Date: 2010-11-14 12:58 am (UTC)
Hi. I got here via your self-rec over at accio R/S fics.

Thank you for taking on this project. I think this is the first pro-R/S essay I've read that covers HBP and DH. If you know of any other essays that cover that time period please let me know.

The Remus and Tonks relationship that I read in DH did not seem romantically loving to me. I think that Remus was genuinely fond of Tonks; their first scene together in OotP can be read as him introducing her in a friendly teasing sort of way. But, before DH Harry used to describe Remus as being increasingly ragged, during DH Harry instead describes Remus as unhappy more than once. Plus, this newly wed couple rarely touch or show affection - contrast that with the couple of Bill and Fleur... The one embrace we see is Tonks throwing herself (understandably) at Remus when she and Ron finally get to the Burrow in DH. Later, when leaving Harry's birthday party, JKR tells us that Remus grabs Tonks wrist to pull her away and leave. That detail seems very striking. Grabbing her wrist and not her hand -- unless it's life or death falling-off-a-cliff, in my mind, couples grab hands.

I didn't know that JKR had actually denied R/S. If so, I think the characters are expressing a different opinion despite her. Perhaps, she'll see it with a few years more distance.

P.S.
The PoA director's quote about Remus was that he thought Remus was "like your favorite gay uncle on crank."
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