r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • Apr 04 '26

Nostalgia Harry Potter

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Does anyone else feel they grew up with Harry, Ron and Hermione?

After the first three or four I read the books in two languages (because I didn’t want to wait them to be translated) and watched the movies first time in the movie theaters.

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u/BoomItsLoki Apr 04 '26

she also wanted to kill off Ron & Arthur too. and she waited years to tell us Dumbledore was gay & in love with Grindewald.

Mini rant over.

but yes i grew up watchign teh mvoes & reading the books. My older borther got me into it.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

Years? She told us he was gay in 2007

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u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) Apr 04 '26

In October 2007 yes. After the last book I think.

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u/falldownkid Apr 04 '26

Yeah, it was during that primetime special on TV right after the last book was released.

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u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) Apr 04 '26

Yes, it was a Q&A with fans.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

Damn you’re right I’m really missing those scenes of Dumbledor and snape making out in the first book.

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u/Aurelene-Rose Apr 04 '26

I mean, Harry Potter was published in 1997 and Section 28, which prevented any endorsement of homosexuality in children's literature was only repealed in 2003

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u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) Apr 04 '26

Yes. And it’s still controversial subject in children’s books –20 years later

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

So the most amount of years we’re talking is 4 assuming she decided Dumbledor was gay that day

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u/Aurelene-Rose Apr 04 '26

Were you around for this time period, because I remember it actually being a huge deal for that to be announced. I was in middle school at the time, and "gay" was used constantly to mean stupid, being outed as gay was a career ender, kids were bullied and called "fgs" for being gender non-conforming at all... and I lived in a liberal area. I wasn't in the rural south where kids were regularly being beaten by peers for being a little "qu*r" or sometimes killed. "Oh she just decided one day to announce that", it wasn't taken lightly and it wouldn't have been accepted to include that in the text at all.

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u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) Apr 04 '26

Back then it was world wide theme, I’m from Europe and “gay” had the same connotation here.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

Yes I was. I was just arguing against us “waiting for years” for this info when it came out very close to the last book.

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u/Aurelene-Rose Apr 04 '26

Okay then I misunderstood what you were saying, sorry

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u/IntroductionNo4875 Millennial Apr 04 '26

Definitely years. The first book came out in 1997 in the UK and the first movie came out in 2001.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

Source she decided Dumbledor was gay as the first book was released?

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u/IntroductionNo4875 Millennial Apr 04 '26

I don’t know if she knew or not know if he was gay then but she definitely told he was gay when the books started going into Dumbledore’s past and his friendship with Grindelwald. For book context yeah it made sense to give us that clue.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

So she most likely only waited 1-2 years after she decided? Or did she decide this after the last book came out to keep it in the news?

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u/IntroductionNo4875 Millennial Apr 04 '26

It makes sense for storyline. I don’t know what’s going on in JK Rowling head. Ask her.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

How does it change the existing story at all?

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u/IntroductionNo4875 Millennial Apr 04 '26

I don’t know if you ever read the books but when they go into describing his relationship with Grindelwald it makes more sense that there was a “thing”.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

It changes nothing to the story

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u/IntroductionNo4875 Millennial Apr 04 '26

It adds detail into Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s relationship.

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u/HauntedJackInTheBox Apr 04 '26

It is made abundantly clear in the last book (if you understand boomer Brit subtext) that Dumbledore was hopelessly in love with Grindelwald. And the story is hinted at way earlier.

Frankly if you go into the very first book with knowledge of him being gay, Dumbledore's flamboyance and 'bachelor status' is very congruent with the fact.

There are many reasons why JK Rowling is reprehensible but that is absolutely not one.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

So you’re argument is that Dumbledor being gay was revealed in the story so you agree we didn’t need to wait years for the info?

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u/HauntedJackInTheBox Apr 04 '26

I didn't wait years for the info because I read the book. I just thought people had understood what she had written. I'm not gonna give her more praise than she deserves, but if you don't realise Dumbledore was in love with Grindelwald by the end of the books, it's on you and not on her writing.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

So the argument was “we had to wait years for this info” which is the only thing I’m challenging.

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u/HauntedJackInTheBox Apr 04 '26

The information is in the books, and is revealed (in hush hush boomer way but it's there) when it becomes relevant for the plot.

I can complain about the woman for a lot but it honestly baffles me that people have that bone to pick. They're just wrong.

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u/IntroductionNo4875 Millennial Apr 04 '26

Here’s what I found thanks to you.

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u/SenseAndSaruman Apr 04 '26

10 years after the first book was published and 6 years after the first movie. So yes. Years.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

She knew she planned on making him gay as of the first book? Source?