Ask the Marauders > May 17, 2005

From: Madelyn
How do you guys act, or how do you think you'd act, around the girl you're in love with? Snape, if you don't answer, I'll bite you.

Snape: *raises an eyebrow* You will bite me? Somehow I very much doubt that you could get close enough to do so.

Sirius: Besides, why would you want to chew on Snape? Grease isn't healthy for you, you know.

James: I didn't need that mental image, Madelyn.

Peter: I'd probably stutter a lot and not know what to say. I'm kind of shy around girls.

Remus: I'd probably treat her like a friend and find out if she even likes me in that way.

Snape: I refuse to answer this on the grounds that I have been threatened with rabies.

Sirius: Rabies? Way to go assuming that she has rabies. Git. And I'd just flirt with the girl. *grins*

From: SeZzA-
Hi guys. *waves shyly* If you could be any piece of furniture for a day, what would you be?

Sirius: Anything that doesn't involve sitting?

James: That's kind of general, Padfoot.

Sirius: Would you want someone's arse on you?

Peter: Eek!

Lily: I'd be a mirror, I guess. If that counts as a piece of furniture.

Sirius: Prongs could be a coatrack. He already is one.

James: Well, you couldn't be a bookshelf since you never touch books!

Remus: I'd be the bookshelf. It's better than being "Professor Dictionary".

Sirius: I'll be a dresser in the girls' dormitory. *very evil grin*

Lily: Sirius Black, you are a deviant.

Sirius: Yes, but I am a sexy deviant.

Lily: How does that make it any better?

Sirius: Girls forgive me more readily?

James: All girls except Lily, you mean.

Sirius: Yes, well, Lils has always been different from the rest. *winks at Lily*

Lily: *rolls her eyes, but she's smiling* You're insufferable.

Sirius: *grins* I know.

From: Mimi
Hello peeps! Have you ever tried playing wizard tag with Snape? (Make him tink rainbow colours!)

James: When do we not make him tink rainbow colors?

Sirius: Over summer holiday when we don't see him?

James: True, true. We should fix that.

Peter: How do you propose to hex Snape when he's nowhere near you?

Sirius: We could send him something that explodes and gets a potion all over him that makes him tink. Or dust or something.

Lily: Do you really think that he's going to open something that you two sent him?

James: That's why we address it from someone else. Like Malfoy.

Peter: You think he'd open something from Malfoy?

James: ...you've got a point. This could be hard.... We'll have to work on this one.

Remus: You have until summer ends to figure it out.

From: Opera Ghostess
Who are your favorite characters from The Phantom of the Opera and why? Please answer, Severus, as you sometimes remind me of the Phantom. *le sigh*

Sirius: Phantoms sing opera?

James: Apparently. I've only ever heard ghosts sing Christmas carols, so I suppose they could sing opera if they wanted to.

Peter: What about a ghost of an opera singer? I'm sure they could sing opera.

Sirius: And wear a viking helmet and shatter glass?

Peter: Erm, something like that, I suppose.

Remus: You do realize that most operas don't involve women in viking helmets....

Lily: It's a musical, you know.

James: Clearly, but it would help if we went to musicals.

Lily: Yes, it would.

Sirius: Robyn saw it on Broadway when she was in high school, but that was forever and a day ago.

Remus: Angie saw it in theaters while she was in New York, but I think she was distracted by the guy she was with.

From: Parvati
Lily, have you and James ever been in a fight (while you guys were dating) and what did he do?

James: You know, it's not always my fault.

Lily: Just usually.

James: *pouts* Liiiiiiiils...

Lily: Oh, stop that. We don't fight nearly as much as we did before seventh year.

James: You just couldn't bring yourself to admit your love for me.

Lily: More like you were a total prat when you were younger.

Sirius: Were? You mean he still is.

James: Padfoot, you're not helping.

Sirius: *grins*

James: But yes, we get into the average fights that most couples do, I would imagine. Usually rather silly and over in five minutes.

From: prongs the pyro
James, what would you do with a life time supply of matches? Sirius should answer, too....and Remus, how mental would you go?

James: Never run out of ways to light dungbombs.

Sirius: Or places to put them. Heh.

Remus: *long-suffering sigh* You shouldn't encourage them. I'd probably lose whatever sanity I have left.

Sirius: Oh no, you've lost that loooooong ago, Moony. *grins*

From: Ayumi-hime
If you were a type of cheese, what would you be? By the way, Prongs, you're the best.

James: Oooh, I'm the best!

Sirius: Don't get a big head, Prongs. You're okay, but not the *best*. I was the best man, remember? *snickers*

James: Yeah, but I got the girl, so I rather like the way it worked out.

Sirius: I'm simple when it comes to cheese. Cheddar is fine with me.

James: Not a big cheese fan, but something with a bit of bite, I guess. What would that be? Robyn had some cool cheese the other day. It was all white and orange mottled.

Peter: Wasn't that colby? And I wouldn't be able to choose. So many different types! Yum!

Remus: I think I'd be something different. Maybe that feta stuff that Angie likes on her salads.

From: Alyson
This one is for everyone. What color eyes do you have? My friend and I were discussing this earlier.

James: Hazel.

Sirius: I've got gray eyes. Wanna see? *wiggles eyebrows*

Remus: Keep that up and you'll scare everyone, Padfoot. As for me, my eyes are just a pale brownish color. Nothing terribly special.

Lily: Um, I think it's rather well established that I have green eyes.

James: *stares at Lily* Yes, yes it is. *goofy grin*

Sirius: *makes gagging motions to the others*

From: Shibamboo eats Bamboo
What would you do/say if you saw Snape in a pink tutu with tights underneath? Oh yeah, and with a poofy blonde wig, decorated with butterflies? *evil grin* And Sirius, *hug*. *grin*

Sirius: Yay! You may have been called the best, Prongs, but I got a hug!

James: *rolls eyes* And honestly, I'd probably be laughing.

Peter: Or hiding if it was our fault.

Remus: Chances are, I probably helped you with the necessary hexes to do that.

Sirius: I'm fairly sure that would have been our fault. And if not, I'd like to meet the person that did it and shake their hand.

From: Immy
I was just wondering, but Lily, James, what was your wedding like?

Lily: It was lovely. Nice sunny day, outside with all the lovely flowers and things.

James: Padfoot managed to control himself, too.

Sirius: Thanks, Prongs. *rolls eyes*

James: No problem. *grins* Outside of that, I don't remember much. I was pretty much staring at Lily for much of the time. *bashful grin* I got to marry the most beautiful girl in the world.

Lily: James! *blushes* Don't exaggerate.

James: What can I say? It's true. *evil grin* I guess I am a little biased.

Sirius: Nah, Lils is pretty good looking. *winks*

Lily: *laughs* Thanks, Sirius.

Sirius: Welcome!

From: Beans
James, what would you do if you found out Sirius kissed Lily?

James: Erm, well he has, and I was there.

Lily: He felt that as best man it was one of his duties to kiss the bride at the reception.

Sirius: Yes, and that was the best part of my job as best man. *grins*

Lily: *sigh*

James: So yes, I managed not to slug him afterwards. It was fairly amusing, I guess.

Remus: It probably helped that everyone else found it fairly amusing.

From: Zymurgy
Last week, you said you'd never eaten inocent animals in Animagus form. But Sirius, you liar, you've eaten dozens of rats as Snuffles in Goblet of Fire, remember? *taps nose* We're watching you. We KNOW.

Sirius: *sniffles* I ate rats?

James: *looks up from a copy of Goblet of Fire* Yeah, looks like you did, mate.

Lily: But seeing as you were a fugitive from the law, there wasn't much you could do about it.

Remus: You have to do what you can to survive.

Sirius: I feel gross now. Can I go shower?

James: We're not about to stop you.

Sirius: *runs out of room*

From: k-flash
Umm, I have a huge problem and I've tried asking other people, but their advice sucks so I'm gonna ask you. My friend and I were both in love with the same guy who is a senior. (We're sophomores.) He ended up asking me out and I said yes. My friend is not talking to me now and will not talk to me until I break up with him. What should I do?

James: Well, obviously there are some underlying problems if your friend is refusing to speak to you when the guy picked you over her. It's not your fault, and she really shouldn't be blaming it on you. That being said, if she refuses to talk to you directly, is there a friend that's willing to act as a go-between?

Lily: You may just want to give her some space, though. She was obviously hurt by it, but if she's truly a good friend, she'll get over it soon enough. Friendship shouldn't be something easily broken by something like a boy.

Sirius: *comes back in in a bathrobe and toweling his hair dry* That's better. What'd I miss?

James: K-flash is having troubles with a friend because a guy asked her out instead of the friend.

Sirius: Ah. Well, you're more knowledgable about high school romance.

Remus: That's an area that I don't have much knowledge in.

From: Buzzer
Have any of you ever been on a diet, or a special eating splurge? (Like I try to be vegitarian, but I have a real hard time of it, so there's times when I'm vegitarian, and others when I eat meat.)

Sirius: Diet? Why would I go on a diet?

Peter: To loose some of that weight that your fat head can carry around?

Sirius: My head is not fat, thank you very much. It's ever-so-nicely shaped and the ladies think it quite lovely.

James: *blinks* I don't want to think about that statement too long. I'm afraid my head will explode.

Lily: Ew, little bits of James everywhere.

Sirius: Now THAT'S an image I didn't need, either. You'd be a frightful mess to clean up, you know that? All that hair, not to mention the shards from your glasses...

James: *ignores Sirius* I seem to eat less meat than I used to. I think it's the whole animagus thing. I certainly don't eat venison. *makes a disturbed face*

Sirius: Meat! I love meat! Meat is tasty! *grins*

Remus: It depends on the time of month. Closer to the transformation I eat a lot more meat and fewer vegetables.

From: tomoko
Think fast. Your magical beast of choice is __________? (And that choice may reflect your personality/character)

Sirius: Griffin? Don't know why, but I thought of it since Robyn's roommate loves them and stuff. They make 'qwee!' noises.

James: Dragons are really cool. I'd like to fly on one someday.

Peter: Centaurs are rather interesting, I think.

Remus: I'll have to go with hippogriffs. They can fly, are tamer than dragons, and will only permit those who respect them anywhere near them.