[HPforGrownups] Re: If Snape is a vampire, he isn't bothered by sunlight...

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 56249

Annemehr:
Let's throw this tidbit into the mix, from PoA ch. 10, the first time
Harry uses the Marauder's Map to get into Hogsmeade, and Honeyduke's:

"Harry squeezed himself through a crowd of sixth years and saw a sign
hanging in the farthest corner of the shop (UNUSUAL TASTES).  Ron and
Hermione were standing underneath it, examining a tray of
blood-flavored lollipops.  Harry sneaked up behind them.

"'Ugh, no, Harry won't want one of those, they're for vampires, I
expect,' Hermione was saying."

Perhaps Hermione is mistaken, but after all, this *is* Hermione -- who
memorizes all her schoolbooks and parts of the library as well.  If
she is right, it would imply that vampires in JKR's world are welcome
to shop at Honeyduke's.  So, maybe their reputation in the muggle
world is a bit exaggerated.  Maybe they don't normally bite humans or
drink human blood.

Me:

Ok, so let's give the vampire theorists the benefit of the doubt and say
that vampires have some ability to walk around in the day, even eat
lollipops, albeit blood-flavored.  But we have seen Snape eat.  Granted, the
actual food on his plate and liquid in his cup is not explicitly described.
But Harry, Ron, and Hermione have eaten at the same table as Snape
(Christmas in PoA).  I think they would have noticed if he had been eating
completely different food from the rest of the table.  And before someone
suggests that his food is flavored differently, IIRC, there are dishes on
the table to be passed at a normal meal.  Again, you think someone would
have noticed if Snape's food was already on his plate and he never took
anything from the dishes being passed around.  I mean, Harry noticed in GoF
immediately that Moody drank only from his hip flask and not anything from
the table.  And this was someone not even sitting at his table.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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