I think Tonks/Remus is one of those pairings where...


Fanon and Canon are equal to each other.

I mean, the fanfics and photomanips are good, great sometimes...

And then in canon... in the books, just how it's written, a kind of charm to it knowing that it's in fine print and by the author herself that is just so awesome.

Remus / Tonks is just one of a kind.


I've also thought of a fanfiction idea, but it's very dark and I don't really want to give away the plot of it in case I decide to write it.... And there's a chance that... if I do write it, it's not gonna turn out pretty --- in fact, it CAN'T turn out pretty.

Oooooo You must write it then!! Even though maybe it's not going to have a happy ending.

What happens to a secret when the Secret-Keeper dies?

I was surprised that this question won, because it is not the one that I'd have voted for… but hey, if this is what you want to know, this is what you want to know!

When a Secret-Keeper dies, their secret dies with them, or, to put it another way, the status of their secret will remain as it was at the moment of their death. Everybody in whom they confided will continue to know the hidden information, but nobody else.

Just in case you have forgotten exactly how the Fidelius Charm works, it is

"an immensely complex spell involving the magical concealment of a secret inside a single, living soul. The information is hidden inside the chosen person, or Secret-Keeper, and is henceforth impossible to find -- unless, of course, the Secret-Keeper chooses to divulge it" (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

In other words, a secret (eg, the location of a family in hiding, like the Potters) is enchanted so that it is protected by a single Keeper (in our example, Peter Pettigrew, a.k.a. Wormtail). Thenceforth nobody else – not even the subjects of the secret themselves – can divulge the secret. Even if one of the Potters had been captured, force fed Veritaserum or placed under the Imperius Curse, they would not have been able to give away the whereabouts of the other two. The only people who ever knew their precise location were those whom Wormtail had told directly, but none of them would have been able to pass on the information.

<i>"When a Secret-Keeper dies, their secret dies with them, or, to put it another way, the status of their secret will remain as it was at the moment of their death. Everybody in whom they confided will continue to know the hidden information, but nobody else. "</i>


I don't quite understand that part....

Meaning, since Dumbles has died, the secret does not really change? Since other people know of it but no one else apart from the people who already know cannot find out?