#gitl

Is this too niche? 50% of what I could think about while watching Off Campus was GITL😂

I HAVE SOO MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK!! First of all, How many chapters do you aim for this fic to have and do you want it to be a SLOW burn?

Also, I’m really interested about Myrtle’s family dynamic, because in some fics they’re literally going through religious psychosis while in the others, they’re too innocent and sweet xd! What plan do u have for her?

Another thing is the narrator’s/New Myrtle’s past life! I’m really curious to see Tom’s reaction to it, his controlling, narcissistic personality who thinks he has the upper hand will be…shocked? Or won’t believe her? Though, I do think he will exploit her, but I can’t wait for that juicy scene ;)

I honestly expected Myrtle to dress gorgeous and for Tom to gape at her, become jealous but the circumstances never truly work for her 💔 honestly I hope to see her make some friends (maybe even Olive) to support her traumatised mental health state and for her to have amazing friends but I also get that she is trying to distance herself

Last question, what opinions do Hornby and moody have for her? Especially Hornby, because he seems to be developing romantic, caring feelings for her? I can’t wait to see Olive’s reaction to that lol

IT IS AMAZING TO READ UR FIC, ITS ONE OF THE BEST ONES OUT THERE! I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT UPDATE :))!

Hello!!! eek thank you so so much!! okay, let me try and work through them one by one.

"How many chapters do you aim for this fic to have and do you want it to be a SLOW burn?"

*cries* The question I live in fear of. When I started this, it was my first ever attempt at fanfic. I had no idea if i'd enjoy writing fanfic, let alone stick with it, so I kinda subconsciously gave myself permission to dream up this ridiculously epic and sprawling story cause i assume i'd abandon it halfway and just let the rest play out in my imagination lolll. OBVIOUSLY I want to finish it now. Which means i eventually have to land this plane. Which means I have to think more practically about scope. Which is hard cause i keep writing MORE ideas instead of less. (someone restrain me). All that to say, I have no idea how many chapters this will end up as, but I do know there are still plenty to come.

As for the slowburn question... erm... it'll burn fast, and it'll burn slow. ?hope that clears things up 😅. I guess I can say that it will be a fair way off before we get an established tom/myrtle pairing in the traditional sense. But my foot is definitely on the accelerator from here on out when it comes to the chemistry, obsession, and connection between them.

"Also, I’m really interested about Myrtle’s family dynamic, because in some fics they’re literally going through religious psychosis while in the others, they’re too innocent and sweet xd! What plan do u have for her?"

I've been trying to imagine what kind of family upbringing might have created the original moaning myrtle charcter. what nature? what nurture? What impact would the muggle historical setting have had on her and her family? Sorry, I realise that's an annoyingly cryptic answer! keeping my cards close to my chest for now, because the home-life chapter is coming up shortly!

"Another thing is the narrator’s/New Myrtle’s past life! I’m really curious to see Tom’s reaction to it."

By the time Tom uncovers this, I think he'll know Myrtle well enough to recognise she isn't lying. I also tried to quietly sprinkle a little bit of an isekai/transmigration precedent into the lore, and i'm hoping to touch on it again, even if just briefly, in future chapters. (The textbook about the ancient wizard philosopher who threw himself into the volcano- it mentioned souls being ferried from between bodies) Now… imagine Tom Riddle discovering Myrtle had somehow pulled off a mechanism for cheating death that he didn't even know existed. It's gonna set him OFF. Not going to help his obssession levels.

"I honestly expected Myrtle to dress gorgeous and for Tom to gape at her, become jealous but the circumstances never truly work for her 💔 honestly I hope to see her make some friends"

Sorry myrtle, if you had a kinder author writing this story, that's exactly how it would have gone hahaha.

And yes!! Never has a girl needed female friendship more!! 😭❤️ She's a girl's girl through and through, and feeling the absence of that particular kind of kinship strongly.

"Last question, what opinions do Hornby and moody have for her? "

AHhh Hornby & Moody!! my first OCs, my children, my hearts.

Hornby is my sweet bby angel. He is such a good guy. solid heart in a very morallly compromised world. His instict is to meet people with kindness, and despite everything myrtle previously put him through, he still extended her kindness. Because he let her in first, myrtle practically imprinted on him lol, and I think he subsequently developed this almost sense of responsibility toward her in return. Which makes him STRESSED as frick, cause even if he doesn't fully understand whats going on , he can sense she's gotten herself into danger. However, he's not a naturally confrontational person. Bit of a scaredy-cat. So despite caring for her enormously, he can't protect her. that only compounds his stress even more. Hornby's pieced together that Myrtle knows things about the future, that she's lost the original Myrtle's memories, and that she knows far more about the Slytherin gang than she should. More than anything, he wishes she'd run from them instead of getting involved. Personally I didn't intentionally write him to have any romantic interest in her, but rather to offer myrtle a safe, expectation-free friendship.

Moody is my grumpy bby angel hahah. His affection for Myrtle is expressed almost entirely through snark and irritation. He actually likes the new version of her a lot, but is just spectacularly bad at communicating that like a normal human being. He respects that she has conviction. She's got fight, she's got spark, and she'll stand her ground. Unfortunately, he also thinkgs she is being an absolute idiot 99% of the time. But theres this growing loyalty between them, an unspoken willingness to fight for each other. The 'she might be a mad asshole, but she's OUR mad asshole' kind of vibes. He's not remotely convinced by the whole seer thing, and he has absolutely no idea what's going on between her and the Slytherins. What he does know is that she seems to have an antagonistic relationship with a group of people he already can't stand, and his thoughts on that are basically, I don't know why you're picking fights with them, but you have my full support.

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Myrtle at any given moment )but also when she talked with Hornby in chapter ten)

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Chapter thirteen:

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