Tonks' clumsiness

[kizor0]

No: HPFGUIDX 119126


Here's an idea that I had while revising the Wikipedia's coverage on
Metamorphmagi at four in the morning. Tonks' pretty much biggest
characteristic has so far been her clumsiness. While it's completely
possible and in fact very likely that it's just an Evans, if we didn't
overanalyze it regardless what kind of HPfGU would this be?

Tonks can change her appearance at will, and she's very good at it. We
don't know the extents, but she can alter body mass and is well
capable of looking decades older than she is. Can her clumsiness be
linked to this? Being a shape-shifter, Tonks could be running around
looking completely different for much of the time. We don't even have
proof that her 'real' form is pale, young or female (but let's *not*
go there, shall we?). If her powers manifested early on, she probably
used them heavily - a child would be fascinated with the ability, and
an adolescent who's insecure about her appearance or height would
most likely do something about it if given the chance - never gaining
the degree of familiarity with any shape that most people have.

Possibly, the reason why Tonks is so clumsy is that she's not used to
her present body.

- Kizor

PS. Completely useless fact: I just realized that "Alastor" is one
letter away from the Finnish word for "naked". Given JKR's love for
word-play, this is quite unfortunate for Finnish readers.