Snape's Dark Mark (was Re: Weird thought about LV & Wormtail and dark mark)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 95953

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> Now Carol:
> I agree with Bonny. Snape seems to have actually been in pain. He
> would never have given himself away like that at a mere allusion to 
a
> literal or figurative stain. Somehow Crouch!Moody seems to have
> activated the Dark Mark, as if, through him, Voldemort sensed
> disloyalty in Snape and was punishing him. But Snape, who at that 
time
> only knew that "Moody" hated him for being an ex-DE, must have found
> some other explanation for the pain. Almost certainly Crouch!Moody
> *could* see it, just as he saw Harry's mismatched Dobby socks at the
> Yule Ball. Snape also apparently feels pain at the mention of
> Voldemort's name, which IMO is the reason he refers to LV as the 
Dark
> Lord and doesn't want Harry to say the name.
> 
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Potioncat:
You have some very good ideas there.  If Harry's scar can hurt under 
certain circumstances, the dark mark on the DE's might hurt under 
certain situations.  That would explain why he grabbed his arm, and 
it may explain why he was misled.  He may have associated the pain in 
his arm with LV being aware he was near Moody.
Potioncat