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[felis_ultharus]

I'd always hoped that J.K. Rowling would throw in a gay character into this decade's most popular book series. And it turns out she did.

People are saying this was dropped in out of the blue, but I actually thought that in the last book it was pretty obvious, and said so in this spoiler-filled entry.

Up until then, though, I figured Colin Creevey would just marry Ernie MacMillan.

ETA: And the answer to the question of "Is Mugglenet still homophobic?", the answer seems to be "Yes." They're deleting all threads and all posts on the subject -- it's creepy.

I stopped visiting that site -- even though it's the largest HP fansite in existence -- after they pushed out a poor bisexual girl for speculating that a character might be gay. I went back to see their reaction, and it's dead silence.

The people who run those forums seem to have missed the theme of the series entirely.

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[maidenofirisa.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking that. It's a very nice news. Also, yep, somewhat obvious. I was amused by her reaction that if she had known it would make people so happy she would have told us before. I also liked her comment about fan fiction. Of course, both the fan fiction and the communities already exist....

At one point she mentioned she might publish a book filled with these little bits about characters. I really hope she does.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

She must not go online much -- she always seems to underestimate the scope of the fanfic.

She's said she probably will publish it -- and donate the proceeds to charity.