[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape Vampire Theory (kinda long)

[silmariel]

No: HPFGUIDX 77675

**ESL warning**

Kelly:
<< However, I think it would be interesting to discuss the
following:

First, assume that Snape IS, in fact, a vampire (no matter how you
feel).  

 1.  How is this relevant to the plot and how does this aid to further
 the development of the books?  

 2.  Does this directly affect the course of the books or the final
 outcome of book 7? >>

The problem here is many people has been discouraged to post because of 
the non-canon responses, like "vampires can't go out on sunlight", 
"vampires can't eat", "vampires don't grow", so disscussion level has 
fallen in a pit. I'm glad your post makes sense, I'll try to answer, 
but I am a newbie (joined in April) so I wish posters with more 
experience would join.

In GoF(ch36), DD mentions dementors and giants, but Vampires are left 
appart, as goblins, merfolk, centaurs. Not mentioned. If DD considered 
them dangerous, maybe a word of caution, or at least a hint during OoP 
would have been really helpful.

If Snape or someone that DD(*) trusts is a vampire, they can be 
introduced as a surprise faction in the war and so alter the balance of 
power. She has left enough clues. 

(*) has anyone ever take a lemon drop except him? are they lemon, 
really? (this is a totally newbie question, I fear)

Wild Theory Alert:
Also, it's tradition in literature/movie that a vampire kills his/her 
family/loved. Is like mating a werewolf. You can do it, but better 
don't forget the once a month potion, because one error is usually the 
last. Snape actually killing his wife and son would explain why he 
sometimes looks like he would like Harry but usually despises him, he 
resembles the child he should have seen grow, and that James didn't 
deserve (in his opinion, of course). 

also, Margaret writes:

<<But sometimes dark creatures/beings really are dark.>>

I'd love Lucius to be a vampire, you know. I think vampires *may* be 
good, just because they sell things for them at Honeydukes, and this 
gives a 'sweet home'  impression to me. But I also think vampires can't 
be categorized as a whole, as dementors. If they are not born, but 
former humans, it is up to them to be bad or good. This is my aproach 
on vampires usually, but vampire society falls out of canon right know, 
and we should move to ot-chatter. 

<<I realize that everything I just said goes totally against the very 
liberal politics I was raised to (and do) believe in in the real 
world, but reading over, I still agree with it. >>

One thing is the real world and other is a complex magic one. Your post 
regards multiple species interrelation, just imagine you are an alien 
observer of this planet, no one important (is an administrative task to 
monitorice thousands of planets), so you just try to analize :)

silmariel