Is Snape a Vampire (was Re: How did Sirius lure Severus into the Willow? (was: J

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan \(Intl 
Vendor\)" <v-tregan at m...> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Wow - I thought this was the canonical 
oh-no-not-that-again-doesn't-anyone-read-old-posts thread 
subject; so it feels kind of naughty posting. I won't dig over all
the evidence as others have done that better and the link that 
Pippin gave to
> http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/mysteries.html
> <http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/mysteries.html>  which in turn 
links to posts back in October 2000 covers them. But Pippin how 
can your statement:
> >>> Snape was a part-vampire who, by means of a switching 
spell, allowed Voldemort to acquire his vampire characteristics, 
receiving in exchange the last portion of Voldemort's humanity 
<<<

> And JKR's assertion that she doesn't think that there is any link 
between Snape and Vampires both be true? They look like 
stark contradictions to me.<<
 

Pippin:
At the risk of sounding like a certain well-known memoirist, it 
depends on the meaning of 'is'.  Meaning, he *was* linked, but 
the spell altered that permanently, so there aren't any links 
*now*.   I take that "erm" as a verbal squirm, as in "You guys are 
going to kill me when you realize how misleading this answer is. 
But, hey, it's true as far as it goes, which isn't as far as you
think." 

Much like Dobby telling Harry that the Diary plot had nothing to do 
with Voldemort . "It was a clue,sir[...]Was giving you a clue."

I realize that most people have put the clues, or should I say 
"clues" down to a severe case of Evans-itis -- so be it.

Pippin
equally self-interested -- see "vampires"
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/bestiary/bestiary_t-z.html