Slut!Seamus and other ships

[jdr0918]

<<<In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "jeffl1965" wrote:...Another 
thing, I'm curious as to why many seem to think that its quite cool 
for Dean and Seamus to be together, yet not for Harry and Ron? The 
same arguments I always hear can apply to them as well. "They're best 
mates, and it would ruin things", "They're obviously straight", 
hello? Sometimes things happen. There aren't even obvious clues many 
times...Now, is Seamus Catholic or Protestant?...>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says

For me, Ron has to be straight because his whole purpose in the story 
seems to be to provide Harry with an anchor of normalcy in a world 
where he is accepted. And Harry has to be gay because he's too 
damaged psychologically to sustain a conventional relationship. Draco 
has analagous damage, so it's easy to stick them together. Of course, 
the kicker is that I've never read a realistic gay!Ron fic.

Slut!Seamus, I don't understand either, but I'd say he's culturally 
Catholic because otherwise his religion becomes a plot point. 
Christmas (winter solstice) and Easter (spring) are holidays that are 
celebrated more or less universally; many practitioners of Santeria 
and other syncretic American religions consider themselves Catholic; 
people still think the Jesuits are a cult.

--JDR