Oh oh oh I LOVE this! Seriously, that is fantastic! Yes, absolutely Andromeda named her after a badass witch from history, absolutely. (And I'd think Ted was either equally part of coming up with that idea, or fully onboard with this once Andromeda suggested it.)
It does seem like Tonks wouldn't hate/reject her name as much as she does in canon if that were the backstory of it (surely she would also appreciate being named after a brilliant and rebellious witch who made an important contribution to magical history). But then again, maybe it's kind of like "yes, okay, Mum, the historical Nymphadora was awesome, I get it, but I'm the one who has to actually live day to day with this ridiculous name!")
(ETA: Oh, and in case it wasn't clear, I too absolutely see Andromeda as a rebel, and a brilliant one, subverting pureblood prejudice in this type of subtler way; I'm endlessly interested in the contrast between her and Sirius, who took the more dramatic "blow up at your family and storm out of the house" approach to breaking ties with pureblood society. Whereas I imagine Andromeda quietly plotting and getting the pieces all in place – very Slytherin of her – and only once she knows she's got a life in place for herself does she cut ties. I think it's part of what drew me to her as a character in the first place, that on paper she's got basically the same background as Sirius, but she clearly went about things in such a different way.)
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Date: 2019-12-02 03:33 pm (UTC)It does seem like Tonks wouldn't hate/reject her name as much as she does in canon if that were the backstory of it (surely she would also appreciate being named after a brilliant and rebellious witch who made an important contribution to magical history). But then again, maybe it's kind of like "yes, okay, Mum, the historical Nymphadora was awesome, I get it, but I'm the one who has to actually live day to day with this ridiculous name!")
(ETA: Oh, and in case it wasn't clear, I too absolutely see Andromeda as a rebel, and a brilliant one, subverting pureblood prejudice in this type of subtler way; I'm endlessly interested in the contrast between her and Sirius, who took the more dramatic "blow up at your family and storm out of the house" approach to breaking ties with pureblood society. Whereas I imagine Andromeda quietly plotting and getting the pieces all in place – very Slytherin of her – and only once she knows she's got a life in place for herself does she cut ties. I think it's part of what drew me to her as a character in the first place, that on paper she's got basically the same background as Sirius, but she clearly went about things in such a different way.)