Peeves

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No: HPFGUIDX 108774

DuffyPoo wrote:

I've always thought they need to send old Peevsey out to round up 
some
of his Poltergeist friends for the final battle. I'm not sure what
'good' they could do, but they certainly would be a fine 
distraction. ;-)


Lanthiriel:
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So why does Dumbledore, possibly the most powerful wizard alive,
allow him to remain at Hogwarts to pester students,
staff, and inanimate objects? Does Dumbledore just
find him amusing or is it something deeper? I'd like
to see an explanation - from Rowling's perspective -
of how poltergeists come to be (perhaps it mentions
this in "Fantastic Beasts", which sadly I don't have).
And it would be nice also to finally find out why
Peeves fears the Bloody Baron so much.

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Anyone have any thoughts on Peeves?

mhbobbin:
My understanding is that the tradition about Poltergeists is that 
they differ from ghosts in that they were never a living person and 
that they are attracted to households with adolescent children. They 
absorb the anxiety / anger / mayhem / resentment /energy of 
adolescence--- If that is the general tradition, then Peeves' true 
purpose at Hogwarts may be to absorb the excess adolescent energy at 
Hogwarts like a sponge==and as obnoxious as he is==may be seen by DD 
as a better way to manage that adolescent energy than leaving it to 
its own devices. 
I've always loved his name, as in, pet peeves.

And fyi--Fantastic Beasts is a good support document for many odd 
bits in the books but has nothing on Peeves.
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