I'm a few chapters into my re-read of Order of the Phoenix, and have reached a part where Harry is bitching about the Daily Prophet painting him as "just some stupid boy who's a bit of a joke, who tells ridiculous tall stories because he loves being famous and wants to keep it going."
"I didn't ask--I didn't want--Voldemort killed my parents!" Harry spluttered. "I got famous because he murdered my family but couldn't kill me! Who wants to be famous for that? Don't they think I'd rather it'd never-"
("We know, Harry," Ginny interrupts.)
Now, I realize the wizarding world doesn't truck with Muggle stuff, but if they have newspapers, surely they have something resembling a blog? Really that's all Harry needs. He must be the only teenager in the world who could fail to think of it--and he does live among Muggles. (Though Rowling seems to be ignoring the fact of the web for her otherwise-modern Muggle world.) He'd get a million readers instantly. He'd have to turn the "comments" feature off and hide his email address; but he'd get the word out, no question. Or, if wizards honestly have nothing like the internet (they do seem to rely on ye olde owls for all correspondence), he could take some of his gold and start up a separate paper. Again, I think he'd get more than enough subscribers. Why haven't any of them thought of this, if getting the "Voldemort is back" message out is so important to them?
Kids these days. I tell ya.
P.S. I need a HP icon. Make me some. Nothing slashy or too sentimental or eponymous (by "eponymous" I mean, say, a photo of Harry that says "Harry" in fancy writing).
"I didn't ask--I didn't want--Voldemort killed my parents!" Harry spluttered. "I got famous because he murdered my family but couldn't kill me! Who wants to be famous for that? Don't they think I'd rather it'd never-"
("We know, Harry," Ginny interrupts.)
Now, I realize the wizarding world doesn't truck with Muggle stuff, but if they have newspapers, surely they have something resembling a blog? Really that's all Harry needs. He must be the only teenager in the world who could fail to think of it--and he does live among Muggles. (Though Rowling seems to be ignoring the fact of the web for her otherwise-modern Muggle world.) He'd get a million readers instantly. He'd have to turn the "comments" feature off and hide his email address; but he'd get the word out, no question. Or, if wizards honestly have nothing like the internet (they do seem to rely on ye olde owls for all correspondence), he could take some of his gold and start up a separate paper. Again, I think he'd get more than enough subscribers. Why haven't any of them thought of this, if getting the "Voldemort is back" message out is so important to them?
Kids these days. I tell ya.
P.S. I need a HP icon. Make me some. Nothing slashy or too sentimental or eponymous (by "eponymous" I mean, say, a photo of Harry that says "Harry" in fancy writing).
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I have just the thing, but I'll have to wait to send it until I get home from work...
But really - what he should have done was taken a camera with him. Who wouldn't have paid to see inside photos of the maze, or the merpeople's dwellings? Plus then he could have photographic proof the Voldemort was back. I'm quite surprised no one thought of this.
We never saw that stuff again. ;)
But the newspaper idea is pretty good actually. Whether his paper would have ranked among the likes of the Witch Weekly or rather the likes of The Quibbler is a different question...
Actually, someone once asked Jo about that, and she said that they have something even cooler. I'm not sure if it's something we've been introduced to, but somehow I don't think so. Maybe HBP will give us that info!
But after posting this, I did think, "Hmm, I wonder if the internet will crop up in book 6 or 7?" Because there really are some cool things that could be done with that. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the love of Harry's life turned out to be some girl (Muggle, maybe, even) he met online. :D
OMGWTF! Harry ♥'s DRACO!!! (Or Ginny. Or Hermione. Or Luna. Or whoever. Hahaha.)
I'd seriously LOVE for Harry to meet a nice Muggle girl on the 'net. Someone who's never heard of him. And who really pisses off the fangirls XD
But yes. Running off with a geeky Muggle girl would be just about perfect. :D
Well, damn; you just knocked down about anything I could've made with the extent of my photoshop skills. ;)
He actually did try and get the word out in the Quibbler...although that was Hermione's idea. Also, he may not know what a blog is because Dudley never allows him to go on his computer. So he could just be completely unaware of the fact that there is this whole world of technology out there. You know what, he probably doesnt even KNOW what a blog is...the poor bastard.
~Sara