![]() ![]() Negima! Magister Negi Magi narrowly averts this.See also Electromagnetic Ghosts, for when they just cause problems with technology, yet don't inhabit it. Bamboo Technology should theoretically be susceptible to this, however. Strangely enough, Japanese mythology regards this as particularly unlikely as supernatural beings are said to avoid electricity. ![]() Compare with Digitized Hacker, where the ghost is virtual, not supernatural, and Man in the Machine, a still-living person conjoined with a machine or a piece of technology. Not to be confused with Virtual Ghost, where futuristic technology allows a ghost to inhabit a computer. Done badly, it becomes Narmtastic Nightmare Retardant. This is especially true for Internet-dwelling monsters because Everything Is Online.ĭone well, this can be a powerful source of Paranoia Fuel. Very often completely ignores the actual limits of the technology involved, such as the fact that an oven can't chase someone or that computers need power to do anything. Putting a ghost inside technology can have a range of terrifying (and not so terrifying) effects - perhaps that old camera begins to take photos of the future, or your mobile phone receives phone calls from beyond the grave. THERE'S A GHOST INSIDE IT?! BETCHA SCARED NOW, HUH?! Maybe a microwave oven, or an MP3 player, or even the very device you're browsing this site with right now. Tree of Men tooltip, Salt and Sanctuary ![]()
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