Starfox5
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I figured that it meant that giving the mark required a ritual sacrifice, and I thought that was an interesting departure from the common idea that getting the mark required a sacrifice performed by the recipient. I didn't guess that it was a Horcrux, mostly because of the canon facts that each Horcrux created splits the soul further and that Voldemort sought to create exactly 6 of them (and thus 7 soul pieces in total).
Well, treating the soul like an apple pie doesn't sit well with me. For something so important in the story, it surely was quite trivialized. I also consider the idea that cold-blooded murder is the worst thing you can do incredibly silly and stupid, given that there is an afterlife in Harry Potter. There are far worse crimes than instantly killing someone - torturing someone into insanity and feeding a soul to a dementor come to mind.