1) Lupin 2) Pairings 3) Thanx Ebony1 (was: S/D (Was: setting the cat down

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 2046

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Blaise " wrote:

> That's something I've never thought of.  But I think that Remus 
> doesn't touch Harry because he doesn't like showing his emotions 
> rather than because he was afraid of any misinterpretations of his 
> actions.  

1. My impression was that Remus has firmly trained himself not to 
touch people uninvited, and he was so moved by Harry's situation that 
the training slipped just a little. Reason for not touching people 
uninvited: remember Ron's reaction to Remus trying to help him with 
the broken leg: "Get off of me, werewolf!" Of course, not touching 
people is just one little part of a huge complex of things he has 
firmly trained himself not to do, such as reveal enough information 
about himself that listeners could guess he's a werewolf, express 
anger, feel pain of being rejected...

2. I don't feel that there is any shortage of heterosexual pairings 
("mixed doubles", I like to say) being proposed by fans (and 
sometimes resulting in flame wars). Harry/Hermione, Harry/Ginny, 
Harry/Cho, Harry/Fleur, Harry/Mary-Sue. Ron/Hermione, Ron/Fleur. 
Hermione/Viktor, Hermione/Neville, Hermione/Draco. Ginny/Neville, 
Ginny/Draco. Dumbledore/McGonagall, Dumbledore/Pomfrey, 
Dumbledore/Mrs. Figg. McGonagall/Hagrid, McGonagall/Snape.

(Some of those suggestions are kind of ridiculous, such as 
McGonagall/Snape and Harry/Fleur. Some get ruled out by later books, 
like McGonagall/Hagrid. Some are based on a great deal of guesswork, 
especially Dumbledore/Mrs. Figg. "Mary-Sue" is the new character who 
is the fanfic author's wish fulfillment self.)

3. Ebony, thank you for saying you liked my S/L ramblings! I typed 
it late at night and didn't realise how long it was until I had 
posted it, and then went to bed worrying that people would be upset 
that it was so long.