Snape,Crookshanks

[Kirstini]

No: HPFGUIDX 72250

Lazuli:
> Ijust had a thought..Is it thinkable that Snape is a vampire,and 
did anyone think Crookshanks is a animagus form of someone we don't 
know?> 

Check the FAQ, and Fantastic Posts and Where To Find Them, both of 
which have loads of stuff related to just *why* ol' Snapey is a vamp 
<waves to Pippin>. Or not. I think the Crookshanks question also 
comes up. JKR confirmed in an interview that Crookshanks is part-
Kneazle in an interview, and Animagical wizards don't have a genetic 
make-up corresponding to their particular animal, because one is not 
born, but becomes an Animagus. There are lots and lots of cats with 
magical powers in the series - we can now pop Arabella Figg's Mr 
Tibbles up there beside Crookshanks and Mrs Norris (probably all part-
Kneazle).
And Crookshanks isn't an Animagic Lily, unless the WW has discovered 
a particular sex-change spell, and one to bring someone back from the 
dead <sticks tongue out in the direction of the SAD DENIAL> which 
work alongside the Animagus transformation (that one comes up all the 
time).
Hope that helped.
Kirstini