OOTP Chapter Discussions, Chapter 24: Occlumency

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> Sigune (delurking for a moment):
> 
> It always seemed to me that the Dark Mark on Snape's arm had 
> something to do with it all. It seems to me that Death Eaters are 
> even more in terror of Voldemort's name than other wizards and 
> witches. It struck me that in CoS (and I sincerely apologise if 
this 
> is movie contamination; I ought to reread the book), Malfoy was 
taken 
> aback by Harry's speaking Voldy's name out loud, and so are, if I 
am 
> not mistaken, the DE's at the DoM - as if it physically hurts them 
to 
> hear it. I suspect that the Dark Mark is a rather powerful link 
with 
> Voldemort, comparable in a way to Harry's scar; and old beliefs 
have 
> it that when you speak, for example, the Devil's name, he might 
just 
> come to you. 

Potioncat:
In GoF in particular (perhaps because I'm reading it now) it seems 
that the Dark Mark on the wrist can be made to hurt.  Snape seems to 
be in pain when Crouch!Moody is making comments about DEs and marks.

So Sigune's comment, "...comparable in a way to Harry's scar;..."
made me think of DD and his Pensieve.  He has the thought of Snape 
talking about his mark growing darker, and  he has (IIRC) Harry's 
scar hurting more, and he says "A connection I could make by 
myself."  There also seems to be an emphasis on the scar hurting or 
the dark mark hurting when Harry, a DE and/or a third person is 
around. What if LV is aware on some level of certain things  his DEs 
are doing/thinking, with the dark mark as the connector?

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