I heard about this, although I have never read any of the HP books or seen the movies.
Tim
i have read the books in the first, i thought he was ether crazy or color blind and crazy.maybe just flashy.
Today's good news!
J.K. Rowling has confirmed, for those who had their heads in the sand, that Professor Dumbledore, the greatest headmaster Hogwarts ever had, was gay.
Let's hear it for yet another ND character in the superb Harry Potter series.
It is just a shame that most people have to have the differences pointed out to them.
It seems very strange to me - I don't really remember them going into Dumbledores sexuality in any way at all... Perhaps I missed something.
Today's good news!
J.K. Rowling has confirmed, for those who had their heads in the sand, that Professor Dumbledore, the greatest headmaster Hogwarts ever had, was gay.
Let's hear it for yet another ND character in the superb Harry Potter series.
It is just a shame that most people have to have the differences pointed out to them.
who are the other ND characters?
Potter,to be fair,is an obnoxious,rulebreaking,self-aggrandizing little prick,who cares little for the feelings of others.
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Today's good news!
J.K. Rowling has confirmed, for those who had their heads in the sand, that Professor Dumbledore, the greatest headmaster Hogwarts ever had, was gay.
Let's hear it for yet another ND character in the superb Harry Potter series.
It is just a shame that most people have to have the differences pointed out to them.
who are the other ND characters?
Ron Weasley's ADHD twin brothers George and Fred
well that explains a lot!
ND=NeuroDiverse
and dressing...alternately...does not make one a homosexual.
I read books 1-3 then skipped books 5-6 and read 7. You can sort of see it in book 7, its not necessarily obvious, however they made sense after the fact. I agree in the idea that this a good thing
ND=NeuroDiverse
and dressing...alternately...does not make one a homosexual.
Really...? Gee, I had NO idea!
yes laurence llywellon- bowen can justify that! 
Dumbledore is a very stereotypically camp character - the other older wizards in the series are not so camp. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is up to your viewpoint. i.e is it good that a character is obviously gay by virtue of being camp or very bad?
As for hermione: stereotypical geek, but in female form and a social element thrown in. One should be cautious of diagnosing fictional characters for obvious reasons but hermione definately has traits which JK Rowling would have picked up on from someone she has met in real life. Many fictional characters are a synthesis of multiple people the author has met in real life.
well actualy i couldn't tell with dumbledore but hermione well its kind of easy to see thats she's an aspie!
What I find interesting about Dumbledore being gay is that ever since the first book came out, the Evangelical Christians have been blasting the series saying that it promotes witchcraft and the occult, but now, a few months after the announcement that Dumbledore is gay, I haven't seen any mention of that from them. I thought for sure they'd have a field day with that one.
well actualy i couldn't tell with dumbledore but hermione well its kind of easy to see thats she's an aspie!
Really? I never thought she was Aspieish, more like a know-it-all with some social insecurities at first... but later she becomes a very socially secure character, and acts like a neurotypical who just happens to be smart...
Luna is the most Aspie-ish character to me.
well actualy i couldn't tell with dumbledore but hermione well its kind of easy to see thats she's an aspie!
Really? I never thought she was Aspieish, more like a know-it-all with some social insecurities at first... but later she becomes a very socially secure character, and acts like a neurotypical who just happens to be smart...
Luna is the most Aspie-ish character to me.
I think I would identify with Hermione.
I was plucked from my primary school by the eleven-plus exam and sent to a Grammar school where I knew nobody, just as Hermione is sent to Hogwarts, leaving all her 'Muggle' life behind her.
Like me, she tries to fit in by reading everything she can about her new situation, but this just makes her alienate herself further (as a 'swot'). She is a stickler for rules and tries to impose them on others regardless of the social consequences for her. For ages, the only friends she has are also misfits. I think it is significant that they are boys - I always got on better with boys than girls in primary school and as an adult, but went to an all-girl's school in between. This did at least have an advantage in that no subjects such as maths or science came with any 'loading' - they were all girls' subjects! - and my total lack of interest in romance was hidden by the lack of available males.
Hermione's ability to be more social later and among adults also mirrors my experience. In my case I have found it easier to be social the more I learn about the way other people behave. And as I have learnt to keep my opinions about the 'rule bending' of others to myself!
On the other hand, like Luna I have a tendency to day-dream; a tendency to believe even the most outrageous tosh if I trust the person telling me it (and as I have a tendency to trust everyone this has made me a fool on more than one occasion!) and a very eclectic view of suitable dress!
So this makes me wonder how many female Aspies Ms Rowling has known.
Hermione didn't really understand the people around her, as (most of them) grew up in magical culture their whole lives. She had trouble fitting in because she was different from those around her. That is something that Aspies can relate to, but that doesn't mean that those feelings are a result of Asperger's.
The whole "rules" thing was an Aspie-ish trait, but when measured against all the NT-ish things she ends up doing later, I don't think it proves anything.
Luna, on the other hand, was born into a magical family and has heard about magic all her life. Even so, she has more social problems than Hermione, and they last longer. The friends she does have know and admit that she is not quite the same as other people, they're just (eventually) open-minded enough to accept it.
Anyway...
Snape was sooooo the coolest character, I could identify most with him tbh
cried when he... oh can't say it, spoiler
I can't say I've ever seen Alan Rickman in a role I didn't like.