some sirius hinting... yay puns!

[Justine]

No: HPFGUIDX 110168

Couldn't resist...

Anyway, I read the Edinburgh transcript several times over, and 
there was one thing that continued to jump out at me:

"Does Harry have a godmother? If so, will she make an appearance in 
future books?

No, he doesn't. I have thought this through. If Sirius had married
 
Sirius was too busy being a big rebel to get married. When Harry was 
born, it was at the very height of Voldemort fever last time so his 
christening was a very hurried, quiet affair with just Sirius, just 
the best friend. At that point it looked as if the Potters would 
have to go into hiding so obviously they could not do the big 
christening thing and invite lots of people. Sirius is the only one, 
unfortunately. I have got to be careful what I say there, haven't I?"

Firstly, there was no question about Sirius's marital status.  As 
far as I know, godparents do not have to be married--my godparents 
barely know each other!  Jo was the one who brought up marriage... 
why?  Now, even bringing this up is to be blamed on fan fiction, of 
course, but this seems to be the first implication from Jo, herself, 
that Sirius fancies women; gay marriage is not recognized in 
England, if I'm not sorely mistaken, and unless his big rebellion 
was experimenting with homosexuality or just being gay, period, then 
this sounds like a "Sirius and Remus were not lovers" answer.  It's 
more a "Sirius was too busy fighting the forces with whom his family 
agreed to get married" or "Sirius was too busy being a manslut to 
get married."  I like them both.  :-D

Now that I have that out of the way, I can tell you why I was really 
floored.  This, again if I'm not mistaken, is the very first time 
she's ever mentioned Sirius in conjunction with what is conceived to 
be (and should be) a romantic relationship.  Before this, it's all 
been Sirius and James were like brothers, Sirius and Remus are old 
friends, Sirius is Harry's godfather, Sirius and Snape hate each 
other... now, it could be just like Snape's Worst Memory, in which 
he is completely oblivious of the girl pining for him during the 
DADA exam, but why, oh why, then, did she begin the sentence 
with "If Sirius had married..."?  No reason to mention marriage plus 
an unfinished thought equals frustration and intrigue.

I don't have a clue what I'm talking about here... so I'll move on.

Why was James the only one of his group to settle down?  Sirius 
was "too busy" and then spent twelve years in Azkaban.  Peter 
obviously was spying, probably wasn't very appealing, and then spent 
twelve years as a rat.  Remus has no excuse--except the obvious... 
and perhaps there's more, but it's been twelve years.  He found no 
one?  I'm hungry for information about those twelve years in lupine 
limbo!  Also, we really know nothing about his private life 
now...and hasn't there been a mention of families of the faculty 
that we've never heard about?  This is turning into late-night 
rambling, so I'll move on again.  To the end.

New transcripts always manage to make my head throb.

Justine,
who always manages to work her beloved Remus into her posts