WHY a vampire? was No fire in the office

[jakedjensen]

No: HPFGUIDX 88060

WHY a vampire?  A good question, but one with many answers.  I am 
always astounded by those who think Snape being a vampire would be a 
cheap trick or some other less than satisfactory move by JKR.  I 
think it would amazing.

1.  Explanation.  For some reason Snape and LV parted ways.  Why?  If 
Snape was a vampire (and LV found out) then he might have been 
ridiculed or demoted within the DE (one can think of countless 
reasons why Snape's vampirism might be the missing link in this 
plotline....maybe LV experimented on his DEs and Snape was turned 
into a vampire in the process...and for this Snape came to hate LV).  
It would also explain why DD trusts Snape.  Snape will not go back to 
LV because LV views him as not-pure (or something along these lines).

2. Irony.  Hitler promoted a physical image he did not live up to.  
LV is a parody of this (i.e., he is not a pure-blood).  Snape might 
be the same way (the source of his anger is his own feeling of 
difference).

3. Explanation (2).  Snape has a lot of strange traits (great might 
reader, likes the dungeon, etc.) that all make sense if he is a 
vampire.  They make sense if he is not too, admittedly.

4. Why Snape hates Lupin so much.  Sure, Snape never really likes 
anyone who is DADA, but he constantly questions Lupin's hiring.  This 
would make sense if he had been denied the job due to his status 
(which, a JKR interview supports....she said DD wouldn't give Snape 
the job because it would bring out the "worst" in him).  Then Lupin 
gets the job.  Snape is standing around going, what the heck!?! He 
can be DADA and I can't?

5.  Lupin would use the vampire essay if Snape was a vampire.  Not to 
be mean, but to send a message that he didn't appreciate Snape's 
actions and to stand up for himself.  This isn't Lupin being mean. 

That's just a few reasons,

Jake