Why is Tonks clumbsy?

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 111687

Lawless said:
"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?  Yes, 
she may be a great spy with her Metamorphagus abilities, but she can't walk 
down the hall without tripping over something.  When I first read OotP, my 
questions regarding Tonks were - WHY is she in the Aurory if she's liable 
to fall over all the time?  Do her spying abilities so outweigh the risks 
of her tripping over something and blowing an operation by the 
out-of-characterness of it?"

DuffyPoo:
I know JKR has made it a point for us to re-think every single thing in her books.  However, I find it odd how many people have a problem with Tonks being clumsy.  Don't you know anyone who is?  I do.  My nephew is at least as clumsy as Tonks is.  When you knew he was coming for a visit you moved/hid every breakable thing you owned and anything likely to be tripped over.  The kid could trip and stumble over a dust bunny.   Maybe JKR knows somebody like this and wrote that bit of him/her into Tonks.

That said, I think they overlooked her clumsiness in her Auror training because she is a Metamorphmagus.  They are, Tonks said, very rare and born, not made, so having one on the side of the good guys would be a great advantage.  What we don't really know yet, is if she can change into someone specific - as if she were using Polyjuice Potion - or if she can just change into random forms.  

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