The Gay Romance In The Cursed Child: A Letter To JK Rowlg | HuffPost Entertament

Contents:

• HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD HTS AT GAY RELATNSHIP BETWEEN ALB SEVES POTTER AND SRPI MALFOY
• HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD IS A GAY LOVE STORY, DON'T @ ME
• HARRY POTTER FANS ARE ANGRY AT THE LACK OF GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN SRPI AND ALB CURSED CHILD
• THE GAY ROMANCE IN THE CURSED CHILD: A LETTER TO JK ROWLG
• HARRY POTTER AND THE POSSIBLE QUEERBAG: WHY FANS ARE MAD OVER A LACK OF GAY ROMANCE
• THE HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE STILL N'T TRANSLATE S GAY SUBTEXT TO TEXT. IT'S A PROBLEM.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD HTS AT GAY RELATNSHIP BETWEEN ALB SEVES POTTER AND SRPI MALFOY

However, Alb and Srpi' close iendship upsets both of their MORE: Harry Potter director wants to make a Cursed Child movie wh the origal stIs Alb Seves Potter gay? Every time a csh on a girl is allud to, feels like JK Rowlg is shoutg “no homo!

Which is a shame given that Rowlg was so keen to pot out that Dumbledore is gay after publishg seven novels whout even the fatt whiff of homosexualy.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD IS A GAY LOVE STORY, DON'T @ ME

Even the Fantastic Beasts film seri – which featur Dumbledore nflict wh a man that Rowlg says he was love wh – Rowlg avoids makg the character “explicly gay”. We’re not entirely sure what “explicly gay” means.

HARRY POTTER FANS ARE ANGRY AT THE LACK OF GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN SRPI AND ALB CURSED CHILD

While Dumbledore and Grdlewald were gay, this wasn’t actually revealed the books themselv. While terpretatns fandom vary, many people thk that Siri would make sense as a gay character.

THE GAY ROMANCE IN THE CURSED CHILD: A LETTER TO JK ROWLG

Many people have poted out that there is a lot of subtext, a mon way to ht at gay relatnships whout makg them non, between their relatnship. Srpi Malfoy velops a close iendship wh Alb Seves Potter (Picture: Pottermore)The wrers of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child have been acced of ‘queerbag’ over a potential gay romance between Alb Seves Potter and Srpi Malfoy.

Queerbag is a term which refers to how thors attempt to attract an LGBTQ dience whout explicly nsummatg a gay relatnship. Jamon Ortiz, a fan and LGBTQ mpaigner, told The Guardian: ‘The wrers of the Cursed Child tentnally clud this fan theory to draw , but cid to change jt enough so that they wouldn’t have to adm that they ma two 11-year-olds gay. ‘Instead [they], like so many others, …set up the gay romance, ht at nstantly, make believable and ep and perfect, and then force out of the story.

HARRY POTTER AND THE POSSIBLE QUEERBAG: WHY FANS ARE MAD OVER A LACK OF GAY ROMANCE

But should be noted that jt bee their relatnship isn’t a fully fledged romance yet, don’t mean they uld be nfirmed as gay characters the future. Rowlg revealed Dumbledore was gay 2007 after the last book was published.

And every pair of kd ey blooms om behd a set of unseeable, unniable half-moon along wh beg a Harry Potter fanatic, I’m gay. I would love to lgh off my expectatn of a gay romance, to sweep asi as the pg of a young gay man for reprentatn he don’t need.

You wrote a gay romance.

THE HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE STILL N'T TRANSLATE S GAY SUBTEXT TO TEXT. IT'S A PROBLEM.

It means so much to know that Dumbledore is gay––that you have ved such an exceptnal character om your novels to our muny. But wrg a gay love story––or visg a gay love story and havg Jack Thorne put on paper––and then askg to ignore that love, you are undog some of the good you’ve done. Queerbag is a term that exists mostly fan muni, and refers to the wrers or creators of a world (whether of a movie anchise, a book seri, or a TV show) g jectns of homoeroticism and romance to draw an dience seekg LGBTQ reprentatn, while not alienatg a wir dience who may not want to see a gay relatnship picted.

”) a manner remblg the mon trope “Hot Gay Huggg”: a hilar tle for the ls-than-funny absence of sual timacy allowed between homosexual characters.