OoP: Sirius as close as we're going to get

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No: HPFGUIDX 66179

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "skaistar2004" 
<skaistar2004 at y...> wrote:
> > "He was very good-looking; his dark hair fell into his eyes 
> > > > 
> > P.S.  Speaking of...Did you know that pyronecrobestiality is 
> > against the law in California?  Presumably, it had to have been 
a problem 
> > at one point. (eek)
> 
> I don't think that Sirius is/was gay.  I agree with Laura Ingalls 
> Huntley about this passage being more indicative of his coolness.  
He 
> just didn't notice some random girl pining over him, which gave me 
> the impression that it happened often.  While I think his sexual 
> orientation is a moot point in the story of Harry, even more so 
now 
> that he is dead, I also find it hard to believe that a gay 
character 
> would feature prominently in a children's book- which doesn't in 
any 
> way mean that there shouldn't be homosexuality in children's 
books, 
> just that there isn't (usually).   

It is a moot point but it is fun to speculate. I didn't really 
notice the passage at hand as indicative of Sirius being gay. What I 
did notice and found quite intriguing was later on, the description 
of how close friends he and James seem to be:

"Harry had the distinct impression that Sirius was the only one for 
whom James would have stopped showing off." There's also Sirius' and 
Remus' interraction in OotP which gives a married couple feeling. 
But perhaps that's me...
> 
> > 
> What is pyronecrobestiality?
> 
> Skaistar

If I have my Greek correct it must be referring to burning animals 
and then having sex with them. Scary Californians...

Mim