Snape Vampire

[Kirstini]

No: HPFGUIDX 79922

Hels:
>>James justifies [bullying Snape] by saying ..."it's more because he 
exists"
I read this not just as a comment that Snape exists therefore he is
worth torturing but that vampires exist and are therefore worth 
torturing.
There are plenty of previous posts on this list about prejudice and
discrimination against different species and took this episode to be
another example.>> 

I think that this theory actually offers up anti-Snape-Vamp canon. 
It's *James* who says this. He might be a nasty little wanker, but he 
also says in the same scene "I would never call you a you-know-what" 
(mudblood). His best friend is a werewolf. While I'm not arguing that 
Snape's being part of a discriminated-against minority would in 
itself be enough to stop James from bullying Snape, I certainly don't 
think you could possibly claim that his attack on Snape was racially 
motivated. I think that comment exposes the random, horrific nature 
of bullying very well on its own.

Kirstini (tipping back on her chair and addressing the ceiling, 
loudly: "That scene took place on a summer afternoon. They were 
*outside*. In *daylight*")