Snape's special title

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 56124

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:

Darrin:
> 
> Also, something that was tossed about last year was whether Snape 
is kind of 
> a research professor, which explains why he seems to hate teaching. 
The 
> little bastards take him away from what he really wants to do, find 
ways to cure 
> werewolves, vampires, etc...
> I think the Snape is a vampire, just as Snape is Muggle-born, Snape 
is an 
> outcast, Snape was picked on at Hogwarts, etc... all come from 
fanfic 
> contamination.
> 
> Until canon gives us another Slytherin (besides Tom Riddle) who is 
not 
> pureblood, I am going to have to be convinced that one of them is 
not 
> pureblood. After all, there is essence of old Salazar in that 
Sorting Hat, 
> remember, and he didn't like Muggle-borns. Riddle was a descendant 
of 
> Slytherin AND renounced all Muggle-hood.

ME:

Snape would enjoy research, indeed - Snape loves his potions and 
while Snape _is_ capable of logic (rare among wizards), he seems to 
react emotionally quite often - particularly about Harry, Hermione & 
Neville...

And while Hermione is the Trio's expert in logical mind (and I do 
think logic is important in potions) - in solving riddles. Harry does 
well enough, too - he _did_ solve that Sphinx-riddle. And Ron with 
chess.

But on
Logic/Muggle-born?
Could be - but, taking into account the "if we hadn't married 
Muggles, we would have died out"...
Logic is something that can be learned.
It is, IMO, possible that Snape had both Muggle and wizard relatives, 
that one way or other he did gain some Muggle education, as well as 
learning all those curses! I think that Snape knew all he could learn 
from the books about potions & all before arriving to Hogwarts - much 
like Hermione...

-- Finwitch