WHY a vampire? was No fire in the office

[catimini15]

No: HPFGUIDX 88075

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jazmyn <jazmyn at p...> wrote:

(snip)
There is NO WAY that Dumbledore would be so reckless as to hire a 
Vampire as a teacher. Werewolves are only part time monsters (full 
moons), but a vampire is a monster 24/7.

Now me (Nadine) :
When I read this, I automatically thought of a line in OotP (page 
377 - canadian edition) when Hagrid, telling his tale, says 
that «(he) had a sligh' disagreement with a vampire in a pub in 
Minsk». Hmm. If one can encounter a vampire in a pub, why not have 
one teaching in a school...

In the same message, Jazmyn quoted Jakedjensen who wrote: 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).

Now me (Nadine) again : For some reason, I like this theory. After 
all, Voldemort's goal in life is to be immortal. Maybe he has 
experienced vampirism and failed, but Snape was left with the 
inconviniences and/or advantages (Are there any ? I don't know!) of 
being a vampire... Or maybe Snape has been a vampire all along and 
Voldemort used him for experimentations on immortality.
(snip)

I also agree with Berit, who, in another post, wrote : «even though 
I lean towards the view that Snape is not a vampire/half vampire. I 
just can't rule it out completely.» :-)

Same for me.

Nadine