More thinking about DD, Grindelwald, and Tom Riddle/then Molly/clock

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A couple of more canon quotes about Gellert Grindelwald...

`
 and there on the window ledge sat perched, like a giant
bird, a young man with golden hair. In the split second that
the lantern's light illuminated him, Harry saw the delight
upon his handsome face, then the intruder shot a Stunning
Spell from his wand and jumped neatly backwards out of the
window with a crow of laughter.'

`It was the golden-haired, merry-faced thief, the young man
who had perched on Gregorovitch's window sill, smiling lazily
up at Harry out of the silver frame.'

So.. GG was very attractive to DD...

Yet, when he meets the next very attractive, young man who is
inflamed with ideas... Tom Riddle.... Professor Dumbledore is
not in the least bit swayed... He distrusts Tom Riddle from
the beginning... all the other teachers liked him, he was
quiet, diffident, shy, brilliant, fatherless, an orphan, etc.
etc. "...for Professor Dippet was very fond of Voldemort and
convinced of his honesty." (American edition HBP hardcover,
p. 432) Professor Dumbledore advised against his appointment.

Dumbledore had certainly learned his lesson.

To those who wonder about why DD became an advocate of
muggle rights, there are a lot of lesbians and gay men
who extrapolate from their own oppression, and become
champions of other oppressed groups. It doesn't always
work that way...  particularly among closeted folk who
are consumed with self-hatred, and have internalized the
idea that they are damned to hell, and disgusting because
of their desires... they may then be the worst persecutors
of lesbians and gays... (Senator Craig and Roy Cohn are good
examples). After Dumbledore's traumatic experience with GG,
he had to rethink all of his attitudes and viewpoints.....

Vis a vis Molly...

JKR says in her interview that one of the reasons she decided
that it would be Molly who would defeat Bellatrix was that
women who take care of children (like Fred and George) and
who are homemakers are often underestimated...that Molly was
an outstanding witch and a great warrior as well as being a
great mother..... wonderful message...

So, question... the clock. DD says in the HBP..she (Molly) may
already know.. that excellent clock of hers... does anyone else
think that Molly herself may have made the clock, as DD made
the deluminator?

Susan McGee