I think she wants it to remain ambiguous. She spends a lot of time exploring the morally grey areas with Draco. What she said about him being a bully and a rather shit person who thought he wanted what the DEs offered but quickly found himself in over his head.
And I see not specifying his marked status as feeding into that. You could equally argue he was marked summer between 5th and 6th year when tasked with killing Dumbledore as you can he was unmarked and would (presumably) get the mark after completing the task.
If he's unmarked - I adore the headcanon of him drawing the mark on his arm to intimidate people with. It goes along with the "hasn't realized he's in over his head" are Draco of the earlier books and makes a really poignant bridge between that and the Draco he had become by the end of book 6.
Because at what point in that year does he realize how *hard* it is? The cabinet, Dumbledore, all of it. The transition between "this is what I want" and "I really don't want this" is a very important part of his arc.
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Date: 2014-12-19 02:29 pm (UTC)And I see not specifying his marked status as feeding into that. You could equally argue he was marked summer between 5th and 6th year when tasked with killing Dumbledore as you can he was unmarked and would (presumably) get the mark after completing the task.
If he's unmarked - I adore the headcanon of him drawing the mark on his arm to intimidate people with. It goes along with the "hasn't realized he's in over his head" are Draco of the earlier books and makes a really poignant bridge between that and the Draco he had become by the end of book 6.
Because at what point in that year does he realize how *hard* it is? The cabinet, Dumbledore, all of it. The transition between "this is what I want" and "I really don't want this" is a very important part of his arc.