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Post by AuroraTonks on Mar 27, 2004 3:34:33 GMT -5
Peeves has been on my mind lately – I’ve been wondering where the heck he came from. Was he once a student at Hogwarts, or banished for his wicked deeds? He’s a poltergeist, but surely he was something before that.
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Post by Eidan on Mar 27, 2004 10:27:04 GMT -5
Ja, I was thinking about this. He's not technically a ghost. So how do you become a poltergiest? Maybe it is something to do with how someone dies or something. Maybe Dumbledore accidently killed a student, Peeves, and let him stay in Hogwarts so he wouldn't get arrested. Hence the reason why he won't let Filch kick him out, for fear of him going public..
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Post by AuroraTonks on Mar 27, 2004 10:53:05 GMT -5
Hmm...that's a good theory Eidan...but do you think Dumbledore would do something like that?
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Post by Eidan on Mar 27, 2004 11:19:51 GMT -5
not on purpose. But imagine if he did it by accident, it would ruin him. Either that or Snape got too annoyed one lesson, and Dumbledore wants to protect him. That is more likely, lol
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Post by Athanasius on Mar 27, 2004 13:48:10 GMT -5
hmmm i dont really know how does the book discribe him, has he got robes on, how old is he, maybe he was a teacher goin for defence against the dark arts job n snape killed him for that lol. who knows?
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Post by Erised on Mar 27, 2004 17:56:37 GMT -5
hmm... this is a difficult subject im not quite sure but i definatly dont think that dumbledore would have killed him not too sure on snape though!
im not too sure how the books describe him im going to have to check that out !
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Post by WioK on Mar 27, 2004 23:59:23 GMT -5
A ghost is the spirit of a deceased person. A poltergeist is just a spirit. Peeves may have just ALWAYS been. He may just have evolved with the times. I don't think he was ever mortal.
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Post by AuroraTonks on Mar 28, 2004 1:16:26 GMT -5
Really? I didn't know a poltergeist was just a spirit. That could be true..maybe he lived at Hogwarts just to cause mischief..
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Post by Erised on Mar 28, 2004 9:08:10 GMT -5
hmm... yeah thats a good point but im finding it hard to believe that he has always been he must have come from somewhere!? how would a spirit evolve?
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Post by WioK on Mar 28, 2004 20:37:03 GMT -5
Without going off into a religious discussion, think God.
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Post by Madison on Mar 28, 2004 21:55:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I agree w/ the idea that he was just always there, to play tricks on the students, and rat them out if they're out after hours. One of the founders probably didn't want to put up w/ him elsewhere, so they just put him at Hogwarts, so he wouldn't cause quite as much trouble as in a smaller place.
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Post by Erised on Mar 29, 2004 10:33:35 GMT -5
yeah ok Wiok i see what you mean i think!
Thanx for that!
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Post by AuroraTonks on Mar 29, 2004 12:50:47 GMT -5
JKR never went into much detail about Peeves, if I remember correctly, so he kinda remains a mystery...
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Post by Eidan on Mar 29, 2004 15:52:48 GMT -5
I don't think he is there because of 'god', because the books aren't religious one way or another. And most people think of christmas here, saying it's christian so they must be christian, etc, but most schools celebrate it regardless of religion.
He is described as 'a little man with wicked dark eyes and a wide mouth'. I think he was there for some reason, I mean, some things have been changed for the HP world. Like a basilisk, in mythology it is, what, a six legged lizard with the ability to turn things into stone with it's glare. Not a snake. She may have changed it. We may never know.
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Post by Erised on Mar 30, 2004 11:07:37 GMT -5
cool Eidan now thats a good point too! now i dont know what to think!? i dont really have any explanations myself for it so...??
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