Lupin and Sirus... gay?

[Scully931]

Yes, I agree with you. I'm all for discussion. But, I feel like not 
reading posts anymore when people insinuate I am not picking up on 
something that is *definately* there - no discussion needed. :-) 
Everyone has different views. 

My best friend happens to be a lesbian. I asked her opinion on this, 
not because she is homosexual, but because we discuss all things 
Potter. Her reaction was basically, 'what in the heck? He's a 
werewolf! That's why people don't want their kids taught by him!' 

Just because you don't believe Lupin is gay doesn't make you 
homophobic. It also doesn't mean you are "missing" something. As I 
said before, people read into everything. (And, it makes life 
interesting) but, we have to remember, sometimes a cigar is just a 
cigar. Maybe she just wanted a character who is a werewolf. 

Happy Thanksgiving! :-) 

~Deborah

> 
> I don't want to upset anyone, and I'm a gay man, but:
> There isn't any deal!!
> No-one thinks it's impossible for two guys to be lovers.
> Of course same gender love has existed forever, everyone knows 
that.
> No-one is saying there couldn't be same-sex partners in HP.
> No-one is saying that JKR is a bigot.
> It's impossible to NOTICE that someone is a gay woman; there's 
> nothing in their physical appearance to indicate it.
> On the other hand there's no way of knowing that your list of 
> characters are heterosexual.
> No-one will do any sqealing and objecting.
> The director has NOT clearly, or in any other way, instituted a 
gay 
> sub-text.
> "People like him" means werewolves - pure and simple, no sub-text, 
> nothing more.
> Music, tweeds, gentleness - nothing to do with gayness at all.
> The director is NOT making ANY analogy.
> There's NOTHING homophobic about Snape's remark about couples.
> No-one is getting hysterical about that idea.
> It's very nice of you to defend gay people and gayness generally, 
> but first, we don't need defending, and second, there's nothing in 
> the books or the films to be defensive about.