Lupin and Tonks - What about the baby?

[Rahel]

No: HPFGUIDX 172959

Kim said:

"Even if Lupin and Tonks knew that their child would have a good life without them because he'd have his grandmother, godfather, and friends, why would they choose to let someone else raise him? This is the opposite of what Harry's parents did. In fact, Harry was 
specifically protected by the sacrifice that Lily made. It seemed more like Tonks was sacrificing more for "the cause" than for Teddy. She was absent for the better part of the story, and we don't see her until just before she dies. You could argue that she was in agony confined to her home during her pregnancy because she wanted to be out fighting. Speaking as the parent of a 1 year old, I could not imagine leaving with my husband unsure of whether we'd return. It was a choice; she didn't have to go fight."


Well, dear, people are different. Take it from another parent of a 1 year old (and of a 3 years old). Under the conditions life presented to the Lupins, I would have not hesitated but acted just like Tonks did. I would have left my child under the best care I know it would get, and went off to protect the loved one who was in imminent danger - my husband.

You can't compare Tonks' and Lily's actions as they were based on two totally opposite situations. In Lily's case, the Dark Lord was after the child. Of course Lily and James did their best to protect him, including going in hiding! But in Tonks' case, Teddy was not the one in imminent danger. And when Remus went off to fight for a better world for his son to grow up to, I can understand all too well, why Tonks would join. She might have thought, she could make sure her husband gets out of the battle alive, for instance. Sometimes, the love for the child does not displace the love for the husband, you see.

Rahel