Moaning Myrtle was a Mudblood...

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 146156

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dillgravy" <monalila662 at e...>
wrote:
>
> Sounds like a deranged nursery rhyme, but anyway...
> Has anyone explored theories on the Draco/Moaning Myrtle
> thing. I realize that dear Draco (said with honest loathing)
> is under a lot of stress (poor thing-- again, sarcastic tone)
> but why would he cry and confess to a (he said it, not me) 
> filthy little mudblood. He does know that Myrtle isn't pureblood.
> It would be against everything that little git stands for to be 
> befriending a mudblood ghost--- regardess of whether or not he 
> was going to carry out Voldemort's plan.
>

bboyminn:

I'm not so sure I'm going to buy into any Vampire!Draco or
WereWolf!Draco theories to explain this. Fun as they may be, they seem
like imaginitive overkill to me.

First, we don't actually know that Myrtle is a 'mudblood'. Yes, we
assume she is, and that does seem a reasonable assumption, but we
don't really know.

Second, Draco is not in a position to be choosy. He certainly can't go
to any of his normal friends, if we can even call them friends, and
reveal his fears and weakens. That vulnerability and fear in the face
of his friend would be a far greater humiliation and loss of status
than associating with a ghost.

Third, Myrtle is an unusual ghost; even among ghosts she is an
outcast. She doesn't associate with ghost, teachers, or students.
Indeed, because she is so morose, everyone would go out of their way
to steer clear of her. That isolation makes her the ideal confidant.
Myrtle is not likely to tell anyone because, for Myrtle, there is no
one to tell. Also, Myrtle, being sad herself, can sympathize with
Draco's worry and sadness. Again, a plus for Myrtle.

Finally, I want to once again emphasize that Draco can't be choosy.
It's with Myrtle or NO ONE. Myrtle seems more than willing to keep
Draco's secrets because it means, at last, she has a like-minded
friend, and given Myrtle lack of social life, a friend would be a
precious thing to be guarded and protected. Also, being dead, Myrtle
would have nothing to gain by revealing Draco's secrets.

So, I think Myrtle's alleged Mudblood status was irrelavant to Draco,
he was simply glad for someone to talk to that he could trust with his
secrets. 

Just a thought.
Steve/bboyminn