Which house did Moaning Myrtle belong to?

[psychobirdgirl]

No: HPFGUIDX 84468

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, newyorkcutie200 at a... wrote:
>      Fifty years ago, Hogwarts students had different uniforms, 
and they wore 
> a pin to show what house they belonged to. For example in the COS 
movie, you 
> can clearly see Tom Riddle's pin that shows he belongs to 
Slytherin. However, 
> Moaning Myrtle 's pin is covered by her pigtails. This seems 
intentionally 
> done. I have read in a past post that JK Rowling was trying to 
hide something in the COS that would have gave away too much for 
future books. Could Moaning 
> Myrtle's house be important for books 6 and 7? Does anyone have 
any theories? Or is this just a stupid idea?
> 
> "newyorkcutie"
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


psychobirdgirl(me):


That's a really intriguing question.  I think Myrtle's house 
identity could be important later on. She doesn't seem overly brave 
or intelligent, so that rules out Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. She 
doesn't seem very ambitious, but that doesn't rule out Slytherin in 
my mind because I've never seen Crabbe or Goyle be ambitious. She 
could be a Hufflepuff, but I don't think a Hufflepuff would be a 
vengeful ghost like she said she was.  To me, Slytherin is where the 
inherently bad students go, Gryffindor the outstandingly brave, 
Ravenclaw the above average intelligent, and Hufflepuff the 
inherently good but not otherwise outstanding.  So since I see 
nothing outstanding about Myrtle my guess would be either Slytherin 
or Hufflepuff, because I'm undecided on whether she is good or 
evil.  I think the importance of this is that when we find out her 
house we will find out also the how and why of whether she is good 
or evil.  

psychobirdgirl