(1) When I was very little I had a Scottish nanny and she was supposed to cross on the Titanic as a young girl with her parents, but for some reason, long forgotten, they missed the boat or had to sell their tickets.
(2) I don't think the term "Snape Shaped Hole" from DH helped Snape's hero image in the slightest. It's very cartoonish --- The Road Runner.
(3) Yes --- what are the Dark Arts? Rowling took great pains not to be specific. BUT --- she could have by detailing a Dark Arts library at Grimmauld Place that Regulus might have had access to. Then we'd have a plausible explanation of how the dear boy knew what the hell a Horcrux was.
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(2) I don't think the term "Snape Shaped Hole" from DH helped Snape's hero image in the slightest. It's very cartoonish --- The Road Runner.
(3) Yes --- what are the Dark Arts? Rowling took great pains not to be specific. BUT --- she could have by detailing a Dark Arts library at Grimmauld Place that Regulus might have had access to. Then we'd have a plausible explanation of how the dear boy knew what the hell a Horcrux was.