by Chimera » Thursday 15 December 2005 2:46:13pm
I don't think I'd put it past the marauders to play on their "rock star" status in Hogwarts. I reckon James and Sirius especially, being the coolest of the gang, would have been up for skirt if they could get it. However I don't think they would have done anything to jeopardise their friendship with the remainder of the marauders.
Sirius and Lupin wouldn't be a couple, they bicker more than a real couple. I don't know if Lupin is bi or not. I've heard it discussed now and then but all arguments for it have been one of two things.
Firstly, he's apparently lonely enough to not care who he dates, I don't believe this. He's got a good circle of friends who not only love him as a person but also deeply respect him as a highly competent wizard in his field. This attitude on the part of his friends is well summed-up by James, in referring to Remus's lycanthropy as his "furry little problem". I don't believe this argument for another reason: it is not for us to decide our sexuality.
The other argument for him "definitely" being bi or gay (not so much gay since HBP) is that he's sensitive and intuitive. He's very clued-up in matters where emotion and reason compete. This argument seems to have a lot to do with stereotyping. Stereotyping proves nothing, you can use it to say whatever you want it to say. I think Lupin is all these things because he has seen the best and worst in people. He's seen hatred and fear, bigotry, and also acceptance in spite of these things. He can't get a job because of his condition, yet he had three friends who were willing to risk Azkaban just to see him through it. That, coupled with the rate at which he has been forced to mature, has left him uniquely equipped to understand the human mind. I doubt he would be the same had he not been a werewolf.