Mortal Peril and a few other things

[storm stanford]

No: HPFGUIDX 1582

> Do you remember that clock that JKR made pains in GoF to tell us 
> about, the one which has a hand for each weasley and a space around 
> the face for "mortal peril?"  It seems to me that she wouldn't have 
> invented the clock and specifically told us about the "mortal 
peril" 
> bit unless one of the Weasleys was going to be there shortly.
> 
> Vicki

when i read that in GOF i had a vision of a scene in a future book 
that goes something like this...

(Harry is at the Weasley's)
Harry wondered where Ron could be. 'Where's Ron?' he asked Mrs 
Weasley.
'I don't know,' said Mrs Weasley. 'Look at our clock.'
Harry looked at the clock and was alarmed to see Ron's hand pointing 
to 'mortal peril'.

I was wondering about this in relation to the Quidditch World Cup. You remember bow distressed molly was? But it shouldhave been clear to her that her family were in fact ok (or at least no in mortal Peril). At first I wondered why she didn't just apperate in to see them but then I thought, maybe wizards are some kind of protcol to make sure that this does happen (same logic as not allowing ppl to rubberneck at accidents - just makes this harder). then I thought why didn't Mr W go home and at least let her know they were ok. Bill, Charlie and Percy could have stayed and made sure Harry, Ron et were ok.

I was reading PS yesterday and thinking about Dumbldore's watch - showing the 12 hands with the planets, moving around - wondering if his watch showed the position of 12 ppl - if so which ones? Or maybe it is completely different to the Wesley's clock - that wizards took the watch/clock idea from Muggles and have completly adapeted in in a number of different and unrealted way

Always more questions ...

> the Dursleys, who live in a middle class suburban area, send their
> nephew to school in broken glasses and clothes that dont fit.  All
> the kids in Harrys primary school were so afraid of Dursley that
> they wouldnt even talk to Harry.  Is it likely that this would go
> unnoticed for so many years by all the teachers and administrators 
> in a typical middle class school?  Probably not.  

I say, probably yes. I am prejudiced on the subject because I went to 
a (public) primary school in a very properous, upper-middle-class, 
white suburb, where all the other children hated me and beat up on 
me, and the teachers couldn't think of anything to do about it/me 
except to give me various mild punishments (such as standing in the 
corner) for my offenses such as daydreaming during class and reading 
when I was supposed to be playing with the other kids during recess. 

> Of course it is not likely that a teacher, just about anywhere 
> these days, could get away with treating students as bad as Snape 
> does.  

See above.
sadly 'me too'

Barb wrote:  Having contact with things doesn't necessarily mean that you 
understand them, understand their context in the world, or know how 
to use them. Having worked computer technical support, I can 
certainly state under no uncertain terms that this happens to 
Muggles, too.

hear hear!
storm


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