The Dark Mark

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Bethany asks:

So are you saying that Harry's scar is the same as the Dark Mark? I
think that makes sense - but I also think they differ in the fact
that the Death Eaters signed up for the mark. They took it
willingly. Harry on the other hand did not. It was sort of forced
upon him by Lily's act of protective Love. In this way I think
the "scars" differ and so I don't know that they necessarily carry
the same weight. I think Harry probably has a much bigger portion
of LV's powers in that they were sort of sucked out of him without
his consent. I doubt he would want anyone to have even close to the
amount of power that he did and so the DE's would only get a tiny
bit if that actually is what the Dark Mark represents.


Snow:

The relationship between Harry's scar and the deatheaters scars are 
that they were both made with a connection to Voldemort. Harry's scar 
hurts when he is in close proximity to Voldemort or when 
Voldemort "is feeling a particularly strong surge of hatred" GOF pg. 
600  The deatheaters are summoned by feeling pain in their scar. 

We have not been told yet what caused Harry's scar, most feel it was 
as a result of the failed AK or the protection from Lily but there 
could be other reasons for it. We also have been led to believe that 
Voldemort came after Harry to kill him because he was the prophecy 
child but like I have stated in the not so recent past I feel that 
Voldemort came to Godric's Hollow to find what power this child had 
because he is a power hungry mongrel. What might Voldemort have been 
doing to or with Harry before he decided that the child had no 
apparent power over him and just attempted to dispose of him? This 
leads to another idea I had a while back that Voldemort was 
attempting to legilemence Harry to find what power this child may 
have that could be used against himself which backfired to a degree, 
this is somewhat like Harry viewing Snape's memories, which was not 
completely disconnected when Voldemort attempted the AK that caused 
Harry to receive part and parcel Voldy's powers and some of Voldemort 
himself. I don't want to even say some of Voldemort because I have 
always thought that Harry was the reason Voldemort was still living, 
until now. I think that Harry has, for the sake of confusion, the Tom 
Riddle portion of Voldemort and the deatheaters having an unknowing 
pact with the Voldemort portion through the dark mark gave Voldemort 
semi-immortality at Godric's Hollow. 

The problem lies with what Voldemort was left with after that point. 
It all comes back to what Voldemort was left with after Godric's 
Hollow. He says that he is content to just have a new body and will 
seek immortality later. From that I would take it that he no longer 
has his original protections that were dissolved along with his body 
at Godric's Hollow. Voldemort claims that he was left with only one 
power, that may or not be because he had no body, which was 
possession. I tend to lean towards Voldemort being unaware of what he 
is now or what powers he actually possesses. His body is made up of a 
muggle, a coward and a foe, not your best attributes. Voldemort's 
powers may not be his own anymore but accessible, which I have most 
recently written about in Satellite!Harry. 

Voldemort had been through so many transformations "that when he 
resurfaced as Lord Voldemort, he was barely recognizable". Was 
Voldemort with or without his followers and their death marks before 
he reappeared after his many transformations? There are so many 
possibilities of what Voldemort could have done to assure himself 
immortality but there are two real connections; one is with Harry and 
the other is with the dark mark. 

Bethany:
What I'm trying to say is.... If it's true - the Dark Mark and
Harry's scar are the same sort of thing, I don't think they would
have equal power. I think Harry's would be much more substantial -
enough that he took enough power from LV to paralyze him for quite
some time. Does that make sense?

Snow:

Yes, exactly! And yes you make sense to me. 

Bethany:

Perhaps as Harry grew and his powers strengthened, LV powers grew
accordingly??? That's a whole new topic though...

Snow:

Almost like an unwanted parasite. Maybe some of the theories out 
there are not that far off base when they say that Harry will lose 
his powers. Difference being that Harry will, in the end, have `his' 
original powers and the power that Voldemort did unwillingly give to 
Harry will dissolve along with Voldemort. I like it!