RAW Story refers to Sir Ian McKellan as "Homo Gandalf"

[jgraz]

Discussion in GD:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3611853&mesg_id=3611853

Link to Raw's comment page:

http://www.rawstory.com/comments/51817.html

[elocs]

1. I don't recall that Gandalf ever expressed his sexual preference one way or the other.

Neither in the books or the movies.

[Mojorabbit]

6. I believe

the author mentioned it in one of her interviews.

[elocs]

9. The author of The Lord of the Rings was J. R. R. Tolkien, a man.

I've seen all of the actual movies numerous times and the character "Gandalf" was asexual if anything unless it was something so subtle to go unnoticed by the average viewer.

[Mojorabbit]

10. Oh crap

I was thinking of dumbledore from harry potter. Yikes, my brain is mush today. My apologies!

[loveable liberal]

2. Gotta be some kinda hacker or something...

that just seems silly. Couple months back there were religious whacko's theorizing that Gandalf was gay. It was just plain stupid.

[jgraz]

4. The story it links to is about Ian McKellan being gay, not Gandalf

The headline seems to be simple sensationalism, using a homophobic slur for effect.

[PerpetuallyDazed]

5. Ian McKellan is a gay actor who played Gandalf in "Lord of the Rings"... n/t

[Tesha]

7. Are you sure you don't mean Dumbledore? Rowling says *HE* is. (NT)

[zbdent]

3. so now it's out ...

but only after Dumbledore passed on ...

[Divine Discontent]

8. w/o question an attack on gays by mocking the gay actor portraying the character Gandalf eom

[elocs]

11. I realize this and "Gandalf" was just a part he played.

I also know that Ian McKellan is gay, so then, if he played Spartacus it would be "Homo Spartacus" I assume. All I am saying is that there is nothing gay about the character Gandalf.

[davidinalameda]

12. I think the whole damn movie is gay!

http://cassieclaire.livejournal.com/

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

13. Some people tried to conjure up a Frodo-Sam fantasy

...it doesn't sound quite right though.

[jgraz]

14. You mean all that "Master Frodo" stuff wasn't part of some extended S&M session?

I can't tell you how disappointed I am to hear that. :cry:

[Chovexani]

16. Legolas/Gimli is book canon, baby

They ran off together! And Gimli was the only dwarf ever allowed to go to the Grey Havens.

[sui generis]

15. Just because he wanders around in a fancy bathrobe?

I guess the pope is too. And all of south asia.

:shrug:

[and-justice-for-all]

17. And Sir Ian Mckellan did a kick ass job in that role...nt