Pet Theories (Re: No responses on the main list )

[justcarol67]

Pippin wrote:
> Eh? Vampire!Snape has canon support. You may consider it 
> convoluted, unconvincing canon support, but it's not non-existent.  
> 
> It seems to me it's the  objections to Snape as vampire or part 
> vampire or former vampire that are not canon-based, ie  
> "vampires are dead," "vampires are destroyed by sunlight." 
> Convoluted explanations are necessary only if one accepts 
> these non-canon "facts" as essential parts of JKR's vampires.
> 
> Now one could argue that  JKR's vampires must have some 
> correspondence with existing vampire lore, because otherwise 
> why would she call them vampires? 
> 
> But if she wanted to show us something about the difficulties of 
> seeing beyond stereotypes, then she'd need to pick a creature 
> for which a stereotype already exists. Enter the vampire.
> 
> 
> Pippin
> Who thinks people are a little too ready to  deny  the 
> possibility that JKR gives tricky answers, even though she's said 
> that readers like to be tricked. After all, she's not about to be 
> *caught* tricking us, is she? Not till Book Seven reveals All.

Carol responds:
I really think JKR put a stake through the heart of this theory with
her "Erm, I don't think so" response in the World Book Day chat. If
she doesn't think there's a connection between vampires and Snape,
then there isn't one. (I know you disagree; just stating my vies.)

But the only canon we have on vampires is that they have waxy white
skin and Snape's complexion, we're told repeatedly, is sallow. It was
Sirius (in his Daily Prophet photo), not Snape, who resembled the
picture of a vampire in Harry's DADA class. But I've yet to see a
Vampire!Sirius theory. 

Do vampires swoop like overgrown bats? Or is it only an association
between vampires and bats in the mind of the theorists that makes them
see this description as canon support for Vampire!Snape?

Carol, who will believe this theory when she sees Snape eating a
blood-flavored lollipop--and will stop reading the books at that point
in sheer disgust