LOL! I didn't hear that--"No, Dumbledore is gay?" It would be one thing if she thought the person was confusing the characters--like if somebody said, "Is it true you outed Charlie Weasley?" and she said "No, it was Dumbledore." But that's a very telling answer. Only room for one gay person in a cast of hundreds. Only room for one old, dead, a-sexual gay character.

Ginny and Hermione both did seem to get that it was Harry and Ron or nothing, didn't they? They started scheming early. More than that, they're both kind of characterized as knowing this is what's supposed to happen and they just have to wait for the guy to come around. There's frustration, but no real fear that maybe the guy will fall in love with somebody else. I mean, Ginny and Hermone are both "hilariously" jealous whenever another girl looks at their man, but there just doesn't seem to be any real vulnerability (once Ginny changes her personality) that any other girl could be "the one" for him.