Sirius & Remus

[Lissa Hess]

No: HPFGUIDX 131244


>Madga:



>I think if Sirius and Remus had been lovers, then Sirius wouldn't
>have felt so totally bummed out.  He would have had something, a
>relationship, to hang onto.  So I don't think there was anything
>sexual or romantic between them.


Lissa now....

I wrote a long response to the first post, but for some reason my posts 
don't seem to either be going through or being returned to me.  Hmmm....

Anyway, I do think they were a couple, although I agree that there's 
nothing to point to or away from it definitively.  I see it in the 
emotional interactions between the two of them; the way that Remus is so 
open to Sirius when he appears closed and polite to everyone else, and the 
way Sirius calms down around Remus in a way he won't for anyone else- 
including Harry and Dumbledore.  The hug in PoA had NOTHING to do with my 
perception of them this way, and even as an ardent shipper I don't perceive 
the hug as a gesture of romantic love.

But going back to the comments above, Sirius might have loved Remus, but 
all the love in the world wasn't going to keep Sirius from being depressed 
in OotP.  He was a prisoner in his own house, and Remus could come and go 
(and did frequently, on missions for the Order).  Love is great, but it's 
not a cure-all, and even if they had a perfect romantic relationship, it 
wouldn't have solved the true problems in Sirius's life.  As long as Sirius 
was a prisoner, he was going to be miserable- and rightfully so!!!!

I do firmly believe you can read it either way.  Heck, Molly and Arthur are 
far from goopily affectionate with each other- the way Sirius and Remus are 
written is much the same.  They come across to me as a couple that has no 
need to flaunt their relationship, and is quite comfortable keeping it 
private.  (And given that Sirius can't even properly hug Harry and Remus 
is... well, Remus... it fits them.)  So it does work, if you want to read 
it that way (and adds a little happiness to their lives in OotP!), or it 
works reading it as just friends, too.

Lissa