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

[evil_sushi2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 88597

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "junediamanti" 
<june.diamanti at b...> wrote:
 why do the Vampire!Snape adherents take such 
 an insistent approach to it being necessary to the plot and the 
 story?  There can be a vampire or not - 
 <snip>
  
 June:
 <Snape is a mixed up human being.>

ES
Which is what I totally agree with. Think about it
1) abusive home
2) not a lot of friends (NOTE, the only person to stand up for him 
so far has been Lily, and that was most probably pity)
3) apparently not popular (girls in OoTP were swamping after James 
and co.)
4) Not good at quidditch or with girls (broomstick and girl laughing 
at him) and I vaguely remember a comment from Hagrid or DD about 
Snape being jealous of James' popularity, good looks and quidditch 
skills. 
  
June 
 <That's not to say "There won't be vampires" it's merely 
 to say that there is no certainty in my mind that there will be.>

ES
I have to say that I agree with (soz, cant remeber who) the idea 
that Charlie will bring one in tow, from Romania. 
 
June: 
  <For me, I'll take the description of the angry man to be 
 Snape Senior, thanks.   I believe the revelation there, was that 
 Snape's childhood was unhappy and that he had been on the end of 
 abuse at home, not unlike Harry.  Not that he was brought up by 
 distant relatives because his parents tended to lie around in 
coffins 
 all day. And there's a new spin on the concept of neglectful 
 upbringing I suppose.>

ES 
Have to totally agree with this. Vampirism would weaken Snapes 
character: he would have an excuse for being IMHO mean. (Thinks of 
all the other words she could use to describe him). 
 
  June:  Here's an explanation:  He's tall, dark, pale, prefers the 
indoor 
 life, doesn't particularly go for the great outdoors, non-
sporting.  
  He's graceful and rather imposing in 
 manner.>

Es
Graceful and imposing. Yes. He was obviously bullied, and probably 
wanted to be respected. (Which would explain why he is still 
affected by talks of James and James' hero-ism). But, being a proud 
Slytherin pureblood, he is far too superior and not at all self 
confident enough to go and be nice to Gryffindor!James&CO (refuses 
to believe any of this nonsense about slytherin!james). So he tries 
to get their attention. Unfortunately he does it wrong, and for some 
massive reason, is now hated by the 'cool kids'. (Which would also 
be why he is so strict in lessons, as he doesn't know how to gain 
respect, he forces it.) So now he is mean and imposing, because he 
has to protect himself, because if people think he is weak, then 
they can hurt him. So he cultivates the front that he is not to be 
messed with.
(There are alternative theories on this, but this basically sums 
most which I find plausible).  
So; the spidery twitching adolescent in "Snape's Worst Memory" 
adopts a "scary" persona to discourage anyone from getting too 
 close.  

June
 <<Snape's an enthusiastic Quidditch fan, so why 
 should he be wearing a "very grim smile" when his team is 
 going for the Final?>> 

  <However, his 
 support of his own house is definite.  Grimly smiling because he 
has 
 to sit through what to him is a boring few hours perhaps, or 
hecause 
 he is grimly satisfied that Slytherin are going to win.  Show me a 
 genuine smile on Snape's face, other than grim or twisted...>
 
ES 
I agree that Snape is a quidditch fan, but I think that he likes to 
ortray that he isnt, because he wants to show that he is above the 
common, an especially above the kids. Also, I would assume he's not 
that good, so wants to hide his failings, and jealousy.

June
 <Certainly not "Oh bloody hell, I have to sit in the sun, hope I 
don't 
 melt and I'll certainly have to top up on the old potion if the 
match 
 goes on for longer than three hours...">

ES
Seriously, that had me in stitches. 
 
 June
 <Am I expected to 
 believe that the other parent would have polluted their pureblood 
 bloodlines by miscegenation with a non-pureblood?  How would that 
 square with  Slytherin pride?>

With Snape, all he has is pride. Vampire...erm... no. How disgusting 
would that be, especially how he treats Remus. Also, wouldn't the 
ministry keep tabs on Vampires, especially if they had been teaching 
for fourteen years??? So when Fudge says (sorry paraphrasing) A 
werewolf, a death eater. 
Bk 4, at the end. 
 Wouldn't he have mentioned vampire??

El. S