OOP: Tonks

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 70053

Steffy wrote:
> There has been a lot of talk about how Tonks is maybe a spy for 
the DE.  But remember, of all the Order that fought in the end of 
OOP, Tonks was the one who was the most seriously injured (aside 
from Sirius).  She was the only one who had to spend time in 
> the "Hospital."  If she were on the side of the DE, don't you 
think that she would probably would walked away unscathed from the 
fight?  Granted, she could have gotten injured so that nobody was 
suspicious, but she was the one was the most seriously injured.  
If she were really a DE, I think she would probably have walked 
away with less serious injuries. >>>>>


Your reasoning makes sense.  Maybe I'm just biased, but I like Tonks 
and don't think she is a spy.  If nothing else, she provided some 
levity in a somber story.  But I think JKR introduced her for 2 
reasons: 1) to introduce the idea of an Metamorphmagus, and 2) to 
help provide a connection to Sirius' family tree.  She could have 
done this with just the tapestry but to have a real person, one that 
Sirius actually liked, made it more ... well, realistic isn't the 
work I'm looking for, but the only one that comes to mind.  The 
connections to Molly and Arthur are too nebulous, and Bellatrix and 
Narcissa too sinister.  She is also closer Bill Weasley's age, 
between HRH's generation, and their parents', breaking up the age 
range a bit.

Ravenclaw Bookworm