Ask the Marauders > November 17, 2004

From: Gothalchemy
"You can not gain something without sacrificing something else of the equal value." What does that mean to all of you?

Sirius: I think it means we're going to be getting a lot of questions like this since they started showing Fullmetal Alchemist on Cartoon Network...

James: But Robyn promised that she wouldn't use the AtM to complain about the dub, so we shall answer the question. So...

Lily: Well, I think it makes sense. You can't just get something for nothing. You have to work for it.

Sirius: Unless you're a Death Eater, then you just take whatever you want.

Lily: No, you will have given up your soul, or at least control over your life in order to become a Death Eater, so it works out the same again.

Remus: I think it means that the forces in the universe need to balance out somehow. If you want something, you'll have to give up something to keep that balance maintained. Unless your whole purpose is to screw up that balance...

From: Morgan
James, how do you feel when people call you "Jamsiekins"?

James: Better than I feel about them calling me Deer Boy.

Sirius: But you are a deer, mate.

James: *sigh* No one really calls me Jamiekins anymore. Well, maybe Robyn and Angie, but that's about it. Heh.

Remus: Angie's been easing up on that recently, though. She seems to be more amused at calling her brother a lemming.

Angie: Well, my little brother IS a lemming, so there. :P

From: Hiei-Sama
Where can I find a dragon?

Lily: Well, you can't find one here. I don't think dragons are legal in Britain, except on preserves. You can't keep one as a pet.

James: Unless you are Hagrid and keep all sorts of strange things as pets.

Peter: Don't remind me. You're not the one that nearly got eaten in one of his pockets.

Remus: Peter, be glad you don't have to worry about Hagrid trying to catch you for a pet.

Peter: I think he might have at one point. But then he let me go when he saw that I was only a rat. Heh. I guess I'm not as special as a gigantic spider or dragon.

From: crazy chris
Want to DnD? It'll be a night where limbs won't (necessarily) be lost, and Voldemort won't be stalking you in the dark. It will however, net you some experience and cash and prizes. Sound good? Oh, it'll be good. Saturday. 7. You know where. Be there or die. I'm serious, your character can't defend themselves without you there. Its pretty sad really... They kinda just scream as they get eaten. And we all laugh. heheheheh. Ah, good times...I'll make it all worth your while in the end, you'll see. I am going to generate one or two serious magical items that'll be up for grabs if people play their cards right. Thats right. Only one or two. I hope I get one. Don't you?

James: Players killed by ridiculously powered enemies - 4

Peter: Limbs torn off by said ridiculously powered enemies - 4

Remus: Stones aquired for quest - 4

Sirius: Threatening your players' characters' family, mainly their sickly little sisters - priceless

Lily: Hmm, they seem to have a thing for the number 4. Either that, or the DM likes being mean to his players.

Robyn: Actually, I think the counts have changed by now, but I'm going by a friend's stats. So the carnage has probably increased. *sticks tongue out*

Angie: *laughs* Carnage counts usually do increase when you have people playing every week.

From: if i only had a brain....
If you could be on any reality TV show which would it be and why!?

James: Do I have to? Maybe Survivor, so long as I have my wand. Heh. Then I can zap all the other contestants so that they can have pretty colored hair for the cameras. *evil grin*

Sirius: America's Next Top Model!

Peter: ...what?

Sirius: I wanna be the prettiest!

Remus: You're scaring me now, Padfoot. And I can't see being on any of those reality TV shows, unless someone really wanted to do an Extreme Makeover on my house.

From: QB2
Okay I am just killing myself over this. When a dementor is near and sucks out happiness, does that mean he litteraly sucks out the memory or just a ghost of the memory?

Sirius: It doesn't suck out the actual memory. Otherwise I would have forgetten everything during my 12 years in Azkaban.

James: They just temporarily such all the happiness out of you, though the long-term results are quite...unhinging?

Remus: I think 'quite unhinging' would be an understatement. You're plagued by every fearful and unhappy memory, that takes its toll on a person's psyche.

From: Tammy
Okay guys think fast, What is your favourite candy? ...3-2-1 Okay now answer!

James: very flavor beans.

Remus: Chocolate, of course.

Sirius: I like all candy. I don't discriminate. *grins*

Peter: Just about anything except Cochroach Clusters or Acid Pops.

Lily: I like chocolates, too.

From: Bartholomew
Trogdor the Burninator and the bunny from Monty Python get in a fight. Who wins?

Sirius: Trogdor, hands down.

James: But the bunny is pretty formidable.

Lily: I think you're both nuts.

Peter: Trogdor could light the bunny on fire, but the bunny is pretty nimble, so it might be able to avoid it. I don't know who would win.

Sirius: Moony? Break the tie?

Remus: The bunny, without a doubt. Trogdor's bulk slows it down, and the rabbit moves almost faster than the human eye.

From: IkleChristakins
Sirius, have you ever caught your tail?

Sirius: Nope, but I'll get that pesky thing one day! *transforms and starts chasing his tail*

Remus: *starts laughing* And here we have an insight into what Padfoot does when he has nothing to do.

James: That would be hysterical if it wasn't so sad... ...no, wait, it is hysterical. *laughs*

From: Insanity itself
Hello. I represent the Union of Mistreatment of Slimy Slytherins. We have reason to believe that the four boys known as the Marauders are mistreating a particularly slimy Slytherin by the name of Severus Snape. How do you plead? And Snape, I am only here to help you.

Snape: Somehow I feel less than confident in your abilities to help me.

Sirius: It's all lies. We're merely trying to rehabilitate slimy Slytherins, so we can release them back into the wild.

James: What are we? Animal doctors?

Lily: More like wildlife conservators.

Remus: I think we're more like wildlife rehabilitators than conservators. Still, same general idea as Padfoot said.

From: I_have_Lost_All_Sanity
It's me again! Okay, have any of you walked in on each other while they were showering or anything? Or, has James ever tried to walk in on Lily? -snigger- I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to get into the prefects bathing place. I mean, we ARE talking about James.

James: I'm not obligated to answer this.

Sirius: Which means yes, he has.

Lily: And you haven't?

Sirius: ...I'm not obligated to answer that.

Lily: Right.

Peter: I think we've all barged into a bathroom in our day. No big deal since we're all boys. Present company excluded. *nods to Lily*

Remus: Especially considering some of the prank testing that has been done among us.

Lily: Besides, there is such a thing as shower curtains...

From: Natalie
Do you think dreams are a window into your wants/future or just a process of experienced of events?

Lily: I think they're the result of your brain sorting all the things you thought about in the day.

James: Unless you're a seer, then you may see things from the future.

Lily: If you even believe in such things. Sometimes I wonder about the validity of Divination and that branch of magic.

Sirius: I just dream about what I want. Or new pranks. Heh.

Remus: I think that dreams are sorting things from the day or insights into your wants and fears. Angie's had some pretty weird dreams that are about her wants and fears, usually at the same time.

From: tomoko
Do you guys wave a bone at Padfoot and go, "*Whistles* Here Paddy, Paddy, Paddy, Paddy...?"

James: I think we tried something like that when I was trying to get Lily's attention.

Remus: You mean, you and Padfoot tried that. As I recall, I wasn't involved in that mess.

James: Details, details...

Lily: Oh yes, I remember that. You were trying to play to the animal lover in most girls. 'Oh look at my cute dog' sort of thing.

Sirius: Not one of my finer moments, to be sure.

From: Insanity Itself
Sirius, do you think you should be given royalties by the Sirius Radio company??

Sirius: Well, I don't exactly have rights to the name. I mean, the star was named Sirius long before I was born.

James: And he doesn't need the money. Didn't an uncle leave you a bunch of galleons?

Sirius: Yeah, I'm pretty set. But I'm certainly a cuter dog than the one they have in the commercials. *grins*