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It's only fanon that makes Sirius the "straight" one, right? I don't have the books with me to check, but the only scene I can recall that touches upon his romantic interests is the one in OotP where he's too focused on his friends to notice the girl crushing on him, which isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of his heterosexuality.
If I'm right about that, then it would appear that people are making a rather ridiculous assumption based upon Sirius's personality and modern gay stereotypes. This isn't to say that all of the stories that portray him as more straight--or more confused--than, say, Remus are wrong; many of them are brilliant and believably characterized and I love them. But I also love the idea of Sirius being unapologetically gay as a student at Hogwarts.
I'm thinking there ought to be an icon of Sirius with the text "Not all pansies are shrinking violets" or something similar, though that's rather beyond my artistic capabilities at this point. Someday, maybe.
If I'm right about that, then it would appear that people are making a rather ridiculous assumption based upon Sirius's personality and modern gay stereotypes. This isn't to say that all of the stories that portray him as more straight--or more confused--than, say, Remus are wrong; many of them are brilliant and believably characterized and I love them. But I also love the idea of Sirius being unapologetically gay as a student at Hogwarts.
I'm thinking there ought to be an icon of Sirius with the text "Not all pansies are shrinking violets" or something similar, though that's rather beyond my artistic capabilities at this point. Someday, maybe.
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Marvelous! Thanks for the info.
I actually thought you might have written my present when I read it--something about the phrasing and the power dynamics, and of course the fact that I received my present late enough for it to be plausible you'd written it as your second story. Thank you very much for writing such a wonderful story on short notice; I'm impressed and appreciative.
As to the friending: I don't mind in the slightest. In fact, the only reason I hadn't friended you months ago was that I couldn't risk revealing myself as your secret slasher.
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I think its fair to say I have a fairly distinctive style, esp when it comes to Remus because I write him so often (he always seems to bring up 'chewing' somehow, whether I want him to or not...), although yours was a bit darker than my fics tend to be. I'm usually a go-right-for-the-obvious-joke person, hence the little comments like "that's right up your alley, professor...no pun intended."
It was fun though to do something different. Maybe there'll be a bit more Remus/Draco in my future ;)