The Mark, was Re: Snape:second chance?

[hogsheadbarmaid]

No: HPFGUIDX 115724


 "Amanda Geist" wrote:
> <snip>
> > I also think that if Voldemort ever truly dies, they will, too;
> > which is one reason Voldemort was so angry in the graveyard in 
> > GoF--he *knew* they knew he wasn't dead, so why had nobody been
> > looking for him? No wonder he was pissed.
 
> Annemehr:
> I like this theory; it does sound very Voldemorty, doesn't it?  The
> weak point, though, is that if true, I think the Death Eaters would
> have acted very differently when Voldemort was vaporised.  Wouldn't
> they *all* have been looking for him, then, to treat him with the
> utmost TLC just to make sure they themselves survived?  After all, 
> if LV would just have slowly faded away, then so would they.


barmaid now:

I also really like this theory.  And I wonder about the same things 
Annemehr does.  I wonder -- if this theory is true -- if after GH, 
when the DE's did not die or suffer any physical side effects, if 
they thought "hey, maybe LV was lying when he said our lives were so 
closely tied to his wellbeing -- but look -- he is either dead or 
near death, but we are fine."  If this thinking prevailed it would 
explain why they did not go look for him.  This allowed them to get 
complacent.   It maybe allowed some, like Malfoy for example, to 
think that the power he felt as a DE was really his own power, and 
not that of LV.  I agree that the term "Death Eater" has some meaning 
to it more than just that it sounds really bad and evil.

    --barmaid