Need Information about Andromeda Black-Tonks

[zanooda2]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at ...> wrote:

> Thank you so much for remembering that little detail about Sirius.


zanooda:

Not only Sirius, but also Slughorn said to Harry in HBP: "The whole
Black family had been in my house, but Sirius ended up in Gryffindor".


> Tonks wrote:

> Now the question is for you or anyone listening, how 
> would Andromeda feel about Slytherin house now? Would she 
> still like the color green?


zanooda:

Wizards don't seem to be prejudiced against the green color - for
instance, Molly bought green dress robes for Harry in GoF, just
because  she thought they would go well with his green eyes. I think
Andromeda would wear any color that suits her. What colors are
suitable for her I don't know - she has light brown hair, but her eyes
are probably still dark, like Bellatrix's. So choose whatever color
you believe will go well with that :-). Or just choose something that
will go well with *your* eyes :-)!

There is one more thing - Tonks hints in OotP that Andromeda is very
good at household spells (which is fortunate, considering that her
daughter always drops and spills stuff, and her husband is "a right
old slob" :-)). If this is true, you can think of Andromeda as of one
of those women who also love crafts - sewing, knitting, embroidery and
other things like that, and you can show some of this home-made stuff
in your costume. 

This is of course a pure speculation - Molly Weasley, for example, is
good at household spells, but she doesn't seem to be good at sewing
:-). Besides, your costume is probably home-made anyway, so it is
really not much of an advice :-). I just thought we know so little
about Andromeda, that maybe we need a little imagination to add some
details to her character :-). 

And BTW, Ted Tonks was not a Muggle, but a Muggle-born wizard. I
believe he was in Hufflepuff, and Tonks took after him. I wonder what
was his occupation. We know almost nothing about his abilities, except
that he can heal people. He *would* need a job though, because
Andromeda was probably disinherited by her parents. I think they lived
rather modestly, so your costume must not look too rich :-)!