Why Won't Snape Eat At OotP HQ? (WAS: Snape at Grimmauld Place)

[jonny]

No: HPFGUIDX 157076

> Robert wrote:
> > <snip> If anything was intended by JKR with this comment made
> > by Ron, it was just to call Snape's character into question.
> > <snip> What result can we gather if this was a direct clue to
> > something? That Snape is bad. Well we're supposed to believe
> > he is, aren't we? So the result is one of two things. 1) He is
> > really a DE and that is why he didn't want to eat there or 2)
> > He isn't a DE and he is just a jerk and doesn't like Sirius and
> > Lupin and a lot of the people hanging out there so he'd rather
> > eat somewhere else.
>
> Carol responds:
> <snip> BTW, not liking Sirius Black, who in Snape's view tried to
> murder him when they were both sixteen, is entirely understandable.
> <snip> As far as snape is concerned, Sirius Black is still the
> arrogant little bully who helped James Potter waylay and attack
> him in the Pensieve scene. Why would he *want* to stay for dinner
> there, unless some purpose could be served?


Jonny:
Should it be considered that Snape is a Vampire? You never see him
eat, only drink. I will check the books for exactly where, but at one
point Ron makes a joke about Snape drinking blood. When Lupin begins
teaching at Hogwarts, one of Snapes first assignments is to get the
kids to read about werewolves. In hind-sight, this is a hint from JKR
about Lupin's secret. Was it a smilar clue when Lupin has the kids
read about vampires as a homework assignment? He would have to have a
potion similar to Lupin's that keeps the more obvious vampire traits
at bay, but mostly you never see him out in the sun and he always
seems rather active and alert at night. What do you kids think?