Turncoat!Tonks (was: Aurors/Unforgiveable Curses)

[mochajava13]

No: HPFGUIDX 79972

I agree that there is something more going on with Tonks.  But I 
don't think she'll turn evil, if for the sole reason of sticking it 
to the family that rejected her and her mother.  Andromeda (Tonks' 
mother) got burned out of the family tree as Sirius had.  I really 
wonder if Lucius and Narcissa admit that they're related to Tonks in 
any way, shape, or form.  I wonder if Draco knows that one of his 
cousins is a half-blood, and an uncle is muggle-born.  I think one 
of her, and Sirius', functions in the books are to show another side 
to pure-blood families, and to show that choices, not blood, is what 
is important.  

Look at Sirius: here he is, belonging to a very old 
wizarding family (probably just as connected as the Malfoys are, 
since a Black married a Malfoy).  He could have had everything that 
money could buy in the wizarding world, his family is seeped in the 
dark arts, his only brother a death eater, but Sirius turned his 
back on all of it.  Same with Andromeda.  They show the flip side to 
Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange, and go along with JKR's theme 
of doing what is right versus doing what is easy.  The easy path for 
Sirius and Andromeda would have been to do what Draco Malfoy and the 
Andromeda's sisters did: go along with the message their parents 
gave them.  Look at Draco; he's taking the easy path.  Sirius and 
Andromeda took the right one: they stood up to their families and 
were shunned because of it.  Tonks comes into play because she's a 
living representation of Andromeda's choice to marry a muggle-born.  

OK, I admit Tonks being a living representation of Andromeda's 
choices is a little weak.   But, Tonks may be a way for Grimmauld 
Place to remain the Order's headquarters.  If Sirius didn't have a 
will, the house goes to his closest living relative.  Bellatrix, 
being an escaped convict and known death eater, might not be able to 
inherit.  (Could be wrong on this point.)  House then goes to 
Andromeda, then Tonks.

Sarah