HBP of What?

[anthyroserain]

No: HPFGUIDX 105529

> > Phil comes up with a brilliant idea:
> > What if the Half Blood Prince is Peeves, the school poltergeist?
> > Half blood could mean half ghost and half wizard.

Angie:

> Interesting.  Someone (drawing a blank on who said it, but I think 
> it was in SS) said that Peeves wasn't a real ghost, anyway, or words 
> to that effect.  Never understood what was meant by that remark.

Katie:
So far as I understand it, a poltergeist *isn't* really a ghost. 
They're both disembodied, cognizant spirits, but a ghost is the 
spirit of *someone who used to be alive*, while a poltergeist is a  
malevolent spirit that was *never actually alive*. So Peeves can't 
be a half-blood of that kind, anyway. He's always been a 
poltergeist, and always will be.

-Katie