Ask the Marauders > October 16, 2005

From: Episky!
Remus never seems to be without chocolate so I have to know, which one of you got him hooked on it?

James: I'm pretty sure he was hooked on it well before we knew him.

Sirius: Yup, we just discovered his little vice, is all.

Remus: You mean, you went through my things to find my chocolate stash.

Peter: You always have the best chocolates. Impeccable taste. *grins*

Lily: I'll have to agree with Peter on that one. Remus always has the best chocolate.

Remus: Thanks, Lily.

From: Lakira
Where do you go to reflect?

Remus: The Astronomy Tower.

Sirius: The mirror, of course!

James: Though the lake can be pretty reflective as well.

Lily: *rolls eyes* Can you guys ever answer a question seriously?

Sirius: But Lils! I always answer every question 'siriusly'. *grins*

Lily: Ugh...

From: Amar
What is the most ridiculous outfit any of you guys have worn in public? By choice or just for the heck of it?

Sirius: We all dressed up as Snape one day.

James: That was an intersting potions class.

Lily: I have to admit your costumes were pretty good.

Peter: That would be because we'd made some polyjuice potion. Tasted nasty, though.

Remus: I couldn't exactly change the potion taste. *sweatdrops*

Sirius: But so worth it.

Peter: I'm not sure who was more cofused, the professor or the other students.

James: Snape didn't seem to thrilled to see four mirror images of himself either.

From: Innocent Bystander
Which would you rather be: A samurai, a cowboy, a pirate , a gladiator, or a secret agent?

Sirius: Arrrr! I'd be a pirate, lass. *grins*

James: Can we please go one month without him going pirate on us? And I'd like to be a secret agent. Potter. James Potter. *grins charmingly*

Lily: Ha ha. Being a cowboy would be fun. I like horsebackriding.

Remus: Hmm...samurai or secret agent. I sort of like both, although secret agents get more toys to play with.

Peter: None of those seem very safe. Though I suppose being a cowboy would be alright. Lots of farm animals and things.

From: Phoenix Black
This has been irking me for a while. Sirius, it's obvious in the third book that you show no remorse for The Prank. How do you feel about the fanfictions that show the exact opposite (i.e. begging for forgiveness, depressed, etc.)?

Sirius: Snape's a git.

James: *sigh* Padfoot's rather simple minded, isn't he?

Lily: I think he showed remorse when you and Remus yelled at him about it.

James: Yeah, I thought Moony was going to dismember him right there in the dormitory.

Peter: That would have been messy...

Remus: Which is why I didn't dismember him.

Sirius: The git got what he deserved. He would have followed you eventually and the same thing would have happened. If you think about it, it's better that I told him to go, because Prongs here stopped him. If I hadn't done it, Prongs wouldn't have known that Snape was headed for the Willow and there would be Snape bits everywhere.

Lily: That was rather...insensitive of you.

Sirius: Insensitive?

Lily: Can you imagine what Remus would have felt like had he killed a human being?

Sirius: *face falls* ...oh...

James: Right, so no doing that anymore. Bad Padfoot.

Sirius: *hides under table*

From: Mitsuko
Sirius, what would you do if all the pudding in the world vanished?

Sirius: *from under table* I'm already depressed enough. Don't take away my pudding.

James: *sigh* Will you come out here? It was something stupid done in your youth. You were lucky that no one got hurt.

Peter: I think Lily is finalyl having a bit of an influence over you, Prongs. Not that this is a bad thing, I guess.

Lily: Definitely not in this case.

Sirius: Can I have a pudding? *sad puppy dog face*

From: Ginger Paws
Have you ever taken Sirius to the vet for shots or to get fixed?

Sirius: *blank stare*

James: Wow, you guys are really intent upon destroying his little world, aren't you?

Lily: *giggling* Shots? Fixed? Oh dear...

Remus: Shots would be worth it if we found out that he could get canine diseases...

Peter: That's just cruel and unusual.

Sirius: *now refusing to come out from under the table*

From: Emily the strange
In the sixth book they mention Armortenia (the most powerful love potion in the world) and it's supposed to smell different for each person depending on what attracts us. So my question is what would you guys smell?

All: *look contemplative*

Peter: Probably muffins or something. Always liked that smell a lot.

Remus: Probably fresh chocolate goodies...

James: Erm...I don't know? Whatever you'd call what Lily's hair smells like...does that even make sense? *looks like he wants to hide under the table with Sirius now*

Lily: *blushes* Um, it's just shampoo? Some floral scent or another. I think mine would smell like a clean breeze, since I love being outdoors in the springtime.

Sirius: I don't want to play anymore.

James: C'mon, just answer, Padfoot.

Sirius: *sniffles* Pudding.

James: You're kidding.

Sirius: I like pudding. Vanilla pudding that's just been made and is cooling.

From: Emelie
What's your favourite vegetable and why?

James: I like most vegetables.

Peter: So says the stag.

James: Yeah, and you like cheese a lot. So what of it?

Peter: *sigh* Got me there. And I like tomatoes. Because they taste good with almost anything.

Lily: I like snow peas quite a bit.

Peter: Oh, and cauliflower tastes good with cheese!

Remus: I have problems eating my vegetables. I guess carrots, they're the ones I'll actually eat.

Sirius: *quietly animating a dust bunny under the table with his wand*

James: Oh bother... *leaves room and returns with a pudding cup* C'mon out Padfoot, I have pudding for you.

Sirius: Is it vanilla?

James: Yes. We're sorry about all the mean questions, okay? You're not a bad person.

Sirius: Okay... *comes out and starts eating pudding* What was the last question?

James: Favorite veggie and why.

Sirius: *ponders with his spoon sticking out from his mouth* Carrots, I guess. Not cooked, though.

From: Marian
Please answer this, all of you! Including Snape....Do you think the actors in the Harry Potter movies portrayal of your characters were accurate?

Sirius: Hey, I thought you promised no more mean questions!

James: At least Gary Oldman is better than the 40-year-old balding businessman guy I got in the first two movies. I think they made him wear a wig for the thrid movie appearance.

Peter: I looked...wow, I looked horrible.

Remus: David Thewlis wasn't too bad..except...Why a MOUSTACHE?

James: I have to say though that Lily's movie counterpart was rather fetching.

Lily: Yeah, she wasn't that bad. We haven't heard her speak yet, though. That'll happen in this movie, though. Should be entertaining.

Sirius: Didn't we hear her screaming last movie?

Lily: As if you can tell anything about anyone's acting from screaming.

Sirius: But at least she's not 'Crazy Gary Oldman' as that one MST fic called him. But I like him well enough. But he's a tad shorter than I am. Moony's definitely shorter than me, or at least we're around the same height.

James: Maybe he was standing on a phonebook in the scene? *grins*

Sirius: Har har.

From: Smiley
Remus, you said you've gotten really hyper. What's the stupidest thing you've done whilst being so?

Remus: The stupidest thing while hyper? *sheepish look* I guess hexing Sirius and James was one of the stupider things I've done.

James: But we went easy on you when we got our revenge. After all, you're our friend. *grins*

From: Danny Play
Hey Padfoot, this one's for you. You think that Robyn, or Angie for that matter, would really let you have a Chaotic pants alignment?

Robyn & Angie: NO!

Sirius: Aww, you're no fun.

James: So long as there's no 'invisible pants' or some such thing in the rotation, I wouldn't care. It'd be amusing to see you dealing with pants made of cod, for example.

Lily: Though rather smelly...

From: Bright Star lover
Did James freak out when Sirius first held Harry?

Lily: Haha, James freaked out when *he* first held Harry! He thought he was going to drop him, even though magical babies bounce.

James: *slightly red* Hey, it was an infant. Add to that the fact that he was a mini version of me and I was freaking out already before I held him.

Lily: But it was cute. *grins*

Sirius: Harry liked me. Pulled my hair a bit, though.

Lily: You were starting to grow out your hair, weren't you? Is that when you started getting all the tatoos? *wicked grin*

Sirius: I thought we were done with the movie counterpart question.

Lily: Hehe.

From: brown_eyed_bunny
Remus, does Lily know that you are a werewolf and if she does how did you tell her?

Lily: Well I obviously would know by now. There are very few things that James can actually keep secret from me.

James: Yes, it's sad but true.

Lily: That's not to say that James told me about Remus. He told me himself, though I had cosidered it a possibility before that. But I wasn't about to ask him, as that would be something you don't just bring up in casual conversation. Besides, Remus wouldn't be there if Dumbledore wasn't aware of it, so I figured that everything would be taken care of.

Remus: It was only fair, seeing as how you were dating Prongs and we didn't need you wondering where he disappeared to around full moons.

Sirius: See, this is why she's the brains in that relationship. *grins*

James: Har har. We confronted Moony about it simply because we wanted to help. We're his friends, after all.

From: midnight
Lily, what are some of your nicknames for James? You can all add some if you like. *grins evily*

Sirius: As if you even need to invite us to chime in. *grins*

Lily: I don't think he needs me repeating anything.

James: Yes, please don't.

Sirius: Well, Jamsie does come up occasionally.

Peter: Or is that you calling him that?

Sirius: Fair enough.

James: There's the usual assortment of 'sweetie' and 'honey', etc...

Lily: Yes, that's about it.

Sirius: Why do I have a feeling that you're leaving something out?

Lily: Because we most likely are and you're never going to know what that is.

Sirius: No fun.

James: Yes, we're absolutely no fun. Not fun at all.

Lily: *grins*