Polyjuice and the Dark Mark

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 36598

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Porphyria <porphyria at m...> wrote:
>
> That reminds me. Has anyone speculated on the effect of Polyjuice on
the 
> Dark Mark? If Snape took on someone else's appearance this way,
would 
> the still mark show or burn on his arm? Likewise, if someone
Polyjuiced 
> themselves into a DE would they sport the Mark too? Given the
dramatic 
> way that Crouch Jr's body transformed and needed Moody's prostetic
eye 
> and leg, it strikes me as a deeply physical transformation, so you 
> wonder how much it affects.

Given the Mark's properties (the burning, the connection to Voldemort
and the other DE's, etc), I would guess that it exists at more than
just a physical level.  It's actually a spiritual mark with a physical
manifestation.  So I think it would still be there even if the bearer
polyjuiced, transformed into an animal, or changed his appearance by
any other means.

> Finally, one last matter of crucial importance:
> 
> > Eloise...wondering what you do with a plastic flamingo.
> 
> One puts it on the front lawn of one's mobile home (or should I say 
> caravan?). Marina's estimation, that they have to do with Floridean 
> glamour, is actually quite generous. Plastic flamingos usually
allude to 
> a tropical luxe miserably lacking in the yards they decorate.

I wish I could claim generosity, but it's probably just that I've
never been to a trailer park, but I've been to Florida. 

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com