Is Snape a Vampire?

[anne_t_squires]

No: HPFGUIDX 169481

 "Donna"  wrote:

Thanks for the welcome and replies.  As for Snape out during the
day, you got to remember that he is potions master.  If he can whip up
a concoction to prevent Lupin from becoming a werewolf, he might be
able to make a potions to help himself cope with vampire limitations.
Just like Dumbledore hired Lupin under certain circumstances as to
make him safe to work with students, Snape could have the same
agreement.  I know this is alot of speculation on my part, but they
are feasible.

 My rebuttal

> Ryan:
> 
> Yes, Snape is a potions master.  However, the wolfsbane potion does
> not prevent a werewolf from transforming.  It helps them retain
> something of their human personality when they're transformed.
> Lupin said something to the effect of the wolfsbane potion allowing
> him to curl up in his office and sleep on the nights he transformed.
> 
> Second, JKR has all but said "Snape is not a vampire," so I don't
> believe you line of speculation is feasible.  There may be some
> vampires using potions to walk around during the day, but Snape's
> not one of them.
>
Anne Squires now:

I have to agree with Ryan here.  Snape is not a vampire.  The JKR
quote that confirmed this for me is found in the MuggleNet/Leaky
Cauldron interview with Emerson Spartz and Melissa Anelli on July 16,
2005.  At one point the three of them are discussing fans and the
various theories that can come about.  JKR explains that she
encourages theorizing but that sometimes she has to step in when she
feels that fans are wasting their time on ideas that will essentially
lead nowhere.  The example JKR gives as an unprofitable line of
inquiry is this very issue, the Snape is a vampire issue: 

JKR: "No, I see that, and yeah, I follow your line there. I can't - I
mean, obviously, there are lines of speculation I don't want to shut
down. Generally speaking, I shut down those lines of speculation that
are plain unprofitable. Even with the shippers. God bless them, but
they had a lot of fun with it. 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."