WHY a vampire? was No fire in the office

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 88078

Jazmyn wrote:
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.  Vampires must sleep in 
their native soil during the DAY, while Snape is teaching classes.. 
and Snape is also up late at night, catching students out of bed, so 
he likely has insomnia, which would make sense for someone who is a 
spy.  Stress does that.  Vampires are undead who feed on the blood of 
humans.. and noone is going to trust them in a job with children.

vmonte responds:
Maybe Snape is not a Vampire but an animagus. His animal form could 
take the shape of a bat. 

I've always been curious about Animagi. How exactly did all of James 
Potter's friends learned how to transform into animals? Do you have a 
choice of animal or does the spell or potion choose it for you? Could 
Snape have learned how to do this around the same time as James? Or 
better yet, could the Potter gang have stolen the information from 
Snape?

vmonte out.