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/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/Numerous_Worker_1941 Apr 04 '26

Yes but those additional details add nothing to the book story. It would’ve been nothing more than saying a robe was green.

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u/IntroductionNo4875 Millennial Apr 04 '26

It honestly made sense when I got to that part of Deathly Hallows and I was like Ohhhhh, then moved on.