The 'Wheee! Dumbly is Gay' Poll

[themostepotente]

He's here. He's queer. He's here to do a cheer. A lil' poll on the matter of Dumbly's preference for le beau sex.

Alas, I have no DD icons :P

[Poll #1076455]

Have fun all!

--P

Comments

[judas-iscariot.livejournal.com]

Well, logically - Remus, if anyone, should have been out'd. I don't really ship much anything for Lupin, in spite of the fact that I do like him, faults and all. So it's not because I'm a die hard shipper insisting that he is gay. I honestly think everything related to his character gives a subtle but firm impression that he is gay. And that certainly isn't meant in a bad way (not like Lockhart, who is utterly and blatantly gay).

I really like Tonks as well, but pairing her with Remus just didn't seem to line up with the signals he gives, nor her own. I'd honestly say it smacks of JKR deliberately attempting to head off the assumptions held by a great deal of fandom. I know you've heard this all before, but it can be summarized by this - it all seems so pasted on (just like the epilogue). A nice little sweet way to tie things off.

Idealistically - zomg, Sirius. I think Sirius is an ass 99.3% of the time, but he strikes me as such a colorful character. Normally Sirius is the type of person I absolutely hate. But conversely I enjoy that I can see various dynamics with multiple characters. With the right incentive, these dynamics could head off in many directions. This includes family, friends, lovers, etc. Now I'm not claiming that the dynamics are always positive in the traditional sense - but then again, who wants that? I'll stick with my Black/Snape hate!sex, my Sirius/Harry fluff (only type of fluff I can stand), my Sirius/Regulus angst!fest, et cetera.

P.S. Note that I didn't cite Snape - that is because the whole Lily thing really tweaked me out. I'd rather hear he was in love with bloody Potter (James) over finding out that (I am really not fond of James at all, by the way). It was utterly cliche, and something widely speculated about in fandom long before book seven. The thought of Snape and a female of any sort makes something unknown shrivel up inside of me. At the very least I'd like to think he just made parallels with one of the few friends he felt he could connect with. Thus I am pretending (as I have with a lot of things concerning DH) that it never happened and Snape has always been inclined to bugger-a-boy.

[judas-iscariot.livejournal.com]

I didn't know we could pick more than one (hence why I split hairs with realism versus idealism), but looking at the comments it appears to be an option. Oh well. Let's just summarize it as I believe that there is more than one (or three) characters that are flamingly gay.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Sirius always read to me as bi with a purely sexual interest in men. You'll note I'm not a huge Sirius/Remus shipper.

[judas-iscariot.livejournal.com]

One word can describe Sirius - opportunistic.

Remus/Sirius utterly eludes me. I just don't get it at all. This is very strange because I can see him with a variety of people given the right circumstances. But the thought of Remus and Sirius in the same equation just doesn't seem right - like two plus three equals eight. I'm not putting down someone else's ship, but I just don't personally hear a click.