[the_old_crowd] Tonks again

[Susan Albrecht]

Kneasy wrote:
This is a sort of expansion of the Tonks post put up a
couple of days after HBP publication. Done some
brooding and the antennae are still twitching.
Something smells fishy, though whether the fish in  
question is red herring or a tastier morsel presented
for our collective delectation is not a foregone
conclusion.

<snip>

Those that 'remain' are those that could be produced
by any competent witch, indistinguishable  from what
would be expected if someone were pretending to be
Tonks.  

<snip>

We're expected to believe that an old-looking
Auror!Tonks with dodgy magic is set to guard Hogwarts,
and strangely enough she's the only Auror we see
there, even though there are supposed to be three
others. Turns up in unexpected places, too. 

<snip>

Nope.  Tonks is high on the 'acting suspiciously - 
investigate' list.  Just what is she hiding?


SSSusan:
Fishy, indeed, Kneasy.  And while you're
investigating, can you please add this bit of (imo)
strangeness into the mix?  

There's *some* kind of weird connection between the
Tonks we see in HBP and Draco Malfoy as well.  

1)  Draco stomps on Harry's nose and leaves him hidden
under the Invisibility Cloak.  SOMEHOW Tonks happens
by and discovers Harry.

2)  Harry is hanging out, again under the IC, near the
Room of Requirement, trying to catch Malfoy.  Who
happens to come along instead of the expected Draco? 
Tonks... with some lame excuse for her presence about
needing to see DD, who resides in a totally different
part of the castle.

3)  At some point Harry actually notices that Draco
and Tonks have a similar appearance this year -- both
looking ill and tired.  Harry, not one to notice a
whole lot about others' appearances, I wouldn't say,
actually making a connection between the appearances
of these two?

What is this connection?  Is all of it just
happenstance?  Can 1) & 2) really be explained away as
Tonks just keeping an eye on Harry?  Maybe... but
something about it all seems "off" to me.  And 3)
makes me think there is SOMETHING we're supposed to be
noticing.

Siriusly Snapey Susan