A BIAS in the Pensieve: A Batty Idea About Snape

[melclaros]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
 
> 
> But as JKR is not, IMO, a romantic, and her world is nowhere 
> near the escapist-friendly place it appears to be at first glance, 
> part-vampire!Snape's inadequacies as a fantasy figure wouldn't 
> bother her. 


Which makes the vampire!Snape idea even *less* likely since JK's 
being's and monsters (with the sole exception of Remus' werewolf 
form--and I specify Remus because from what we've been told, other 
werewolves lurk about in the forbidden forest and are not as nice as 
him at all) tend towards the most grotesque forms of their folkloric 
models. It would follow that Rowling's vamps would be far more 
likely to resemble Nosferatu than any tuxedoed-Hollywood's-golden 
era-vampire. Now Snape is certainly not presented as being 
physically attractive, but he's certianly not in the league of your 
classic Nosferatu.