Peeves, Poltergiests, Telekinesis, and even Snape

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 47060

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., dangermousehq at h... wrote:
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> ...BNS... Big Nasty Snip...
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> I think that's what JK had in mind--Peeves is a misbehaving ghost.
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> -DM
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bboy_mn with strictly an opinion:

I think you are slightly off the mark. From my read of the text,
Peeves seems to have physical form. Not only can he interact with the
physical world, but the physical world can interact with him, as in
the incident where Remus shot a wad of chewing gum up Peeves's nose.
Although, there are other hints of it as well. 

The change from the standard pychic poltergiest is that Peeves indeed
does have human physical form. Most visual apperances of poltergiest
are in the form of energy and light. 

As a side note: (again just an opinion) in the real world poltergiest
usually manifest themselves in house where very psychically gifted
adolescence are experiencing extreme stress and emotional turmoil.

These pschically gift kids can also, manifest telekinesis, which means
they can move objects with the power of their mind. That would make
the two, poltergiest and telekinesis, seem the same, but poltergiest
work on a larger scale and are usually more violent.

An additional side note: (I specialize in these) I think Dumbledore
keeps Peeves around because he fills the students lives with life
experiences; with what will be fond memories once they have mellowed
with age. When Peeves is around, life is never dull. I'm sure that
there are no students that leave Hogwards who don't sit around having
an ale and swapping Peeves stories with their friends and laughing
their butts off.

I think the same is true for Snape, although the Snape situation is
more complex. You can not deny that having Snape for a teacher is a
life experience you will never forget. Those same people drinking
those same ales are all going to swap Snape stories as soon as they
run out of Peeves stories. And they will laugh just as hard, although
it will be a slightly uneasy laugh.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

bboy_mn