Wormtail's silver hand (was: Thoughts on Wormtail's activities in OOTP )

[Inge]

No: HPFGUIDX 84542

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
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There is no solid evidence that he's a vampire, only an occasional
suggestive image (and Sirius has the same traits, overtly described as
vampirelike in his case). And I can't think of any plot-related reason
why he would need to be one (other than as an ambassador to the
vampires, and we've already had that sort of subplot with Hagrid).
Snape is pretty clearly a "pure blood" wizard, based on his reference
to Lily as a "mudblood" and his aversion to werewolf Lupin (as well as
his placement in Slytherin, if the sorting hat follows Salazar
Slytherin's criterion for admission to his house). I don't mean to be
rude or dismissive, but I don't understand why anyone would want him
to be a vampire. What is the attraction of this theory?
 
Carol

Me:
So far I didn't see any plot-related reason for Snape to be a vampire 
either - but that doesn't mean it will not be there in the future, 
right? At least there is a lot of talk about blood in general in the 
books already.
As for the attraction of the theory... I happen to love Snape and all 
his nasty little comments. Snape is powerful in his own, dark way and 
maybe it's just me (being a woman with a lusty attraction to blood-
suckers, that is), but add to Snapes' own powers the powers of a 
vampire and Snape would be almost untouchable. Some women just happen 
to be attracted to such things - so I guess for some of us it's as 
much a question of lust and desire as anything else to want Snape to 
be a vampire. Not a very good reason - but still....
Inge