Contents 1 Basic Information 1.1 Room 2 Personality 3 Losses 3.1 Permanent 3.2 Temporary 4 History 5 Outside Links

Basic InformationEdit

Name: Mark Hunter (alias Hard Harry, Happy Harry Hard-On, or That Obscene Kid)
Age: 16
Sign: Leo
Occupation: Teenager & pirate radio DJ.
Series: Pump Up The Volume
Canon Point: Post-canon
Room Number: 428
Handwriting: Here
Journal: hard_talker
Mun: User:Ang_d

"Once upon a time in New York, there was this kid who thought he was smart and funny and cool, and all his friends seemed to agree. Then his parents packed up and moved to Arizona so that they could better serve and kiss the ass of The Man and bend over nightly and get fucked by The System, and the kid, being only sixteen and not having much free will in the matter, had to go along with. Naturally, this brought him down to New Kid status, which shoots the "smart and funny and cool" straight to shit.

So, since he was branded as New Kid, our hero decided, screw the rules, he was going to write his own - and started a pirate radio show on a little unused band in the middle of suburban hell. He called himself Happy Harry Hard-On - or, for those who like conserving breath, Hard Harry - and a legend in his own mind was born. Me. Hi there.

Now, for a while, nothin' really came of it. I was just talking to the air, ranting about how much the new school and the teachers and the system and my parents and society in general and all its ridiculous little rules sucked ... but a funny thing apparently happens when you speak your mind: people LISTEN. Soon enough, the whole high school was passing around bootleg tapes, and I was a hometown hero. I woke them up out of their little teen angst comas, got everyone to open their eyes, to look, to SEE, to fight for what they wanted. And in the process, we found out that something was rotten in Arizona: our principal was taking the award money from having the best SAT scores in the state, then expelling anyone who looked like they could put that precious little status at risk: underachievers, dress code violators, teen pregnancies ... you even sneezed funny at Kresswood, and she'd kick you out. We found proof - and we had a rebellion on our hands.

Obviously, that didn't go so well, and Kresswood didn't like having her cage rattled ... so she called the FCC out on yours truly. I held out against 'em for a while, but in the end, they caught me and they hauled me away.

Funny, I didn't think falling asleep in juvie would mean I'd wake up in a big, crazy, fucked-up castle. Looks like a good DJ's work is never done...!"

And now, A GIANT BLACK COCK.



And now that the muse has had his fun, the mun shall write the rest of the damn wiki.

RoomEdit

It's a typical teenager's room, save for the long desk at the back, covered in dirty dishes and clothes and such. Once he clears that off, though, there's a bunch of stereo equipment hiding underneath - the stuff he uses to make his broadcasts over the journal. There's also a false bottom to the desk that slides aside to reveal racks of CDs, cassettes, and records - his coveted music stash.

PersonalityEdit

It's perfectly fair to split Mark into two personas: himself, and his disc jockey alter ego, Happy Harry Hard-on. Mark himself is a very clever, studious, considerate guy - he's always thinking about the world as a whole, and how it relates to the microcosm of teenage existance. He worries a lot about where the world is headed, and what his generation's going to do about it. He's relatively well-adjusted, and almost a little too well-behaved (on the outside), having grown up an only child in perfect middle-class 1980s fashion. For most of high school he was outgoing, friendly, and relatively popular, finding outlets for his fears and introspection through his friends and the school creative writing program. But being shuffled to a new town for his junior year, in the midst of his self-discovery, ground his budding confidence to a screeching halt. Unsure if anyone in his new home would be on his level, Mark withdrew and became That Shy Guy On The Sidelines with his nose constantly in a book. He hardly ever talks to people, and when he does, his remarks are short and mumbled. Of course, he still worries and wonders ... and having to keep all of that bottled up was bound to have some effect on him. Once his frustration reached its boiling point, Happy Harry Hard-on was born. Behind the anonymity of the broadcast word and a voice modulator, Mark found both his outlet and his courage.

Once he goes live, Hard Harry is a loud, rude, crude, no holds barred voice of reason and rebellion. He takes the most delight in coaxing his listeners to reveal their true selves, to tell the stories they've bottled up like he has, and to do their own parts to fight against the things that hold them back. He talks about anything and everything he feels is wrong and ridiculous about society, particularly corrupt systems and outdated, overrated social expectations. In order to make sure that he doesn't utterly depress or bore his audience, Harry tempers his broadcasts with indie rock, the lewdest rap he can find, and crude humor - especially references to sex and masturbation. Underneath all the blue humor and bawdiness is a clear message: be yourself, full speed ahead, damn the torpedoes... and keep at it, because eventually it's GOT to get better somehow.

Despite this distinct difference in persona, and the tendency Harry has to incite his listeners to rebellion, Mark does not consider himself a vigilante. Harry's broadcasts started out as an exercise in boredom and grew into something he never intended, but now he realizes that he can be the voice of change that he himself had been looking for. The main reason that Harry isn't a vigilante is that, for the most part, Mark doesn't break any laws (being busted by the FCC at the end of canon for pirating airwaves notwithstanding). He's a voice of incitement, urging people to act on their own instincts toward what needs to be done. He's more of a revolutionary figurehead, with a heavy dose of Shakespearean fool thrown in: dragging the absurdities of daily life out into plain sight so that others will see how ridiculous they are.

Mark had, eventually, begun to open himself up and stop hiding ... but being brought to Paradisa will jar him back into introversion, just like when his family moved from New York to Arizona - especially since he'll be without the girl who helped break him out of his shell. He'll reserve Harry for journal broadcasts from the safety of his room, and he'll wander the castle and town as his shy, mumbling self. This isn't to say that Mark will cut himself off completely from people, though! He'll get to know people who approach him, but he'll be the kind of friend who listens more than he talks, with the utmost respect for their privacy and problems. No matter which voice he speaks with, one thing remains the same: Mark believes that everyone has the right to feel and think whatever they want, and to be heard and respected.

LossesEdit

PermanentEdit

The modulator that disguised his voice on the air. He can't rebuild it or ask anyone else to make him one.

TemporaryEdit

• TBA
  

HistoryEdit

• He arrived. The castle turned into Christmas Candyland.
• The Eleventh Doctor became the first to crack his not-so-secret identity - but he's promised to keep it a secret.
• TBC.
  

Outside LinksEdit

• One of his better speeches
• The final broadcast
• Awesome, awesome fanvid to "Wake Up" by The Arcade Fire
• Harry keeps himself - and his listeners - amused (Mediafire AVI download, 51MB)
  Ang d 04:19, December 24, 2010 (UTC)