The Dark Mark (was: In Essence Divided)

[severelysigune]

No: HPFGUIDX 90315

Sawsan wrote:
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<< 3. The death eaters' symbol is a skull with a snake coming out of 
the mouth, perhaps meaning that the snake is "in there head ( this is 
not literal, I mean perhaps controlling them or the spirit of one is 
residing in the head etc)>>
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Sigune here:
I am interested in this issue (also in the other points you raised, 
Sawsan, but I can come up with nothing useful there). I have launched 
this thought on another thread before but I got no response; so: do 
other posters think that the Dark Mark is more than just Voldie's 
version of a beeper? What I mean to propose here is that it might 
have properties similar to those of Harry's scar.

It struck me that Snape, for one, seems to be more sensitive to the 
mentioning of Voldemort's name than others who don't have the Mark 
(even more than McGonagall, who tends to wince so violently that it 
upsets her glasses, OoP). The mention of the name of the wizard who 
put the Mark on the DE's arm might sort of activate it in a way. In 
any case it drives Snape to positive fury and of course he clutches 
his left arm. Is it possible that LV can use the Mark as an extra 
asset to manipulate his followers, and even sense some of their 
feelings, like Harry can feel LV's violent emotions of 
pleasure/grief? That, through the Dark Mark, he is a constant 
presence in their lives, in another way then just a visible reminder? 
The Mark is set by magic probably not dissimilar from the one that 
set Harry's scar, I should fancy.

Thoughts, anyone?

Yours severely,

Sigune