This is why I think the illustrator ultimately went with an image of Draco where - again - we can suspect he is clutching his arm because he had taken the Mark but we have no ultimate proof.
Ugh, that frustrates me for some reason! I just find it so tricksy to keep HINTING at it but leave canon open so that she could, either this week, or at some point in 10 years or whenever, say, Oh NO, Draco never got the Mark.
The Dark Mark is a sign of honour, an initiation into the inner circle of the Death Eaters. I cannot imagine Voldemort would bestow this honour to Draco right after Lucius has failed to secure the prophecy for him. It would more sense that Voldemort promised Draco aka the Malfoys that he would get the Dark Mark once he killed Dumbledore.
I can see your argument, totally, but then Narcissa sees it as a punishment that Draco's been selected, doesn't she? And Narcissa doesn't have a Dark Mark herself... I'm not convinced she'd want Draco to have one. I think you could argue that both Draco's task, and giving him a Dark Mark, could be twisted retribution from Voldemort, as easily as it could be a reward for loyalty.
Which still leaves us with an ambiguous canon that we can play around with whichever way we please.
Yes, that's the joy of it! I don't take Pottermore as canon, but I still feel pretty anxious about what's to come, though. *clings to you*
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Date: 2014-12-19 07:04 pm (UTC)Ugh, that frustrates me for some reason! I just find it so tricksy to keep HINTING at it but leave canon open so that she could, either this week, or at some point in 10 years or whenever, say, Oh NO, Draco never got the Mark.
The Dark Mark is a sign of honour, an initiation into the inner circle of the Death Eaters. I cannot imagine Voldemort would bestow this honour to Draco right after Lucius has failed to secure the prophecy for him. It would more sense that Voldemort promised Draco aka the Malfoys that he would get the Dark Mark once he killed Dumbledore.
I can see your argument, totally, but then Narcissa sees it as a punishment that Draco's been selected, doesn't she? And Narcissa doesn't have a Dark Mark herself... I'm not convinced she'd want Draco to have one. I think you could argue that both Draco's task, and giving him a Dark Mark, could be twisted retribution from Voldemort, as easily as it could be a reward for loyalty.
Which still leaves us with an ambiguous canon that we can play around with whichever way we please.
Yes, that's the joy of it! I don't take Pottermore as canon, but I still feel pretty anxious about what's to come, though. *clings to you*