Grey laundry - vampire clue?!

[lziner]

No: HPFGUIDX 76774

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mkaliz" <kai_z at o...> wrote:
> Inge and Garrett were discussing the possibility (or lack thereof) 
of
> Snape being a vampire or part-vampire...
> 
> Though I'm not yet totally sold on the idea (but I can be 
convinced!)
> there is certainly enough vampire lore about dhampirs who are the
> offspring of vampires (usually the widow of a newly turned male
> vampire), according to some Eastern European legends. 
> 
> The lore seems to indicate that dhampirs, though they had some
> abilities in common to vampires (i.e. super-human strength, ability 
to
> transform in to animal shapes, sprout fangs) they were also able to
> blend in with regular humans, roam around in sunlight, eat/drink 
food
> other than blood, etc. According to lore, these dhampirs were often 
> vampire slayers. 
> 
> I think you might be able to make a case for Snape being a dhampir
> given what we've seen/heard about him in canon. Certainly JKR seems 
to
> drop a lot of hints in that kind of direction, whether she's just
> being metaphorical or not. ::g::
> 
> --kai

One big hint is in PoA where Lupin (sorry the book is not with me) 
mentions his Vampire essay in front of Snape.  It's the maurader's 
map bit.  A little payback perhaps for the werewolf essay he 
assigned.  Maybe some Vampire blood in Snape is a very good theory!
However, paybacks seem uncharacteristic for Lupin.  
When will book six come out - ugh!

Lz