Ask the Marauders > January 27, 2004

From: Brittany Sousa
Was Sirius dropped on his head when he was born?

Sirius: I was not!

James: That sure would explain a few things.

Sirius: Hey! You're supposed to be on my side!

James: No, you're on my side.

Lily: Sweetie, that doesn't make sense. You know that, right?

James: Yeah, I'm just messing with him. *grins*

Sirius: You sure *you* weren't dropped on your head when you were a baby?

Remus: I think both of you were dropped on your heads.

Lily: That's entirely possible, and would explain some things.

Sirius and James: HEY!

From: Mintast
Did you guy's hate Snape from the first time you saw him?

James: Pretty much.

Snape: The feeling is mutual, Potter.

Sirius: Whoa, he talked!

Lily: It's not that surprising. Though the fact that he's here is a little strange.

Snape: Evans, my whereabouts are of no concern to you.

Lily: Nice to see you, too, Severus.

Remus: *sigh* Snape, just WHY are you here?

Snape: That's something I ask myself about you every day, Lupin.

From: Anni
Okay, first off, Remus, my spellcheck doesn't like your name, but that's okay, because it doesn't like Sirius either. Now my question is: What's your favorite band from the '70s? Snape, you have to answer, too.

Sirius: Don't see why it wouldn't like my name. I'm a star, man. *grins*

Lily: *rolls eyes at Sirius* Favorite band? I rather liked Fleetwood Mac. And I know she's 60's, but Janis Joplin was good, too.

James: Eeh...there were some okay bands, I guess. I don't really listen to music that much. Some of the rock was pretty good, though. The Eagles and Three Dog Night are the only two I can remember off the top of my head.

Sirius: Haha, like the name of that last one, Prongs. *grins*

James: You would.

Sirius: I was stuck listening to a lot of junk in my house. Mum didn't let me near Muggle music at all, and she played this dreadful dark and depressing stuff from time to time. It was awful.

Remus: My parents were more fond of classical music than anything else, so that's all that was on at home.

From: It's me. Again.
So, if you were walking down the streat, and somebody abrupty dropped to their knees in front of you, and said, "OH ALMIGHTY RULER. I APPOLOGIZE!" then what would you do? (You are NOT an almighty ruler, and you don't know who the guy is, or what he's done.)

Lily: Ask him what in the world he was talking about.

Sirius: Tell him that I will forgive his trespasses this time, but that he should be careful in the future when he dares to think that he can defy me.

James: *blinks* Riiiiight... Anyway, I'd probably ask him what he was talking about and then if he kept on with it, take him to a hospital or something.

Remus: I'd just send him to St. Mungo's if he was a wizard, or a psychiatrist if he was a Muggle.

From: listens_to_bhangra_music
Oi! All of you-- including Snape-- must answer: If you were a Muggle for a day, what would you do, wear, eat, etc.? Snape, in exchange for answering, I allow you to do one thoroughly evil thing to any one person. *looks at Sirius* Sorry about that, mate, but I figure a couple of counterjinxes you'll be mostly as good as new after Snape's treatment. ^^;

Snape: *raises an eyebrow* Intriguing...

Sirius: Oh that's bloody wonderful, Bhangra. You've just given him license to torture me.

Lily: Of calm down. He's not going to use an Unforgiveable on you.

Sirius: ...how can you be so sure?

Lily: I don't think he's that evil. He'll probably just hex you three ways past Sunday, is all.

Sirius: Oh, goodie.

Lily: I wouldn't mind that much being a Muggle for a day, being Muggleborn and all. I could go hang out with old friends from my neighborhood, go to a movie, or just do normal, everyday things.

James: If I get to spend it with Lily, I don't mind so much. *grins* Maybe a day in the park, or walking around Muggle London would be fun.

Sirius: *sigh* I'd have to spend me day far away from Snivellus over there, that's for sure. Maybe get into a game of soccer at a park, since I know Prongs would be there. Heh.

Snape: As much as it would pain me to do so, I suppose I could spend the time perusing Muggle bookstores for old books, perhaps see if I could find anything of interest in one of their paltry libraries. But as for the other stipulation of your inquiry... I would have to say, given that I would be arrested for anything *illegal* and you have restricted me to a single act against only one person, I believe I would want to try and replicate this one particularly nasty potion I read about the other day in the library. I think Black would look good as a human-sized, day-glow ameoba. He has the brain for it, after all.

Sirius: *sigh* Very cute, Snivelly, very cute.

Remus: Me as a Muggle? Hm...I'd probably go watch some movies, or spend my day in a Muggle library.

From: Sapphira
If all four of you guys were on a dating show, you know, one of those things where the lady asks the guys questions, why do you think you deserve to win?

Sirius: You're expecting me to say myself, aren't you?

James: Probably.

Sirius: Ha ha. Well, I think Moony would deserve to win. He's a nice guy, not too bad looking, and besides, I have girls stalking me already. I don't need more. And you've got Lils.

Remus: *blush* Thanks, Padfoot....I think....

James: True, true.

Lily: *smiles*

James: What about Wormtail, though?

Sirius: *shrugs* Dunno. What d'you think, Pete?

Peter: Nah, I couldn't beat you guys in a date contest.

James: Have more confidence, mate. I'm sure there's a girl out there for you!

Peter: Thanks...

From: Q-chan
Bwahahahaha! I am the faerie of the cheese! ::poke:: And I have come to make you all dance like strange little monkeys! DANCE MONKEYS DANCE! Whaddya have to say to that?

Sirius: *looks at the others*

Boys: Run away! Run away!

Lily: *sigh* No more Monty Python for you...

Remus: Why not, Lily? Monty Python is amusing!

From: Monkeyface
For Sirius: How's your little buddy Harry different from his dad? Do you think he takes after his mom any? (I've always thought someone's eyes say a lot about them...)

Sirius: Well, from what I've seen in the books, he's a LOT like his dad. *evil grin* I believe someone has already coined the term, "Potter Stupidity Gene," right?

James: Hey! I'm plenty intelligent.

Sirius: Yeah, but you're also impulsive and a guy.

James: I can't argue the second part, but I'm not that impulsive.

Lily: Yes you are, dear. Now let him finish.

James: *sigh*

Sirius: As I was saying, Harry's a bit more cautious, but that's because of the environment he ended up growing up in. He does seem to think things through a lot more than Prongs did during his first few years at school. Took a while for sanity to seep in there. Not that I helped in any way. *grins*

Remus: If anything, you ensured that Prongs would never have any sanity.

Sirius: Sanity's overrated anyway.

From: Quackerjack Freak
QUACK!!!!!!

James: Alright, that isn't even a question!

Sirius: I think Robyn's asleep at the wheel today.

Remus: Maybe there's a reason for it...

Lily: Give her some slack. She started a new job today, her alarm didn't go off this morning making her a little late, and she's in her last semester of college so she doesn't know what's going on half the time.

Robyn: Thanks a lot, Lils. --;;

From: Della
Ever heard about the ghostdog Padfoot? ;D I think that's only our "beloved" (caugh caugh) Paddy, who just wants to scare the pants off of everybody.

Sirius: I hadn't, actually. But that sounds like a brilliant idea!

James: Ooooh, start with that Trelawney woman that Harry had for Divination! She kept seeing the Grim everywhere!

Sirius: *eviler grin* You're right... Heh heh heh...

Remus: *sigh* Just as long as you don't scare her to death...don't want murder hanging over you, after all.

Sirius: Yeah, that would put a damper on the rest of my life, wouldn't it?

From: Zaphraina
Does the magical comunity have its own religion, or do you practice Muggle beliefs?

Lily: Nope, no religion. Think of it more like an occupation or something. Wizarding folk can be any religion, any nationality. Most of us at Hogwarts happen to be Christian because a lot of England is Christian. Which would why we always have Christmas trees and other decorations at Hogwarts.

Remus: It makes more sense to adopt the religion of whatever country we happen to be in, to be honest. Personal ethics count more than religion does, anyways.

From: brighteyes
Hello! ^-^ My question is if Lily was a Marauder what would her nickname be?

James: I think...

Sirius: No, I don't want to know what sort of pet names you have for each other. That's a mental image I'm just not ready for.

James: Git...I was merely going to say that I think 'Firefly' would be the best choice, since she's got fiery red hair and she brings light wherever she goes.

Lily: Awww, thanks James.

Sirius: Not bad. Cheesy, but not bad.

Remus: At least Prongs said something cheesy instead of something really bad.

James: That's why we keep Padfoot around, remember? *grins*

From: Jessie Sistare
Uh, hi. So I was wondering if you guys could teach me a thing or two about sticking up for myself?

James: Sticking up for yourself?

Sirius: Well, don't let anyone tell you negative things about you that aren't constructive. [Constructive criticism is actually kinda helpful. If you listen to it, that is. Heh.] Don't be afraid to speak your mind when something's bothering you, otherwise people will walk all over you.

Lily: And don't let people goad you into doing things for them all the time. It's nice to help out people, but don't let yourself get tricked into constantly doing people's dirty work for them.

James: If anything does get out of hand, and these couple things aren't helping, you should tell someone what's going on. Hope that helps a bit!

From: The one who asks thee questions
If you were trapped on a island, wihout your wand, with Severus Snape, a.k.a the greasy git, how would you kill him or the time till you were rescued?

Sirius: We could pummel him with coconuts.

James: Nah, crack them open on his head to get the milk and meat out of them.

Sirius: And use the grease in his hair to build a fire!

Lily: I'd try to find ways off said island. Maybe smoke signals or something.

Remus: If we could figure out a way to cut some trees or something, I'd start building a raft to get off the island.