The Sexuality of Harry Potter

Harry Potter. At its start it was a was a children's story. It captivated the world for the eight to twelve year old set, and rightly so. It captured their imaginations, presented them with heroes in their own age group, and gave them a reason to believe that they could aspire to something worthwhile. Granted, Mr. Dursley was right all along and there is no such thing as magic. Within the context of the story, there is magic going on around us all the time and that is a wonderful thing. In my youth I was captured in much the same way by Robin Hood, Superman and the Lone Ranger. I think children need some heroes.

The Harry Potter books came along at just the right time, and in just the right way, to provide a generation with the heroes they required. We saw a young boy come into his own, learn the ways of his parents and find his way to excellence. But, as the series progressed, we also saw it turn into a story beyond the reach of children. Each episode became darker in content and in spirit. By the final installment it was no longer fit for children. It had people dying horrific deaths and it revealed that some of those who lived were not fit to live, or were caught in a madness of unendurable magnitude.

By the time I had finished the last book in the series I was disillusioned, at best, and I was over 40 years old when it was published. I objected to the things developed and revealed in the last book and I felt betrayed. I mean, how dare she couple Hermione Grainger, the most intelligent, courageous and hard-working girl on the planet, with Ron Weasley, the most stupid, cowardly and lazy boy that ever lived? To add insult to injury, she decreed that Harry Potter ended up with Ginnie Weasley. Why call it the Harry Potter series anyway, as it is obviously "The Adventures of the Weasley Clan"?

Please don't misunderstand. I am not one of those who think that Hermione should have gone to Harry instead. I think Hermione is too good for both of them. By the end of the series I had just about had my fill of Harry Potter. He had become progressively more offensive to me and I didn't care whether he won or lost. If Voldemort had won out in the end I wouldn't have been any more disappointed. If Hermione had married Victor, and Ron married Ginny, and Harry had become a hermit I think I would have been more satisfied than I was with the ending the author provided.

It gets worse. After the last book had been written and yanked off the shelves of the bookstores by droves of adoring fans we got the news that the author had decided that Professor Dumbledore is a gay boy. That threw the whole series into question. Would he have been so protective of this boy if he had not been sexually attracted to him? What went on behind the scenes when the two of them met alone in Dumbledore's office? Did he also have something going with Professor Snape, to pass the time until something better came along?

I think that J.K. Rowling would have been better off not have introduced sexually into the mix in the first place. It has no place in a children's story. It does not advance the story in any way and certainly does not contribute to it in the least. I can only guess that she has some gay friend that she met somewhere between the first book and the last. To turn this series into a rally point for gay rights is beyond contempt. I sincerly hope that the final episodes end up losing money at the box office and that her name is lost among the thousands of other authors who were popular for a while, but faded into non-existance shortly after.