Vampires

[Jinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 3780


About Brooks's comment on vampires: There are numerous variations on
> the vampire myth, and though I am not that knowledgable about them, I
> have heard two contrasting versions, one in which anyone who is
> killed by a vampire becomes a vampire, and one in which the vampire
> has to let the victim drink from him/her.  In any case, their one
> method of reproduction is to kill humans and make them vampires, so
> it would be hard to see how Snape could be half vampire.  If the
> fetus theory is true, the absorption of some of the vampire blood
> woud probably be enough to make him a TOTAL vampire.  It really is an
> all or nothing deal.  Anyway, I think the Snape as vampire theory is
> utter balderdash, based on totally circumstantial evidence, but it is
> so popular, I am forced to at least consider it.  I'll admit it's
> interestng to talk about, even if I don't believe it for one second.

In the Vampire: The Masquerade fantasy game, there's half-vampires known as
ghouls.  They're mortals who serve vampires and are given vampire blood to
drink.  This renders them immune to all illnesses, stops them ageing, makes
them heal faster, and allows them to learn some vampire powers, as well as
use the vampire blood for various things.  Yet they're still human, and will
revert to human if all the vampire blood in them gets used up and they
aren't given anymore.  (Unless they've lived past their normal lfietime, in
which case they die.)  Snape may be something similar, except I don't think
he's bound to a vampire master in the same way ghouls are.

However, if Snape is vampiric, I think it's likely he's a pure one who
controls his condition with a potion.

Jinx