GoF Ch12 Discussion

[Brooks R]

No: HPFGUIDX 2339

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
iun response to what Diann Recla wrote:
> 
> > How old is Peeves?  Most of his actions appear to be that of a 
child.

> Can any irritating ghost be a 
poltergeist, or
> are they a separate class of spirits? Was Peeves once a living 
person named
> Peeves, or are poltergeists *not* standard "afterlife issue"
ghosts? 
And is this
> point relevant (I've no idea)?

Poltergeists are 'noisy ghosts' but ghosts in this sense are
'spirits' 
and not necessarily among the 'spirits of the departed'.  I.e. they 
could be 'denizens of the spirit realm' who are already there.


> > How did Moody arrive at Hogwarts?
> 
> My guess is he Apparated to the boundaries of Hogwarts, and walked 
the rest of
> the way. Yeah, he was dry, but maybe he was late because he had to 
do the magic
> equivalent of change clothes (dryspell?) or something.

Well, ISTR a water-repelling charm somewhere as a typical wizard 
development - not necessarily in HP, but it would fit.  The rain kind 
of slides past you without actually hitting you.

-Brooks