Why Snape doesn't have to be human

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No: HPFGUIDX 107648


> Alla earlier : "By the way, after her answer, I don't really 
believe that he is
> a vampire, although I could never figure out why people are so
> strongly opposed to that theory."


Jim:
 
> I can only answer for me.
> 
> I have a more conservative approach to "theories" - they're really
> hypotheses - than some people do.  When I come up with a 
speculation,
> I try to find reasons to knock it down, not build it up.  A lot of
> people hang very large theories on very tiny snippets of text.  We 
try
> to wring too much meaning out of too few words.  IOW, I believe in
> being very tough on proving any kind of theory that makes a big
> difference in the story.
snip.
 
> > To get to the Snape-as-vampire theories, and again no offense 
meant,
> the adherents have relied on very small clues while explaining away 
in
> different ways very large objections, including something JKR said,
> which we are told isn't what it sounds like.
> 
> JKR doesn't work that way. She plays fair in the literary sense. The
> clues that Lupin was a werewolf were much larger.
> 
> I almost didn't post this, but we're all grownups, and we can debate
> how we go about exploring these great stories. NO ONE is singled out
> here, believe me.  Let this be like Valhalla, where we fight all day
> and hoist a few at night.
> 



Alla:

LOL! Jim. No offense taken of course. You are one of the writers on 
the list whom I am learning a lot from and I love reading your posts.


But here is what I don't understand. I am not that eager to see Snape 
as vampire or half vampire, BUT I think that we can see quite A LOT 
clues or red herrings or whatever, which lead to that interpretation.

I don't understand why you are saying that this theory has very small 
canon support. Of course those cluse can be interpreted either way, 
but they are there.


And no, I don't think that JKR always plays fair in the literary way. 
You compared clues about Vampire!Snape with Werevolf! Lupin clues, 
but I think more accurate comparison will be with Scabbers!Pettigrew. 
How many clues did we get about that revelation? Very, very few.

How many clues did we get about Sirius not being a traitor?

I think Vampire!Snape has more clues than those.