Vampires

[koinonia02]

No: HPFGUIDX 77038

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Garrett" <aimking0110 at y...> 
wrote:

> In SS/PS Quirell has garlic in his turban, now he wouldnt have been 
> able to stand being near him if he were a vampire,

"K":
That's possible. But if Snape is indeed taking a potion then maybe 
the effects of garlic wouldn't be so bad. Now I know Moldy Voldy 
probably does smell under that turban but the room still smelled of 
garlic and we know Quirrel had met some vampires in his life. 

SS  
pg 70 Professor Quirrell had to pick up a new book on vampires.
pg 71 Hagrid says Quirrel met vampires in the Black Forest. 
pg 134 Quirrell's classroom smelled strongly of garlic, which 
everyone said was to ward off a vampire he'd met in Romania and was 
afraid would be coming back to get him one of these days. 
pg 134 The Weasley twins insisted Quirrell's turban was full of 
garlic to protect him wherever he went.

SS/pg 226 Later in the book, Snape exits the castle as the sun sets, 
and meets with Quirrell. "You don't want me as your enemy, Quirrell," 
said Snape, taking a step toward him. "I-I don't know what you---
" "You know perfectly well what I mean." 

GoF/654 "Then...four years ago...A wizard --young, foolish, and 
gullible--wandered across my path in the forest I had made my home. 
Oh , he seemed the very chance I had been dreaming of...for he was a 
teacher at Dumbledore's school...  This would be Quirrell of course 
and earlier we see where Quirrell has met up with vampires in a 
forest. 

Garrett:
 and when he is in 
> the pencieve his legs were exposed when he was fliped up side down.

"K":
As mentioned before, this was a technique that the DE's used in GoF. 
Could it also not be that James hung him upside down like a bat for a 
reason? That whole *because he exists* thing.

Garrett: 
> And DD might have teacher who is bad once a month but he wouldnt 
> endanger all his students at monster night every night to a 
monster. 

 
"subrosax99" 76996  
I think we can agree that the need to drink blood would be 
the bare minimum requirement for someone to be considered a vampire. 
How then, could DD justify taking Snape as a student, then hiring him 
as a teacher? Lupin was one thing, but protecting the students and 
staff from Snape would be a logistical nightmare. 

"K":
Now this is interesting. Who would be a bigger threat? Lupin or Snape?
A werewolf has been classified as a ~Known wizard killer/impossible 
to train or domesticate XXXXX~ in Fantastic Beasts. It is the most 
dangerous classification. FB also says the 'otherwise sane and normal 
wizard or Muggle afflicted transforms into a *murderous* beast. 
Almost uniquely among fantastic creatures, the werewolf actively 
seeks humans in preference to any other kind of prey.' I don't know 
if the vampire is any worse than that and Dumbledore was sure willing 
to allow Lupin in as a student and as a teacher. 

If Snape does have to have his share of blood, how do we know he 
isn't getting it?

PoA (Bloomsbury)
pg 34 Harry had never met a vampire, but he had seen pictures of them 
in his Defence Against the Dark Arts (DADA) classes, and Black, with 
his waxy white skin, looked just like one. 

Also, in OoP/106, in Black's house, there is an ornate crystal bottle 
with a large opal set into the stopper, full of what Harry was quite 
sure was blood.~~~

I wonder if that really was blood in the stopper and who was it for?

Garrett:
> P.S. i would like to see you counter this

"K":
Aw, surely you can come up with some more stuff? I'm sure I can 
convince you one day :-D


"severusbook4" 76995    
"There will be no foolish waving or silly incantations in this class 
room." 

"K":
Hmmm....that sounds more like the movie to me ;-)


"subrosax99" 76996    
The most you 
could say for his teeth is that they could use a good cleaning and 
possibly some tartar-control toothpaste.

"K":
Now,now...that was uncalled for <G>. Not all vampires have fangs but 
I have this feeling Snape does.

PoA
Harry wouldn't have thought it possible that Snape's dislike for him 
could increase, but it certainly had done. *A muscle twitched 
unpleasantly at the corner of Snape's thin mouth* every time he 
looked at Harry, and he was constantly flexing his fingers, as though 
itching to *place them around Harry's throat*. 

Notice that muscle twitching at the corner of the mouth and the 
desire to place his fingers around Harry's throat? At least that is 
what Harry observed.

"subrosax99" 76996 
The half-vampire theory makes even less sense to me. How does that 
work? 

"K":
Actually it might make even more sense. Just research Dhampirs. 

"subrosax99" 76996 
I rather doubt JKR would make Snape a vampire for the simple reason 
that vampires have been done to death by that Rice woman.

"K":
Does that mean that no other author should ever write a book about 
vampires?


"subrosax99" 76996
Not to mention all the back-tracking that would 
have to be done to explain everything.

"K":
Back-tracking? Not at all. She has left us all these hints since book 
one. 

"K"
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