I have come across those kinds of fics and even though they are cool, I have to raise an eyebrow at them. I was more aware than most children about homosexuality (Partly because I had seen men kissing and my brother brought his gay and lesbian friends home for dinner and my family was very open about it)but I also got the hint that it wasn't something to be public about as we are now.
I didn't catch on that my father's old boss was bi for the longest time. I simply thought he lived with other men to save rent on his big house. My dad told me about him when I was fifteen (that was when I finally came out to my family about my own bisexuality also)and he was extremely matter of fact about it as well, but he never mentioned it ever again. He didn't think it was something to bring out over and over again.
I think that was all from 1990-1994 (eleven to fifteen for me) so I guess I was kind of in the middle transitional stage from the old days to the new.
I think the best fic about Sirius being gay that portrays it a bit more realistically is copperbadge's "Cartographer's Craft" in which Sirius is gay and only like five people know and he is very discreet about it. That makes more sense, that there are hints around, but everyone sees otherwise. Like you said, this was the 70's and I sincerely doubt that how sheltered they all were, they would have a hint of what was going on between the two, really.
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Date: 2006-06-14 12:34 am (UTC)I didn't catch on that my father's old boss was bi for the longest time. I simply thought he lived with other men to save rent on his big house. My dad told me about him when I was fifteen (that was when I finally came out to my family about my own bisexuality also)and he was extremely matter of fact about it as well, but he never mentioned it ever again. He didn't think it was something to bring out over and over again.
I think that was all from 1990-1994 (eleven to fifteen for me) so I guess I was kind of in the middle transitional stage from the old days to the new.
I think the best fic about Sirius being gay that portrays it a bit more realistically is copperbadge's "Cartographer's Craft" in which Sirius is gay and only like five people know and he is very discreet about it. That makes more sense, that there are hints around, but everyone sees otherwise. Like you said, this was the 70's and I sincerely doubt that how sheltered they all were, they would have a hint of what was going on between the two, really.
Cheers and thanks for the food for thought.