Personally, I assumed Draco pulled his arm away for the same reason he said he did: that he got stuck with a pin.
Yeah, I totally agree. It makes more sense that Draco would have to follow through with this job before getting a Dark Mark; he'd have to prove his worth. Another possibility is that Voldemort may consider this a suicide mission – Draco is not meant to succeed, and the punishment for Lucius' previous failure would be the loss of his heir. So why bother giving Draco a Dark Mark?
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Date: 2005-09-25 11:45 pm (UTC)Yeah, I totally agree. It makes more sense that Draco would have to follow through with this job before getting a Dark Mark; he'd have to prove his worth. Another possibility is that Voldemort may consider this a suicide mission – Draco is not meant to succeed, and the punishment for Lucius' previous failure would be the loss of his heir. So why bother giving Draco a Dark Mark?