Why ole Snapey is a vamp was Re: No fire in the office
pippin_999
foxmoth at qnet.com
Sun Jan 4 16:23:42 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 88069
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67"
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Whose evidence? I'm a bit confused. Anyway, I'm about to give
up, not on my belief that Snape is not a vampire but on
convincing people who are determined to believe that he is. <
I believe Amanda was referring to my post 35299, which gathers
the vampire evidence pre-OOP. The significance of the frosty
temperature of Snape's office escaped my notice and I thank
Jake for this useful addition to Snapelore.
OOP evidence, briefly:
Snape's refusal to take meals with the Order
His preference for shade in the Pensieve scene
His supernaturally acute hearing, if he could actually hear what
James and co were saying, and this was not a trick of the
Penseive.
Carol:
>"Snape threw back his cloak and opened his mouth to reveal
his heretofore concealed fangs, which were dripping with blood.
He reached for Harry and was just about to bite his neck when
Dumbledore walked into the room. 'Stupefy!'" All right,
I'm presenting the idea in a ridiculous light, but that's how it
strikes me. What I don't understand is why anyone, even the
most virulent Snape hater, would *want* Snape to be a vampire.
What purpose does it serve? How does it advance the plot? He's
a complex character with no need for supernatural explanations
for his attitudes and actions. I much prefer real, human
motivations.<
You might want to look at the Mysteries FAQ
http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/mysteries.html
under Severus Snape for past discussion of this.
I don't think Rowling's point in making Snape a vampire would
be to have him suddenly succumb to bloodlust, any more than
that was her reason to make Lupin a werewolf.
I'm not a Snape hater, far from it, nor am I a huge fan of
vampire-fiction. Mostly I see Snape's character as a mirror and
foil of Lupin's. Lupin wants desperately to "pass" as a normal
wizard and his whole life has been colored by his inability to do
this. Vampire!Snape, OTOH, *can* pass, and I think Rowling
means to show us that this too has a cost. In any case, the
desire to be accepted by human society is the most human sort
of motivation I can think of.
Pippin
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