It's hard for me to be entirely canonical/rational about it since... this isn't just about Sirius & Remus, but about -shipping- and their relationship, too, so it engages my shippy side (which kinda makes me the lone S/R ranger around these parts, anyway....)
We never saw them in a 'normal' type situation. It seems like Sirius -was- completely obsessed in mission-mode but frustrated 'cause he could do nothing, and yet-- I mean, there are bits-- in OoTP-- where it seemed like Remus had some sort of controlling power over Sirius to make him 'behave'-- just little things like in terms of mediating between him & Molly or him & Snape or him & Harry. They seem to do things together-- little things like talking to Harry or giving gifts-- and in PoA they moved together and immediately decided to turn on Peter together, etc. They do act like a team, more... I dunno, of a unit than Ron & Harry even. But I'm no canon-whore so I can't really quote or prove.
I don't deny Sirius's best friend is James & he's obsessed with James-- I don't think I've ever denied that; I just... well, I think his dynamic with Remus is different, more complementary. Remus is a balance, not an accomplice. These are different-- not competing-- functions. Rather like Harry, Ron and Hermione, you'd get into awfully thick waters if you tried to really argue who means 'more' to Harry at any one point. He really ignores Ron in OoTP and GoF for different reasons, etc.
So really it is a question of how you see these little clues (as I've said), whether you 'see' certain behaviors in certain ways. I in no way believe Sirius and Remus are 'gay' or 'in love' in canon, but that doesn't matter, I still believe they're very close, and what's more, I think that's how we're -meant- to see them, anyway, so if one doesn't, it's a failure on the writer's part, but the sense of 'this is probably how it should be' remains. For me.
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Re: *is not biased at all, clearly*
Date: 2004-09-10 03:51 pm (UTC)We never saw them in a 'normal' type situation. It seems like Sirius -was- completely obsessed in mission-mode but frustrated 'cause he could do nothing, and yet-- I mean, there are bits-- in OoTP-- where it seemed like Remus had some sort of controlling power over Sirius to make him 'behave'-- just little things like in terms of mediating between him & Molly or him & Snape or him & Harry. They seem to do things together-- little things like talking to Harry or giving gifts-- and in PoA they moved together and immediately decided to turn on Peter together, etc. They do act like a team, more... I dunno, of a unit than Ron & Harry even. But I'm no canon-whore so I can't really quote or prove.
I don't deny Sirius's best friend is James & he's obsessed with James-- I don't think I've ever denied that; I just... well, I think his dynamic with Remus is different, more complementary. Remus is a balance, not an accomplice. These are different-- not competing-- functions. Rather like Harry, Ron and Hermione, you'd get into awfully thick waters if you tried to really argue who means 'more' to Harry at any one point. He really ignores Ron in OoTP and GoF for different reasons, etc.
So really it is a question of how you see these little clues (as I've said), whether you 'see' certain behaviors in certain ways. I in no way believe Sirius and Remus are 'gay' or 'in love' in canon, but that doesn't matter, I still believe they're very close, and what's more, I think that's how we're -meant- to see them, anyway, so if one doesn't, it's a failure on the writer's part, but the sense of 'this is probably how it should be' remains. For me.