[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: The Weasley Clock

[Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force)]

[Carol]:
| (As for why Mrs. Weasley would carry it around when all the hands were
| *already* pointing to Mortal Peril, you'll have to ask JKR. If she
| feared that they would point to Mortal Peril, she'd have a reason to
| keep an eye on it, but since the hands are already there, what's the
| point? Is she afraid that a hand will fall off the clock?)

[Lee]:
He wants to see when the hand(s) move, like when Arthur's moved from Mortal
Peril to Traveling, then back.  So, if someone's hand moves from Mortal
Peril to Hospital, she'll know and be the first to get there.  That's my
take on it.

[Carol]:
| Carol, who had high hopes for that clock and was disappointed by both
| the inconsistency and the pointlessness of that scene

[Lee]:
Yes, more could have been done with the whole clock thing.  I know reference
was made to it in OOTP by Dumbledore re Arthur's snake-bite.  But, however
you slice it, it does look like a nice piece of Potterverse Merchandise.
<Grin>

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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