Vampire?Snape, DADA creatures

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 20419

Amber wrote:

>I can understand Snape hating Lupin because he was friends with 
James/Sirius
>and because of the "trick" but if he was a vampire, you would think
>he'd have enough empathy to not twit Lupin about being a werewolf.

Classic self-hatred; people turn their wrath on those who are 
uncomfortably close to their own most hated characteristics.  

As for his confidence that Lupin wouldn't spill his secret, that could 
stem from his sense that Lupin just won't stoop that low (if so, he's 
right); or perhaps he doesn't really care if his vampirism comes out; 
or perhaps he's just not thinking it through on a conscious level.  I 
wonder whether Snape was conscious of his own plot to uncover Lupin.  
He could have just told everyone at any time and risked Dumbledore's 
anger, as he finally did at the end.  Perhaps his conscious decision 
earlier in the year is to go along with the charade, but he can't stop 
himself from sending students toward hints.

Koinonia wrote:

>Plus I don't believe Lupin included any vampire stuff in that test he 
gave the class. 

I can just see the conversation in the staff room where Lupin asks 
dear Severus to help him out with his final exam by trying to suck the 
students' blood.

I really like all the vampire imagery even if, maybe especially if, 
Snape =isn't= a vampire.  JKR has clearly put a lot of thought into 
creating a certain image of Snape in our minds, and the vampire 
overtones fit him well.

Pippin wrote:

>There's a clincher for the clincher: GoF ch. 14, where "Moody" tells
>his class he's had a letter from Professor Lupin about what they
>covered last year: "boggarts, Red Caps, hinkypunks, grindylows, 
Kappas
>and werewolves."

Off the subject of Count Snape, this line has always bugged me because 
it sounds as if they didn't learn anything since Christmas.

In November, the day they have Snape for DADA, Hermione says they've 
already studied Red Caps, Kappas, Boggarts and Grindylows (ch. 9).  
Hinkypunks are next--they study them in the next lesson (ch 10).  
Werewolves are in between, as we know, or maybe they kept studying 
them up til Christmas or so.  So--

What else did they study?  They can't have spent the entire winter and 
spring on vampires.  No other creatures get mentioned in the final.  
Maybe Lupin =is= too easy on them . . . 

Amy Z
still curious about why people think Harry is seeing the Grim/Sirius 
in PA 13

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   "Don't you call me an idiot!" said Neville.  "I don't think
 you should be breaking any more rules!  And you were the one
 who told me to stand up to people!"
   "Yes, but not to =us=," said Ron in exasperation.
                             -HP and the Philosopher's Stone 
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