#moaning myrtle

[ashlunes]

Not the secret she expected him to confess

[velvet4510]

It’s a small, easy to forget but incredibly important detail that Draco befriended Moaning Myrtle.

Think about it. Draco Malfoy - Slytherin pureblood raised to be a blood supremacist Death Eater who threw the “Mudblood” slur around left and right as a child - grew so close with the ghost of a Muggle-born witch who was killed by his master that they exchanged all their secrets and she was his only true confidant in sixth year. He let her see a side of him that nobody else saw; he let her see that he is sensitive, and people bully him too, and he allowed himself to cry in front of her multiple times.

All of this is canon.

That unlikely friendship alone almost certainly contributed to his change in loyalties and loss of faith in Voldemort’s cause. Her being a ghost forced him to look past her blood status and - quite literally - see her soul. She helped open his eyes to how little a person’s blood status actually matters.

It’s absolutely ridiculous that JKR introduced this crucial, in many ways groundbreaking detail … and then totally brushed it off. A huge basis for a full redemption for Draco in Deathly Hallows was already established by this unlikely friendship, but of course, it went nowhere, because she just wouldn’t dwell on any positive plot point or character development for Draco that she herself came up with and put into canon.

[overheard-at-hogwarts]

Sirius: Who do you think would be easier to sleep with: Moaning Myrtle or a Mountain Troll? James: Mountain Troll.

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[pikachiee]

"Nobody missed me even when I was alive. Took them hours and hours to find my body — I know, I was sitting there waiting for them. "

[drunkbeefstudio]

[thalthanmadanus]

The most interesting friendship dynamic for me in hp is fucking Draco and Myrtle because why does it make so much sense??? Like you never expect it to happen but when you find out about it you're like oooh it makes sense how they're friends. It's giving loser nerd & loser theater kid gossiping about the other loser students.. idk lol

[rijsamurai]

Moaning Myrtle. She always knew how to suffer beautifully ✨