Surprise or another Joke on me?

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 175159


Something that truly struck me..to stop and take pause was how 
Fenrir could wear DE Robes, but not be branded by a dark mark..

(This may have more implications regarding said barrier than 
wouldn't enable OOP folks to get to the tower in HBP.)

Harry kind of "took it in stride" after the trio's capture..However, 
this says a great deal about Voldemort making empty promises to half-
bloods and sentient beings(or even perhaps all magical creatures) in 
his world. Which simply makes Voldemort all the more pathetic, but 
upon a re-read it makes all the non-human magical creatures that 
join "Harry's" side all that more poignant. 

Also, even though I never enjoyed it..I always felt some sense of 
smug satisfaction regarding the Malfoys experience in DH until now. 
However, looking at this...I think Voldemort may have told a great 
deal many more lies, and perhaps tortured the Malfoys even more than 
what we saw on the page...I suppose it's a "you've dug your hole, 
now lie in it" thing on one hand, but something to have Voldie dig a 
hole himself, proclaim it yours, and then order you to lie in it is 
a whole other thing...

I expect that Voldemort in all likelihood did brand Draco with the 
dark mark in the hopes that Draco would not only suffer in trying to 
kill DD to ensure his parents' safety(or even his father's 
escape/release from Azkaban) but also brag and boast about it (hence 
recruit young followers in the house that shall become Hogwarts 
under Voldie's rule)..Yet another reason why only Sluggy in his PJ's 
represented slytherin in the battle scenes(did malfoy tell them to 
go, those that chose to stay and join the fight?).
Basically, I wonder if Voldemort felt he sent a "potter of his own" 
into the Slytherin house. After Draco spouted off at the mouth.
Of course, it didn't work out...Voldie has no clue about human 
nature of course Malfoy-who couldn't committ murder even to save his 
own or his parents lives wouldn't recruit any but his steadfast 
cronies whom he probably thought would understand the position he 
was in.(of course crabbe and goyle wouldn't...a pair of trolls if 
there ever was and if his closest friends don't get it who else 
would?) Poor Draco, thought he was getting a tatoo, but got a dark 
mark instead w/o knowledge of what that meant other than aunt 
bella's ravings.

Doddiemoe