Ok. I admit it. I’m a creepy geek.
I’ve been searching the web for Snape info.
This is what I’ve found: link. It’s interesting. I really want this theory to have some merit so that we can see some interesting character development (read: blood lust action.)
What do you think?
I’m not going to disagree that it’s possible Snape’s a vampire. Except:
#6- Vampires are associated with the Dark Arts.
Are they? When I think of evil creepies and dark magic I think of demons, witches, or wizards, but not vampires.
#7- *“Snape” sounds like “nape”, and since the nape is a part of the neck… *
Come on. Names can be tip-offs (who didn’t see Lupin’s werewolf thing coming?) but that one’s just lame. Totally reaching.
#8- He’s not depicted as eating normal food.
Means nothing. Short of the meals prepared by Mrs. Weasley, few adults in HP are described eating, period.
It’s an interesting theory, I agree, but I thought those arguments weakened it.
Unless she has twisted basic vampire lore , right out of existence ,then snape would have to either have taken some potion that allows him to both teach in the daytime , plus be able to attend quidictch matches in the open.
I am not sure that JKR has twisted lore that much ,as lupin still turned into a werewolf during full moon periods.
Declan
I’ve heard this theory before, and I think it’s nothing more than the pet fantasy of people who have a thing for vampires and way too much time on their hands. I don’t see any real reason to believe that Rowling wants us to think Snape is a vampire.
Yeah, I’ve heard this one before, it’s all over my husband’s Harry Potter for Adults group.
I’m kind of torn, because while I don’t want to see Snape turn out to be a vampire some of the evidence is pretty convincing to me, especially the bit about Lupin’s essay.
I’m not sure it’s so clear that no vampires can ever go out in the daytime, wasn’t this mentioned right here in one of Cecil’s columns? (then again, maybe that undermines all the “likes to hang out in dungeons” evidence)
My husband, who buys this theory big time, points out that in book 5
when scourgify is cast on Snape’s mouth, pink or red stuff comes out. I didn’t find that particularly convincing myself but there you are
I think I’d have to have more evidence about how vampires function in Rowling’s world to really figure this out.
And in all honesty I have to admit I do have a minor thing for vampires and WAY too much time on my hands.
Well, he doesn’t live in the dungeon…he teaches a class in the dungeon. He apparently lives either where all the other teachers live, or probably in Slytherin house, in his capacity as housemaster.
And how is he “intuitive”? Standard proceedure when something is going on that no one can figure out is:
Two Snape threads! Glee!
Interesting theory, I’d never considered it. Some of their “evidence” is very compelling though some (snape=nape? :rolleyes: ) is really reaching. I really hope she does this character justice in the end.
I don’t see the Snape “nape” connection at all. If his last name is meant to have any connotations, I’m inclined to think it relates to snakes.
“Snake” and “Snape” are only one letter apart, and he’s always been connected to the Slytherin House, which is associated with snakes in a host of ways.
The one piece of evidence I’ve heard for this theory that seems to have some weight to it is that, supposedly, Snape is compared to a bat once and exactly once in each book.
I haven’t verified whether or not this is true, myself - and I heard it before Book 5 came out, so I have no idea if the alleged pattern continued there. But if it’s true, it does strike me as the sort of thing Rowling might do with a purpose in mind…
Has anyone counted the number of times Snape is compared to snakes or reptiles?
The theory made me laugh, if it is true then fne so be it, but seriously point number 8. Hes not seen enjoying meals much. Oh yes, thasts why hes never at any of the great feasts, or any of the normal feasts… oh hang on he is! And as is never mentioned that the other teachers enjoy there meals either… with the exception of Dumbledore, all the teachers must be vampires…
Wont even get into the snape/nape theory…
Or Alan Rickmans portrayal of Snape, who seriously thinks that they told the actor stuff thats not been wrote yet?!
Yep, great theory
Oh and Im sorry, but Ive read several Vampire stories fron the ones written for kids and those for adults, and Ive never come across a half vampire who could go out in the sun!
never come across a half vampire either for that matter
I did come across one that could go outside with suncream but I digress…
Oh, they definitely did: I’ve read interviews with several of the movie actors in which they said J. K. Rowling gave them some information about their characters’ planned storyline in the future books.
Actually, I believe Rowling has told the actors stuff about their characters that will only be revealed in later books. This particular theory sounds like a stretch, though.
Hes not seen enjoying meals much.
Well in Book 5
Ron points out specifically about Snape that (unlike the other members of the Order of the Pheonix) “he never eats here.” Personally I think that’s more because he’s not very popular shrug
I think the funniest point on the list was #4:
Okay, so far so good, although I’m not sure how I can “look” at the clothes of a character in a book. But then…
Rowling has not depicted Snape as possessing any sex appeal. Maybe the author(s) of this list have a thing for Alan Rickman, but Snape in the books is creepy, slimy, and unattractive. None of the other characters seem to find him the least bit sexy; in fact, they make fun of his appearance.
This is true to the books, but then…
What? Where are they getting this from? I do not recall any of Snape’s students ever being “capitvated”. The Gryffindors are terrified, bored, or trying to avoid being bullied by the Slytherins, who know they can get away with anything in Potions.
Several of the other points on the list are just references to vampires from the books that have nothing to do with Snape at all. “Snape is a vampire” does not logically follow from “Rowling has mentioned vampires”. Other points rely on vague and questionable vampire stereotypes (“Vampires are intuitive”, “Vampires are associated with the Dark Arts”), but the entire theory falls apart unless one believes that Rowling has rejected the single most commonly known stereotype about vampires – that they cannot go out in the sunlight. This popular belief is admittedly less than a century old and has no basis in folklore, but much the same could be said about vampires and psychic powers.
If Snape does turn out to be a vampire then I will be very disappointed in Rowling for doing such a shoddy job of setting it up. I’d also be disappointed to see a major character turn out to be a vampire just for the sake of having a vampire around, and I am unable to think of any storyline that would require Snape to be a vampire but that would also require this to be a secret for at least five books.
Ok, the page is down, but based on what I’ve read here, I can make one comment: the Snape/Nape thing is kinda stupid.
The nape of the neck is the back part. Above the spine. Vampires fang people in the front of the neck, the better to get at all thoes veins and arteries.
I dunno if the theory’s correct or not, but that bit of evidence strikes me as…um…dumb.
Fenris
wait a minute. Im certain that Snape has been mentioned at least several times as being at dinners with the other teachers. Im fairly certain of that (dont have the books on hand to check though).
Two specific cases spring to mind, rabbit, although there are undoubtedly others. Snape was present at Harry’s first feast at Hogwarts; Harry noticed him speaking to Quirrell and asked Percy who he was. No mention was made of what he was eating or not eating. He was also present at Christmas dinner in PoA. There were only thirteen people present, all of them at the same table. If he had not eaten then, it would have been quite obvious, and Harry would surely have noted it.
I will now state for the record that I regard the Snape-as-a-vampire theory as complete nonsense. There’s not one bit of substantial evidence for it, and a number of pieces of evidence (already mentioned in this thread) contradicting it.
Well, it is possible. Rowling hasn’t set rules about vampires yet. Fantasy authors are allowed to do anything within the set rules of their stories. Perhaps in the Potter world, sunlight is merely annoying to vampires. Or maybe he does have some potion to overcome that, or anything else.
Personally, I doubt this theory except for the quotes that would be made clever if it turned out to be true. The aforementioned ones comparing him to a bat and also this one from Azkaban. After Lupin resigns because of the werewolf thing, someone says “I wonder who’ll they’ll give us next” and Dean Thomas says “Maybe a vampire”. That’d be an amusing quote if Snape turned out to be one.
Personally, I doubt it, but if in a lesson in the next book, the teacher says that vampires are fine going out in the sun, and only muggles think otherwise, that opinion may change.