Vamp 'til ready

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No: HPFGUIDX 88500

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "koinonia02" <Koinonia2 at h...> wrote:
> 
> "K"
> That's a good question. Why wait so long to show us a vampire? But 
> then again, why wait so long to tell us about Lily. It's a matter of 
> keeping what's important till the end.
> 

Tell us what about Lily?

I can't think of anything about Lily that might be important except
who she might be related  to. And since there have been endless
speculations on that subject, tying her to all sorts of unlikely types,
from DD to Voldy via Arabella Figg, it's difficult to get excited about 
it now.

Similarly, I can't see how Snape being a vampire is important, not
unless his job is to turn young Potter into one of the un-dead so
that Voldy can't zap him. Then Harry can retire to the Shrieking
Shack and live happily ever after, reclining among his Sirius
memorabilia and nipping down to Hogsmead for the occasional
blood-flavoured lollypop.

IMO the intriguing question for Snapeologists isn't "What is he?",
it's "What is he up to and why?" No matter how much I torture
my failing intellect, I can't conceive of a realistic scenario that 
would *require* him to be a vampire. JKR rarely if ever does things
to major characters without a reason, but it's the credible reason 
that's missing.

There may yet be revelations about Lily, despite my doubts, but
there will be a reason for those revelations - it will be integral to the
plot and it will tie up a loose end or two. How could Snape!Vampire
resolve anything that has gone before?

Sorry, I just can't see it.

Kneasy