Oh, man, we should totally sit down someday and discuss at length the dynamics-of-writing-Remus-and-Tonks!
That would be fun! (If your plans move slowly and you're still in your current city as late as March, we might even have an opportunity, lol.)
When I first started writing R/T, I felt like I understood Remus very well and Tonks not so much. In the course of writing her, though, I've gotten a lot more clear on who I think she is. And yet -- it really can be hard to fit the pieces of canon together when it comes to the nature of their relationship. One thing I am adamant about, though (and I know I'm preaching to the choir here), is that Tonks was not moping in HBP just because she couldn't have the man she wanted. There must have been so much more going on -- like grief, and worry, and overwork, and knowing that Remus actually did love her but was throwing obstacles in their path that didn't actually need to be there.
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Date: 2014-11-16 10:15 pm (UTC)That would be fun! (If your plans move slowly and you're still in your current city as late as March, we might even have an opportunity, lol.)
When I first started writing R/T, I felt like I understood Remus very well and Tonks not so much. In the course of writing her, though, I've gotten a lot more clear on who I think she is. And yet -- it really can be hard to fit the pieces of canon together when it comes to the nature of their relationship. One thing I am adamant about, though (and I know I'm preaching to the choir here), is that Tonks was not moping in HBP just because she couldn't have the man she wanted. There must have been so much more going on -- like grief, and worry, and overwork, and knowing that Remus actually did love her but was throwing obstacles in their path that didn't actually need to be there.