Question about Incorporeality

[SubaruN2000]

Are all Incorporeal characters and objects formless/shapeless or can there be incorporeal characters and objects with a true non physical but still well defined form?

In particular for incorporeal objects, can there be non physical swords/weapons, non physical books/scrolls/paper with writing in it, and other non physical objects that have some kind of form or shape?

Also do all BDE characters get incorporeality due to them logically being beyond the physical world?

 

[Crabwhale]

I think the average humanoid ghost is a good example to consider here. They don't technically have a form but they do have FEATURES. Same goes for some ghosts that still hold weapons, and other such entities, in regards to your object question.

 

[Chariot190]

can there be incorporeal characters and objects with a true non physical but still well defined form?

In particular for incorporeal objects, can there be non physical swords/weapons, non physical books/scrolls/paper with writing in it, and other non physical objects that have some kind of form or shape?

Stands as a whole fit that pretty well, they're generally non-corporal, invisible spiritual energy-Esque entities that can physically interact with the world but the world can't interact with them, but most of them have a well-defined form, as seen above with Chariot who is an armored robotic knight with a sword (the sword itself is noncorporal too), or Star Platinum, a heavily muscled warrior who is, of course, incorporeal.

There is also Emperor, a Stand that is LITERALLY just a ******* gun and bullets, that is also invisible, intangible, and noncorporal, Burning Down the House, which is ghost objects, and more.

 

[SubaruN2000]

Thanks! How about in realms that transcend the physical world and transcend the concepts of space and time entirely. Are the beings and objects in those realms nessesarily formless, or can those realms have their own kinds of "forms", "shapes", weapons, symbols, writings, etc?

 

[Kavliaris]

Thanks! How about in realms that transcend the physical world and transcend the concepts of space and time entirely. Are the beings and objects in those realms nessesarily formless, or can those realms have their own kinds of "forms", "shapes", weapons, symbols, writings, etc?

of course it can have both formless and distinctive form, depending on how the story is presented.