Why Snape doesn't have to be human

[nkafkafi]

No: HPFGUIDX 107677

> > Jim:
> > 
> > >The clues that Lupin was a werewolf were much larger.
> > 
> > 
> > "K":
> > 
> > But were they? Has anyone ever gone back and made a list of 
> all the  clues? 
>
> Pippin:
> 
> Interesting question. Suppose JKR had decided to hold off 
> revealing Lupin's condition for another few books--what kind of 
> clues and counterclues might we have? Could they be refuted? 
> 
> Here is a list
> <snip a long list of well thought arguments>
> 
> There you have it--is there a compelling case that Lupin is a 
> werewolf? Or would readers be justified in dismissing the 
> hypothesis as arrant nonsense?  You decide! 
> 
> I think the biggest clue in PoA is the werewolf essay. Need I point 
> out that there's a vampire essay too?
> 
> Pippin
> who modestly asserts that she could never surpass H/H 
> shippers when it comes to imaginative interpretations of JKR's 
> words  *cough*very platonic friends*cough. ::hoists glass to Jim::


Neri:

May I offer you a cough drop, Pippin?

I was very impressed by your arguments, and I agree with all of them 
(truly) but you forgot the strongest point of canon against Lupin 
being a werewolf: someone asked JKR if he has any connection with 
werewolves and she answered: "Erm... I don't think so".

Neri ::tips hat to Pippin and H/H shippers alike::