Sirius/Remus was canon.... sort of

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

From the livetweet of a cast interview earlier today. http://twitter.com/#!/SnitchSeeker/status/54594602379919360



ETA: But then they later tweeted A thousand sorries, but just listened to the audio again, & Thewlis said he played Lupin as gay because of Cuaron, without JKR's knowledge.

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[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

Wow. Great job reinforcing complete fucking lies you dumb cunt.

[majorjune.livejournal.com]

If that is a true Tweet that is a true statement, then Rowling's a royal jerk. One doesn't decide one likes one flavor one year and then switch to another flavor a few years later, like sexual orientation is a brand of soft drink or ice cream!

And it was bad enough what she did to the character of Tonks, now Tonks is nothing but a fag hag.

[snapes-witch.livejournal.com]

It's been my opinion for some time that there was more to Lupin's reluctance to being involved with Tonks than just being a werewolf . . .

Frankly though I completely missed his gayness in the PoA movie.

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

Okay, regardless of what David Thewlis meant... honestly, if even the actor who plays a character feels like he should be gay, then starting to declare that he is straight is Doing It Wrong!

Ideally, Rowling shouldn't have paired up anyone without good plot-driven reason. Ambiguity gives the fanfic writers free reign to experiment with their favorite pairings and won't provoke any anger from people whose favored interpretations get shut down.

[oneandthetruth.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God. That is just--Wow.

I mean, I've had foot-in-mouth disease my whole life, so I understand sometimes you can say really stupid things you don't mean. Even though over the years I've learned to control my mouth more, I still occasionally come out with some really dunderheaded things. But even by my standards, that's an incredibly dumb statement. Even if I believed something that ridiculous--and I don't--I certainly would have better sense than to say so--in public, no less!

Danny, I can kind of see where you think Rowling meant she originally intended Lupin to be gay, then changed her mind later, but I really don't think that's what is meant here. It really does seem to mean she was talking about the character's thought processes, not her own. Weight is leant to that interpretation by the fact that the "apology" contains no retraction or clarification of the original statement. That is, it doesn't say, "JKR meant she created Lupin as gay, then changed her mind so he could marry Tonks." Instead, Thewlis just throws Cuaron (the director of the PoA movie) under the bus. There's no insistence that Rowling meant something else.

Honestly, JKR reminds me of Jim Carrey's character in the movie Liar, Liar, a pathological liar who was forced to tell the truth, whether he liked it or not. In her case, she wants to be a good liberal, but deep down she's really conservative, even reactionary, so despite her best efforts to present a liberal facade, her true conservatism keeps coming out.

On a lighter note, just think how much fun we'll have watching the Rowling apologists trying to spin this one! :D

[fishinginthemud.livejournal.com]

I doubt it occurred to Rowling when she was writing PoA that anyone would interpret Lupin as gay. She doesn't do subtle.

[karentheunicorn.livejournal.com]

Wow, okay so this Cuaron guy tells the actor that Lupin is gay...without JKR's approval? Seriously?

And it's only after he finds out he's going to be playing a married man that he's gotta change up his acting. Did that happen before or after POA?

Okay, wait wait wait, back the monkey train up.

Whats up with every time I read an article about one of the HP new movies, EVERY damn time they talk about a change in the movie that is different from the book. HOW come they always say, OH, this change is/was approved by JKR.

Or it's, JKR has looked and approved of the script and the changes we made, she understands why, etc. etc. to infenity and beyond.

So, this guy...totally goes out of a limb and decides Lupin is gay without approval or asking JKR. What happened to this all amazing she's involved bullshit they are always feeding us.

Now as I write this, I remember something about JKR having to tell a director or someone with the HBP movies that Dumbledore is gay because they were going to film some kinda scene where DD was talking about a girl he loved or something like that.