WHY a vampire? was No fire in the office

[bookraptor11]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jazmyn <jazmyn at p...> wrote:
(Snipping most of the post to get to the non-vampire list) 
> 1. Snape has not been witnessed drinking blood.
> 2. Snape has not been witnessed sleeping in a coffin, box of dirt 
>  or anything like that.
> 3. Snape has not been witnessed during into a bat (or any other 
animals).
> 4. Snape has not been witnessed at any time with fangs.
> 5. Snape does not possess super human strength or he would have 
faired 
> better against being bounced off a wall and knocked out by a few 
kids 
> with wands.
> 6. Snape refereed a Quidditch game outside during the day and far 
as I 
> know, Sunblock won't stop the sun from destroying a vampire as its 
not 
> just UV rays that effect them.
> 7. Snape teaches classes during the daytime when all good little 
> blood-suckers are asleep.
> 8. Vampires are not allowed to have wands as they are not 'humans' 
> anymore by definition as they cannot overcome their bloodthirsty 
natures 
> (despite what 'Buffy' fans think), unlike a Werewolf who can just 
lock 
> themselves up on a full moon.
> 9. Snape bleeds.  Undead don't bleed like humans.
> 10. There is no canon to suggest anyone can be a half-vampire.     
< 11. Wearing black no more makes a person a vampire then wearing 
green 
> makes a person a leprechaun.
> 12. Living or working in a dungeon does not a vampire make. It 
might 
> make a grumpy, ill-tempered person who lacks a good tan though.
> 13. If everyone with black eyes was a vampire, then Hagrid would be 
one 
> too. Black eyes exist in real life, though it is linked with color 
> blindness.
> Jazmyn

Donna:
Just wanted to add to that the in the Lexicon it states: Vampires are 
studied in DADA but *are not considered wizards* (emphasis mine).

In GOF(US paperback p.147) Percy is angry with Rita Skeeter for 
stating that the ministry should be stamping out vampires "As if it 
wasn't specifically stated in paragraph twelve of the Guidelines for 
the Treatment of Non-Wizard Part-Humans--"

That is their classification, which the Lexicon itself has wrong, as 
it has them under Creatures (they and ghosts should have a seperate 
undead and 'dead but still here' classification of their own).  They 
are not in "Fantastic Beasts," but werewolves who are wizards and CAN 
do magic when not transformed, are.

14. We have seen Snape performing magic (dueling club in COS for one 
example).

Not that vampires don't have supernatural powers, but it is not 
considered wizardry, it is part of their essense. A vampire 
transforms into a bat, but is not an animagus. They don't need wands.
Ghosts who were wizards can no longer do magic, I don't think it's 
just because they can't hold a wand. Dumbledore has done wandless 
magic, even if it's because he's so powerful, you'd think a ghost 
who's essense has hung around for a few hundred years would develop 
the strength of will to not need a wand. 

Before this strays too far off the point, I just want to finish with 
half vampires. I think the jury is still out on that one. Vampires 
have been mentioned several times, but half vampires so far don't 
exist in JKR's world.

Donna