Thin air/Choices Was re:sex/VanishingCabinet/SoulsEtc/Badger/Ch.2/

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 139969

Saraquel:
*(snip)*
> Raining – need 
> an umbrella, just stick out your wand. Do you think you have to pay 
> in advance – 5 knuts an item, and a fine of 1 sickle if not 
returned 
> in 24hours. Or worse, the nearest like object responds to the 
call...
*(snip)*

Ceridwen:
I've been going the other way, that the conjuring of objects (not 
gravy, unfortunately!) is merely utilizing existant air molecules and 
transfiguring them into whatever is needed at the time.  A limited 
spell, and when the thing is no longer needed (and maintained), it 
evaporates back into air molecules.

On gravy (sauce), and other things that must remain, I think they're 
transported somehow, made earlier, and are the property of whoever 
summons them.  Molly could have a store of sauce in her pantry that 
she made all in one day and set aside for use.  Or, that she made 
earlier, expecting to play hostess to her guests.

 Saraquel:
> Or is it that we have the potential to be anything, and that 
through 
> our choices we create a personality and base for what we are.
*(snip)*

I think it's that.  That we actually create ourselves through the 
choices we make.  Our own fear of ridicule or physical harm can stunt 
our growth through making safe choices, or we can kill ourselves by 
making risky choices.  But with each choice, we add another block to 
the pyramid of our self, altering the landscape we show other 
people.  It's another way to say we either choose what is easy or 
what is right.  And by adding each choice, we continually form our 
personalities.

And, following the discussion, personality seems to be some facet of 
the soul.  If you think of a soul as a gemstone with many facets in 
it, instead of a container, it might resonate more.  Since, a facet 
is cut into a stone, as choices build the ediface of the self.  
Voldemort's apparent two-dimensional state can be a tip-off to what 
happens to a diminished, or chipped, soul.

Ceridwen.