Moaning Myrtle

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Melody <Malady579 at h...>" 
<Malady579 at h...> wrote:
> Snuffles and Janet Anderson wrote that they found Moaning Myrtle
>  Awww.  Poor Myrtle.  Normally, I stay fairly quiet about my pity 
for
> her, since so many tend to hate her so much (and I must say the 
movie
> did not help that trend), but I just cannot let her be completely
> trampled upon.

Up until a few months ago, Myrtle did set my teeth on edge.  But then 
it hit me while I was sitting watching The Second Celluloid Thing 
Which Must Not be Named how bad she really has it.
 
> I do not remember what age Myrtle is or if it says...just checked, 
and
> nope it doesn't.  So we have a presumed teenager that is being a
> teenager.  I see no harm in that.  Funny thing is she is stuck being
> that teenager for the rest of her undead life.  She cannot grow past
> the wrong done to her like Hermione the living can.  Myrtle is stuck
> in her *most* depressed state for eternity it seems.
> 
(snip)
> So Myrtle, stuck in this adolescence *hell*, is left to be a ghost
> forever in that hell.  That is rough.  

Exactly.  I think I'm not alone when I say no amount of money on 
earth could make me return to my adolescene for any extended period.  
Like Myrtle, I got a lot of grief from other kids, and on occasion I 
reacted the way she does.  To be stuck in that stage forever?  That's 
my punishment in the next world if I don't behave myself in this one.
Not only that, she died in the public restroom.  I don't know about 
you, but I consider that one of the most undignified places to meet 
one's maker.
So yes, I will admit I kind of feel sorry for Moaning Myrtle.  In 
those circumstances, I'd probably end up the same way.

~Christi