nfortunately, the Remus-Tonks relationship is pretty much expendable as far as the plot goes - it's only the symbolism of the orphaned baby boy who gets to grow up surrounded by love that is significant and even that isn't really important plotwise.


Yeah, exactly. It was even expendable in the book - I appreciate JKR's intentions, but I didn't get any symbolism out of Teddy being a war orphan. There is one line where Harry briefly likens himself to Sirius, but it's too easy to not really take it in because it's in the middle of all this other stuff going on. I can't even remember when it happened, just that I'm pretty sure Harry was still at Shell Cottage.