WHY a vampire? was No fire in the office

[jakedjensen]

No: HPFGUIDX 88081

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jazmyn <jazmyn at p...> wrote:
I do not think it would be amazing. But then, I am not a Goth and 
have no interest in seeing my favorite character as a vampire. 


JakedJensen responds:
Please do not stereotype everyone who thinks Snape might be a vampire 
or half-vampire.  I am not a Goth (not that I have any problem with 
someone who is).

Jakedjensen wrote: 
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).


jazmyn wrote:
The problem with that idea, is that vampires are as pureblood as they 
were before they became vampires.  Being as vampires are HUMANS who 
were made into vampires by other vampires. Being also as vampires are 
undead, their purity of blood doesn't matter as they cannot breed 
anyways.

Jakedjensen responds:
First, I am not arguing that Snape is not a pure-blood.  I am arguing 
that his own hatred of LV or Lupin might stem from feelings of 
insecurity about himself.  Second, vampire are second class citizens 
in JKRs world.  Hence, being a vampire would lead to disrespect among 
the purebloods in the same way they (my proxy for pure-blood type 
thought is the Malfoys) hate Hagrid and were angry that Lupin (a 
werewolf) was allowed to teach at Hogwarts.  Since vampires are 
lumped into this group (werewolves, giants, etc.) in the books, Snape 
would most likely suffer the same ridicule.

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.  

Jakedjensen responds:
Hmmm...DD hires a half-giant, a werewolf, a cent., but in your 
opinion there is NO WAY he would think of hiring a vampire?  I think 
DD has shown himself to be the sort of person who judges all living 
creatures on their own merits and not just on public perception.  
Remember, DD makes a move to befriend the giants (who are monsters 
24/7) in OoTP.

In general, I think a lot of your perceptions of vampires and what 
the HAVE to be like (sleep in coffin, drink blood) have not been 
disproved in canon.  Those that have (Snape in the sunlight) can 
easily be explained if Snape drinks a potion similiar to the one he 
made for Lupin in PoA.  Afterall, that potion allowed Lupin to go in 
the moonlight which would be the same thing.  Also, you are 
stereotyping all vampires as being bloodthirsty monsters.  The same 
could be said of werewolves.  Or giants.  And as we have seen, those 
stereotypes are not always correct.

Jake