Why is Tonks clumbsy?

[n_longbottom01]

No: HPFGUIDX 111621

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lindsay W." 
<sunflowerlaw at c...> wrote:
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> Tonks.  She's clumsy, we know this.  In practically every scene 
where we see Tonks, she's clumsy.  It's overly exagerrated, to a 
point.  Why?
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> --Lawless

n_longbottom01:

I think, in book 6 or 7, someone, perhaps the new Defense Against the 
Dark Arts teacher, will spill a plate of food on Snape's lap, or trip 
over a garbage can on their way to their desk, or something like 
that.  And when that happens, I will shout "AH HA!  That person is 
clumsy!  It must be Tonks in disguise!"  And then probably a few 
chapters and few clumsy insidents later Hermoine will recoginize the 
clumsiness and come to the same conclusion.

So, my answer to the question "Why is Tonks clumsy?" is: so that the 
reader, and then Harry and his friends will be able to see through 
her disguise.  If she weren't clumsy, Tonks would easily be able to 
pull a Barty Jr. on me, and fool me through a whole school year while 
posing as another person.

Since Tonks clumsiness was emphasized so heavily in OotP, I think we 
(and Harry) will spot Tonks in disguise fairly early on.  She isn't 
meant to fool us long, like Fake Moody was.

Maybe it won't play out like this, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled for 
any clumsy goings on.  Hey--just a though: Tonks could disguise 
herself as Neville, and I wouldn't suspect a thing.  Neville and 
Tonks are equally accident prone.

Anyway, interesting post, Lawless; I enjoyed reading your ideas.

-- n_longbottom01