AgileTonks/Tonks is Tonks

[Beatrice23]

No: HPFGUIDX 141756

Catlady wrote:

> > > Tonks in OoP can't walk down the hall without tripping over the
> > > troll's-leg umbrella stand, but in HBP she can jump off a moving
> > > train and land standing up on her feet.
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Beatrice23:

It seems to me that Tonks is clumsy more in a domestic setting than in 
other settings, which might reflect that she is not domestic like Mrs. 
Weasley or her mother.  Notice that she breaks a plate in the 
Dursley's house, trips over the umbrella stand in 12 GP, etc.  Tonks 
admits that she "never got the knack of householdy spells" (OOTP from 
memory).  Perhaps it is in the domestic sphere where her clumsiness 
gets the better of her.  Notice also that Lupin is present when a lot 
of her tripping occurs, or when she is preoccupied with him in HBP.  

Her clumsiness may manifest itself when she is nervous which may have 
been a subtle clue about her feelings for Lupin, explain why she was 
clumsy in her auror exams, but in battle or in her job she is 
competent and confident of her abilities and thus can be agile when 
necessary.  

Beatrice23