Hmm... see, this is why I like reading you. You make me wish I had my entire library (small as the nonfiction section is) with me in my dorm room, so I won't have to hike across campus to brush up on what exactly a Shadow is, and how it differs from the Freudian animus and anima.

Got no comments on Shadows and HP canon at the moment, but I can totally relate to your hating people who stand behind you for no good reason! (I'm one of those people who will always work my way to the back of the elevator if my floor isn't the next one up.)