They don't feel love, they only negotiate love moments.

[wook77]

(title from a line from The Fisher King starring Robin Williams)

Forgive the rambly-ness of these thoughts but this is something that's been going through my head for about a week and I sort of need to talk this out to get my head on straight.

Can there be humor-genre story in a post-PoA world for Remus/Sirius?

This is something that came up while I was talking to a fellow participant at rs_games and I simply don't have a concrete answer.

I think, in a Hogwarts-era world, humor is a given genre. The boys prank and trick and it can be humorous. It's a given that there will be at least a few laughs sprinkled about, even in the angstiest of angsty fics. Thus - humor is to be expected and a humor-genre story would completely fit within canon.

However, post-Hogwarts, I don't know that I would, necessarily, expect a funny story. I would expect humorous moments. I wouldn't expect the entire story to be a laugh. First there's the war and then there's the distrust followed by the betrayal and years in Azkaban and then slowly rebuilding a relationship only to have Sirius die, Remus hook up with Tonks and then buy the farm himself.

For me, there is too much death, distrust and angst within the world post-Hogwarts for Remus/Sirius to have an across-the-board funny story.

What are your thoughts on the viability of humor-genre stories post-Hogwarts for Remus/Sirius?

Humor or humor moments? Neither? Both? Discuss. (*steals from coffee talk*)

Comments

[thescarletwoman.livejournal.com]

I thin it depends on how you do it without it being all out crack. If it's set at a particularly light moment (like christmastime) you'd be able to have a humorous fic. Also, if you went AU and something post-war you could do it as well.

We shall discuss tonight. I'm off to the post office to mail you something that you should have gotten 4 months ago. Because I suck like that.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

But see - if it's at christmas, it's sort of just one moment, not sustained, yanno? Like - if you set the fic during hogwarts, from start to finish and for the entire year, it could be humorous.

and ooooooh, pressies? for me? *grabby hands*