Ask the Marauders > October 30, 2005

Sirius: Another Halloween!

James: At least you're not doing the pirate thing this year. *dressed in a toga with a wreath of olive branches on his head*

Sirius: Pirates have their very own holiday. No need to repeat myself twice a year.

Peter: Then do you want to explain this ensemble? *dressed as one of the Iron Chefs*

Sirius: I am a warrior.

Lily: I think the sword gave that away. *is a niiiiinja*

Remus: I think he meant your outfit. *is Zorro*

Sirius: What's wrong with my clothes?

James: You're not wearing pants, mate.

Sirius: Yes I am.

Lily: When I can clearly see your boxer shorts, you are not wearing pants. *not looking at Sirius below the waist, thankyouverymuch*

Sirius' pants: *pop back into view, though they are made of slices of salami*

James: Oh no...you didn't figure out how to give your pants that weird alignment, whatever that was, did you?

Sirius: Yup! *beams* I am a warrior with a chaotic pant alignment!

Lily: *sigh* I miss sanity... Really, I do.

Remus: *sigh* We all do, Lily.

From: Melissa
I know that Snape doesn't mainly answer questions in these ATMs but from the previous ATMs it seems to me that he's disappeared somewhere - any idea where he is? (Or what have you done to him?)

Sirius: What haven't we done to him?

Remus: You haven't gotten him expelled.

James: Actually, I think he's hiding. After everyone read Half-Blood Prince, he's got some rather rabid fans after him.

Peter: At least no one down-right hated him from the beginning. Sure, a lot of readers disliked him a great deal, but I never had a chance...

James: Well, you did kind of get me and Lily killed, mate.

Sirius: And put me in jail for it.

Peter: *ponders* This is true... Sorry 'bout all that. Maybe JKR will let me redeem myself in the last book?

Lily: And you actually have a few fans out there, so it's not all bad. Except the us mostly being dead now. That isn't very fun. But Severus is around still. Probably plotting to get you all expelled again.

Sirius: See? That's the Snivellus we all know and love! *grins*

Lily: Yes, and that lovely nickname certainly helps things. *sigh*

From: Clairelyse
If you could, would you sepreate the Wizarding world and human world into two different dimensions?

James: Why would we want to do that?

Lily: Besides, you really can't separate them when witches and wizards are born from Muggle parents, and Muggle children from magical parents.

Remus: It's one thing to conceal the magical world, but you can't take it into its own dimension.

Sirius: I think I got into an arguement with my father about this once. I think it ended with me getting boxed about the ears. *sigh*

From: Me
You guys like coffee? Or not?

Remus: No. I prefer hot cocoa as far as hot drinks go.

Peter: I don't like coffee much, unless there's lots of milk and sugar in it.

Sirius: Coffee's alright. Downright useful when you need to stay awake.

Lily: Actually, I like tea better.

James: Hot chocolate can be just as wiring as coffee can be if you drink enough of it. Tastes better, too.

From: Tomoko the Sarcastic Caterpillar
Now, the big question: Who among you lot hexed our beloved forum to eat itself!?

Sirius: Now why does everyone always assume that it was us?

Lily: Maybe because you encourage that reputation?

James: That *could* be it... *grins*

Remus: But we weren't anywhere near the forum at the time.

Peter: Can digital data really eat itself?

Sirius: It could if it was a digital monster!

James: Ha ha, Padfoot. That show hasn't been on the telly in ages. Though it was amusing...

Lily: I think the server had some sort of error, or at least the part that had the forums on it, and since Robyn didn't have a recent enough backup that wasn't corrupted, she had to completely start over. But at least she'll try to be more vigilant about making backups.

James & Sirius: CONSTANT VIGILANCE!

From: Professor Lupin
Remus, why, in the Half-Blood Prince did you say you neither like nor dislike Snape?

Remus: Because I don't like or dislike him, that's why. I'm neutral about Snape,
unlike some of the jokers I hang out with.

James: I think a more important question is why you're asking yourself that question when you should have already known the answer...

Sirius: Wow, I think that's too complex for me to think about for too long. Makes my head spinny.

From: Daniella
Hello all, sorry but this one's only for Sirius. Have you ever been rejected, as in when asking for a date?

Sirius: Sorry to disappoint you, I never really asked anyone out on a date. They tended to ask me.

James: He was too busy getting into trouble. *grins*

Lily: Yeah, come to think of it, I never saw him pursue any of the girls. Not that it means he didn't, but he was usually wandering around with at least James or Remus.

Sirius: We do tend to move in a pack.

Remus: Since two of us change into animals that travel in packs.

From: Hazel
Alright, we already know you're all terrible dancers, as am I. But have you ever played Dance Dance Revolution? Even I can do that pretty well! ^^

Sirius: That game is evil. Robyn's friends have it. Even she doesn't like it much. And she was a gymnast! [Though I think Angie likes it quite a bit...]

Remus: Angie loves that game, but her dance pad broke and she hasn't replaced it yet. As for me, I stay far away from the dance pad.

James: What does being a gymnast have to do with playing DDR?

Sirius: She was really coordinated and flexible? I dunno, I just like gymnasts. *grins* Who doesn't?

Lily: *rolls eyes* Boys...

From: Elly Potter (yeah, that's my real name!)
Prongs, Padfoot and Wormtail, how did you feel when Moony became Prefect? Harry felt jealous at first when Ron got made Prefect, but felt better when he found out that Prongs hadn't been Prefect either. So, how did you guys actually feel?

James: I didn't want to be a prefect at the time. I had much more fun breaking the rules than enforcing them.

Sirius: Though he was a little sad when he found out that Lils was the other prefect. All that time he could have spent with her, lost.

James: Har har. She still hated my guts, remember?

Lily: Yes, and there were times that I lectured Remus on how to control you two, but I do believe those lectures fell on somewhat deaf ears.

James: Aww, that's not fair. I'm sure Moony heard you. *grins*

Remus: Heard Lily, yes. Had power to actually do anything about you guys, no.

From: Black Rose
What would you guys do if I sneak in to your rooms and stole all your pants? Everyone must answer this, including Angie, Robyn and Snape.

Robyn: I'd wear skirts instead. *grins*

Angie: Same for me. *grin*

Sirius: *shrugs* I'd go to class in my boxes, then. Or my pj pants if you didn't tug them off me while I was sleeping.

James: I'd wear my pj pants, too. Or just transfigure something into a pair of pants.

Remus: I'd find something to transfigure into some pants until I stole my pants back.

Lily: Hard to steal my pants when I mostly wear skirts...

Peter: Why would you want to steal my pants?

Snape: *pears out from the other room* You insist on dragging me into this again, don't you?

James: Snivelly! Long time, no see!

Snape: Not nearly long enough, Potter.

James: *grins*

Snape: And to answer this ridiculous question, you wouldn't be able to steal my pants.

Remus: You probably keep booby-traps all over your room. *grin*

From: greystripe
How many times have you got injured in quidditch and how serious were the injuries?

Remus: Don't play Quidditch much, so I haven't gotten Quidditch injuries.

Sirius: Prongs has had the most *quidditch*-related injuries of the lot of us.

James: It's true. The Slytherins tend to try and get me the most, no matter what's going on during the game.

Lily: He's broken several bones over the course of seven years, had various gashes and concussions. I think the concussions have been the worst injuries. It's hard to heal something like that. Bones and gashes are easy.

James: Not much fun, though. Meh. And greystripe, for the record, I've lost count of how many times I've been injured in quidditch. Sorry.

From: Annabeth
What's your favourite flavor pudding?

James: I rather like banana cream pudding.

Sirius: I like all pudding. I do not favor any of my children.

Peter: Wait...if puddings are your children, you eat your own children?

Sirius: ...it was a figure of speech. Like you're not supposed to favor one child over another in your brood? Not that my mum held to that tennent, but you know what I mean.

Lily: *sigh* I like chocolate pudding. But vanilla can be refreshing sometimes.

Remus: Chocolate pudding. Did you expect a different answer?

Peter: Oh, right, my answer! Butterscotch for me.

From: Your best nightmare.
This one's for James and Lily...WHY did you let Sirius be Harry's godfather? Wouldn't he worry you at all as a godfather?

Lily: Well, it's not like he was going to take him and try to sell him for parts for his mflying motorcycle or something.

James: Besides, I trust him beyond anything. That's enough for me.

Sirius: Aww shucks. *grins*

Peter: Plus, he's the most dangerous of the three of us, so he'd be a better protector, I'd imagine.

Lily: Not to mention the fact that he's practically James' brother. Kind of eerie sometimes.

From: I'm crazy
What would you do if Sirius could use the Force?

James: He does enough damage with magic, doesn't he?

Remus: Yes, he does.

Sirius: But I could deflect laser bolts with my hands and levitate things and sense disturbances in the Force!

James: You can deflect things with a shielding spell and levitation of objects is a basic spell everyone learns as a first year.

Lily: And why would you want to sense disturbances in the Force, provided there as a Force.

Sirius: Because then I would know what's going on everywhere in the world all the time!

Peter: I don't think it works quite that way.

From: Hermione
What would it be like if one of you --*coughcough*Lily*coughcough*-- got turned into a toddler (2-5 years old) for a week?

James: Would that make me a pedophile? *scared look*

Lily: I would hope that you would not be attracted to me as a toddler, thanks.

James: But I bet you'd sure be cute. *grins*

Sirius: It'd be interesting to see what Lils was like as a toddler.

Peter: I'm sure she was a polite little girl.

Lily: Heh, not when you ask Petunia nowadays. Though I think she's remembering differently then how it really was because we got along alright before I got my Hogwarts letter.

From: prince90
Truthfully, which one of you is the worst patient while sick?

All: Sirius.

Sirius: I'm not that bad.

James: Keeping you in bed when you're sick is really difficult.

Sirius: You're just as bad.

Peter: I'm not sure who sneaks out of the hospital wing more out of the two of you. You're pretty even in terms of visits and number of successful escapes.

Lily: I bet you both complain just as badly, too.

James: I wouldn't complain if you were taking care of me. *grins*

Lily: Har har, I'm sure you'd impede the 'taking care of' process quite a bit were I to care for a sick James.

James: *grins*

Sirius: But we're not sick that much. At least not from natural causes. Heh.

From: Paws
Remus, what did ever happen to your spellchecker?

Remus: Angie took care of the spellchecker for me. I prefer to let her handle everything that deals with computers, since she got a college degree in computers.