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

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No: HPFGUIDX 88236

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "filo_roll" <filo_roll at y...> wrote:
> 
> filoroll:
> I see you have taken my fanfic way and written fanfic in reply. 
> (Snape probably stays at school, but might drop in on his 
> bloodsucking fiends in Transylvania.)
> 

Kneasy:
Exactly.
I asked  for *canon evidence* for  the Snape!Vampire  theory and
received instead a list containing "He was bitten while on holiday
with his parents in Transylvania";  "He goes to a Blood Bank to feed"
and so on. None of your  answers were supported by canon. 
I replied in kind.
 
> 
> filoroll:
> The traits that you require do not necessarily represent the IT 
> vampire. It's not drastic revisionism. If you look at other 
> vampire stories the vampires don't have every single trait that you 
> mention. Snape has some of the characteristics of a vampire that's 
> why some people believe that he is a vampire. 

Kneasy:
No, they  don't show all the traits mentioned;  but they all show
some of them. That is the point I'm making. To  be defined as
a vampire means Snape must match at least some of the key
characteristics.
The absolute *must have* trait is the habit/need to suck the blood
of living persons. That is how the word 'vampire' is defined in
mythologies, dictionaries and encyclopaedia of folklore and fable.
If the creature doesn't, then they are not a vampire. 
Other characteristics may vary depending on the author's whims, but 
there will always be some that accord with the accepted conventions.
To show that Snape is vampiric, it is necessary for an unbiased but
reasonably  suspicious reader to be able to deduce, from the written 
word in the HP series, that he feeds on blood. Other indications of
vampiric activity in the neighbourhood of Hogwarts would give 
support, past victims becoming afflicted, for example.
(Blood flavoured lollipops  won't do it; not when Hags have been
shown to favour blood-rich food items. Nor will the past discussion
of does/doesn't  Snape eat at feasts/Grimmauld Place. Not eating
in company does not prove supping blood in private. It emphasises
his anti-social credentials.) 

filoroll:
> I don't see how you come to the conclusion about Flitwick being a 
> short giant. A short giant is Hagrid's height. He is obviously a 
> dwarf. I don't think Petunia has any sex appeal, except maybe to 
> her husband. You seem to have come up with ridiculous comparisons 
> because you are unable to counter my answers to your 
> questions. ;)
>

Kneasy:
Flitwick and Petunia were deliberately ridiculous examples made to
demonstrate how anyone can come up with anything if  they  are
prepared to indulge in speculation that has no canon support.

You are obviously strongly attached to the Snape!Vampire theory.
I assume you must have some evidence for taking this stance.
Fine; let's hear it. But I won't be responding unless it comes from 
canon and is objectively compelling.