A Crazy Idea

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 19953

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., devika261 at a... wrote:
> After rereading the 4 HP books for the umpteenth time, I'm again 
trying to 
> find new meanings in things that I may not have noticed before...all 
I know 
> is that I really need book 5 to come out.  But anyway, I've come up 
with a 
> hypothesis, and I thought I'd run it by the group to find out what 
you all 
> thought of it.  Be warned, though, this may sound a bit strange at 
first, but 
> just give it a chance :)
> 
> My hypothesis is about our old friend Professor Snape.  It doesn't 
answer the 
> question of whether he is good or evil, but it's still, IMHO, 
interesting to 
> consider.   OK, here it is...
> 
> Did anyone ever consider the possibility that Snape might be a 
vampire?  I 
> think he could be.  Now, I'm not exactly an expert on vampires, but 
here's my 
> reasoning:
> 
> 1)  JKR has compared him to a bat several times.  For example:
> "Yes, Severus does seem the type, doesn't he?  So useful to have him 
swooping 
> around like an overgrown bat"  (Quirrell, SS, Ch. 17, The Man With 
Two Faces)
> 
> "How fast d'you reckon he [Snape] could have gotten down to the 
forest?  
> D'you reckon he could've beaten you and Dumbledore there?"
> "Not unless he can turn himself into a bat or something," said 
Harry.
> "Wouldn't put it past him," Ron muttered.  (GoF, The Dream)
> 
> I know there's at least one other bat reference, but I can't think 
of where 
> it is at the moment...
> 
> 2)  In GoF,Ch. 35, Veritaserum, after Dumbledore has stunned 
Moody/Crouch and 
> enters the room with McGonagall and Snape, he goes straight to 
Moody.  
> Finding out who Moody really is seems to be his top priority.  Prof. 
> McGonagall goes right to Harry, so I get the impression that her top 
priority 
> at the moment is his well-being.  Snape, however, goes directly to 
the 
> Foe-Glass, "where his own face was still visible, glaring into the 
room."  
> Why would Snape be so interested in his reflection in the Foe-Glass? 
 Yes, it 
> is a magical object that might interest him, but it seems to me that 
he is 
> looking more at his own reflection than at the mirror itself.  Why 
would this 
> be so important to him, especially at a time like this?  Perhaps 
Snape is not 
> used to seeing his reflection in a mirror.  Since the Foe-Glass is 
not an 
> ordinary mirror, it would be able to show Snape's reflection, and 
this would 
> interest Snape if he were a vampire.
> 
> 3)  But if Snape were a vampire, wouldn't he have fangs?  Maybe he 
had them 
> shrunk.  It seems to me that teeth-shrinking may have more uses in 
the books 
> than just as a beauty tool for Hermione.
> Also, vampires are not supposed to be exposed to sunlight.  But if 
there's a 
> potion that prevents werewolves from transforming into monsters, 
it's 
> possible that there is a potion that protects vampires from the sun. 
 And 
> Snape is the potions master...
> 
> There are also many passing references to vampires in all 4 of the 
books--too 
> many, IMO, for vampires not to be important in later books.
> 
> This is all speculation, obviously, and it's proof that I really 
need book 5 
> to come out <g>.  But I thought this was an interesting idea, and I 
would 
> like to know what you all think of it.  Try to prove me wrong, at 
least :)
> 
> Devika (whose job prevents her from reading HP all day--the Flying 
Ford 
> Clinic has yet to decide whether this will reduce her obsession or 
increase 
> her withdrawal symptoms...)
> 
> 
Well, at no time in the four books do we see Snape enjoying one of 
Honeydukes blood-flavored lollipops, do we?  It is certainly possible, 
but I have noticed that just as there is Polyjuice-Plot-Device fatigue 
among us all, there is even more Unregistered-Animagus-Plot-Device 
fatigue.  I don't think that JKR will dip water from this particular 
well too many more times.  There is already speculation about 
Dumbledore the Bumblebee, and Arabella Figg, and Mrs. Norris, and 
Crookshanks, and too many others.

Haggridd