[HPforGrownups] Re: No fire in the office

[Silverthorne Dragon]

No: HPFGUIDX 88006

{silmariel says}

Vampires (not necesary Daywalkers, see John Polidori 'The Vampire' or
J.Sheridan Le Fanu 'Carmilla') can walk in daylight, can simulate
breath and eating, they can even age, but...

What sense would have DD being a Vampire? What would explain, or how
would it further the plot? My canditate for a vampire is Karkarov, but
we could open a poll


{Anne Responds:}

Well, to be honest, I was more putting out an idea that is very far fetched
more for fun than anything else...in other words, going for someone other
then the "usual suspects". I'm well aware that the theory is highly
unlikely, but you would have to admit, it would certinaly lend to the shock
factor, and it would by no means be expected....something JK Rowling likes
to do to her readers on a regular basis (Lupin a werewolf, Rita Skeeter a
beetle animagus, Scabbers being Peter, and also the true murderer as opposed
to Sirius, etc)...

I will admit another hole in Dumbly as a Vamp is that JK Rowling really does
give more obvious hints when she's trying to point you to certain
conclusions, and if you know your mythology, geography and language bases,
you'll be able to figure out who it really is. Dumbly doesn't seem to have
any indications--his name has no references to vampirism, he's not from a
geographical location that tradition says has the little bloodsuckers, and
(as I knew I must have missed), he has been seen out during the day...about
the only thing that could point to it is his age--150 years at the start of
the books--which could be the result of many other things, from potions, to
spells, to the theory that wizards have a longer lifespan than your average
muggle.

But it would be fun to explore the possibility....

Anne
(Who will consider *any* possibility...*g*....)