Vamp 'til ready

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No: HPFGUIDX 88494

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Danielle" <strom5150 at c...> wrote:
> 
> I've read other posts comparing Voldy to a vampire, and your post 
> sums up all of those points nicely. So, I have nothing from canon 
> to offer you proving he's not one.
>  
> I only offer to use your own anti-Snape!Vampire argument against 
> you:
>  
> In what way would Voldy being a vampire aid or enhance the plot of 
> the books at this point? And why, if Snape should be a human with 
> human motivations for his nastiness, etc. instead of a vampire, is 
> this not also true for Voldy? He is, or was, human. And Tom Riddle 
> proved that Voldy's evilness was brewing nicely while he was still 
> fully human. So, why a vampire now?
> 

Exactly.
Why a vampire now? Indeed, why a vampire at all - anywhere in the 
cast list?

But for those that feel deprived if a fantasy adventure omits such beings
then I'd recommend looking at all the runners in the field and comparing
their form before fixing the odds.
Voldy seems to show more of the commonly  accepted characteristics 
of vampirism than Snape does.

When the arguments for the Snape!Vampire hypothesis are examined,
particularly when special pleading (potions not yet revealed, different 
folklores may apply, etc.) are produced, it becomes possible by 
extension to force any number of round pegs into square holes all 
through the canon; all that's needed is an adjustment to your criteria.
Where's the logic in this instance?

So why do many insist on Snape!Vampire when Voldy!Vampire is a 
better bet? Could it be that there are people out there that *gasp* do
not appreciate our Sevvy? Are  there those who really want to see him
squirming in his coffin as Hagrid hammers a stake through his shirt-
front as the sun sets over the turrets and castellations of Hogwarts? 
And complaining because DD won't let him keep Snape!Vampire as a
pet ("He'd be really good for the Care of Magical Creatures lessons!")?

Surely not. We need a miserable old bastard figure if only to keep that
little toe-rag Potter in some sort of order. And who else manages to 
exercise any sort of discipline or restraint on him?

No. I think Snape's story is going to be much more interesting than
a mere necking session gone wrong in some dark wood somewhere.

Kneasy