Turncoat!Tonks (was: Aurors/Unforgiveable Curses)

[boyd_smythe]

No: HPFGUIDX 79666

Matt:
> To me, JKR's account of the Aurors being
> authorized to torture and dominate suspects
> (or witnesses), in order to better fight
> crime, works powerfully as an allegory for
> many more or less analogous RW situations.
> It brings to bear, too, much of the moral 
> complexity of those situations: although
> JKR is pretty clearly espousing a value 
> judgment that would reject such tactics, 
> her older readers cannot help but be aware 
> that the moral posture is more complicated
> than Harry realizes.

I completely agree with this sentiment, Matt! JKR has trust issues 
regarding authority such as Mom/Fudge, and Aurors appear to be the 
WW equivalent of police or an army--both of which were used as tools 
of the state in Nazi Germany and most other authoritarian states. In 
fact, one can argue (OK, I'll do it) that JKR has now set us up for an 
Auror *betrayal*.

Yes, we have been led down the path of blind trust in Aurors, but just 
as all the other charcters hae started to become more complex/gray, so 
shall one of the Aurors demonstrate an un-Potterish bloodlust. Or LV 
sympaticos. Or pure self-interest.

My bet is with *Tonks* being the betrayer or mole. Why else make her 
so endearing to Harry? JKR also gave her a special power of 
matamorphmagus and much more character than, say, Shacklebolt. She's 
new, she's hip, she seems harmless, she's trusted by Harry, and she 
can look like anyone she wants (OK, maybe). Definitely grounds for 
suspicion!

By the way, I also think this would put Percy in the clear. He's too 
obvious as a betrayer, and much too insignificant. An Auror close to 
Harry would be *much* juicier.

-Remnant
"Let's have us a Tonks-fry!"