Vampire/Half Vampire/Schvampire -was all the other vampire Snape stuff

[koinonia02]

No: HPFGUIDX 88435

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "junediamanti" 
<june.diamanti at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "koinonia02" <Koinonia2 at h...> 
> wrote:> 
 just that it was patently 
> obvious that he was NOT A VAMPIRE at sixteen - unless he had a body 
> shield that enabled him to walk around in sunlight. 

"K"

Oh, the old sunlight issue again. 

June: 
> I'm talking traditional vampire here, and not Ann Rice's stuff.  

"K"

So who's tradition are we talking about?
 
June:
> When I don't have work to think about in the morning, I 
> quite like to stay up until 2 am - that does not make me a vampire.

"K"

We aren't talking about our world. We are talking about a fantasy 
world.

June:
> And JKR has not tinkered with the traditional werewolf canon 

"K"

How many werewolves do you know who take a potion? I also don't know 
many werewolves who run around with friends who can turn themselves 
into animals.

June:
I simply believe it would not serve the plot one iota.

"K"

And I think vampires are going to be a big part of the story. It's 
not just going to be one little vampire.

June: 
> It's a red herring 

"K"

To cover what?

June:
> Psychotic nutter!Snape - I can buy that,even welcome it as 
> interesting at least

"K"

I think we surely differ on what would be interesting. Psychotic 
nutter? 

June:
>just a two dimensional vampire? 
> Give her some credit.

"K"
Who said Snape would only be a two dimensional character if he were a 
half-vampire? Give her more credit? I do. 


June: 
> If he is being set up as the personification of a moral dilemma at 
> the heart of the book (and I believe that is the case) then let's 
> have a flawed and realistic adult human being wrestling with it, 
not 
> some undead thing or half-breed.

"K"

Then let's make all the characters only wizards. No werewolves,  
giants, merpeople, trolls, goblins, vampires, veela's, fairies, 
wizards who can turn into animals, wizards who can change their 
appearance, etc. Actually, let's make then all muggles. To heck with 
imagination.
 
June: 
> And for what it's worth - I think the final truth will be 
> TragicallyRedeemed!Human!Snape. 

I hope so. :-)


"K"
I guess I must get my vampire essay together.