Ask the Marauders > September 4, 2007

Name: Werewolf gal
How long can Sirius go with out talking?

Sirius: I can go as long as anyone else, of course.

Remus: Except that you just spoke, which kind of defies that response.

James: I would say that the longest is a night's sleep, but he talks in his sleep, too.

Sirius: I do not.

Peter: You do. It can get rather profane, too.

Remus: Certainly not conversations meant for polite society.

Sirius: *glares*

James: I think this is a new record. 2 minutes, 13 seconds.

Sirius: ...hating all of you right now.

Remus: One day we aspire to have him break the 3 minute mark.

Name: Samantha D.
I was just wondering out of all of you (Snape, Robyn and Angie, too) who would you say flirted the most with anybody?

James: Padfoot, hands down.

Sirius: I'm good with the ladies, what can I say?

Remus: He just said you flirted the most, not that you had the most success with girls.

Peter: I think Prongs wins that contest, as he did get Lily to marry him.

Remus: And what a feat that was.

Lily: He wore me down.

James: *sad face* I wore you down? I thought you loved me!

Lily: *giggles* Of course I do. I also love teasing you. It can be terribly easy at times, you know.

Sirius: I don't think we ever saw Snape flirt with people.

James: Or interact with them, for that matter.

Peter: Robyn and Angie aren't big flirters, either.

Robyn: I can't even tell when someone is flirting with me. I'm kind of oblivious. Just ask the boyfriend.

Name: Katie
Peter and Remus, have you ever gone behind James' and Sirius' backs and played a prank on them? (And that actually worked?)

Remus: I have, but generally I would end up with a retaliation prank. That tends to make it not worth it.

Peter: I couldn't ever catch them with a prank. I messed up the pranks I tried to pull on the Slytherins, too. Though, even the mistakes came out...interesting.

Sirius: The rainbow wigs on the Hufflepuffs were certainly....head-turning?

James: Moony can be dangerous if you get him annoyed enough to mess with you. I mean, that bugger knows the most random information.

Sirius: It's all that time he spends with his books. They tell him to do things.

Remus: The books do not tell me to do things. You're thinking of the voices in your head, Padfoot.

Name: Chandani R. & Jade Granger
What would happen if Harry tried to open the Marauders Map without the password BUT told it who he was?

James: It would probably poke fun at him, too. Although, I'm sure since we put a bit of ourselves into the Map, it might not be quite as rude as it was to Snape.

Sirius: Since we have a special place in our hearts for Snape.

Remus: What hearts you have left, that is.

Lily: They're not exactly heartless. More like occasionally brainless.

James: I'll have you know we were tops of our class, thanks.

Remus: Conscience-less, then?

Sirius: Hmph, Snape was an annoying bugger.

Lily: As if you were any better or worse...

Name: Coacoabutter
James and Sirius, have you two every gotten into any big fights then stopped talking to each other for weeks at a time? Or start pulling pranks on each other. And Moony,Wormtail, were you caught in the middle?

James: Yeah, we fought.

Sirius: Came to fists a few times, too.

Remus: And yes, we would be stuck 'choosing sides', which really involved me avoiding the situation as much as possible if I couldn't help to resolve it, andWormtail fretting because mum and dad were fighting.

Peter: I don't like it when we have fights...

Sirius: I do remember you throwing a book at my head once, Moony. That's not really avoiding the situation.

Remus: Yes, well, you should have known by then not to anger the werewolf that close to the full moon. Besides, you were being a complete berk and needed some sanity forcibly inserted into your head.

James: I think everyone was more shocked that you threw the book, not that you were gunning for Padfoot's head.

Remus: Err, I didn't really think about it at the time. I did feel bad later, but his head didn't do any damage to the book, so all was well.

Name: M T
Ok, if someone who can see a thestral takes a picture of one with a wizarding camera and then someone who can't see a thestral looks at the finished picture, will they be able to see it or not?

Lily: ...wow, that's actually a good question. But isn't that like a person who can see spirits taking a photo of one and then having someone who can't see spirits look at it?

James: But everyone can see ghosts.

Lily: Okay, bad example. I think there are pictures in our schoolbooks. Or am I imagining that?

Remus: I think those were illustrations. I think that's different?

Sirius: Maybe thestrals are like vampires and can't be photographed?

James: Now that makes more sense. I guess. As much as a creature that can only be seen by eople who have witnessed death can make sense.

Name: Shannon
If you stratch Sirius behind the ear does his foot thump?

Sirius: *goes red*

James: If he's not thinking about it, yes.

Remus: Not that we go around scratching him behind the ear. But I suppose when we need to humiliate him, we do know how.

James: Not that we need to resort to just that, of course.

Sirius: You don't need enemies when you have friends like these...

Name: I am me, Me I am
Sirius, everyone knows that you're a dog and that dogs shouldn't eat chocolate because it might kill them. Shouldn't that apply to you as well? I mean, sometimes you are more dog than man.

Remus: You mean I can tell him not to eat my chocolate and have more than my desire to eat it myself to back me up?

James: I don't know that it really works like that... I mean, maybe when he's a dog he shouldn't eat chocolate, but he *is* fairly human the rest of the time.

Lily: While normally I would say that actions speak louder, he's biologically a human, so chocolate shouldn't bother him, unless he were allergic, which I don't think is the case.

Sirius: Nope, no problem there.

Remus: Bah, well, I can still hex the box when he tries to eat my chocolate.

James: Oooh, you give him the purple feathers again? I liked that one.

Sirius: The things I do for chocolate...

Name: Mistress Hazel
Okay, so if they made a movie about Remus's life, would Sirius still manage to be the biggest star? Or, better yet, the actor that would play him?

Sirius: Everyone loves me!

Remus: Everyone puts up with you.

James: Yeah, you are a bit of a drama queen, Padfoot.

Sirius: King, but I'll grant you that I like the spotlight.

Lily: I thought they had already cast actors to play both of them.

Remus: And mine gets to wear a moustache that I have never worn.

Sirius: Except for that one costume party...

Remus: Actually, that wasn't part of my costume. You hexed that onto my face.

Sirius: Retaliation for the hexed chocolates you gave me.

Remus: Trick or treat. *grins*

James: More like tricky treats.

Name: Ella
Have you seen the short fan-video The Marauder's Worst Memory, and how accurate would you all say your portrayals were? (Personally, I thought it was great and sweet...)

James: Ah, this thing. Robyn saw this at Prophecy in August.

Sirius: That wig...I have to say I never looked that...unkempt?
Remus: You can get a bit shaggy.

Sirius: There's a difference between shaggy and bad wigs.

Peter: It was a pretty good fan movie, though.

Remus: Their werewolf was better, too.

James: You mean it didn't have mange?

Remus: That too.

Lily: I didn't think I was really that...snooty? Was I that bad?

Sirius: Not that I recall. Plus, Prongs was the one with the hair flipping fixation.

Remus: Even if he looked like he had a tick.

James: Some friends I have...

Lily: You did look ridiculous, dear. At least you don't do that anymore.

Sirius: He's also not trying to woo you anymore. I almost miss those days. Endless mocking fodder.

James: Careful or your precious hair will start resembling a certain wig...

Name: Dragonfly Tigress
What is the incantation of your beloved tinking hex and how many times do you use it in a day?

Sirius: Well, we hate to give away all our secrets...

James: But we'll make an exception this time, since it's so much fun. It's coruscus.

Remus: Hooray for fun with Latin.

Sirius: Now, use it responsibly, young Dragonfly.

James: We'd like to see at least 25 tinking Slytherins at dinner.

Remus: Merlin help us all....

Sirius: And on average, we use it at least 5 times a day. Each. Between me and Prongs, of course. Moony's too polite to hex people when they're not looking. And Wormtail's usually just cheering us on.

Name: Mrs. Remus Lupin
If you could travel back or forward in time, where would you go and why?

James: Hold on a tick. Mrs. Remus Lupin?

Remus: Don't ask me.

Sirius: All the ladies love Moony, didn't you know, Prongs?

Lily: Probably because he's sane, unlike some boys.

Sirius: Explain your taste in men, then.

James: Hey!

Lily: I told you already. He wore me down. *grins*

James: *pouts*

Remus: I think I would like to go back in time and avoid the last 5 minutes.

Peter: May as well make it 4 years and avoid the questions all together.

Remus: Agreed.

James: Not a very serious answer, coming from you Moony.

Remus: Well, the *obviously* answer would be to go back in time and, well, not get bitten when I was a child. I was trying for variety here. Comedy, even.

Sirius: Don't quit your day job.

Remus: It would help if I had one in the first place, but your insult is noted.

James: I wonder if someone could go back in time and stop Voldemort from becoming, you know, a raving loon?

Sirius: Someone else would come along to fill the world's raving loon quotient, I'm sure.

Peter: Everyone has things they'd like to go back and change. It's called regrets.

Lily: Which is why we have ghosts and haunts, generally.

Sirius: We are getting far to serious here. I demand happy, fun-time shiny answers! Bring on a silly question!

Name: ~SQUIGGLY~
Since Peter hardly ever gets any questions, here is one for him. What would you do if you were lactose intolerant?

Peter: *blink*

James: Talk about a silly question.

Peter: Well, I wouldn't eat cheese or any dairy products, I'd imagine.

Sirius: A mouse who couldn't eat cheese. That would be a sight.

Remus: Or have some sort of medication or potion to take before eating so you could.

Lily: Plenty of people are lactose intolerant. Even in the Wizarding world.

Name: Axel
Sirius, hows that Chaotic Pants alignment this month?

Sirius: It's doing quite well, thanks for asking, Axel.

Remus: *sniffs* I think it's salami at the moment, judging from the smell.

James: We're just happy that it's opaque at the moment.

Lily: *shrugs indifferently*

James: And what was that supposed to mean?

Lily: It was a shrug, as in, "Sirius has been without trousers in front of me, and most of the school, many times before, so why should transparent trousers suddenly be a problem?"

James: Wow, actions *do* speak louder than words.

Name: Merrilyn Tonks
OK, so in your last entry you guys said that "mistletoe is hard to handle" and Sirius and James ended up kissing eachother and it got me wondering if Wizarding mistletoe is different from muggle mistletoe by having a mind of its own kinda like Devil's Snare or something where it moves and forces you to kiss or is it just likemuggle mistletoe?

Sirius: That stuff is DANGEROUS.

Remus: Unless you like randomly being forced to snog strangers.

James: Or friends.

Peter: Or enemies.

Lily: There are ways to avoid it. And you could always stun it or something.

James: It is too frightening to allow for conscious thought.

Sirius: And it's damn quick, too. You usually don't know it's coming until your fate is already upon you.