I'm joining Harry and giving up on muggle newspapers

[Blue_Adept]

Link to tweet

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“1st September 2017. 19 years later. The scar had no pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.”

"Of course, Harry only thought all was well because he had not read a muggle newspaper at all during 2017."

[BannonsLiver]

1. Can someone born after 1995 translate?

[Blue_Adept]

3. Man, I wish I was born after 1995 instead of 1971!

[Girard442]

2. It would be interesting if Rowling had gone on to explore...

...the ramifications of the muggle/wizard dichotomy from a hard-edged adult perspective. Interesting, although it probably would have had a bad effect on the HP franchise as beloved children's literature.

[hunter]

4. I think it was pretty clear the wizard world was divided much as the muggle world was.

The wizards had their own Nazis in World War II, just as many many modern U.S. wizards may have voted for Trump.

What kept the wizards united and hidden in the muggle world was their fear of muggles. The muggles had a long history of genocidal behavior against the wizards and were capable of forming alliances with evil and powerful magical, but non-wizard, forces.

For "beloved children's literature" the books have a very hard edged adult perspective.

[Blue_Adept]

5. There are a lot of layers to it

I'm curious to see how the Fantastic Beasts series of films adds to the backstory since it's not kid-focused.