It's funny because it's true

[lindentreeisle]

Harry Potter needs a damn cell phone. You guys, how the fuck can wizards survive without telecomm? Honestly. There is NO MAGIC EQUIVALENT. I wanted to have a tip sent to the Ministry, which in reality would be easy- phone call, bam. But I can't do it without instant communication so I'll have to think of something else. Damn it

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[theemdash]

1. I assume that after Harry's out of Hogwarts, he and Hermione teach their families at least about the joys of Muggle technology. (I had a conversation with a cashier at WWoHP about whether or not Hermione had the internet at home.)

2. Muggle electronics get fucked up at Hogwarts because of all the magic hiding it, but I would assume a normal wizarding home could have a phone line installed or that a cellphone would work there.

[lindentreeisle]

Yes, but I'm talking about the Ministry, and for them to use phones would require a more systematic approach. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with just writing the phones in, that seems like a pretty big canon change for me to make.

Also obviously Mycroft and Sherlock use phones like woah. Sherlock's feeling regarding wizard communication is basically "fuck you, and fuck your owls." He responds to owl post by yelling at the owls and burning the mail. He uses matches instead of his wand to do the burning, just for spite.

[akasha_lilian]

Oh that sounds just like Sherlock. :D

Well fireplace comm would be an option. Or maybe a message through the wizard radio? You could make that up somehow...Or wand communication like Sonorus but different?
Tricky indeed.

Can't wait to read this story! :DDD

[morningstar4]

I was going to suggest that maybe they don't need cell phones because they can apparate, but then I noticed that was covered in the article too. Still, couldn't something like that work? Or how they can communicate through fireplaces?