art by Levi Pinfold

Welcome to the Sneep Project!

A series of essays published in written form on tqhis website as well as videos on Youtube and Dailymotion, nearly all centered on the analysis of Severus Snape… which often becomes a defense of this deeply misunderstood character. Indeed, Severus Snape wasn’t just misunderstood in the universe of Harry Potter, but is widely misunderstood, slandered even, across online platforms.

So after years of building my case for this character, I’ve decided to create a website where I will publish my essays, well-formated, easy to access and to reference for anyone curious, or anyone bothered by Snape-slandering users. (Can’t be taken down by HP Reddit mods either.)

Many essays are still to be completed as you will see below; I will publish them one by one later on.

This website is the product of years of work disguised as a hobby. Enjoy reading it!

Otto

(PS: I always try to give credit to essays as well as art that don’t already have the name of the artists on them. If I forgot for some of them, do tell me!)

art by Chip

  • Harry's stag Patronus, assumed to be his father "Prongs"
    « James’ Desire » has been published!
  • Silvery threads of memories swirling above a Pensieve
    « The Occlumency Lessons: The Movies vs the Books » has been published!
  • A Death Eater "epic" card from Magic Awakened, seemingly casting the Avada on a victim at the bottom
    « What was Snape’s job prior to spying? The Death Eater Days part 3 » has been published! (Part 1 will come last like a post-canon sequel!)
  • Young gothic-styled Severus Snape at a table with two masked Death Eaters at his left side, from the game Magic Awakened
    « Snape the Serial Killer? The Death Eater Days part 2 » has been published! (Part 1 will be published only later of course!)
  • Snape showing the Dark Mark to the Minister to prove him Voldemort's back
    « The Redemption Arc of the Half-Blood Prince » has been published!
  • Harry, Ron and Hermione watching the Dark Mark shining green in the sky, looking back at them
    « Misconceptions on the Dark Arts » has been published!
  • Harry, Ron and Hermione in the Department of Mysteries, staring at thousands of prophecy crystals
    « The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy » has been published!
  • The Blue/Silver-Doe Patronus stepping out from behind the tree
    « Love, not desire! » has been published!
  • Remus Lupin and his blood-thirsty werewolf-form sharing a yellow-gleaming eye, on a red background
    « Breaking the Facade of Niceness » has been published!
  • Harry and Hermione looking out the Great Hall's door, surrounded by the hourglasses of the four Hogwarts Houses
    « Remus Lupin: The Facade of Niceness » has been published!
  • Lupin leaving the room with his baggage in hand as Dumbledore watches
    « Was Snape evil for ‘outing’ Lupin? » has been published!
  • Lupin confronting a Dementor in the Hogwarts Express as the Trio watch
    « Was Lupin truly a great professor? » has been published!
  • Werewolf Lupin from the movie about to break into a run in a blue-ish Forbidden Forest
    « Lycanthropy as an Allegory » has been published!
  • Lupin and Sirius brandishing their wands at a cowering Pettigrew while Snape is unconscious, sat against the wall
    « The Shrieking Shack Turnabout » has been published!
  • A far-away view of the Shrieking Shack in the snow of winter, with two students looking at it
    « Pettigrew the Secret Spy » has been published!
  • Snape walking back and forth in front of the students in his Potions class
    « Snape as a Hogwarts teacher » had been published!
  • Teaser of Paapa Essiedu as Snape, in snow-covered Forbidden Forrest
    « Black Snape is relevant actually » has been published!

The HBO Series

Unpopular Opinion: Black Snape is relevant actually

The Book Series

The Arc of the Past

The Days of « Snivellus »

  • A Textbook Case of Bullying
  • Why did Snape go to the Shrieking Shack?
  • Why did the Marauders bully Snape?

The Days of Sectumsempra

The Days of the Death Eater

The Arc of Love

Severus & Lily

Lily & James

The Marauders

  • Toxic Friendship Dynamics
  • James Potter is a Failed Character
  • Lily Evans: Binary Shades of Grey
  • Rebels? Privileged Bullies

The Arc of Shadows

Hidden Identities

The Reveal of a Secret

The Arc of Redemption

Snape the Teacher:

Snape the Spy:

Codings in HP

Severus Snape’s Codings

  • Black Snape is relevant actually
  • Classism & Blood Purity
  • Trauma, Abuse & Mental Illness
  • Could Snape have become an Obscurial?
  • Neurodivergence
  • Femininity, Queerness
  • The Price of Breaking Conventions

The World of HP

  • Misconceptions on the Dark Arts
  • Animal Abuse
  • Fatphobia
  • Rowling’s Questionable Morality
  • Tom & Merope
  • Everything Wrong in Hogwarts (non-exhaustive)
  • Hagrid just sucks (but it’s okay if you still love him)
  • Harry in the books, the movies, the TV series
  • The Hinny Problematics
  • Neville the Snake Slayer
  • What Cursed Child got right

More about Severus Snape

  • John Nettleship: The real-life Severus Snape
  • Cockworth & the Black Country
  • Severus vs Sirius: Justice vs Revenge
  • The Importance of Body Language
  • Dark Arts, Healing Arts

Snape in the Fandom

  • An introduction to fandom!Snape
  • Snape Love-Hate Spectrum: An answer to feedback
  • A non-exhaustive list of peak essays on Snape & HP

My Socials

https://www.tumblr.com/ottogatto

https://www.reddit.com/user/ottococo/submitted