I think Draco's being Marked had nothing to do with him as a Death Eater -- it was a way to punish his parents. So the issue of it potentially being given after he completes his task of killing Dumbledore and "proving" his worth as a Death Eater doesn't ring true for me, since it's not about HIM, it's about the failures of his parents, specifically Lucius. Anyhow, I like the ambiguity of it from Harry's POV, whether we don't know for sure in canon whether he's got it or not, and I think the change in the cover reflects that better. The change from aggressive to defensive fits more with how Draco is portrayed in the book, so that change may have something to do with that? Plus, we never see the Mark in the book, so why should it be on the cover?
Either way, even if JKR says after the fact that he wasn't Marked, I don't see it making a difference in fandom. At least I still will be writing Draco with a Mark, because yes Dark Mark kink, and being ashamed, and flashing it around to be intimidating, and all the lovely feely things you can do with it. <3
(I love Draco's Dark Mark more than I probably should.)
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Date: 2014-12-19 03:37 pm (UTC)Either way, even if JKR says after the fact that he wasn't Marked, I don't see it making a difference in fandom. At least I still will be writing Draco with a Mark, because yes Dark Mark kink, and being ashamed, and flashing it around to be intimidating, and all the lovely feely things you can do with it. <3
(I love Draco's Dark Mark more than I probably should.)