JK Rowlg’s Cursed Child has drawn fire over s story of male iendship, which some rears feel flirts yly wh gay romance – but is a change om the ual stereotyp
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- DRA MALFOY ACTOR TOM FELTON RPONDS TO POPULAR THEORY HIS HARRY POTTER CHARACTER WAS GAY
- HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD IS A GAY LOVE STORY, DON'T @ ME
- HARRY POTTER AND THE POSSIBLE QUEERBAG: WHY FANS ARE MAD OVER A LACK OF GAY ROMANCE
DRA MALFOY ACTOR TOM FELTON RPONDS TO POPULAR THEORY HIS HARRY POTTER CHARACTER WAS GAY
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has hted that Harry Potter's son, Alb Seves Potter, might be gay.Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the onstage sequel to the beloved Harry Potter movie and book seri set 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts.
However, Alb and Srpi' close iendship upsets both of their fathers.READ MORE: Harry Potter director wants to make a Cursed Child movie wh the origal stIs Alb Seves Potter gay? ”Felton's character has been the source of plenty of fan-fictn over the years, wh many imagg Dra to be eher gay or love wh Hermne (Emma Watson) – but now, he's thrown his support behd the former year, Felton, 31, claimed he’s never re-watched any of the Harry Potter films – and revealed a rather touchg reason for choosg not to. 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 AND THE POSSIBLE QUEERBAG: WHY FANS ARE MAD OVER A LACK OF GAY ROMANCE
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. Hetero upl get to kiss, the gays are limed to a (hot gay) hug.
Sce Rowlg outed Alb Dumbledore as a gay man – retrospectively, once the books were fished and the character ad – rears have been impatient to see a gay character troduced Harry Potter’s Srb got well ahead of the Cursed Child: there is a rnupia of Srb fan fictn onle, wh some stori datg back to years before the play was even announced.