Vampire References?

[David]

No: HPFGUIDX 28664

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lyda Clunas" <lydaclunas at x> wrote:

> -- various mentions of Snape's name in connection to Dark or Dark 
> Forest (where Quirrell ran into Vampires, s'posedly)

Just a nitpick, first, here.  Quirrell's 'run in' was in the Black 
Forest, which is a forest (Schwarzwald) in southern Germany.  The 
Dark Forest is what the m***e (can't mention it here) calls the 
Forbidden Forest.  I don't recall Snape having any connection with 
the Black Forest.

Second, you didn't mention that Quirrell smells of garlic, presumably 
to keep Snape off.  I am also not a supporter of the Snape-vampire 
theory, but I have never understood this.  At the risk of a deluge of 
we-discussed-this-to-death-in-1978 posts, may I ask, why does 
Quirrell smell of garlic?  Is it the result of Voldemort's Evil 
Overlord bad breath?  Did he get smeared in garlic by accident, 
crawling about the forest drinking unicorn blood?  Or does he just 
like the taste (definite proof of villainy in the UK)?

David