Tonks a traitor? (was: Lupin/James)

[drliss at comcast.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 109715

Lissa wrote:
"We've already had one masquerader.  And we have
Tonks.  (Who all's got bets on her being the traitor
this time?)"

Sophierom:

Ooh, I haven't heard this theory before.  Tonks a
traitor? Are there previous posts on this? (I'll look
through the evil search engine when I get a chance,
but if anyone knows about any posts off the top of
their head, feel free to point them out to me.)  Or,
does anyone want to post on this? I hope Tonks isn't a
traitor, but I'd be interested in hearing some
evidence pointing her in that direction.  Any takers?

Lissa:

To my knowledge, there's no previous posts on it.  I'm not sure that there's any canon evidence, either.  Merely my speculation.

It stands to reason that Voldie might have a spy in the OotP this round.  He did last time, and he's got to know that Dumbledore will oppose him as he tries to regain power.  A lot of people have speculated that- assuming that someone WILL betray the Order, it will be Mungdungus.  I think that's too easy and obvious.  So, I started hedging my bets.  There's some we know won't betray the Order: Hagrid, Mad-Eye Moody, etc.  I know one popular theory is Lupin, but I'll stand by my werewolf.  The two that I think are the most probable candidates are Kingsley Shacklebolt and Tonks.

We don't know that much about either of them.  But consider a few things about Tonks.

1.) She's a Black.  Now, I know we can't judge a person by their family, but maybe Tonks does get along with her aunt Narscissa.  We don't see any indication of what Tonks thinks of her parents... or what she thinks about a lot of things.  I'm not saying she'll turn evil because she's a Black, but perhaps Narcissa (or even Bellatrix) got to her.  We don't know.  Sirius doesn't know a lot of Tonks's history because he was in Azkaban the whole time.  

2.) She can change her appearance at will.  Dead useful ability for a spy.  Spy for the Order, or spy for Voldemort?

3.) Tonks and Shacklebolt weren't in the Order the last time around.  Of course, neither were a lot of people (ahem, Weasleys).

On the other hand, I expect Dumbledore would be giving every person a VERY thorough screening, given what happened last time.  Now granted Dumbledore doesn't catch everything, but this time he'd be looking for treason.  (Why should he ever have suspected at first that Moody wasn't Moody?)

Like I said, this one belongs in the pure speculation pile.  Will there even BE a traitor this time around???  Not a clue.  But if there is, I do kind of feel like Mungdungus is a little too obvious.

Liss

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