the newly named post: IsTonks the ESE!character in Book 7?

[Elizabeth Catherine]

No: HPFGUIDX 147458

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <rdoliver30 at ...> 
wrote in response to my post wondering if Tonks would turn out to be 
the ESE character based on weird behavior neatly explained as love:

In what way is Tonks similar to these others?  I agree that her  
change in behavior is very odd.  However, that is readily explained 
by her feelings for Lupin.  I acknowledge that that is a cheesy 
explanation, and not really convincing.  But the fact is that JKR,  
bless her heart, just doesn't write romance very well.  In fact, she 
she shouldn't be let near the romance section of a bookstore, much 
less be trying to write it.  Just as I doubt we'll find out that 
there was a love potion involved with Ginny and Harry, I doubt we'll 
discover anything behind Tonks' behavior but love.

My reply:
Even acting completely berserk and morose over men myself, I still 
question Tonks's odd appearances.  Just today I was listening to the 
the chapter in HBP when Harry waits outside the Room of Requirement 
and is so frustrated he kicks the wall.  Out of nowhere comes Tonks, 
apparently looking for DD, whose office is on the other side of the 
castle, and he is not on grounds.  She then, as mysteriously, walks 
off.  The fact that JK can't really write a good romance well... I 
never thought there was a love potion with Harry and Ginny. I 
actually I believe the wild kiss he gives her after the match was 
quite romantic.  I concede your points with a smile...

I then wrote that:
 My gut tells me that somehow both Draco and Snape will be somewhat 
vindicated in Book 7, requiring an immense amount of mindset 
shifting from our Harry. 

Lupinlore replied:
 That would be reprehensible beyond belief and render the books good 
for nothing but compost, as it would amount to making a hero out of 
a child abuser.  Having said that, I think it is true that Snape and 
Draco both have roles to play, and both are in for tremendous  
backlashes of fate.  But then, so are all the major characters.

My reply:
Yes, I do agree that it would be reprehensible to have a complete 
vindication for Draco and Snape.  I did not mean to suggest that.  I 
wondered in they would be "somewhat vindicated" ie. we readers and 
Harry find out what some of the list posts have suggested: that 
Snape was acting on DD's 'orders or wishes,' to kill him.  
Particularly since the Unbreakable Vow means death to the breaker, 
Snape bound himself to Narcissa, promising to 'do what Draco fails 
if he fails.' To break the Vow would have been death, as well as the 
undoing of countless secrets that could ultimately help Harry be 
triumphant.
As far as dear Draco is considered, nothing erases the bullying, 
lying, racist actions he has done over the last 6 years.  However, I 
wonder if the suggestion by DD that there is 'some good' in him, 
preventing him from completing the task and killing DD will be part 
of a key for a 'partial' conversion/ absolution. Perhaps again, my 
choice of the word 'vindication' reflected my tired middle school 
English teacher brain on too many averages due in the computer for 
the end of second quarter.  After all, St. Paul was one of the 
fiercest Christian persecuters and after a 'flash of light,' look 
what happened to him... 
A final question: does your statement alluding to Snape and 
Draco's 'vindication' as material for the compost extend to the idea 
that if JK decides to kill Harry off, the books will ultimately send 
a message that evil can win in the end? At this point, killing Harry 
would make it hard for me to keep enjoying the rereads I love...
 
Liz/ Elizabeth Catherine,completely obsessed with HP according to 
her students bless their hearts.