A tiny bit OT:

I'm in the middle of re-reading Harry Potter right now (up to the middle of book 6 actually) and after finishing each book, I watch the movie, and as you know these last few books are looooooooooooooong and once you start nearing the end portion of them, it's always a bunch of people standing around explaining to each other what happened, which drrraaaaagssssss a bit, so when I heard HBO wanted to make a series out of it, my first, genuine, honest reaction was 'Oh for fuck's sake, don't we have enough Harry Potter in the world already???'

But then I just grinned, because what a coup for our woman JK Rowling! Suck on that deliciousness, TRA's! It's not like I have to watch it if I don't want to. (And who are we kidding, of course I will watch.)

I really hope this time around, they'll be a little bit more obvious about Dumbledore being gay. I don't remember what book it's in, probably 7 because it hasn't show up in 6 yet, but when I first read the books, I was hyper-sensitive to anything remotely same-sex attraction related in the media I was consuming (I think many of us were, because there were such few things for us back then) and immediately sensed Dumbledore's attraction towards Grindelwald during those flashback scenes. IIRC it was just the way the author was describing Grindelwald from Dumbledore's point of view - as attractive, and with a sense of fascination and wonder towards him, and with clear admiration and desire to be near him. (This is my memory of it anyway, I haven't re-read this portion yet and it's been a long time.)

I wasn't a part of the fandom, but I wasn't the only one who saw it. (Though let's be real, fanficcers will literally write a romance between Dobby and Snape so...) But I'd like to see it in the show, since JK Rowling did say that Dumbledore was gay.

Anyway, it's good to see that at least one of us is uncancellable, no matter how much TRA's cry about it.