Finally, Hermione realises how she’s listening in and a bit of blackmailing from her side turns Rita silent. The details Rita provide in her stories make Harry, Ron and Hermione suspicious, as many things she could not have known.
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This also includes her unauthorized biographies of famous people like Professor Dumbledore, who afterwards characterized her writing as “ enchantingly nasty.”īut from the initial story about Harry, it just gets worse and both Hagrid and Hermione get to feel the wrath of her pen (though most if this is lost in the movie adaptation). But instead of writing what is being said, the quill writes a sensational story that has little resemblance to the interviewee’s words. She uses her Quick-Quotes Quill, which is a magical quill that automatically takes notes as one is interviewed. Rita interviews Harry but the story she publishes is far from what he told. What quirks lurk beneath those rosy cheeks? What mysteries do the muscles mask? Does courage lie beneath those curls? In short, what makes a champion tick? Me, myself and I want to know. But, of course, you know that, don’t you? It’s you we don’t know. You’re the juicy news. “Hello, I’m Rita Skeeter! I write for the Daily Prophet. Wearing a bright green dress, she comes to Hogwarts to write about the Tri-wizard Tournament champions and is in particular interested in Harry Potter. We hear first about Rita Skeeter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where her savage writing about the Ministry of Magic’s handling of the Death Eaters and the appearance of the Dark Mark at the Quidditch World Cup was causing long working days for Arthur Weasley and the others in the ministry.Īs the book progresses, we learn more about her. Rita Skeeter in Hogsmeade from my Comic-con display So who is Rita? I made a minifigure of her for my display at Comic-con back in September, but have only now found the time to write a post about it. She invented fake news years before it was even discussed in the Muggle world.
Fairly high on my list of nasty personalities is Rita Skeeter, a journalist of the Daily Prophet wizarding newspaper. But there are other villains in Harry Potter, including Voldemort of course.