SHIP - SB/RL

[jlv230]

No: HPFGUIDX 131384

I think what we have here is a classic case of HoYay*. There is 
(usually) nothing in it, but the yay! factor makes people look for 
things 'between the lines' - because it's fun - (yay)! I think the 
attraction of it comes from the idea that the love must be secret, 
and secret love is intense, exciting, sexy and passionate (yay). All 
you need is some intensity of emotion between two people, and you 
may let your mind create the rest (if you want). It doesn't matter 
if there is only the slightest bit of evidence - in fact, the less 
evidence there is, the more secret the love, and hence the more fun 
it is (yay!). But if that's not you're cup of tea, then just say 
HoNay (or HoNo) and get back to other matters.

I personally don't think that JKR originally designed Sirius and 
Remus to be gay, but given the way things have panned out, she may 
just humour the HoYay fans a little longer, unless she has some plot 
point which requires sinking the ship...

JLV xx

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*HoYay: short for "Homoeroticism, Yay!," a celebration of textual 
and subtextual homoeroticism 

Cross reference televisionwithoutpity.com forums

Just for reference, some common sources of HoYay:
Lord of the Rings
Brideshead Revisited
Top Gun
Smallville
Spartacus
The Shawshank Redemption. HoYay city, that one.