Down the Bog

I was most definitely amused by the news that JK Rowling has revealed that the character in her Harry Potter books, Albus Dumbledore is gay.

I’ve never read the books although I did start to read the first one to Ruth when she was younger but we didn’t get that far into it and the whole thing has pretty much passed me by ever since. I’ve seen one of the movies but it didn’t leave me on the edge of my seat wanting more so it’s fair to say that I’m not a fan. I’m trying not to say that I think the whole Harry Potter thing is over the top because I know it’s wonderfully popular but…well…you know. Just not my cup of tea.

Anyway I don’t think a lot when an author feels the need to fill out details on a character from outside the book. They may well have a fuller insight of how a personality has developed to become who they are in the story but unless it’s in the book it shouldn’t be mentioned. It should be there to be read about or left to the reader’s imagination to draw their own conclusion during or after they’ve read the story. It may well lead to massive debate but the writer should keep quiet at that point and say no more. If it was important for the reader to know then it should have been in the book.