JK Rowling: Hmm you know what would be not at all weird and homophobic? If I took my only gay protagonist and said he was the ex boyfriend of Mr. Genocide McFascist.
That’s… not a new thing? The two were literally exes all along. It’s probably a big part of what made Dumbledore as fucked up as he is, that the man he loved went full dark side and Albus had to put him down personally For the Greater Good.
Also now that I think about it, another major parallel between Dumbledore and Ozpin…