Big Bad Tonks?

[oh have faith]

No: HPFGUIDX 70009


Morgan said;

> 
> I think if she isn't already spying on the Order then she will at 
> some point in the next two books. 
> 
> Does anyone get the feelin she's untrustworthy or is she just a " 
Red 
> hearing" placed by JKR to send us down the wrong path?
> 
> Thoughts people
> 
> Morgan
> 
> P.S:
> 

I say:

My immediate gut reaction to her was dislike, so I'm very happy to 
pitch into any conspiracy theory going. Let the character 
assassination begin!  ^_^

 So, what do we know about this "woman"?  That she's a half-blood 
cousin of the Blacks and she professes to dislike her first name. 
JKR made a point of letting us know her place in the family tree in 
an off-hand remark of Sirius's, and we know how these off-hand 
remarks come back to haunt us. In fact...*studies family tree for 
about an hour*... her mother and Narcissa and Bella Lestrange are 
sisters, making her Draco Malfoy's cousin.  Is this a good enough 
pedigree for a DE?  Her mother was Sirius's cousin, so she's a 1st 
cousin once removed to him (?) and Draco, incidently, is the same to 
Sirius.    

I'm not going anywhere with this, btw, I'm just gleaning all the 
information I can off that family tree. Someone's going to accuse me 
of being a DE for judging her on her breeding, but there's an awful 
lot of info on her contained in that one little paragraph ("The 
Noble and Most Ancient House of Black" p105 in my edition)  
that makes me think we've been given it for a reason...

Okay, my theory - Sirius says Kreacher won't take orders from Tonks, 
even though he's supposed to do whatever anyone in the family tells 
him.  He supposes it's because she's been removed from the family 
tree. Maybe Kreacher actually does take orders from her, but she 
orders him to act like he doesn't so as not to arouse suspicion - 
while she gets up to... something.  Bad.  She imitates Snape's nose 
at the dinner table in chapter five (p81 in my British adult ed).  
We know that Snape is betraying the DE's, so is there significance 
in her imitating him in particular?  Is it a clue that she's 
betraying the Order?  Or just cos he has a funny nose?

I admit it, I'm floundering.  Anyone feel inclined to make anything 
out of that?  Help me out here, people!

^_^  Faith's Girl