Ghosts / Hermione & parents /

[Christina in GA]

No: HPFGUIDX 102380

Barbara: Why are only certain people ghosts, for example, why >aren't Lily
and James ghosts? Also, are the ghosts we see at >Hogwarts former Wizards?

Christina: Harry finds Nearly Headless Nick in OotP to ask him this very
question. Nick says only certain people stay behind as ghosts. In his case
he was frightened of death so he is a ghost, not really alive but not really
dead either. Moaning Myrtle said she stayed to haunt Olive, the girl that
was teasing her about her glasses and was the reason she was in the bathroom
crying.

>Dreadnought: Have we seen a single decent Muggle in any detail in any of
the >books? Even Hermione's parents seem to be become estranged >from their
daughter.

Christina: Where do you get this from? They don't keep her from doing magic
or from school. The few times we see them in the WW they are so out of their
element I don't blame them for being a bit quiet, especially with Arthur
Weasley questioning them about muggle money and electricity. I get the
impression that Hermione is pretty close to her parents.

Christina in GA - still 2 days behind
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