[ SECRET POST #4511 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4511 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

There is plenty of dramatic value to having it revealed when the two have an actual confrontation with one another where it has the most meaning.

[(Anonymous)]

But it's already been revealed to significant parts of the audience through extra-textual means.

[(Anonymous)]

Are you saying that it’s ok that straight romance are everywhere but gay romance isn’t as prevalent and is only implied to the subset of people who’re already looking for non straight romance in media?

[(Anonymous)]

Not at all!

I was initially responding to a comment about Snape's love of Lily not being revealed until the final book. I interpreted that to be saying that we should be patient and give JKR time, and that this is just how the HP series works. But I don't think that's a good comparison at all.

The point of the Snape revelation is that it was a revelation. We didn't know that Snape was in love with Lily, and finding out gave us a really important new angle on what we thought we knew about the characters and the series. And saving it for a climactic moment heightened the impact of that revelation, and was ultimately dramatically satisfying. So that makes sense.

On the other hand, with Dumbledore and Grindewald, a significant part of the audience knows that Dumbledore is gay already. So there's no point in saving it up to be a dramatic and revelatory twist, because it can't be. So it doesn't make sense to use that as an explanation for not having them be more explicit and less implied.