Moaning Myrtle

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 149704

I just had a few thoughts about Myrtle, and they raised some 
questions, so I thought I'd share them with you nice folks.  Lucky 
you.

Let's take a brief overview of Myrtle's life and afterlife, such as 
it is.

She was a young witch (Muggleborn, per Draco, who could have been 
spouting assumptions).  She was homely and teased for it.  She went 
in the loo to have a cry, heard a guy's voice and was bassilized.  
She came back as a ghost, and, after being sent back to Hogwarts 
after annoying Olive, has hung out in the plumbing ever since.  

We know she was present for the Polyjuicing, was asked by Harry and 
Ron how she died, and witnessed the return trip of Harry and company 
from the C of S. 

She gave Harry a bit of a hint on his egg, (admitting to watching the 
males of the school bathe), and was his underwater guide during the 
2nd task.  She seems to have a crush on Harry both in CoS and GoF.  

In HBP, she is Draco's confidante and sympathizer.  

So now for the questions:  If she was killed by LV (or Tom, as he was 
then) and fancies Harry, what sort of council did she give Draco when 
he was spilling his heart out to her?

Does she know that Tom, who killed her, is now LV, for whom Draco is 
supposed to kill?  Did she know it was DD who was Draco's intended 
victim?  Does she still fancy Harry?  Or has Draco become her new 
intrest?  Is she actually interested, or does she just recognize a 
kindred spirit (or somesuch) in a guy as depressed as Draco is then?
  
She has shown a certain touchiness about being dead.  Does it bother 
her that Draco was intending murder, or do those who have died view 
death differently than those of us who have not?  She wasted no time 
sounding the alarm when Harry cursed Draco.  Was that for attention?  
Or did she really care about saving Draco's life?

How much does she know about what goes on in the castle?  By 
extention, how much do the rest of the ghosts know?  Is she self-
absorbed enough that she would have missed out on the 2 murder 
attempts that almost killed Katie and Ron?  Does she know it was 
Draco behind it?  

I could go on all day, but I think you get where my thoughts are 
heading.  I'd love to hear what anyone thinks on these issues.  

Personally, I think the ghosts would be a great source of 
information, should anyone care to consult them.  Surely they would 
have known the legend of the C of S.  Did DD ask for their input?  He 
seems to have missed the Myrtle/bassilisk connection.

I'll shut up now.  

Oh, wait, one more:  Do ghosts show up on the Maurader's Map?
Now I'll shut up.

Ginger, who thinks bathrooms wouldn't be the worst place to haunt.  
Gossip and naked men.  A teen's dream come true.  Think of the havoc 
one could unleash!