Snape Vampire Theory (kinda long)

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No: HPFGUIDX 77704

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, silmariel <silmariel at t...> 
wrote:
> 
> 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.

I swore I would stay out of this Snape/vampire discussion from now 
on, but I think I'll step in one more time. I don't want to step on 
the toes of anyone who subscribes to the Snape/vampire theory. We can 
all happily agree to disagree on that one.

That being said, I don't see whats wrong (or non-canonical) with 
pointing out that Snape goes out in daylight, eats regular food, etc. 
(And yes, I'm aware that those points have probably been done to 
death on this board)

JKR can make vampires do whatever she wants in her books, but they 
aren't a brand-new creature, like dementors for example. All of us 
have notions of what vampires are, based on folklore or literary 
descriptions. Would JKR put vampires in her books, then expect the 
reader to imagine something wildly different from the norm? The 
apples in the WW could be purple, weigh 50 pounds and have tentacles 
sticking out, but no one would recognize them as apples. 

Maybe Snape is a vampire, but I don't see how the reader is supposed 
to work that out, considering that he isn't described as behaving in 
a way that an average person would associate with vampires. I may be 
stupid, but I'm going to continue wallowing in the pit with everyone 
else who thinks that a vampire who isn't undead and doesn't drink 
blood, just isn't a vampire.

Allyson