Why ole Snapey is a vamp was Re: No fire in the office

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> Kneasy:
> But if Snape is a vampire, all sorts of questions surface.
> 
> When and how did he become a vampire?

Filoroll:

Snape got bitten while holidaying with his family in Transylvania.  
His parents started arguing so he wondered off into the forest to 
find most potente potion ingredients.  The vampire nearly drained 
Snape completely but he managed to find his wand and repel the 
bloodsucker.  

> Would the DE supremacists accept him as an equal to a pure-
> blood wizard? (I suspect not, but Malfoy acts otherwise.)

They don't know.  Ignorance is bliss.

> Who does he feed on? When? (He'd need fresh blood - often)

Either he drinks a potion which deadens his urges for blood or he's 
like Angel, he goes to the blood bank.  Or, Snape's like Louis 
from "Interview With the Vampire", he catches rats and drinks animal 
blood.  This is the reason why he wonders around so much at night.

> Does DD know? (How could he justify this one to the Ministry?)

DD probably knows and because he's such a non-discriminating guy he 
doesn't mind as long as Snape doesn't feed on his students and DD's 
not stupid enough to tell the Ministry.  

> Why are there no  victims of vampirism in canon ? (Both
> Quirrell and Hagrid have met them, but no bites anywhere.)

Just because JKR hasn't written about it doesn't mean it won't be 
in canon later.  Vampires live in remote forests (this is canon, I 
think it was Hermione who said so) and not many humans go there 
except for those diehard wizards looking for most potente potion 
ingredients.

> Why is he not repelled by garlic?

Only some vampires are repelled by garlic.  The normal vampires on 
Buffy are repelled, I think, but Anne Rice's vampires are not 
affected.  

> Why is he not affected by daylight?

Not all vampires burn to death in daylight. In "The Last Vampire" 
the vampiress could walk around in daylight.  Also in "Queen of the 
Damned" the Queen and Lestat could walk around in the sun unharmed.

> Why does he cast a reflection in the Foe-glass?

This is not a necessary trait.  Does he cast a reflection in the foe 
glass?  I thought the foe glass was supposed to show your enemies?

> How can he cross running water? (Bathroom overflows in CoS)

I don't think it's a must have feature of a vampire that they can't 
dip themselves in water.  Wasn't it the wicked witch of the compass 
point in Wizard of Oz that shrivelled up when water got thrown on 
her?  I think the reason why Snape is greasy is because either he's 
a greasy person or because he only takes a shower when it is 
absolutely necessary and not everyday because he's got better things 
to do than wash himself.  

> Why no fangs?

He hids them, like in Anne Rice's books, the vampires hold their 
faces in such a way as to disguise the fangs.  

> Why doesn't he sleep during the day?

He has to teach his incompetent students.  Who says he doesn't take 
a bat nap?  Refer to the daylight question.

> Have the Aurors in the Order been blind for 14 years?

Probably.  They don't know everything, like who the rat was.  And 
Snape isn't about to tell them about his very private personal 
matter.  

> Bloody strange vampire, IMO, not to exhibit vampire traits.
> An even stranger vampire to do things no vampire ought.
> If JKR unveils him as a vampire, I'll feel cheated. 
> 
> Kneasy

The traits you mentioned do not neccessary point to the fact that 
Snape isn't a vampire.  JKR is probably devising her own vampires 
with special JKR traits. 


filoroll