I still find Tonks utterly surplus to requirements
It's especially strange in light of the frequent Polyjuice and Animagus transformations. Why was Tonks given the OMG AWZUMEST!! transforming ability of all if she's not going to use it to advance the plot? Okay, there's still a chance her morph powers will save the day in Book 7. But odds are she was specifically created as the perfect LI for Lupin. Someone who'll never be at risk during his time of the month because, yeah. Instant she-wolf. Unless of course they've had a bad fight and she's depressed...
My personal theory is that when writing OotP, JKR decided she needed some "strong female girl-power" characters, so she created Tonks, gave her the transforming ability and Black family connections to make her interesting, and made her a young, brand-new Auror as to show how "strong" she is, yet "kewl" enough for Harry and co. Then HBP came along and JKR had no idea what to do with Tonks, so she had Tonks roaming around acting strange and droopy and making the readers wonder if she is acting suspicious for war reasons or even mourning Sirius. Nope, she's just pining for Lupin! What a waste.
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Date: 2005-12-04 07:04 am (UTC)It's especially strange in light of the frequent Polyjuice and Animagus transformations. Why was Tonks given the OMG AWZUMEST!! transforming ability of all if she's not going to use it to advance the plot? Okay, there's still a chance her morph powers will save the day in Book 7. But odds are she was specifically created as the perfect LI for Lupin. Someone who'll never be at risk during his time of the month because, yeah. Instant she-wolf. Unless of course they've had a bad fight and she's depressed...
My personal theory is that when writing OotP, JKR decided she needed some "strong female girl-power" characters, so she created Tonks, gave her the transforming ability and Black family connections to make her interesting, and made her a young, brand-new Auror as to show how "strong" she is, yet "kewl" enough for Harry and co. Then HBP came along and JKR had no idea what to do with Tonks, so she had Tonks roaming around acting strange and droopy and making the readers wonder if she is acting suspicious for war reasons or even mourning Sirius. Nope, she's just pining for Lupin! What a waste.