@jonbae replied to your post ā@jonbae replied to your post āSirius Black is Tallā ...ā
I'm not using its Harry's pov for things I "simply don't like" I'm saying its Harry's pov and he's an oblivious person and that's why Remus' height isn't specifically mentioned and that even if Sirius is tall that doesn't mean he's taller than Remus
*sigh*
1. People exaggerate the degree to which Harry is oblivious. Heās generally pretty reliable. When he doesnāt notice something or has a wrong perception itās plot important.
2. Remus could be taller than Sirius, but again, if heās taller than Sirius who is emphasized as being especially tall why wouldnāt Harry notice it? Keeping in mind that Remus gets far more page time than Sirius.
As a rule when a writer doesnāt describe a feature we are expected to infer that the features arenāt remarkable. Because itās considered poor form to describe a character as having medium/average features. So we can say that Remus is taller but itās the more complicated answer, given that we know that Sirius is especially tall.
But broadly, itās the myth that Sirius is shorter that Iām concerned with. I just think saying that Remus is taller than the really tall guy stretches plausibility and I donāt thinkĀ āharry is obliviousā is a good answer. We have all the evidence that Harry notices remarkable features and no evidence that he doesnāt notice them. But you canāt prove a negative so *shrug*.
And I also keep coming back to this idea that a guy who grew up with lycanthropy somehow grew up to full height. Remus in POA is a pretty sickly guy. I think fandom tends to brush over the toll his lycanthropy took on him in favour of making him tall and sexy. Which is a less sad idea but doesnāt really gel with canon.















