HBP Spoilers - Tonks

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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> I'LL
>      BE
>          GLAD
>                  WHEN
>                              WE
>                                  DON'T
>                                              NEED
>                                                          TO
>                                                                  DO
>                                                                     
     
>   THIS
>                                                                     
     
>           ANYMORE
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>                               WON'T
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>                                           YOU?
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> 
> Firstly - commiserations to Richard. One can never have so many  
> friends and acquaintances that one can afford to lose any.
> 
> I'm a bit surprised at the posts members have put up regarding 
Tonks.
> Where is the steely eyed suspicion, the rampant  paranoia normally 
to  
> be expected from HP analysers? From what I've read on the board  
> (again forgive me if I've misread or misunderstood what's been 
said,  
> but these past few days have been a bit frantic to say the least,  
> much more than HBP and The Open to contend with) fans seem to be  
> pussy-footing around somewhat.
> 
> Ever the fool willing to rush in where angels fear to tread, I'll  
> come out and say it; if it don't walk like a duck and don't quack  
> like a duck, then it ain't a duck.
> 
> OK, let's see what we've got.
> 
> We all know the Tonks from OoP;  bubbly, clumsy, sociable 
Metamorphagus.
> 
> No  sign of that in HBP. Instead (and this is just after 1.5 read- 
> throughs so  there may be more):
> Miserable, not clumsy, never metamorphoses (yes, a few minor 
changes  
> that  could easily be accomplished by a minor transfiguration 
spell  
> or two - and note that SFAICR nobody sees her make these changes),  
> has a different Patronus (when just a couple of days previously Jo  
> stated categorically that each persons Patronus is unique) and 
avoids  
> spending time with groups of people who presumably know Tonks 
well,  
> e.g. a Weasley social evening).
> 
> In addition she spends time wandering  the corridors of Hogwarts 
near  
> where the RoR or Draino is presumably up to his little tricks; has 
a  
> fellow Auror in Hogwarts (Dawlish) who is not likely to be 
friendly  
> towards DD, and best of all Slytherin have industrial quantities 
of  
> Polyjuice potion stashed away in the basement. Snape's sharp  
> reference to her 'weak' Patronus means something; sending the  
> Patronus was breaking her cover and in his own sweet, inimitable 
way  
> Sevvy was giving her a sharp reminder. He knows what's going on 
and  
> therefore DD probably does too.
> 
> Other characters keep making excuses for her, too. Supposedly  
> mourning for Sirius, then it turns out she hardly knew him.  
> Assumptions that she's pining for Bill - but with absolutely no  
> evidence offered. Typical JKR  sleight of hand IMO.
> 
> Hell's teeth. What more do you want?
> T'ain't Tonks. Though the one at the funeral probably is.
> 
> The question now is "Who is she and which side is she on?"
> 
>snip
> Kneasy

I posted something similar sunday about a Polyjuiced Tonks who is no 
other than Cissy. I think Cissy wanted to keep an eye on her son.
So where was Tonks...Did she willingly allow herself to be polyjuiced 
for some reason? Bribed that a DE knew Lupin was in the Order?   I 
agree that the real Tonks was at the funeral and also with group in 
the group around Bill in the hospital.
Or is this an "ability to love thing" in that unrequited love can 
cause a change in character. I tend to think its Cissy as P!T as she 
would be able to imperio Rosmerta easier and her showing up around 
the ROR.

Fran