I am so happy. There is a gay - Triumph & Tragedy

[woodsy0914]

No: HPFGUIDX 178244

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at ...> wrote:
>
> I, however, *am* disturbed by it, because what is on the page looks to
> me like Lupin never loved Tonks except as a friend, never wanted to
> marry her or live with her, never wanted to have a child, and got
> dragged into all those things against his (weak) will. He never seemed
> particularly happy to be with her in public, gave no impression that
> he was happy to be getting laid regularly, tried to run away with
> Harry as an excuse to run away from her pregnancy.
>

I agree with everything you say here. I always saw Remus and Sirius as 
a couple. Even Snape alluded to it with his "old married couple" 
comment. This is not inconsistent with the story line. After losing 
Sirius at the end of OOTP, Remus was eventually talked into a 
heterosexual relationship _because_ he was so weak-willed and lonely, 
and Tonks was so persistent (I really liked Tonks a lot before she 
became yet another lovesick puppy.) Remus lived to regret that 
decision, but alas not for long. Death may have well been a welcome 
escape, not only from a wife and child he didn't really want, but from 
his difficult life as a werewolf without the true love of his life. 

AM