Fangs for mentioning this/warning -vampire theory

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 26226

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Monika the Snape fan wrote:
> 
> > The whole 
> > Snape-is-a-vampire theory is based on one sentence only. In PoA, 
> > Lupin says in front of Snape: "Harry, Ron, come with me, I need a 
> > word about my vampire essay." But, the vampire essay *was* the 
> > homework, Harry talked about it with Neville! Can you imagine 
Lupin 
> > saying something like "C'mon, boys, I need a word about your 
> > homework"? I'd love to see Snape's delight on this! "Well, Lupin, 
> are 
> > you actually going to *do* the homework for your chosen students?"
> 
> Not true that this is the sole basis of the theory!  The vampire-
> essay line is just a particularly delicious bit IF Snape is a 
> vampire.  Besides, the idea isn't just that Lupin chose to twist 
the 
> knife at that moment, but that he *assigned* the essay in the first 
> place to do to Snape what Snape did to him.
> 
> There are lots of other, smaller things that bolster the theory--
all 
> the references to swooping like a bat, Dean's wish to have a 
vampire 
> professor, etc.  They are tiny, but together they could be a Clue!
> 
> Amy Z
> who wonders why she keeps speaking up in support of this *&#$% 
theory 
> when (a) she doesn't buy it and (b) it makes darling Lupin out to 
be 
> kind of a jerk--but then again, wouldn't he be boring if he were 
> *too* angelic?



I'm reviving this old thread because I am wondering where to come out 
on the Snape/vampire question.  Does this thread pretty much sum up 
the arguments that Snape is really a vampire brewing a potion to keep 
himself safe, or is there more to it?

Is there any evidence in canon that Snape ever comes out during 
daylight?  I notice that in certain crucial scenes in GoF, he isn't 
outside during the daytime (he is not present at the first task in 
the afternoon, the second task in the morning, or the third task 
after breakfast).  Also, I found the dialogue between Crouch/Moody 
and Snape on the stairs very odd.  Snape says he can "prowl" the 
castle, and Crouch/Moody tells him to "prowl away."  How weird!

Cindy (who would look younger if she never came out during the day)