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OOC INFORMATION
ALIAS: Kathleen
JOURNAL: wingalinged
CONTACT: AIM: so moe you died
IC INFORMATION
NAME: Myrtle (“Moaning Myrtle”)
SERIES: Harry Potter
HISTORY: here (taking her during Half-Blood Prince)
PERSONALITY: As implied by her nickname, Myrtle is not exactly the happiest girl in the world. In fact, she’s quite miserable a majority of the time. When she was alive and attending Hogwarts as a student, she was constantly teased by other girls. Because of this her self-esteem isn’t the greatest. She takes great offense at any insult, or even comments that aren’t actually insults but simply perceived as such by her. Unable to handle criticism and negative comments, she often bursts into tears and wails. She also tries to escape from the torment by hiding in the bathroom stall, both in life and death. Myrtle has said before that she wishes she could kill herself, but she’s already dead so there’s nothing she can do about it. Instead, she just gets more upset.
Myrtle is definitely the sort to hold grudges. She doesn’t forget you if you’re particularly mean to her, or if you’re particularly nice too. She just latches on, whether that’s good or bad...and it’s probably not very good in either case. She lost her life in the bathroom stall, where she was hiding from a girl named Olive Hornby who was teasing her. After she dies (upon looking the Basilisk in the eye), she decides to follow Olive around, as revenge for teasing her so much. The Ministry of Magic stops her, and so she returns to the bathroom stall in which she died and haunts the toilet instead. She overflows the toilet when she feels upset, and sobs over the smallest things. However, even in death she can’t escape the teasing. She earns the nickname Moaning Myrtle due to her constant sobbing. Because of all the teasing she’s suffered, she takes particular delight in other people’s misfortune. Harry states that the happiest he’s ever seen her was when Hermione accidentally gave herself cat-like features as the result of a Polyjuice Potion gone awry.
On the other hand, Harry is (apparently) one of the only people to show her any kindness, and she takes a liking to him. She can generally calm down around him. Myrtle also takes well to kindred spirits. She becomes close to Draco when he complains to her about people picking on him, and he tells her that he is lonely. She shows him a great deal of kindness, sensitivity, and support. Deep down Myrtle is a kind girl, perhaps just overly sensitive. Since she is in Ravenclaw, it can be assumed that she is rather intelligent.
ABILITIES: Well she’s a ghost, to begin with. Her appearance is pearly white and transparent. She is able to pass through solid objects, as well as condense her being to fit though narrow spaces (for example, the school’s plumbing system). If she passes through a human or vice versa, the human feels a chill. As a ghost, she no longer possesses any of the magical abilities she had as a witch.
ALIAS: Kathleen
JOURNAL: wingalinged
CONTACT: AIM: so moe you died
IC INFORMATION
NAME: Myrtle (“Moaning Myrtle”)
SERIES: Harry Potter
HISTORY: here (taking her during Half-Blood Prince)
PERSONALITY: As implied by her nickname, Myrtle is not exactly the happiest girl in the world. In fact, she’s quite miserable a majority of the time. When she was alive and attending Hogwarts as a student, she was constantly teased by other girls. Because of this her self-esteem isn’t the greatest. She takes great offense at any insult, or even comments that aren’t actually insults but simply perceived as such by her. Unable to handle criticism and negative comments, she often bursts into tears and wails. She also tries to escape from the torment by hiding in the bathroom stall, both in life and death. Myrtle has said before that she wishes she could kill herself, but she’s already dead so there’s nothing she can do about it. Instead, she just gets more upset.
Myrtle is definitely the sort to hold grudges. She doesn’t forget you if you’re particularly mean to her, or if you’re particularly nice too. She just latches on, whether that’s good or bad...and it’s probably not very good in either case. She lost her life in the bathroom stall, where she was hiding from a girl named Olive Hornby who was teasing her. After she dies (upon looking the Basilisk in the eye), she decides to follow Olive around, as revenge for teasing her so much. The Ministry of Magic stops her, and so she returns to the bathroom stall in which she died and haunts the toilet instead. She overflows the toilet when she feels upset, and sobs over the smallest things. However, even in death she can’t escape the teasing. She earns the nickname Moaning Myrtle due to her constant sobbing. Because of all the teasing she’s suffered, she takes particular delight in other people’s misfortune. Harry states that the happiest he’s ever seen her was when Hermione accidentally gave herself cat-like features as the result of a Polyjuice Potion gone awry.
On the other hand, Harry is (apparently) one of the only people to show her any kindness, and she takes a liking to him. She can generally calm down around him. Myrtle also takes well to kindred spirits. She becomes close to Draco when he complains to her about people picking on him, and he tells her that he is lonely. She shows him a great deal of kindness, sensitivity, and support. Deep down Myrtle is a kind girl, perhaps just overly sensitive. Since she is in Ravenclaw, it can be assumed that she is rather intelligent.
ABILITIES: Well she’s a ghost, to begin with. Her appearance is pearly white and transparent. She is able to pass through solid objects, as well as condense her being to fit though narrow spaces (for example, the school’s plumbing system). If she passes through a human or vice versa, the human feels a chill. As a ghost, she no longer possesses any of the magical abilities she had as a witch.