Turncoat!Tonks (was: Aurors/Unforgiveable Curses)

[boyd_smythe]

No: HPFGUIDX 79948

> Sarah:
> Well, I can't see Tonks turning, given that she herself is a half-
> blood (her dad was muggle born), and I can't see her being accepted 
> into the death eater fold.  Tonks isn't even on the Black family 
> tapestry, and her dear Auntie Bella hates half-bloods like Harry 
> (and like Tonks).  My bet on Tonks is that she's there to teach 
> Harry how to be a metamorphmagus.  Remember in the first book how 
> Harry made his hair grow after a particularly bad haircut from 
> Petunia?  Sounds like Harry's parceltongue ability: he didn't 
> realize that everyone else couldn't do this, and so hasn't exactly 
> mentioned it to anyone.  Since we might be seeing human 
> transfigurations next year (according to Hermione in GoF), we might 
> see Harry develop some metamorphmagus ability.

Yes, yes, all true! But I think it's a set-up. Tonks will *use* all of 
those facts and possibly the shared metamorphmagus to gain Harry's 
complete trust. Then she'll betray Harry/DD. Why? OK, here goes some 
unabashed guessing.

First, what purpose does the metamorphmagus serve? IMO, it would be 
perfect for impersonating someone; that's deception. She could "be" 
Snape and do something rotten to get him in trouble. She could "be" DD 
and send Harry's protectors off in the wrong direction. Obviously, 
this all assumes she could use the power to do a good impersonation, 
an unknown at this time.

Second, what is her motivation (this suddenly feels like a criminal 
trial!)? No canon that I've come across yet. But what if she needed 
help to become an Auror (maybe due to her clumsiness) and Lucius 
greased the skids with a little donation, thus buying her loyalty? Or 
maybe she plays at being silly on purpose so that others will always 
underestimate her (kind of like the not-so-dumb dumb blonde stereotype 
in movies like Legally Blonde); in the meantime she's quite 
power-hungry? We really know very little about her as a character.

In closing, everything is not always what it seems in the Potterverse. 
Tonks' unusual character/characteristics make her jump out to me as 
something more than a minor Auror with little role to play in 6&7. So 
I give her my role, you give her yours. I admit that yours has more 
canon, but mine fits the plotline I think will happen in book 6 (post 
#79117).

-Remnant