OOP: New Character and Ability

[karenkyla3]

No: HPFGUIDX 62965

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alon van Dam" 
<alanphoenix1 at h...> wrote:
> [Look at my, said the line, I'm spoiler free!]
> 
> The character I'm specifically referring to is Tonks. I think it's 
a 
> real shame that we got to see so little of her. Personally, I 
really 
> enjoyed her and found her an enormously entertaining character. I 
do 
> hope to get to see more of her in the coming books, and not just 
have 
> her be an introduction to the morphing-plotline, which we 
> will /certainly/ see more of in later books. (I'm just debating who 
> is the morph. I'm sure there has to be one, I just don't know who!)
> 
> As to Tonks' ability: Where does the limit of it lie? Can she just 
> change her nose and hair? Or can she make herself look like 
somebody 
> else? If the latter (which would make sense), how easy would it be 
to 
> infiltrate into the other side? Is there a register of them just 
like 
> there is of animagi? Who would stop Tonks of masking as a DE (after 
> rigorous study of that DE's routines and lots of 
> interrogation&veritaserum). Who would stop her?
> 
> I had some more to add to this, but have been distracted. Mea culpa 
> forever ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> Alon

Me now:

I wholeheartedly agree about Tonks.  I think she was in my top 4 
favorite new and/or comeback characters in OoP.  The infiltration 
possibility is certainly a good one.  What would stop her from 
impersonating a DE and gaining entry into LV's inner circle?  

Which leads me to another thought.  Repeatedly throughout the books, 
an apparently good guy turns out to be an infiltrate of LV.  Could we 
already know characters who provide the same function for DD?  Anyone 
we think is already in LV's graces that really is just a spy for DD?  
Never really thought about it until now... hmmm...   

Also, was I the only one surprised at the extreme shadiness of Filch 
in OoP?  I guess I always thought he was just blowing steam and was 
essentially harmless.  How loyal is he to DD really?  hmmm...


Stac
(starting to be concerned over Alon's Ron/Bathroom and Troll 
fantasies)