Thanks for this post! There is such interesting discussion.
I like that it's ambiguous, not so I can make my own decision, but so I don't have to make any decision at all! And we can have fics either way that still feel right. This is one of my favorite parts about the HP books--with as much as that canon tells us, there's still a whole lot that we just don't know. I love how that means I can write Draco with a Dark Mark in one fic and Draco without one in the next fic.
Now, to be honest, I'm not sure I've ever actually written Draco without the Dark Mark. But I like knowing all my fics can coexist peacefully with . . . dude, there was this one old old classic fic that ended with Harry telling Draco his favorite part about him was his blank arm and now for the life of me I can't remember what it is--but anyway I like that that fic is just as "correct" on that point as mine.
But anyway this is all to say that indeed, it would be a shame if JKR came out on either side of it, though I'd definitely just ignore it anyway.
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Date: 2014-12-20 08:09 am (UTC)I like that it's ambiguous, not so I can make my own decision, but so I don't have to make any decision at all! And we can have fics either way that still feel right. This is one of my favorite parts about the HP books--with as much as that canon tells us, there's still a whole lot that we just don't know. I love how that means I can write Draco with a Dark Mark in one fic and Draco without one in the next fic.
Now, to be honest, I'm not sure I've ever actually written Draco without the Dark Mark. But I like knowing all my fics can coexist peacefully with . . . dude, there was this one old old classic fic that ended with Harry telling Draco his favorite part about him was his blank arm and now for the life of me I can't remember what it is--but anyway I like that that fic is just as "correct" on that point as mine.
But anyway this is all to say that indeed, it would be a shame if JKR came out on either side of it, though I'd definitely just ignore it anyway.