Snape NOT a Vampire (Was The Marauders are all Gryff...

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "doliesl" <doliesl at y...> wrote:

>>As for the uncertainty implication of her words,
it seems to me that JKR is surprised by this question (like "where on 
earth you guys think there's any vampire link to Snape?") and wonder 
if it is a trick question.<<

While it does seem that she's putting a lid on the rumor (despite the 
disappointing weakness of her answer), I find it hard to believe she 
didn't know the theory was out there, or recognize that there are 
numerous hints, or red herrings (which I think she put there 
deliberately), in her books that would pique fan curiosity along 
those lines.  

I'm not going to rehash the clues here, because there have been 
countless posts, web pages and debates devoted to the subject.

Ironically, no site has yet to get all of the clues (and their 
*implications*) together on one page, but when enough of the clues 
are put together, there IS a good case for the speculation.

I never thought Snape was a vampire, but I was a fence-sitter when it 
came to "part-vamp" theories or other theories linking him to 
vampirism in some way...if for no other reason than the fact that 
Voldemort is obsessed with conquering death/obtaining immortality; 
hence, it makes perfect sense that he and his Dark-Arts 
mongering "Death Eaters" (aptly named in this regard) would research 
vampires and vampirism with that goal in mind.

BM

"Wonder what they'll give us next year?" said Seamus Finnigan 
gloomily.
"Maybe a vampire," suggested Dean Thomas hopefully.

(Think Snape will ever get the DADA job?).