Snape NOT a Vampire (Was The Marauders are all Gryffindors)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92271

Diana:
She answers it as "I don't think so" which is neither a yes or 
a no, so we can still think that maybe there is a connection.  I 
just 
do not see how others saw her answer as a "there is no way Snape 
is a 
Vampire" because that is not what was said.    
> 
> 
> Mel:
> What was not said is exactly what you mentioned: "Wait and see" , "I 
> can't tell you that", "I can't give that much away", "Keep reading 
> and you'll find out more". She's pitifully transparent when she's 
> trying to "hide" information.
> So I guess unless she titles book 6 "Harry Potter Determines 
> (Professor)Snape is Not a Vampire" some folks just won't give this a 
> rest. <snip>


Carol:
I agree with Mel here, but I'd like to point out for those who see
ambiguity in JKR's answer that it leans more to the "no" than to the
"yes" side of the scale: "I don't think so" has a "not" in it (I do
*not* think so). If she'd really had any doubts, she would have said,
"I think he might have some connection with vampires," but even that
response would imply doubt. And how could she not know whether one of
her main characters is a vampire? The only doubt she could possibly
have is that he might have some distant connection with vampires, an
idea that she evidently has not thought about, which explains the
"erm." She may even have been trying to figure out why anyone would
ask such a question and what they meant by it.

At any rate, I agree with Mel. JKR clearly was not trying to hide
information or she'd have fudged the question with one of the typical
JKR responses listed above.

Carol, who has always thought that Snape was sufficiently complex
without adding vampire blood to the mix