OOP: Tonks

[tcyhunt]

No: HPFGUIDX 70169


Ravenclaw Bookworm wrote:
...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.

>now me:

I've been following all of the Tonks threads (well, as many as I can-
it's possible that I've missed a few), and I think your first reason 
hit it square on the head!  IMO, Tonks as a DE is way too unlikely.  
JKR has used this technique before - she gives us introductions or 
glimpses of an idea and then when she thinks we've all but forgotten 
it, it becomes a major plot point (polyjuice is probably the most 
major one that comes to mind, but we also have parseltongue, 
portkeys, etc.).  I've been wrong before (well, ok, quite often), but 
I'll be very surprised if Tonks is any more evil than she was in 
OotP.  I will be looking for the hidden Metamorphmagus to be revealed 
in books 6 &/or 7!

Tcy