vampires/grassing on a werewolf (WAS my thoughts on the vampire thing)

[nyarth_meow]

No: HPFGUIDX 36121

Maria says:
> --> If Snape was a vampire, and therefore a dangerous thing to be a
> proffesor, then he wouldn't have such problems with Lupin as a
> proffesor either. I know his hatred comes from their past issues, 
but
> the argument that he tries to make, namely that a warewolf could be
> dangerous to students and therefore parents should oppose it, would
> apply to himself!!! So i don't think he is a vampire at all.
> 

I say:

Maybe it's a case of "you hate in other people what you fear most in 
yourself"?  Perhaps Snape is uncomfortable with his vampire 
heritage?  Perhaps he was even bullied about it at school, and this 
led to his obsession with exposing Lupin. Then, when he did find out 
about Lupin, not only did Dumbledore already know, he forbid Snape to 
tell anyone about it.  I'd be bitter.

But this raises another question in my mind.  Vampire or no, why 
didn't Snape tell anyone about Lupin?  I know Dumbledore made him 
promise not to, but at that early age was a promise to Dumbledore 
really worth that much to him?  You'd think he'd be itching to run 
off and tell everyone that that nasty Gryffindor is a werewolf, and 
he was right all along... and instead he spends his remaining two 
years at Hogwarts biting his tongue.  Was he threatened with 
expultion?  Was his trusting relationship with Dumbledore actually 
established much earlier than we imagine?   Maybe it's a whole 
wizard's honour thing, keeping your word.  Any thoughts?


Nyarth  
(listening to U2's Zooropa album "A vampire, or a victim, it depends 
on who's around"  ^_^ very appropriate!)