Does anyone have a theory about Peeves?

[martha]

No: HPFGUIDX 46258

Hi,

I could be wrong here, but from what I've read about poltergeists, 
one theory is that they are a sort of embodiment of excess energy - 
which is why there are so many cases of poltergeists turning up in 
households containing adolescents (particularly girls). In a school 
full of teenagers who, as well as going through all the usual growing-
up-stuff, are learning to curb their magical abilities, it makes 
sense that a poltergeist might pitch up. I got the impression that if 
there was something more to Peeves that hasn't been made apparent 
yet, then he'd have been seen to do things other than plug up 
keyholes or sing rude versions of Christmas carols. Although, to be 
fair, this is JKR we're talking about, so it's entirely possible that 
Peeves turns out to play a completely unexpected part in the story. 
Just my 2 knuts.

Hope that's helpful - I'm off back to Lurkerland.

FPC Buttercup

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "revanto" <revanto at y...> wrote:
> I remember in the first book that the ghosts all had a meeting 
about 
> Peeves and they mentioned that he wasn't really a ghost. I also 
heard 
> that Cedric was coming back to book five but as an essence or 
> something (more tangible than a ghost?). I'm guessing that's what 
> Peeves is too. I think that Peeves was was killed in such a way 
that 
> he somehow went mad before he died EG he could have been tortured 
and 
> the pain was too much before he died. That could explain his 
> craziness and childish behaviour.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?