What about Myrtle? (was: Peeves Not A Real Ghost?)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 47115

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., jazmyn <jazmyn at p...> wrote:

Jazmyn:
> 
> Ghosts perhaps have limited, uncontrolled ability to effect the material
> world or like in the movie Ghost, they have to concentrate hard to do it
> and it exhausts them quickly..
> 
> Jazmyn

bboy_mn:

I we look at ghort in the common broader sense, as in cartoon, movies,
& stories, we see that it is quite common for ghost to interact with
the physical world; moans, groans, creaking board, chains rattling,
chairs rocking, objects floating. Remember, if they make sound, any
sound beyond telepathic sound, the they are interacting with the
physical world by making air move.

The more miserable the ghost, the greater their haunting and the more
there are manifestations in the physical world. Most of the ghost at
Hogwarts are ancient ghost who have accepted their fate and are happy
living at Hogwarts and therefore have no need for 'haunting' in the
traditional sense. Myrtle on the other hand is very unhappy, and this
unhappiness his manifesting itself in 'hautings' affect the physical
world. Myrtle floods the toilet because she is an unhappy ghost who is
making he present know to the real world.

The big difference is, that while ghosts can, in a limited way, act on
the physical world; the physical world can not act on them. Peeves on
the other hand can act on the physical world but the world can also
act on him.

Just some thoughts.

bboy_mn