Snape, a vampire?

[anne_t_squires]

No: HPFGUIDX 163868

Antonia wrote:
> I heard some theories which state that Severus might indeed
> be a vampire. He has the looks, the attitude etc. Is there
> any real evidence on this? Did JKR mention anything about
> this?
>
> Jeremiah:
> Ya know, I had thought that, too. then she wrote that one on
> her site and said No Way.

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Anne Squires:

I looked this up on JKR's website and couldn't find where she
addresses this particular issue.  But, I think it must be there
somewhere and I just can't find it because in the MuggleNet/Leaky
Cauldron interview on 7-16-05 JKR told Emerson and Melissa,
"Generally speaking, I shut down those lines of speculation that
are plain unprofitable.... It's when people get really off the
wall - it's when people devote hours of their time to proving
that Snape is a vampire that I feel it's time to step in, because
there's really nothing in the canon that supports that."

I personally think that there are plenty of subtle and not so
subtle clues in canon that Snape might be a vampire.  I conclude
from the above quote from JKR that she had planted a red herring
that people, in her opinion, were just getting too carried away
with. JKR, for whatever reason, wanted people to stop wasting
their time investigating something which is clearly there,
despite what she says.   So, she shut down that particular red
herring.  This, of course, is just my humble interpretation of
her words.  I just can't believe that she is completely serious
when she says, "there's really nothing in the canon that supports
that."  "That" refers to Vampire!Snape.  I mean come on.  She
knows she planted that red herring.  Not sure why she is denying
it.

Just my two knuts worth.

Anne S.