Who's Your Kitty Daddy? Toasted STUDMUFFIN

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 37770

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "A. Vulgarweed" <fluxed at e...> wrote:
> Assuming Snape is a vampire simply because he's often described as 
bat-like
> seems to require introducing another layer of gratuitous 
weirdness. Let's
> look at a simpler possibility: He might just be a run-of-the-mill, 
garden
> variety BAT ANIMAGUS. 

But then he'd have to be an unregistered one, else Hermione would've 
come across his name when she was looking up the list of this 
century's registered animagi.  There are already way too many 
unregistered animagi running around, so I'm thinking we don't need 
another one.

No, I'm sticking with my new theory -- Snape has a bat familiar.  It 
is not unknown for pet owners to share physical and personality 
characteristics with their pets, and I'll bet it's even more common 
with wizards and familiars.  And c'mon, a bat would be *perfect* for 
Severus.  I can just see it: a smallish, graceful bat, with a furry 
little face and ears that are huge even by bat standards.  Her name 
is Millarca (five points to your house if you get the reference).  
She spends her days hanging from a ceiling beam in Snape's dungeon.  
In the evening, when he relaxes in the rocking chair with his copy 
of Most Potente Potions, she hangs from the candelabra over his head 
and nibbles little bat treats from his fingers.  And at night, if 
it's not delivering mail for him, he lets her out to swoop around 
school grounds.

Yep, I think I'm definitely a fan of B.E.L.A. L.U.G.O.S.I.  Bat -- 
Ever Loyal And Loving, Understands Guidance, Obeys, Severus' 
Instructions.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com