Vampires / Immortality / Creature repression

[Ellen & John Anglin]

No: HPFGUIDX 46227

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
>
> Ah, but vampires are classified as *non-wizard*...if that means 
> that people who become vampires lose their magic, Voldemort 
> may not be able to compensate for that. 
> 
> It would also go a long way to explain the great fear of vampires 
> among the wizard folk. Would creatures which have no 
> non-magical phase, such as Centaurs, die from the bite rather 
> than becoming immortal?
> 
> Pippin

Do you mean no magical abilities?  (Centaurs?) I'm not sure they 
have no magical abilities- they certainly seem to have carried magic 
to a higher plane than wizards have....

As for other "Non-Wizard"s having no magical ability, that just 
aint's o- otherwise why are their rules on the books prohibiting 
them from having wands? (Well, house elves anyway. Lupin was allowed 
his wand- and vampires may be more similar to werewolves than 
Creatures since they are probably classed as Magical part-humans.)

This Law suggests to me that other magical beings woudl have even 
greater power than they do if only they had wands- but the wizards 
have made rules against that, and send the Comitte for the Disposal 
of Dangerous Creatures or a similar group, after any who dare to 
get "Uppity"

Sounds disturbingly similar to American rules that prohibited Black 
people from learning to read, congregating in excessive numbers, and 
carrying anythinbg that remotely resembled a weapon.

Since Voldie obviously wouldn't give a hoot about Ministry laws, I'm 
sure he wouldnt give up his wand under any circumstances!

And still, We just don't know enough about Vampires to make any 
reasonable guesses. J.K. Rowling has given us many tiny hints, but a 
suspicious lack of solid information. Very suspicious, in my 
estimation...

Ellen
The Pottering Beekeeper