maidenjedi's already said most of what I came here to say so my post is basically "what she said". :)
Seriously though I think subtext exists for an important reason, to put into words that any character in the HP universe was gay from Harry to Dumbledore to Lupin to Draco to Dobby to Ginny seems unnecessary and cause for a violent shift in the tone of the story. I'd admire and applaud her for doing it in some respect b/c if anyone could come close to getting away with, she probably could but as many here have stated the inherent danger in making any of the characters we already know gay or lesbian seems too great a risk.
That whole Harriet the Spy thing has blown my mind. I read that book a million times and never saw a speck of subtext in it. I kinda want to reread it now.
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Seriously though I think subtext exists for an important reason, to put into words that any character in the HP universe was gay from Harry to Dumbledore to Lupin to Draco to Dobby to Ginny seems unnecessary and cause for a violent shift in the tone of the story. I'd admire and applaud her for doing it in some respect b/c if anyone could come close to getting away with, she probably could but as many here have stated the inherent danger in making any of the characters we already know gay or lesbian seems too great a risk.
That whole Harriet the Spy thing has blown my mind. I read that book a million times and never saw a speck of subtext in it. I kinda want to reread it now.