Eric's Draco / Book Cover / Dark Mark

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No: HPFGUIDX 32099

I just had a whole new idea! Suppose Tom Riddle, Jr, was NARCISSA's 
father?

Eric Oppen wrote:

> Even if he just made friends with Harry Potter, the Death Eater's 
> Enemy Number One, and didn't otherwise rebel, do you think that his
> two goons, CrabbenGoyle, wouldn't shop him either to his daddy or 
> to theirs?

It appears that Lucius would like for Draco to make friends with 
Harry (at least if Draco were faking the friendliness). Remember when 
Harry overhears him in Knockturn Alley, he is telling Draco that at 
this time it is not politic to appear less than fond of Harry Potter? 
At least before the return of Voldemort, Lucius would appreciate a 
Draco / Harry friendship as further propaganda of Malfoys being good 
guys. At least after the return of Voldemort, Lucius would appreciate 
a Draco / Harry friendship as a way to trap Harry and hand him over 
to the Dark Lord. Maybe Lucius would also appreciate a Draco / Harry 
friendship in hope of seducing Harry to join the Dark Side and use 
his fame to make speeches against Muggles and Muggle-borns, perhaps 
assisting the Death Eaters to gain power by winning elections instead 
of assassinations and coup.

I don't actually know whether Vincent and Gregory's first loyalty 
would be to the Dark Lord, their fathers, and Lucius, or if it would 
be to Draco. Since going away to boarding school, they have a lot 
more practise, more recent practise, at obeying Draco. Draco would 
have to sound them out to find which side they would be on. 

Sofie Elisabeth wrote:

> I was hoping someone could clear this up for me but who was on the 
> original book cover for PS. Because they changed it to Dumbledore 
> but it wasn't him before. Is this even on the right list?

The picture under discussion is at: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Miscellaneous%20Grap
hics/Book-related%20Graphics/e4ff4cba.jpg

Long long ago, when this list was still on yahooclubs(!), there was 
speculation that the brown haired bloke in trousers carrying a book 
was Nicholas Flame. One of our members went so far as to Telephone 
Bloomsburys to Ask Them. Their answer was that the original depicted 
just a random wizard, and they changed it to Dumbledore because of 
widespread public confusion about who was it supposed to be. 

> Sofie (who can't think strange and is having problems breathing 
> because she had a fibreglass cast fitted to her torso yesterday. I 
> wish I was a wizard and Madam Pomfrey could've just straightened my
> spine using magic!)

Ouch! What happened to your spine?

Katze wrote: 

> I would think that it disappears and then reappears when V wants
> the DE's to show up. V probably wouldn't want his people to be 
> implicated so easily, so it would make sense for it not be visible.

If yes, why was Snape's Mark visible to be shown to Fudge? If no, why 
didn't Sirius know what was up with Karkaroff showing Snape his arm?