Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings

I never really got the feeling that Remus was intended to be gay, either. I'd prefer to think that the fanon idea that Remus was gay is an outgrowth of his lycanthropy as a metaphor for homosexuality rather than the idea that a quiet, bookish, introverted man must be gay. For all we know, Charlie Weasley is gay, or Mundungus Fletcher. I'd put forth Hagrid as a candidate for "bear" but he's so obviously enamored with Olympe Maxime.