De-bunking Count Snape

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 125151


Pippin:
There are seven secret passages marked on the Marauder's
Map (POA ch 10). According to the twins, Filch knows about four
of them, but does not know about the one-eyed witch, or the one
behind the mirror. If Filch had known about those passages
before the Marauders, the Marauders would not have been able
to explore them and they wouldn't be on the map. So those four
must have been revealed to Filch in the Marauders time,
probably through young Snape's information, since he was
always following them around trying to get them in trouble.

That leaves three other passages. We know that Snape
discovered how to enter the Whomping Willow. Snape also
seems to suspect the One eyed witch, but not to have learned
how to open it. But it appears that he never learned about the
passage with the mirror. Why?

It could be that they chose it because it would repel Snape, or
more likely it repelled Snape and that's why it remained
undiscovered.

As for the Foe-glass, of course Snape could have had other
reasons for wanting to see what it would show him -- but it can't
have been to distract Crouch!Moody since he was unconscious
at the time.

It may also be significant that the Marauder's secret means of
communication, and one that Sirius gives to Harry specifically
because he is concerned about Snape, is a mirror. Also, the
Stone is hidden behind a mirror. Voldemort would not
be able to use vampire!Snape to get at it.

vmonte responds:
Ok, Pippin. I have to say this is good stuff you have here. And I
have noticed that even in the HP movies Snape often moves like Bella
Lugosi. Do you think that Snape (like Lupin) has been a "creature of
the night" since he was a child? Or, do you think that Snape became a
vampire after meeting up with Voldemort? Do you think that Voldemort
is also a vampire?

Do you think that Snape is half vampire? I think I remember watching
an old vampire movie in which the head vampire is killed and his
servants/minions regain their humanity. Is this why you think that
Snape is on DD's side? Because he needs to "vanquish" Voldemort in
order to reclaim his humanity? I wonder if Snape thinks that the
prophecy is about himself? Although, he was born in January so that 
cannot be right.

There must be some reason why JKR keeps making vampires references.
If he's not a vampire now he may become one in the future I suppose.


Vivian