Calling Tonks Nymphadora, and Snape's button pushing in general

[pippin_999]

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> Sherry now;
> But we are led to believe that love is the most important thing, the power
> the "dark Lord knows not".  I can't see her love as a weakness.  I
> understand that Snape considers love as a weakness.  Also, friends don't
> "dump" their problems on friends.  Friends confide in friends.  I'm positive
> that is what Tonks was doing with Molly.  It's what friends do.  It's the
> strength of friendship.

Pippin:
I think JKR considers Ginny's method of dealing with unrequited love far
better than Tonks's. It was when Ginny was pining for Harry and feeling
depressed and unworthy that she became vulnerable to Riddle.

Pippin