Ghosts

[jmwcfo]

No: HPFGUIDX 167393

> Barry:

> Nearly Headless Nick tells Harry that wizards can leave behind
a pale imprint of themselves. With Peeves, it seems is sometime
pale and sometimes  not. Peeves is insubstantial enough to walk
through walls. Yet he can also be solid enough to drop objects.
I get very uncomfortable with that.

JW:

Barry, you are overlooking a very significant fact:  Nick is a
ghost, while Peeves is a poltergheist.  Those are two different
types of beings.  How do we know this to be true?  Because ... Shesezso!

Poltergeists can hold and throw objects, and otherwise physically
interact with the material world.  Ghosts can not.  Why is this?
Shesezso!

IIRC, you can go to the FAQ on the JKR site and read her statement
on this subject.

As for why we can converse with ghosts, who can not otherwise
interact with the material world, it's also because shesezso.

Go invent you own alternative universe.  It will work exactly the
way you wish it to.  Why?  Because Yousezso!

BTW, very few wizards choose to remain behind after death.
Further, those that do choose the whiter shade of pale do not
seem very happy with their choice.  And do not forget that
portaits are not alive, are not even as sentient as ghosts,
according to Her Shesezsoness.

JW