Book 6 survey clarification: spoiler

[Brenda]

Luckdragon: 

Just wanted to clarify my reasons for 2 of the survey questions I 
posted. Below are 2 recent quotes by Jo which gave me food for 
thought. The question about Lupin & tonks is in regards to the first 
quote. My take is that she used Bill as a red Herring, however it 
could be perceived that the L/T relationship is the red Herring. The 
second quote seemed strange to me regarding Fawkes; notice how Jo 
seems to backtrack as though she let on something important and then 
tries to cover it up. We already knew Fawkes belonged to DD but it 
seemed like there was more to the fact he isn't in DD's memories...

Jo:"that there is no place for romance in a detective story except 
that it can be useful to camouflage other people's motives. That's 
true; it is a very useful trick. I've used that on Percy and I've 
used that to a degree on Tonks in this book, as a red herring"

Peter Humphreys for BBC Newsround. - Who did Fawkes previously 
belong to and will he play a vital role in the next book?

JK Rowling: I am not going to answer about the role in the next 
books, which probably gives you a big clue, and he has never been 
owned by anyone but Dumbledore. You will notice that when Harry goes 
back in the Pensieve in this book, Fawkes is never there, and ­­ no, I 
am sorry, not in this book, I take that back. When Harry has 
previously seen the study with a different headmaster he saw it with 
Dippet and Fawkes was not there then. Fawkes is Dumbledore's 
possession, not a Hogwarts possession.