Molly's clock

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 151743

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
 
> Now I, for one, thought it was silly for Molly to carry the clock
> around when the hands were *already* pointing to mortal peril. 
What's
> the point? The situation, according to the clock, is already as dire
> as it's going to get. The hands can't move to mortal peril because
> they're already there, and the Weasleys are as safe as they *can* be
> in their own home.

Hickengruendler:

Well, there is something worse than mortal peril, namely that one of 
them indeed dies. Maybe Molly took the clock with her, because she 
was afraid that one of the hands would suddenly disappear. Therefore 
in some way it might be a relieve to her, that all hands are still 
pointing at moral pertil.

> I also don't like the fact that when a family
> member really *is* in mortal peril, for example Bill when he's 
savaged
> by Fenrir Greyback, that increased danger is not reflected by the
> clock, which shows him in the same situation as Molly and Arthur 
when
> they're sitting down to dinner.

Hickengruendler:

That's my biggest problem as well. What's the point now? As it seems, 
the clock is of a better use in peace than in an actual wartime.
 
Hickengruendler