Much as I wish I could say that children's literature should have moved past the era of "coded gayness" by now, I suspect JKR would never explicitly state whether Remus, or any character, was gay or bi. British children's series - C.S. Lewis, Enid Blyton - operate in a nostalgic fug where sexuality is just not mentioned as it destroys the illusion of youth and innocence. Not that it's not there in Blyton's MALORY TOWERS - the butch horse-riding Bill and her pretty femme friend Clarissa are an inseparable couple and even plan to go into business together by the end of the series! - but it has to be described as a "special friendship". Nothing more.
(Kannaophelia has written some brilliant Bill/Clarissa, btw, if you haven't already sampled the delights thereof.)
So, yes, British children's series tend to want to preserve the innocence of its characters: if gayness is mentioned, it's coded so that the reader sees only what s/he is capable of seeing and there's no suggestion that the young and impressionable child has been "corrupted".
As for Peter Pettigrew, maybe the twins thought the possessor of that name was a ickle Gryffindor in Ron's year?
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Date: 2004-06-22 01:54 pm (UTC)(Kannaophelia has written some brilliant Bill/Clarissa, btw, if you haven't already sampled the delights thereof.)
So, yes, British children's series tend to want to preserve the innocence of its characters: if gayness is mentioned, it's coded so that the reader sees only what s/he is capable of seeing and there's no suggestion that the young and impressionable child has been "corrupted".
As for Peter Pettigrew, maybe the twins thought the possessor of that name was a ickle Gryffindor in Ron's year?