Ask the Marauders > February 24, 2006

From: Tomoko
If all of you, including Snape, Robyn and Angie, represent a Tarot Card (Major Arcana), what will it be? [e.g. Lily and James would be The Lovers]

Angie: Well, I asked a friendly little pagan for help with this one. ^_^ I've noted
her choices below.

Snape: Though I do not hold with such silly practices, they say that I would be The Magician (cerebral skills, articulation, charm, convince, swift, resourceful). At least it is a respectable card. Unlike Black's.

Sirius: What the?! The Fool (rushing into new things)?

James: You do tend to go rushing about, mate.

Sirius: ....I guess.

Lily: Apparently I'm The High Priestess (wisdom guidance, following intuition). I guess that tracks. You lot need someone with some sanity. No offense, Remus.

Remus: None taken. They never listen to me. I'm The Hermit? *sigh* At least it's not the obvious one...

James: The Tower ? What the heck is this?

Sirius: It's a building. Prongs is a building? That makes no sense.

James: This says that it means "sudden violence, destruction of safety, insight through suffering." Great, that's really positive. *sigh*

Peter: The Devil (giving in to base impulses)? *sigh*

Angie: Goody. My Major Arcana card is Temperance, which focuses on calm and balance. I prefer my Minor Arcana card of the Queen of Swords. *grins*

Robyn: Haha, I'm The Star (optimism, hope for the future)?

Sirius: I thought I was the star. *beams*

Robyn: *sigh*

From: Rhi
Based on the pictures so far, what do you think of the actors that will be portraying you in the pensieve scene in OotP?

James: It's still kind of hard to know what they'll be like in the movie. I mean, Robbie Jarvis doesn't seem to look a lot like me, but if he can act well, then it'll be ok.

Lily: Yeah, I'm reserving judgement as well.

Sirius: They haven't cast me or Moony yet. Or at least they haven't said they have just yet.

Remus: I hope they have better makeup artists than they did in the PoA movie.

Peter: I don't remember what the boy looked like that was cast as me. But I'm sure it will be fine. Better than the crazy guy they have playing me as an adult. I can't even say You-Know-Who's name *now*, what makes you think a Death Eater-me would be able to do it? *sigh*

From: Naina
This one is for Lily. So a guy I like is sending me mixed signals ... or whatever you call it. What should I do?

Lily: That's a good question. I would ask him out to a group outing, say...coffee or a movie. If it's a group of people, there's less pressure on everyone involved. Try to spend time with him during the group activity and see if he takes more interest.

James: But what if that doesn't work?

Sirius: Yeah, not every bloke is as obvious about the girl they're besotted with as Prongs here.

James: Har har...

Lily: Then ask him straight up if he'd like to go on a date sometime. Doesn't have to be anything formal, just a meal or a movie. Keeping is simple makes it easier either way.

From: Trinity
So...there's a new search button. What do you all (even Snape) type in as the first thing to search?

Sirius: Easy! 'Pirate'!

James: Who didn't see that one coming from a mile away?

Lily: I actually typed in each of our names to see how many times we came up. I think Sirius and Remus were the top two?

Remus: I also checked 'Pirate', just to see how many times we've had to put up with Padfoot's antics.

Peter: I haven't used it yet, actually.

James: Yeah, me either. I'm sure it'll be useful when we need to look up old answers when going through potential questions, though.

From: Wannabe Iceskater
So it's the Winter Olymics. Are you watching? Which sport would you like to compete in?

James & Sirius: CURLING!

Peter: I find the skiing more interesting.

Remus: Moguls are pretty cool to watch. Although, when it comes to competing...I'll go with bobsled or luge.

Lily: Curling? Why curling?

James: ...because?

Sirius: It's great to watch at 3am in the morning.

Lily: But would you want to play it?

Sirius: Nah....I'd rather play hockey or something.

James: Yeah, probably.

Lily: Well, I always liked skating, but the skiing is interesting, too.

From: Mary Parker
I like the idea to be named after a star, like you Sirius. Now my question is, if you guys was to pick a name for yourself from the nightsky, what would it be?

Lily: Mmm, well you would have to pick star names that weren't already used by Sirius' crazy family.

Remus: I think they've used most of them.

Sirius: They are rather stuck on the astronomical names, but you guys could give it a shot.

James: I can only think of girls' names...

Peter: Yeah...

Sirius: Consult the Astronomy book!

James: Yes! The book!

Boys: *flipping through book*

James: Wow, there's a lot of girls' names in your constellation, Padfoot.

Sirius: Yeah, there've been a lot of fanfics involving alternate-universe me having sisters named Adhara and so forth. Aludra's in there, too.

James: Alshain isn't so bad, I guess.

Peter: Whoa... Merope's a star name. Wasn't that You-Know-Who's mum?

Sirius: *sigh* I don't think I'm related to that git directly, but because pureblood families are so inter-related at this point, I suppose it's not completely out of the realm of possibility.

Lily: So in the end no one picked a name?

James: Looks like it. It's hard when most of the boys' names are used by Padfoot's crazy family.

Sirius: *shrugs* What can you do?

From: Chocoholic 2nd
Lily, did you manage to date any other boy in Hogwarts before your seventh year?

Lily: I have dated a few boys briefly during my later school years.

Sirius: Much to Prongs' dismay.

James: Hey! If you spent years trying to get a girl to go out with you, wouldn't you be depressed when she turned you down and went with someone else?

Remus: You took it to an extreme level.

Sirius: Yeah, you were just a depressed puddle, mate. You wouldn't leave the room for a couple days that one time.

Lily: Are you serious?

Sirius: Barring the obvious joke, yes I am.

Lily: Awww...well, you were a bit of a prat when you were younger, James. I wasn't about to go out with an immature little boy who thought too much of himself and delighting in hurting others.

Sirius: Not others, just Snape.

James: *sigh* I grew up, though...right?

Lily: I married you in the end, didn't I?

James: *grins*

From: Nadia
So, Sirius your name is also the name of the brightest star on the sky, does that mean thatyou are the brightest Marauder to?

James: *snorts*

Sirius: Oi...I'm bright.

Lily: He must be. I hardly ever saw him in the library studying.

Peter: Unless he was looking up something for a prank.

Sirius: Or the map. Don't forget the map.

Remus: *laughing* Padfoot's asked to copy my homework too many times for him to be the brightest.

Sirius: Hey, just because I copied doesn't mean I wasn't bright. I'm just lazy. Or stuck in detention too often. *grins*

From: Padfoot chic
Hey you guys it's me again. I just wanted to know what the most embarassing thing that ever happened to you was. Be honest and please every one answer.

Sirius: Well, Moony might have been the dress incident.

James: I second that.

Remus: *sweatdrop* Yes. That was.

Sirius: Prongs is probably any number of the times Lily berated him or turned him down.

James: ....

Peter: I kind of embarass myself on a regular basis.

Sirius: You're not that bad, Wormtail.

Peter: I guess...

James: What about Padfoot? He has no shame.

Sirius: This is true.

Remus: I don't know, getting caught running through Hogwarts naked under the
invisibility cloak had to have been embarassing. Especially since it was Professor McGonagall who found you.

Sirius: *melodramatic sigh* Alas, my poor Minerva, our love is not to be.

Lily: *raises an eyebrow* I wouldn't let her hear you talking like that.

James: He tried something like that to get out of detention once. It was...interesting.

Sirius: If by 'interesting' you mean 'practically suicide,' then yes.

From: Clairelyse
Who would be better suited for a show choir from the Marauders?

Peter: A what now?

James: A show choir? I don't think you want any of us singing. Lily would be alright, but us? Um, no?

Lily: Even I wouldn't want to do it, really. I'm not much of a singer.

Remus: Not me. I don't sing.

Sirius: I sing.

James: In the shower.

Sirius: I think I sound quite nice.

James: Everyone thinks they sound good in the shower. Trust me, mate, you're not going to be topping the charts any time soon.

From: CJ through and through
What has been your favorite question so far?

Sirius: I'm torn between pudding and pirates on that one.

James: I haven't had a stand out favorite, but the one where I had to compose poetry was *not* a favorite.

Lily: Haha, yes, I am sorry I missed that one.

James: I'm not. It was awful.

Remus: It's hard to pick a favorite, and I'm constantly amazed at our fan's creativity.

Lily: I like that we've been --I hope-- helpful to some of our fans.

Peter: I'm always flattered when people ask me questions directly. They tend to avoid me.

From: Buzzer
What did you do for your 19th Birthday? (Mine's Feb 25 and I'm going with my best friend to see Les Miserables, my favorite musical)

Sirius: My 19th? I know there was firewhiskey involved. That's about all I can remember.

James: Yeah, our birthdays tend to be quite the affair. What with the merriment and other insanity.

Remus: And insanity caused by merriment.

Sirius: Or is it merriment caused by insanity? *grins*

Lily: James gave me a very pretty necklace for my 19th. *smiles*

James: Took ages to pick that out, too. This lot was no help at all.

Sirius: Hey, I thought I was helpful. Coming from a 'family of good standing', I know about that sort of stuff. Well, the parts I remember, at least. Heh heh.

Peter: My 19th wasn't as memorable as when I finally of age. Padfoot tried to drag me to a.....less-than-respectable establishment.

Sirius: Meh, we were adults, nothing wrong with it.

Peter: *heaves a long suffering sigh*

From: anna
All right..what do you guys think of Harry and Ginny being together?

Sirius: I think all Potter men have a thing for redheads.

James: Redheads are awesome, though.

Lily: Haha, well, I'm not about to dispute that. But aside from being a fellow redhead, Ginny seems to have a good head on her shoulders and genuinely cares for Harry, so I'm for it.

Remus: I'm for it as well. Ginny can help keep Harry grounded in what's most important.

Peter: I hope it all works out for Harry in the end. If anyone deserves some happiness, it's him.

From: Alex: Raised by squirrels and leprechaun
What would you do if I killed you in the face right now? Bam! You could've been dead right there! *My apologies if this is taken the wrong way*

James: Killed me in the face? How does one kill someone in the face?

Sirius: Well, the U.S. Vice President shot a guy in the face the other week, so I guess anything's possible.

Lily: I still can't believe he shot that poor man. And the man apologized to him instead of the other way around! *sigh*

Remus: That's because the U.S. Vice President has no soul left.

James: But yeah, if you want to get technical, Padfoot, Lily and I are already dead, so it would hard to kill us in the face.

Remus: And I think killing someone in the face requires some kind of weapon.

Sirius: I don't even have a body, I don't think. I'm wafting around somewhere beyond the veil.

Peter: How does one waft?

Sirius: Like this I suppose. *wafts around making windy sounds*

Peter: Hahahahahaha....

James: You look like a total nutter when you do that.

Lily: As opposed to the rest of the time when he's simply existing.

Sirius: Hey...

From: McGonagall
Black, are you dumb, or are you just playing dumb?

Sirius: I'm not dumb, as I said earlier. So I guess I'm just playing dumb. It's easier, sometimes. And you can put people at ease faster that way, and then spring a prank on them! Hahahaha!

James: Always thought that Padfoot was a bit of a blonde.

Robyn: Hey!