[HPforGrownups] Re: Vampire/Half Vampire/Schvampire -was all the other vampire Snape stuff

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 88786

June:

> And if that is supposed to make me say "Sorry I must
> be wrong - out-metaphored" - hate to disappoint you but it failed.

June, listen, you may be getting a little upset. It's an emotional thread,
because Snape is a character of complexity who evokes so many resonances in
people--personally, memory, whatever.  But this list has never been about
trying to convince, quash, "out"-anything, or defeat. It's about
*discussing.* For my part, I've enjoyed the explorations of people's
viewpoints, because of the craft and intellect applied to the *same canon*
to get such different "takes." There is no "up-man-ship" happening here.

> Big question - still unanswered, why is it SO VERY necessary to you
> all for Snape to be a vampire?  I prefer him human because I believe
> he is a more interesting character as a flawed human being.  So go
> on - what's your excuse?

The best. *Because.* Their take, their interpretation, works better with him
that way.

The very same reason, the best, that I think he's not.

Our beliefs are emotional, based on how we interact with the character. All
the canon-parsing is our attempt to shore up or support that initial
reaction.

~Amanda (::sticks out tongue at Pippin:: --he is *so* not a vampire! you
wait)