Ask the Marauders > October 24, 2007

Name: Lady Jae
What happened to that spellchecker?

Sirius: I think it's still around.

Remus: It depends on which computer they're working on, but I think we've been added to most of the spellcheckers.

Lily: Well, not the ones built into the internet browsers.

James: Someone's trying to spellcheck the internet? Is that even possible?

Remus: That does sound a bit like that story I read about China trying to purify the internet.

Peter: Purify the internet?

Remus: It was something about using little mock gravestones instead of 'corpses' when your character dies in online games.

James: That's....special?

Lily: And a bit silly. Of all the things to be up in arms about, that's kind of small-time stuff.

Sirius: After all, the internet is for p...

Lily: *glares*

Sirius: ...professional pursuits?

James: *snort* I suppose you can call it a profession. It does pay well.

Lily: Boys. Ugh.

Name: Stag and Puppy lover
Padfoot, Moony, and Lily: What was the stupidest thing Prongs did to get Lily to go out with him?

Remus: Reciting poetry was interesting.

Lily: Murdering poetry's more like it.

James: I tried! Really, I did!

Sirius: That is why you fail.

James: *glares* Thanks, Yoda...

Sirius: *smirk*

Remus: I tried to teach him, but it was like teaching an 800-pound gorilla to tap dance. Never a good idea and you only get a headache in the end.

Name: Cambri
So, guys, in light of the last book, which one of you do you think had the most pathetic death? (My money's on Remus, who was killed by Random Death Eater #23)

Remus: *sigh*

Sirius: No, I think I still win. Death by drapery is by far the stupidest thing EVER.

James: We actually don't know how Moony bought it. Care to enlighten us?

Remus: *shrugs* It's a bit unclear, even for me. Probably was a stray shot from a Death Eater, all things considered. A bit unremarkable, but I was fighting the good fight, so I guess I have that going for me. And there was no drapery that I recall.

Sirius: See? I win!

Peter: My own hand attacked me, doesn't that count on the list of stupidest deaths ever?

Sirius: It was an evil hand given to you by an evil wizard. It's not that surprising that it killed you in the end. You know what they say about taking body parts from strangers.

Name: The other Mrs. Remus Lupin
If you guys could meet anyone in the world who would it be and why?

Sirius: I'd like to know who the other Mrs. Remus Lupin is. And why you're cheating on my cousin.

Remus: You know how fangirls are, Padfoot. I'm sure there are a lot of girls claiming you in marriage as well.

Sirius: But I'm not actually married. Nor spawning children. Right on, by the by.

Remus: *red* Yes, erhm, well, I suppose that worked out in the end. And I guess I would have liked to properly meet Teddy. Hopefully he didn't turn out much like any of us lot.

Lily: I think a younger Voldemort would have been interesting to meet. You know, find out why he ended up as he did and so forth. Though I suppose not everyone is redeemable.

James: You're a softy, you know that? One of the many reasons I adore you.

Lily: *smiles*

James: I don't know who I'd like to meet. I mean, there's some people I'm curious about when they were younger. Like Dumbledore, for example.

Sirius: You mean he didn't spring out of the ground with a beard and everything?

James: Ha, um, no? He was probably just as stupid as the rest of us when we're young. People are fairly stupid when young.

Name: moony's#2girl (Tonks is # 1:])
I am probably one of the only people who paid enough attention to you scene (it was a MAJOR disappointment) to spot everyone (save Lily of course). I saw James (obviously) and Remus (to the left of James' shoulder) the first time and the second time I saw Sirius at the beginning and Peter when James said the trousers bit. Would you want to have different actors portraying you in future movies?

Sirius: We weren't in the movie long enough to make that sort of assessment.

James: Yeah, I mean it wasn't terribly important who was playing us in the end.

Remus: And poor Lily got left out entirely. I wonder if they'll bring that young lady back for Deathly Hallows.

Lily: I would imagine they'd have to. I'm in an entire chapter of back story. It would be kind of silly to cut that all out. It explains quite a bit.

Peter: In the end, our back stories were so much set dressing for the rest of the story. Which is what back story usually is.

Remus: It's still disappointing, though. But at least the casting has been alright for the most part. I wonder if any of my back story will be in Half-Blood Prince.

James: Oh yeah, Fenrir's in that one, yeah? Creep.

Name: Mrs Moony
This question is for James: On the 31st october 2004 ATM (ages ago i know) someone asked about you wearing leather pants in class and because of Lilys reaction you said she would probably get you some. Did she end up buying you a pair?

James: That's between me and my wardrobe, thanks.

Lily: And me, if you want to get technical.

Sirius: I would think that you wouldn't want to let that get between you and Prongsie, Lils.

James: ...

Lily: That's between me and James. *grins*

Remus: Well, Harry had to come from somewhere, I suppose.

Peter: Even if the thought of Prongs as a sexual being is disturbing in the extreme to many of us.

Sirius: That would have been an excellent story to tell your son, Prongs. "Harry, you are the result of some well-fitting leather pants."

Lily: Nnaugh, Sirius! Respect me a little more than that. James, too.

Sirius: I don't have to respect Prongsie all that much. That's what a best mate is for. *evil grin*

James: He probably respects me about as much as I respect him. Which is probably as far as I can throw him. *matching evil grin*

Lily: You two deserve each other. *sigh*

Name: te amo
Remus, have you ever gotten so annoyed with Sirius and James that you nearly gave up on them completely?

Remus: I think I can still count the number of times on my hands only.

James: I thought we progressed to your feet by seventh year.

Sirius: Moony has the patience of a saint.

Lily: And the sense of a chicken in the rain.

Remus: Lily...

Lily: What? You put up with a lot more than any reasonable person would have. Just like a chicken can drown in the rain because it's too stupid to come inside.

Remus: *sigh* I suppose you're right.

James: But we're so lovable. We duped him with our brilliance.

Remus: *sigh*

Name: Shannon
So did any of you have a troll problem like in the Weasly's garden? If so did you handle it the same way they do or do it differently?

James: A troll problem? You mean a gnome problem. If you had a troll problem in your garden, you'd probably have called the Aurors in to deal with it.

Sirius: I don't think we had gnomes in our gardens back in the ol' family home. There were gardeners to take care of that sort of thing. Would have been fun to mess with the little buggers, though.

Lily: I never saw gnomes in a muggle garden, but they popped up in Godric's Hollow on occasion. Watching James chasing them about would be an afternoon's entertainment.

James: I was dashing!

Lily: Yes dear, quite dashing.

Remus: The gnomes stopped bothering our house after I was bitten. They didn't fancy coming near me. At least my mother didn't have to chase them away year after year.

Name: Lilithe
I have scientifically deducted that the function of a rubber duck is to be an airplane. Do you concur?

James: Come again?

Sirius: I've run into airplanes on my motorbike on occasion. Got to be careful not to get caught in their slipstreams and stuff. Nasty turbulence.

Lily: Not to mention the prospect of getting caught in propellers or jet engines, I'm sure.

Remus: How is a rubber duck an airplane? That simply does not make any sort of sense.

Peter: Since when did a lot of these questions make sense?

Remus: Touché...

Name: Matt "the demon Marluxia killed"
What's your favorite flavor of pudding?

Sirius: I am unbiased in the realm of pudding flavor. I love all flavors equally. Well, except maybe chocolate. I have a bit of a soft spot for chocolate pudding.

Remus: I concur on the chocolate front. It's quite lovely.

James: I'm not partial to pudding, myself. Besides, Padfoot eats it all. I like pumpkin pasties, if I'd have to choose a dessert. And Lily makes really great eclairs.

Lily: I rather like butterscotch pudding.

Peter: Those layered puddings with chocolate and vanilla are quite good.

Name: Lupin_luva
Okay, now I've been thinking about this for a while. So why exactly did you name yourselves the Marauders, and when I looked it up in the dictionary (hey it was really bugging me), it said something about raids. Care to explain? Did Remus come up with the word, it seems like his area of expertise, books and all.

Remus: Actually, we didn't call ourselves the Marauders. We named the Map the Marauder's Map. Note that it's the singular possessive, not plural. We picked 'marauder' because, well, raiding the castle was kind of the point of the map? Magical mischief makers, and so on.

James: I think the fandom kind of started calling us collectively the Marauders, and then it just stuck? I don't think we've ever referred to ourselves as the Marauders before.

Sirius: And yes, Moony did come up with the name. He's very bookwormy that way.

Remus: You liked the name. Very piratical and mischievous, you said.

Name: Sorta Sane
Hi. Just reread Toga Party in MM History. Sirius, if you were wearing a toga would you make it have Chaotic Toga Alignment?

Sirius: Those things are hard enough to keep aligned as it is.

Remus: Yours always seemed to be threatening to fall down. Why was that? It's not rocket science, fastening a toga.

Sirius: But I like to be rakishly disheveled at all times! Good for the bad boy image.

James: And you used all the pins, Moony. I barely had enough to fasten my own.

Remus: I didn't want it to fall down!

Name: Lily Anna Davis
I am just wondering what ever happen to you guys right after Hogwarts and I mean right after.

James: Well, Padfoot, Lily and I all joined the Order. That was a bit of a full-time gig.

Sirius: And being independently wealthy helped a bit on that front.

Lily: That wasn't actually a consideration when deciding to help in the fight against Voldemort, but it did help a bit not to have to worry about finding a job.

James: And Lily and I got married not that long after that, either. Somewhere between the end of school and Harry, you know.

Remus: I kicked around trying to find a job, which wasn't easy considering my condition. Helped the Order when I could, too.

Peter: ...I think everyone knows where I ended up after school. Not exactly proud of it, but it's not like I can go back and change it, even though I'd like to.

Name: Godzilla Rules!!
If a giant monster (Godzilla) is running down the street and is eating people, who would be the first person you'd throw in front of the monster to be eaten first?

James & Sirius: Snape.

Lily: Honestly, do you have to be this mean to the man after all this time? And after all he did to help protect Harry?

James: Sorry, Lily, but it's kind of a hardwired reaction. We never got along, but I did stop picking on him when I grew up. But we do kind of naturally detest each other.

Lily: *sigh* I know...

Peter: Why not throw Voldemort in front of Godzilla instead? That would solve a lot more problems than it would cause.

Remus: Wormtail has a point there.

Sirius: Voldie it is, then! To the radioactive 100-foot-tall lizard with him!

Name: Hellebore
Snape, Are you bringing sexy back?

Boys: ....

Lily: I don't know what to say to that.

Snape: That would make two of us.

Remus: Hello, Snape. We haven't seen you around in a while.

Snape: Well, Lupin, my activities aren't really any of your concern, are they?

James: You know, we're all dead now, so there's no reason to be short with one another.

Snape: But it does not mean that I have to like you, Potter.

James: I think the world may end if we ever got along for more than Lily's sake.

Lily: The world barely gets on as it is. Can we all just be cordial? That's not too much to ask, is it?

Snape: ...very well.

Sirius: I still don't like you.

Snape: And you're still an idiot.

James: I guess we can agree from time to time. *grins*

Sirius: Prongs! You traitorous coat rack!

James: *snickers*

Name: Siobhan
Jo just said (to the press) that Dumbledore is gay! What are your thoughts?

Remus: Um, okay? It's not like it changes his abilities or achievements in anyway. He was still a great man and a powerful wizard.

James: This is up there with not thinking about any of my friends as sexual beings. Who would ever think of the headmaster in a sexual manner?

Sirius: Aside from fan fiction writers.

Snape: It wasn't exactly something that came up in conversation. Ever.

Lily: It's a bit random to be announcing that, that's true. But hey, whatever makes people happy?