IC Contact;

[theshabbiestofmen]

Action | Voice | Video | Text

Comments

[theshabbiestofmen]

No, of course not. But I'm not entirely surprised.

[doggedly]

What does that mean!

[theshabbiestofmen]

It means that in a spaceship where we're put into large pods full of blue goo, where we pass out each month and are revived, where there are infected rats and monsters lurking in the hall, where there's a serial killer stalking us all-- no, Sirius, I'm not surprised the Muggles found a way to change our gender.

[doggedly]

[There is a silence. And then, hollowly:]

Oh my God, you are actually okay with this.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Sirius, I guarantee you that the chances of being changed into a girl are tiny.

the keywords for that icon def need Sirius' name in them

[doggedly]

But there's still a chance! There's still a chance--why the hell aren't you more disgusted by this, this is disgusting!

it is done.

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'll be more disgusted once it actually happens to someone, Sirius.

i'm so proud :,)

[doggedly]

The potential is disgusting enough! And what if people--

[a pause. horror.]

Oh my God, Remus.

[theshabbiestofmen]

What? What! Oh, god, is this a sex thing?

[doggedly]

...What?

[theshabbiestofmen]

You! You just thought of something, clearly, and I'm dreading what it is.

[doggedly]

Yeah, but what d'you mean a sex thing, what could I have thought of that has to do with-- Look, you're the one dating the shapeyshifter, maybe I shouldn't be surprised that you're all right with people just slipping from--

What sex thing, that's a weird conclusion to jump to.

[theshabbiestofmen]

[He huffs an irritated sigh.]

I don't know. What the hell were you thinking of, then?

[doggedly]

Well--

[Remus you have introduced far more distracting and worrying thoughts. So this takes a second.]

--Well, what if--what if we get a girl James!

[theshabbiestofmen]

[. . . gross. That's his first thought, gross, which is quite unkind.]

Then we'll just treat him the same as we always have.

[doggedly]

Her!

[And there is so much anguish loaded into that one word. Full on hand-wringing face-pulling hair-ripping-out sackcloth-wearing anguish.]

[theshabbiestofmen]

Sirius . . .

[doggedly]

What.

brb apping in girl james

[theshabbiestofmen]

Please don't get hysterical. Or I'll suspect you've become a girl yourself.

ok so sirius will be dying a slow and painful death hope that's okay

[doggedly]

I'm not-- a girl? You're actually calling me-- oh, I'm sorry we can't all be perfectly calm and stoic, Remus, but some of us get a bit upset when we realise that our best mate could show up as a girl! Entirely without warning, just-- suddenly, tits! I'm sorry if that's somehow weird to some of us! I'll try very hard to be more like you.

yeah no that's fine just as long as he doesn't mind Jamie hitting on him

[theshabbiestofmen]

Sirius, he's not even here, let alone as a girl-- and don't be crude about it, please. Now, can you count on one hand how many people have shown up as the wrong gender? Yes, I think you can. So getting hysterical about James appearing as a girl isn't just stupid, it's utterly pointless.

OH MY GOD

[doggedly]

I don't know what they were at home! They might all be the wrong genders, we might be the only ones properly what we're meant to be.

And I am not getting hysterical, I'm just-- concerned.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Do you really think that, Sirius? Really?

[doggedly]

It's a possibility!

[theshabbiestofmen]

Erica? You think Erica was a boy? Or Alayne?