[HPforGrownups] Re: Deaths in the Series

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 192178


> Dave:
> I agree. In general, I was very disappointed in the direction JKR went
> with Tonks -- She started out as a sprightly, somewhat sassy,
> "Moliere-Maid" type, which I loved. But then she made Tonks into this
> tragic character whose intense (perhaps codependent) love for Remus
> trumped everything. And we know from interviews that killing off Remus
> and Tonks was an eleventh-hour decision on JKR's part, in order to make
> some trivial contrast between Harry and Teddy which, as Sherry points
> out, has little or no impact on the reader.
>
> Crescent:
> I have to agree about the changes in Tonks' character. She is one of only
> two strong females in the series and it is really sad to see that change
> drastically, much less to see her die.


Lynda:

I have to disagree with the only 2 strong female characters statement. Not
counting Molly, for the same reasons you give of stereotyping, there is of
course Hermione. Luna is a strong female character, of course, although
young. Her strength shows itself through different processes than most
people's. McGonagall. I think I got to know her well enough throughout the
books to count her. Neville's grandmother, I think, counts as well. Tonks,
not so much, although had she lived, she may have come back to herself.
Bellatrix, definately was a strong female character. Not pleasant, truly
insane, and evil, but she was a strong character. The bad counts as much as
the good for this one, I think.


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