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Date Posted: 15:51:23 10/23/07 Tue
Author: Deep Diction
Subject: Re: I think I understand what you're saying ej
In reply to: brat 's message, "I think I understand what you're saying ej" on 14:43:29 10/23/07 Tue

>I don't care if Dumbledore is gay or not gay. If his
>being gay had been part of the stories while the story
>was still in progress, I would have been fine with it.
>I think if I'm understanding you, that your issue is
>why say it now that the story is over. It's all said
>and done so who really cares? That's why when DD
>says,"why say Ron's hair is red" it's really not an
>accurate comparison. Ron having red hair was always
>part of the story, from the very first book.
>Dumbledore being gay might have been inferred but it
>was never implicitly stated in the ongoing story so
>why say it now? Is that what you were saying ej? If
>so, then I agree.

I don't understand what EJ is saying either. Either he's saying it isn't relevant now, so why talk about it, or that it was never relevant. If it's the latter, then the hair comparison is perfectly valid. But I don't know how something that was relevant during the story could somehow become irrelevant after the story has been written. People always ask questions about a writer's motivations. Look at movies like Mulholland Drive, which is packed with symbolism, and people have hounded David Lynch for years to hear his ideas about the meanings behind many of the scenes.

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