Draco's alleged dark mark

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 162647

First off, Carol, thanks for reminding me that the Mark faded after 
LV's fall.  I had forgotten that and stand corrected.

> Carol responded to Ginger:
> I agree that the Dark Mark is problematic, but I don't think that 
the
> DEs have any control over it. Only Voldemort does. He can touch the
> Dark Mark of any DE to summon the others, for example, and it fades 
or
> grows in intensity with his weakness or strength, which explains
> Karkaroff's panic in GoF. If he could have turned off his Dark Mark,
> he would have done so. Snape twice clutches his left arm as if he's 
in
> pain, once when Fake!Moody says "some spots don't come off" and once
> when Harry says Voldemort's name. (My theory has always been that 
the
> Dark Mark is sentient and knows that Snape is unfaithful.) 
Certainly,
> if Snape could turn it on and off, he would do so. No one on the
> Hogwarts staff (except Dumbledore) even knows that he was a DE until
> he shows the Dark Mark in GoF.
(snip)

Ginger says:

I think I may have not been clear.  I hadn't meant that the DEs could 
turn it on and off, or even put it on vibrate or have LV's touch 
forwarded to an automated answering service. (Please leave your name, 
location and a brief message after the beep, and I'll apparate to you 
as soon as possible.)

I had meant that they could make it visible or invisible to whomever 
they chose.  The Mark would still be there, just not seen by those 
who they didn't want to see it.  It would still burn, and, in their 
eyes, fade and vanish or come back according to the varying strength 
of LV's presence.  I just meant that they could make it so that they 
were branded only to LV and not to the prying eyes of Aurors, the 
Ministry, and general busybodies.  I don't think they could just get 
rid of it even if they wanted to.

Sorry if I was unclear on that.

Ginger, built like Umbridge, only taller.  Pass the calorie-free 
s'mores.