some sirius hinting... yay puns!

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Mon Aug 16 07:11:01 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 110175

>>>>JKR (as quoted by Justine):
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. <snip>"<<<<

>>>Justine:
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!<<<

Stefanie:
Just to back this point up...I found an absolutely fantastic answer 
of sorts comparing many many christening traditions:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=339724
Throughout the links provided, there doesn't seem to be any 
reference anywhere that godparents must be married. In fact, in 
several traditions, it's imperative that they're not. There was 
really no need to mention Sirius's marital status *at all.* (Unless, 
of course, Wizarding families just do it differently altogether, but 
point me towards canon evidence of that.)

>>>Justine:
Jo was the one who brought up marriage... why? <snip> 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<<<

Stefanie:
...or Sirius was rebelling against an arranged marriage? With his 
family...it doesn't seem terribly out of line with such pureblood 
mania as has been shown. However, by 6th year, he's been burned off 
the tapestry; at the point of Harry's christening it seems like he 
wouldn't be bound by a family decision anyway. (Now why can't people 
ask questions about Wizarding traditions like that instead of 
QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED ALREADY ON JKR'S WEBSITE </rant>) Heh. 
Manslut Sirius. Heheh.

>>>Justine: 
<big ol' snip> 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.
<snip>
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?<<<

Stefanie:
Now that you have me really thinking about all this, why is Peter 
the only marauder we know anything about during the years between 
MWPP/L/S graduation and 10/31/81? Remus, Sirius, and James are 
complete mysteries during that period, and, as you mentioned Remus 
is after. JKR also hinted in another answer that we'd know 
everything we needed to know about MWPP by the end of the series, I 
do hope there's some "lupine limbo" information in that promise!

Stefanie
Who refuses to believe that there are so many Wizarding bachelors 
out there: "The world must be peopled!" (Benedick, Much Ado About 
Nothing)





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