except the real Severus Snake actually died of autoerotic asphyxiation in year 2. Not Mr. Big and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 On 05/02/2019 at 5:29 PM, The Illustrious Jerry said: This proves that even when it comes to disenchantment, Star Wars still wins (in terms of amount of disenchantment). one has to be enchanted first! mstrox and bollemanneke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sweeping Strings 2,344 Posted May 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2023 The disenchantment is all part of a grand plan by Rowling and WB. There are Potter films that have been made in secret, unbeknownst to you plebian fools. The upcoming TV series versions are a red herring, or something. Maybe I should put some of this in italics in the mistaken impression that it will be taken more seriously as a result. Just trying to make this thread more like its Star Wars equivalent, lol. ThePenitentMan1, Giftheck and Naïve Old Fart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 Nice to see my thread being revived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurkensalat 336 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 I don't know if this is the right place, but I have read "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" over the past few months and can really recommend it to everybody who is disenchanted OR enchanted by the Harry Potter world. It is a masterwork of mixing fan fiction, homage, commentary, satire and much more into a precise discourse of scientific methods, written by a professor of AI research. It is quite long, be warned, but rewarding. A free pdf version can be found here: https://hpmor.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,385 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 TolkienSS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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