Reading SS (American version)

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:

> What sort of vampires are we talking, here? Folklorically, being part
> vampire is like being sort of pregnant. You are or you're not. It's a
> magical malady, like lycanthropy. Being preyed upon by a vampire either
> kills you, whereupon you usually become one yourself, or it doesn't, and you
> recover. But mommy vampires and daddy vampires don't make little ones; how
> can someone be part vampire?
> 
> --Amanda
	Well, folklorically you are right. In the literary world, there 
are mommy and daddy vampires, in Terry Pratchett for example,  and in 
JKR we have Fleur with her Veela grandmother. Some versions of the 
folklore veela are undead, also. I'm thinking of the wilis, most 
familiar from the ballet Giselle. There is the notorious CoS reference 
to werewolf cubs, which sounds like there can be mommy and daddy 
werewolves also.
	Some way, if Snape is a vampire, we have to explain how he can 
endure sunshine, and eat and so forth. The potion theory works; I'm 
just stuck on the part vampire idea because if Snape had a dual nature, 
it could explain how he could be lying to Voldemort and getting away 
with it.  I like the idea that Snape's *human* side is the mean, nasty 
hating part, since vampires are notoriously only passionately in love 
with their next meal. Doesn't mess up the Snape loved Lily idea, IMHO, 
only makes it more poignant. Maybe I'll do a fanfic, like there aren't 
>8000 of them already. Are there any Snape's a vampire fanfics?
Pippin