Ask the Marauders > April 28, 2005

From: Katherine
Hey Remus... So do yah know that 57% in poll think that your the next character to die. How do you feel about that?

Remus: I'd rather wait and see what JK Rowling decides on. I'd rather not die, but I won't fight it if it looks likely.

From: Alyson
This may sound a little weird, but if you were muggles, what would your favorite HP fanfiction ship be? Snape answer, too!

Snape: Why must I get dragged into this nonsense week after week?

Sirius: Because the fans love you?

James: And Robyn and Angie are kinda fond of you?

Snape: *raises an eyebrow* Be that as it may, I have no desire to think about you lot and the various 'ships' that your fangirls come up with. I like to keep my lunch in my stomach, thank you.

Sirius: At least the ships I get are many and varied. Though the fans seem to like pairing me with you, Moony.

Remus: DON'T. REMIND. ME. The only ships with me and a female seem to be with former students of mine, so I'll go with well-written original character instead.

James: I have a canon ship. *grins and puts and arm around Lily's waist*

Lily: Though there are fans that have paired you with Sirius. And Snape, even.

Snape: *horrified at the thought*

James: *equally horrified*

Sirius: *laughs hysterically*

From: Sirius Rocks
What's your favorite cake flavor? You answer this, too, Snape!

Boys: CHOCOLATE!

Lily: That's a pretty easy question. Chocolate is hands down the best flavor there is.

Sirius: Though I like raspberry in my cake, too. Or strawberry.

Remus: Chocolate and cherries are good, too.

James: I like walnuts in brownies.

Peter: Orange and chocolate are a good combination. And banana and chocolate, too!

From: Chaitra
I'm just wondering, how come you guys were willing to LEARN how to become animagi, but not willing to learn anything for school?

James: We weren't *not* willing to learn, we just got bored in class and are very easily distracted.

Sirius: And we liked spicing things up a bit.

Lily: They actually did very well in their classes. They just didn't always focus their intelligence on class...since pranks seemed to be more fun.

Remus: You can't imagine how many times they've asked me for 'help' with assignments.

From: Melissa
This goes to Robyn and Angie: Why, whenever you do something with Severus, you don't call him 'Severus'? Why do you call him 'Snape'? He deserves to be called by his real name. *nod nod*

Robyn: I think we've explained this before... No wait, that was on the forums. Anyway, it's something I picked up from 4+ years of Japanese, where you refer to everyone by their family name unless they are close friends or family. It's also a sign of respect.

Angie: And I'm just used to calling him Snape since that's how he's referred to most of the time. *shrug* And there's a similar respect issue in German, which is the language I studied.

From: Yuusuge Hime
How do you boys feel about plus-sized women (say, about size 14 and up)? Would you date one, or do you prefer slim girls?

Sirius: I love all women!

James: You know, I never would have guessed that one. *rolls eyes*

Lily: At least you're not horridly picky.

Remus: I think it depends more on the woman's personality, although too large is a turn-off for me.

Sirius: Well, I like girls with personality, a sense of humor. Life is more exciting that way.

Peter: They have to be at least as interesting or messed up as you?

Sirius: Exactly! ...wait a second!

Peter: *laughs*

Sirius: Hey! *grabs Peter by the neck and gives him noogies*

From: Sha (shadow)
Have you ever considered contacts James?

James: *shudders* I'm not good with eyes stuff.

Sirius: He freaks out whenever someone touches their eyes, actually.

James: What? It's bad enough that I can't see without my glasses. I'm very sensitive about my eyes. I don't need them getting *worse*.

Lily: I like your eyes. *grins*

James: *smiles*

Sirius: Alright, break it up! Break it up!

James & Lily: *glare at Sirius*

From: Zo (Lovin' Sanyo!)
This one is for Sirius and James: If both of you had to choose to either be god, or get the girl of your dreams, which one would you choose?

James: I think I already chose. *smiles at Lily again*

Lily: *smiles back*

Sirius: Hurrah! Then that means I can be God!

Lily: *sigh*

Sirius: *grins* Though, the girl of my dreams would be a nice thing to have. Might even be better than being God....

James: Is Padfoot lonely?

Sirius: Well, you are leaving me for that cute redhead.

Lily: Well, you'll just have to annoy Remus at all hours of the day since James will be otherwise occupied.

Remus: Why must you condemn me to that, Lily?

Lily: Because Peter wouldn't be able to handle the pressure? *shrugs*

From: Amber
This question's to Sirius. You keep saying that you are God. Well God has all this power, so if you ARE God why can't you stop the teachers giving you detention?

Sirius: Detention can be fun. Especially with friends.

James: This is true. *grins*

Sirius: And besides, if I got out of every detention, then my power would become known and everyone would be bugging me for miracles all the live long day!

Remus: Also true.

From: Darla
Hi!*waves* Okay, what kind of muggle activities (e.g.sports) would you say interest you the most?

James & Sirius: SOCCER!

Lily: You've answered something abotu soccer before, I think.

Peter: That doesn't seem to stop them from being excited about it.

Sirius: Though Robyn has me watching baseball now, too.

Remus: I think hiking would be interesting, and Angie's in a good area to do that.

From: Bwaha
What goes up, must come down. So, what's gone up, and whose head will it fall on?

Peter: I think it was that pudding from lunch.

Lily: And it looks to be aiming for McGonagall's hat...

Remus: *long-suffering sigh*

Sirius: Erm, oops? There seems to be a bit of a miscalculation in our trajectory, Prongs.

James: Though McGonagall seems to be able to navigate quite accurately today. She's headed this way.

Sirius: *hides under table* We were never here...

McGonagall: SIRIUS BLACK! JAMES POTTER! You get out here this instant!

Sirius: *whispers to James* Why does she always blame me first?

James: *whispers to Sirius* You're alphabetically before me?

McGonagall: *cleaning pudding from her hat* A night's detention cleaning the trophy room. Be there at 8pm. Sharp.

James & Sirius: *emerge from under the table* Yes, Professor.

McGonagall: *leaves to find a cleaning potion for her hat*

From: *shrug*
So Siri sings in the shower eh? What's he sing?

James: Nothing but love songs.

All: *stare*

James: What? I'm kidding!

Sirius: Heh, liar. You know that I serenade you from the shower every morning!

James: I didn't know that the sounds of a dying cow was supposed to be a serenade.

Sirius: *acts insulted* Well, see if I ever serenade *you* again!

Peter: We could only be so lucky...

Remus: I'd appreciate just a little more sleep.

Sirius: But Moony, sleep is for the weak!

James: Or those who like to be somewhat cognizant of their surroundings in the morning.

Sirius: Details, details...

From: Angela
QUICK! Pick one! Chicken or beef?

Sirius: CHICKEN!

Peter: I'm more of a beef person, but I do like both.

James: I'm on the fence, myself. Either's fine with me.

Remus: Either one. I lean a little more towards beef, though.

Lily: Chicken, I think. It seems a bit lighter.

From: Hermione
What is the square root of cheese multiplied by a squirrel and divided by the hypotenuse of a piece of bologna?

All: *stare*

James: What on earth is this girl talking about?

Peter: I don't know, but it's making me hungry.

Sirius: Squirrels make you hungry?

Peter: No, but the cheese and bologna do.

Sirius: Squirrels make me hungry. At least when I chase them. *grins*

Remus: Squirrels irritate me. That's why I chase them.

From: Nia
Did you guys ever prank Lily? If so, what was your best one?

Lily: They pranked me a couple times in first year. But they learned their lesson pretty fast.

Sirius: Except Prongs. He kept pestering you even after you hexed his eyebrows clean off.

James: What can I say? I like strong women. *grins*

Lily: Are you going to answer the rest of the question or flatter me all day?

Sirius: While I'm sure Prongs could flatter you all day, I'll answer the question. We flew up the stairs to the girls' dormintory on a broom under the Invisibility Cloak and hexed everything we could find to sing lullabies all night.

Lily: Some of those were NOT lullabies.

James: Padfoot did those. He got a little carried away.

Remus: I should never have helped you with that particular hex.