Vampires and Dementors

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20117

The Chapter 12 summary question -- Which is a worse fate: death, or 
the dementor's kiss? -- got me thinking that the dementor's kiss 
sounds a lot like Alzheimer's disease, which IMHO is certainly a fate 
worse than death.

Oh, and the whole Snape/Vampire question.  I tend to think there is a 
good chance that Snape will turn out to be a vampire -- the signs are 
there, and JKR has mentioned vampires too many times for her not to 
eventually give us one.  But if he is a vampire, or part vampire, 
does this in any way explain his deep-seated hatred of James Potter 
and his abusive behavior towards not only Harry but also Hermione and 
Neville?

--Joywitch