Ha, that was me. Yeah, it's all about the accessories.
As far as stereotyping goes, aren't Potter characters "types?" Especially the teachers. Just as many have a Snape or a McGonagall in their educational history, I think Lupin is a particular "type" of teacher that many people recognize. Your middle-school history teacher who tells you all the shocking stuff the textbook leaves out, your high school drama coach, your freshman creative writing teacher. The enthusiasm, the empathy, the archness, the subtle bitchiness, the subversive sensibility...and the discreet old-fashioned gayness, which is not overt but taken for granted by anyone who thinks about it. Though even ignorant kids who use "fag" as an insult don't care, because he is the coolest teacher.
So, yeah. Lupin read as gay to me from "The Boggart in the Wardrobe" on. Which resulted in the lycanthropy metaphor and the Secret History with Sirius making a particular kind of sense for me (and it does make sense).
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Date: 2005-07-27 08:53 pm (UTC)As far as stereotyping goes, aren't Potter characters "types?" Especially the teachers. Just as many have a Snape or a McGonagall in their educational history, I think Lupin is a particular "type" of teacher that many people recognize. Your middle-school history teacher who tells you all the shocking stuff the textbook leaves out, your high school drama coach, your freshman creative writing teacher. The enthusiasm, the empathy, the archness, the subtle bitchiness, the subversive sensibility...and the discreet old-fashioned gayness, which is not overt but taken for granted by anyone who thinks about it. Though even ignorant kids who use "fag" as an insult don't care, because he is the coolest teacher.
So, yeah. Lupin read as gay to me from "The Boggart in the Wardrobe" on. Which resulted in the lycanthropy metaphor and the Secret History with Sirius making a particular kind of sense for me (and it does make sense).