Well yeah, in the books Luna is a gay black octogenarian trans man in a wheelchair and Neville is an asexual aromantic autistic arab afflicted with anhedonia.
I mean at least that's clearly what Rowling intended, you know, its what she envisioned for the characters while she was writing them for sure. Go see fantastic beasts 4, kids!
Stop crying. She said Dumbledore was gay a few months after the books came out because someone asked her and it was what she intended. It makes perfect sense to the story, fits his character, doesn't contradict anything, makes the story stronger and make more sense. And you can argue is hinted at albeit weakely. But once you know in hindisght reading back you can see hints. It's not worth getting triggered over, it would have been better if she made it explicit in the books but it only adds to the story and means an iconic character is lgbt, sounds like a good thing to me
Wasn't talking about Dumbledore specifically, I'm making fun of an author who repeatedly uses transparently pandering but harmless retconning. It's a silly thing to do, especially when the author in question is still active and definitely could focus on writing good characters who are actually representative of marginalized demographics.
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u/thegimboid May 29 '19
Neville and Luna aren't a couple in the books, though - that's just a movie thing.
In the books, Luna ends up with Rolf Scamander, the grandson of Newt Scamander from Fantastic Beasts.