J. K. Rowling Memes Herself

J. K. Rowling. (Photo by Daniel Ogren.)

J. K. Rowling, the celebrated author of the Harry Potter series of novels, shocked the world in 2007 when she revealed that Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, was gay. This was celebrated as a progressive move back then — a prominent children’s author made a key character LGBT, even though the books were already done. It gave a message that the world of witchcraft and wizardry that she crafted was inclusive and modern, not held back by conservative cultural mores.

But then she never stopped.

Hermione became retroactively black. Nagini, Voldemort’s pet snake, was once human. Harry Potter would have boycotted Israel.

And now, she says that Dumbledore and Grindelwald had a sexual relationship.

At that point, Potter fans mocked her not for the changes themselves, but for the inept way she handled them.

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To date, none of the books, plays, or films have directly depicted Dumbledore’s homosexuality. However, Rowling’s attempts to make her already-written series more woke has become comical.

While she has always been progressive, she couldn’t have anticipated woke culture becoming the gold standard for young adult fiction. Her attempts to keep up with the trends make her look like an elderly person desperately trying to be young and hip…and failing at it.

Some choice tweets:

J.K. Rowling Confirms Some Characters in Her Books and Movies Are Gay Everywhere Except in the Books or the Movies https://t.co/Y5gcbMWNB9

— Eric D. Snider (@EricDSnider) March 16, 2019

jk rowling can log on here and tweet “dumbledore was a dom top” all she likes but the fact remains she actively leaves out any LGBT rep in her books and films so her profit isn’t affected

— laura (@lauraw97_) March 17, 2019

jk rowling: oh btw dumbledore is gay
everyone: oh, worm, where in the books?
jk rowling: nowhere, i just made it so
everyone: well that's bullshit
jk rowling: uh *throws darts at a board* well it's ABSOLUTELY 100% gay if he fucked for sure right
everyone, exhausted: please stop

— Klaudia Amenábar (@kaludiasays) March 17, 2019

And my absolute favorite:

JK Rowling: “Aslan was, like, balls-deep into Reepicheep.”
Me: “Those aren’t even your charac—“
JK Rowling: “Balls. Deep.”

— Tim Carvell (@timcarvell) March 17, 2019