Welcome to the Sneep Project!

A series of essays published in written form on this 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. (Can’t be taken down by HP Reddit mods either.)

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

The HBO Series

Black Snape is relevant actually

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

  • Bullying Apologia: In the story, in the fandom
  • About the Validity of Snape’s Worst Memory
  • What if Snape’s memories were fake?
The Days of the Death Eater
  • A Textbook Case of Radicalization
  • Severus Snape = Serial Killer?
  • Prior to Spying
  • The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

The Arc of Love

Severus & Lily
  • Love, not desire
  • Rape Culture in the HP fandom
  • Snape & SEX

Lily & James

  • Desire and Obsession: This is what it looks like
  • Rowling’s Failed and Toxic Romance

The Marauders

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

The Arc of Shadows

Hidden Identities

The Reveal of a Secret

  • Was Lupin truly a great professor?
  • Was Snape evil for « outing » Lupin?
  • The Facade of Niceness
  • Breaking the Facade
  • Additional commentary on Lupin

The Arc of Redemption

Snape the Teacher:

  • Snape as a Hogwarts Teacher
  • The Lessons on Occlumency
  • Learning How to Teach
  • Analysing Snape’s teaching style [undecided]

Snape the Spy:

  • The Redemption Arc of the Half-Blood Prince
  • « Snape hated Neville because… »
  • Snape the Unfairly Written
  • The Slytherin Hero·es
  • Albus & Severus: A Contrast in Morality
  • Snape in Cursed Child

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

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

The World of HP

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

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