Voldo doesn’t know that Snape is with Dumbledore. He’s still playing the double agent. The only Death Eater that even has a clue has the headmaster of Krum’s school, but he is a persona non grata in DE circles, hence his going on the run at the end of GoF.
As for the vampire theory, no sir, I don’t buy it. Rowling has put him in the daylight far too often with no apparent discomfort or loss of powers, he’s never shown any vampiric (as opposed to wizard) abilities, or a bloodlust. His image is a bit stereotypically vampiric, but that also works quite well for “dark magician”. See also Voldemort, who is not a vampire, although he has used blood in teh past fopr his magic.
Well, that’s just as likely as my theory, anyhow.
Variation:
Snape was there to warn the Potters, but Voldo showed up before he could split. Snape had to show his loyalty to Voldo by assisting in the murder of the Potters.
Well, except, at the end of Goblet of Fire, Voldemort is addressing the assembled Death Eaters and he tells them:
“And here we have six missing Death Eaters…three dead in my service. One, too cowardly to return…he will pay (Karkaroff). One, who I believe has left my service forever…he will be killed, of course (Snape)… and one, who remains my most faithful servant…(Crouch Jr)”
Okay. Just read the whole thread. So the question is, what’s the deal with Snape?
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I think it’s interesting to use what people eat to tell about their secrets. The hip flask of the fourth year DADA teacher was relevant, and he was seen eating sausages at a feast. Dumbledore apparently has a sweet tooth, but also for some reason may enjoy a nice cockroach cluster. What significance can we attach to this? But it is true that food has been mentioned in connection with many of the other teachers, and not memorably with Snape. McGonagall likes to have a tin of biscuits about. Lupin carries chocolate on his person for emergencies. Hagrid’s food is legendary. And there is an excellent reason why Professor Binns never eats. Professor Trelawney has her tea.
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Snape’s name may seem to imply many things. But Remus Lupin was totally obvious, for it connected Remus, who was a Roman foundling raised by wolves, with the Latin term for wolf. Severus Snape suggests to me two things. Either the words severe, and snake, are meant to be implied, in which case it may mean no more or less than the definition of his character; or perhaps the words sever, and snap. … Do with that what you will. Has he broken something? Is he broken?
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Hermione knew of Lupin’s condition and told no one, and did nothing, until it seemed that her friends might be put in danger by it. She suspected it before she was convinced, for a very long time. She may suspect Snape, but trust Dumbledore to know as he knew of Lupin, and have great basis for his trust. The exchange of hints is the most convincing bit of the argument for me too…it works so poetically.
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I’m not sure about his teeth. Do we ever see his teeth? I believe we see Rickman’s teeth, but there are many thin smiles and gowering. I’d like to know if the books ever truly mention them. And even if he has buck teeth, you can see that before you ever glimpse the canines.
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Speaking of the accuracy of movies, I’m sure Rowling told the actors some things to keep them within the reality of future books. But there are already inaccuracies. for example, in the Sorcerer’s Stone, onscreen Harry sees Quirrel disintegrate into dust, while in the book he merely holds on to him, burning him and stalling for time, while he goes unconscious; later we hear of Prof. Q’s death. This creates an inconsistency with OotP, when Harry sees the Thestrels because of witnessing Cedric’s death. If desparate for an explanation, please remember that Prof. Q. only had a half life at that point anyway. But it doesn’t really work.
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Hey, I just thought of something. Rumor in the school had it that Prof. Q. kept garlic everywhere, even in his turban, to ward off vampires. Maybe it was a specific vampire. Maybe it was indeed just to hide the stench of Voldie that hung about him. I don’t know.
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If you’re going to be a vampire, there’s no better place to do it than Britain. Above ground, that is. A clear day would be rare. Some time I’m going to have to go through and see what the weather was like on each occasion when Snape was seen outdoors, and whether he was wearing his hat.
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If Snape is a vampire, he’s got to have a supply of blood. Having connections in the fields of potions and dark arts, this might not be too hard. This brings up questions abiout how supplies get to the castle in the first place, though. Are they checked? Is some house-elf noticing that they’re always ordering more blood than they use in student potions?
On the same note, Snape seemed to be one of the first on the scene a lot when there was chicken blood all over the wall, perhaps because he can smell it.
9. Snape has a lot of control over his own mind and the minds of others. This may either be a symptom, or a reaction, to this unfortunate condition. Mind has a great deal of control over body. On the other hand, we also learn in OotP that Snape has just about always had greasy hair, so he either has been a vampire since he was tiny, or it has nothing to do with extra-strength sunblock.
- And on the Snape/Lily front, it makes you wonder… what else was in that pensieve that Harry was really not supposed to see. You know, love notes, agonising nights of obsessing over the unobtainable, … you know, if Snape was a vampire, and Harry turned out to be his son, and the prophecy was still true…well, Snape would have been defeated by Voldie, but then you’d have a little vampire flying around in an invisibility cloak……as long as we’re speculating wildly…ok, I’m going to stop now. I’ll come back when I’ve done some research.
But really, Snape and Lily? I don’t think so.
Sorry. Actually, in PoA, you did see his teeth, and they were crooked and yellow. So you can’t really tell, depending how crooked they are. Also, my sister wanted me to mention that a lot of modern stories have shape-changing vampires whose teeth disappear in public.
a vampire because snape and nape are one letter off?!?
you might as well say snape and snapple are close and that snape maintains a liquid diet!
i don’t think he is a vampire. i do think that he may have had strong feelings for lily, but being in slytherin does carry a “pureblood” mentality.