OoP Continue to snape half-vampire theory by a newbie :)(long!)

[Wendy St John]

No: HPFGUIDX 66543

icewalker08 wrote:

> There is a snape being vampire or half-vampire theory allaround 
which 
> now,after 
> 
> reading book 5,i am 100% agree with it.
 

"K" added:

He can see well enough in the dark to shoot down flies but he has to 
have his face almost plastered on the page to take the test. Once 
outside we see where the sunlight was dazzling on the smooth surface 
of the lake. Snape has settled himself on the grass in the 'dense 
shadows' of a clump of bushes. He is always in the shadows. When 
Harry first goes to Snape for lessons it states that Snape 'had moved 
into the light'. It's the one theory I'm 100% positive of. If he 
isn't a vampire he sure is close.


Now me (Wendy):

I'm a big fan of the Snape is a half-vampire theory. Well, as far as I'm
concerned at this point it's not a theory. It's fact, unless JKR
specifically writes in a future book that Snape is definitely *not* a
vampire <G>. So, if no mention of this is ever made by the end of Book 7,
I'll happily think of him as a vampire forever. :-)

Anyhow, the two things I noticed on my initial reading of OoP which could
be used as evidence:

First, there's the fact that he never eats at Grimmauld Place. Actually, I
find it very very likely that he doesn't eat there because he doesn't like
the company, but it would tie in with the vampire thing. This has been
mentioned several times on the list.

The most interesting thing that I noticed, however, (and something I
haven't yet seen mentioned on the list) is that the Blood Replenishing
Potion is now canon. We see it being used to treat Arthur when he is at St.
Mungo's. This is something I used to see in fanfics, back when I was still
reading them. A potion like this would offer vampires the opportunity to
dine on humans (volunteers, one would hope), after which the humans could
have a bit of Blood Replenishing Potion and be none the worse for wear.
While this wouldn't work with certain vampire mythology, there is nothing
in JKR's canon which contradicts this as a possibility. Especially since we
know almost nothing about her version of vampire lore; they didn't even
make it into FBAWTFT, which I think is pretty dodgy, actually. Makes me
think that she doesn't want us to have any clues about vampires in her
world, which suggests that she intends to have a vampire figure prominently
in a future plot line. Maybe even our beloved Potion's Master!  <g> In any
case, I think the Blood Replenishing Potion makes it possible that Snape,
assuming he could find himself a willing volunteer, could be having healthy
meals on a regular basis without being predatory about it. 

:-)

Wendy
(Who tried making an smiley/emoticon with fangs, but could only figure out
how to get one fang. Which looked pretty stupid, so I went with the boring
old regular smiley <G>)