@jonbae replied to your post “@jonbae replied to your post “Sirius Black is Tall” ...”
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. He’s generally pretty reliable. When he doesn’t notice something or has a wrong perception it’s plot important.
2. Remus could be taller than Sirius, but again, if he’s taller than Sirius who is emphasized as being especially tall why wouldn’t Harry notice it? Keeping in mind that Remus gets far more page time than Sirius.
As a rule when a writer doesn’t describe a feature we are expected to infer that the features aren’t remarkable. Because it’s considered poor form to describe a character as having medium/average features. So we can say that Remus is taller but it’s the more complicated answer, given that we know that Sirius is especially tall.
But broadly, it’s the myth that Sirius is shorter that I’m concerned with. I just think saying that Remus is taller than the really tall guy stretches plausibility and I don’t think “harry is oblivious” is a good answer. We have all the evidence that Harry notices remarkable features and no evidence that he doesn’t notice them. But you can’t 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 doesn’t really gel with canon.
