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

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 88795

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jakedjensen" <jakejensen at h...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
> <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> 
> Kneasy:
> > 1.  Please state concisely your definition of a vampire. 
> > 2.  List, with canon references, where Snape actually corresponds 
> >      to these.
> 
> 
> I have to admit, I never really think of it in this way.  As I
> posted previously, I think (1) there have been a lot of vampire 
> refs in the books and (2) some point to Snape.  But, in the spirit 
> of it all, here goes....
> 
> Here's what we know about vampires from the canon:
> 1. Some live in the forest outside Hogwarts.  Ergo, vampires must 
> like some connection with the forest (maybe it's just a good place
> to eat or hide or live...something).

Actually, we don't know this. The quote in question is "They say he
met vampires in the Black Forest, and there was a nasty bit o' trouble
with a hag -- never been the same since.". Black Forest != 
Forbidden Forest, necessarily, since he was taking a year off from 
Hogwarts at the time".

Unless there's another Forest related quote I'm missing...

Interesting vampire mentions (!Snape, necessarily):
(Ignoring that Lockhart perpetually lies)
"...a vampire who had been unable to eat anything except lettuce 
since Lockhart had dealt with him."

Hagrid in OoP:
"Ran inter a couple o' mad trolls on the Polish border an' I had a
sligh' disagreement with a vampire in a pub in Minsk, bu' apart 
from tha' couldn't'a bin smoother."

>From the OWLS in OoP:
"He had a stab at question five (How was the Statute of Secrecy
breached in 1749 and what measures were introduced to prevent 
a recurrence?) but had a nagging suspicion that he had missed 
several important points; he had a feeling vampires had come 
into the story somewhere."

>From PoA:
"Wonder what they'll give us next year?" (re DADA)  said Seamus
Finnigan gloomily.

 "Maybe a vampire," suggested Dean Thomas hopefully.
--Arcum