Lupin didn't strike me as much of anything. He read to me as the sort of reserved character where he could have been into anything from kinky!sex, to having a wife with 10 kids stashed around somewhere, to being a 40 yr old virgin.
Me too. I like slash, which is why I write him in male/male pairings, but that's a question of personal preference. I'm not convinced that novel!Remus is teh gay.
At least, I hope that it's basically an old inside joke that's become so overused even outsiders know the punchline. Though sometimes I wonder.
See, in the wake of HBP especially posts there have been many enraged readers who felt cheated upon by Rowling for "taking a perfectly gay character" and giving him a girlfriend. I took the expression "heterosexism" straight from some post I've come across. So obviously, there is something about Remus' characterisation that strikes some people as inherently gay. I don't see it, obviously, and I'm glad to see that there are so many readers who don't see it, either.
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Date: 2005-07-29 05:45 am (UTC)Me too. I like slash, which is why I write him in male/male pairings, but that's a question of personal preference. I'm not convinced that novel!Remus is teh gay.
At least, I hope that it's basically an old inside joke that's become so overused even outsiders know the punchline. Though sometimes I wonder.
See, in the wake of HBP especially posts there have been many enraged readers who felt cheated upon by Rowling for "taking a perfectly gay character" and giving him a girlfriend. I took the expression "heterosexism" straight from some post I've come across. So obviously, there is something about Remus' characterisation that strikes some people as inherently gay. I don't see it, obviously, and I'm glad to see that there are so many readers who don't see it, either.