Aw, thank you so much for taking the time to read something when you're all busy with modly duties at Meta...looks like it's going to be (another) amazing event, by the way.
I'm really glad the gradual buildup of the relationship works for you, even at this early point in the series. I like playing around with the idea of Remus taking to Tonks almost right away and opening up to her more than he has to anyone since the Marauders, deciding to risk really trusting her with his true self, and not realizing he's actually falling in love until he's in way over his head. And how could Tonks not fall for him in return if he's being all open and trusting with her!
As for Sirius, I know he's not your favorite, but I always think of how good he is with Harry in GoF (and in the Floo scene in OotP), really looking out for him and giving (mostly) responsible advice. I think in OotP, being trapped at Grimmauld Place is driving him slowly out of his mind. *shudder* But I'd like to think his good qualities, like the famous loyalty to his friends and Harry (and Tonks, as Andromeda's daughter?), and the kind of concern for Remus that led to the Animagus project, are still in there somewhere even as he starts to lose it.
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Date: 2008-05-13 07:33 pm (UTC)I'm really glad the gradual buildup of the relationship works for you, even at this early point in the series. I like playing around with the idea of Remus taking to Tonks almost right away and opening up to her more than he has to anyone since the Marauders, deciding to risk really trusting her with his true self, and not realizing he's actually falling in love until he's in way over his head. And how could Tonks not fall for him in return if he's being all open and trusting with her!
As for Sirius, I know he's not your favorite, but I always think of how good he is with Harry in GoF (and in the Floo scene in OotP), really looking out for him and giving (mostly) responsible advice. I think in OotP, being trapped at Grimmauld Place is driving him slowly out of his mind. *shudder* But I'd like to think his good qualities, like the famous loyalty to his friends and Harry (and Tonks, as Andromeda's daughter?), and the kind of concern for Remus that led to the Animagus project, are still in there somewhere even as he starts to lose it.
Thank you so much for the encouraging words!