If Snape is a vampire, he isn't bothered by sunlight...

[silver_wendigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 56225

Hi all. I'm Joe, I've just signed on. It's neat to see that the ideas 
I've had floating around in my head for months seem to be on other 
people's minds as well (and have been for a lot longer then I've had 
them). However, one concept that seems strange to me is that of
Professer Snape being a vampire. 

Assuming J.K. Rowling is giving vampires their traditional folkloric weaknesses (which I believe is likely, considering the references to vampiric weakness to garlic encountered in the books as well as the Lexicon), vampires are destroyed in sunlight. 

Snape spends an extended period of time in the sun when he referees the Quidditch game in SS. References are made to the match starting in the afternoon (SS pg 221). After the match is over, there is a line about Hogwart's windows "glowing red in the setting sun". (SS pg 225) This makes it clear, the match was played start to finish in sunlight...which would be decidely painful for a vampire, especially one high in the air in the middle of an open field.

"Joe"