big part of later lore is that ghosts of any kind are never the real person
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Big self loathing moment when Nearly Headless Nick admits this that Harry insensitively ignores
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Replying to @arthur_affect @paultiarks
I don't remember that! I just remember him saying in book 5 that he's a ghost because he was scared to go to heaven which was a bit wtf
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like bro you're a ghost I think the afterlife is a sure thing at this point
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Replying to @JennyENicholson @paultiarks
he phrases it as "some can leave a pale shadow of themselves where a man once trod"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @paultiarks
I thought that was just emo terminology but they're at least more the real consciousness of the person than say a painting
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Replying to @JennyENicholson @paultiarks
true but I felt that was why Nick was so dead set (so to speak) that being a ghost isn't a solution to death
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Replying to @arthur_affect @paultiarks
I always figured he was just trying to say "only cowards who suck are ghosts" to cheer Harry up that Sirius isn't a ghost
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And he's like lying through his teeth and he's gonna recount the whole conversation mockingly at the next awesome ghost party
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Replying to @JennyENicholson @paultiarks
he doesn't get invited to awesome ghost parties bc of his embarrassing head thing
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I unironically love that Rowling went w the grisly detail that his head eventually coming off doesn't count
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bc he'd already been clinically dead for several minutes and that's when your ghost form gels
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