[the_old_crowd] Re: Tonks again

[ewe2]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 01:58:18PM +0200, silmariel wrote:

> My money's on Snape, too, he had bowed to help Draco, after all. I'm a bit 
> lost with the letter. Does she know that Harry knows patronus is the method 
> of communication for the order? Till last year he received Sirius letters, so 
> it might be she won't release information she thinks Harry doesn't have.

Not a reading I want to accept but there it is. No doubt JKR will use it if
she decides to nix Imposter!Tonks. It still seems odd to me. Someone needs to
convince me about that little meeting with Snape over Patronuses too.

silmariel:
> Both Male!Tonks and Andromeda!Tonks make me ewww because of the resulting 
> pairings. It reminds me too much, but mirrored, of Harry calling Goyle 
> pretty. It's fun because it's him, but the surface ship, Harry-11 year old 
> girl, is not fun (this is not a manga). In this case, Lupin-Andromeda is 
> uncomfortable, for my tastes, and male!Tonks... well, if she is introducing 
> same gender pairing, she could have used other means, really. Polijuicing on 
> the spot (for example, Draco to get out of RoR) is fine, but long lasting 
> polijuice game brings those issues for me.

Andromeda!Tonks is unlikely because she doesn't have the kinds of motive
Narcissa and Bellatrix have for this deception. Now if JKR invents a whole
backstory and an Andromeda!Tonks we're all going to be in trouble :)


silmariel:
> And inexplicable clumsiness, again I'm a bit lost, I was rereading Tonks few 
> appearances and found this:
> 
>    <In his eagerness to help her, he knocked the gravy boat flying; Bill waved 
> his wand and the gravy soared up in the air and returned meekly to the boat.
>      'You are as bad as zat Tonks,' said Fleur to Ron, when she had finished 
> kissing Bill in thanks. 'She is always knocking -'>  (Chap 16, Christmas)

Interesting then, that when _we_ see her, "Tonks" is not the least bit clumsy?
I believe we are meant to assume that Tonks has been to the Burrow a few times
while Fleur has been staying there. It feels like some narrative has been cut
and compressed down to Fleur's statement. Sins of omission :)

silmariel:
> Don't imagine Harry surviving his good looks, I agree heroes don't age well, 
> usually. May end being the new Lockhart. Not a fraud, but as boring.

Probably doomed to lecture tours and sponsorship deals "Wizard Express - Don't
face Dark Wizards without it, right Harry? Hehe, absolutely Tom!". But,
haunted by Ginny's appalling self-sacrifice (I too am bloodthirsty), Harry
goes and lives on an island somewhere and teaches advanced flying and DADA
then probably turns into a brilliant white seagull and disappears.

ewe2, who does NOT fly a biplane and is a penguin NOT REPEAT NOT a filthy
seagull

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