[the_old_crowd] Tonks again

[Stephanie Dutchen]

> Sherry wrote:

 

> In fact, by the time she arrived at the ROR, I wondered if she was either imperioed, poly juicing or some other sinister activity.  But if so, was it Tonks at the funeral holding hands with Lupin? What on earth is going on, anyway?

 

 

Stephanie writes:

 

I didn’t have a chance to post in your first Suspicious!Tonks discussion because I’d just joined the group and was catching up, but I’ve been following this one with just as much interest.  I agree with Kneasy, SSSusan, Sherry and everyone that there’s more going on here than lovesickness, and they’ve cited the evidence beautifully.  

 

Since the discussion last month I’ve been wondering what it could mean if Tonks isn’t always Tonks in HBP.  For example, does she know that someone -– Narcissa, or Andromeda, who are my two favorite candidates so far -- has been impersonating or controlling her?  But, ever the gun-jumper, the part that I’ve really been mulling over (especially having read Pippin’s Accio paper) is, if Tonks isn’t really Tonks, what does it mean that she and Lupin seemingly get together at the end of the book?

 

This is something I jotted down in my initial response to HBP:

 

Possible combinations –-

* ESE!Lupin and Imposter!Tonks in league with one another, fudging a love story; 

* ESE!Lupin and Imposter!Tonks, each thinking they're fooling the other;

* In-the-Dark!Lupin and Imposter!Tonks, who's stringing him along after having seen his behavior toward Real!Tonks, setting him up for yet another betrayal. 

* Of course there’s always the possibility that Not-evil!Lupin had a plain old argument with Real!Tonks in the hospital wing ... but that’s boring.

 

So for me, two other questions to ponder in the Polyjuice theory are, (1) Is Tonks herself in the hospital wing and at the funeral, and (2) If she isn’t, what does the imposter gain by soliciting Lupin in public?

 

-Stephanie


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