Tonks in HBP ( spoilers of course!) / love

[kjirstem]

No: HPFGUIDX 133718

> >
> >  Katherine (message 133279):
> >
> >  >I really think that the only thing wrong with Tonks was
> >  >unrequited love.
> >
> >  Kjirstem:
> >  I do believe that Tonks loves Lupin, I just want to make that
> >clear.  But, what I want to know is how do you rationalize her
> >behavior in the two situations I highlighted in my original post
> >(132970) (Tonks in the corridor by the Room of Req't and Tonks
> >during the battle)? 
> >  I have trouble reconciling this explanation with her behavior in
> >  these two places.
> >
> 
> K:  In the corridor outside the RoR she was preoccupied because she
> had  heard about the werewolf attacks and feared that the worst had
> happened to the man she loved.   In the battle, her focus was split
> because her mind was on Lupin's welfare above all.
> 

kjirstem:
I'm more curious what she is doing in that particular corridor. 
I'm with Hermione on this one (pg 467 US ed):

"It's a bit odd," said Hermione, who for some reason
looked very concerned.  "She's supposed to be guarding the
school,
why's she suddenly abandoning her post to come and see Dumbledore 
when he's not even here?"

Tonks is in the wrong place, it isn't as though she's been
seen wandering around the school all year, and mostly the people in
that corridor seem to be looking for the Room of Requirement.   I
think it is suspicious, that's all.  

On the other hand, one of JKR's comments in the Leaky/Mugglenet
interview seems to indicate that Tonks behavior is indeed a red
herring.  (About halfway through the interview, the section where 
they are talking about romance in HBP and JKR is talking about a
theory of Dorothy Sayers')  

"— that there is no place for romance in a  detective story
except that it can be useful to camouflage other people's motives.
That's true; it is a very useful trick. I've used that on Percy and
I've used that to a degree on Tonks in this book, as a red
herring."

Katherine/K: 
>Book 6 uses the different characters to showcase the different kinds
>of love and different stages of love people go through:
>
>Unrequited Love (Ginny for Harry; Harry for Ginny; Tonks for Lupin;
>Merope for Tom Sr.)
>Marital Love (Arthur & Molly)
>Unconditional Love (Fleur & Bill; Tonks & Lupin; Dumbledore & Harry)
>Vainglorious Love (Slughorn & any number of his opportunistic
>connections)
>Infatuation (Romelda Vane for Harry; Ron for Romelda Vane while under
>the influence of Potion; Tom Sr. for Merope while under the influence
>of potion)
>Empty love (Merope for the bewitched Tom Riddle)
>Childish Crush (Ron for Rosmerta)
>Erotic Love (Ron & Lavender, Ginny and Dean)
>Fulfilled Love (Tonks & Lupin at the end, Harry and Ginny toward the
>end)

kjirstem:
I'd add Maternal Love to your list of the types of love showcased
in HBP.  I'm thinking of Narcissa and Draco in this book.  After
chapter 2, I have no doubt that Narcissa would have sacrificed 
herself to protect Draco, just as Lily did for Harry.  

kjirstem