Regarding
recent events: I would like to note both the bad example set by
jadedsirius, ("It looks just like I've gotten in a fight at the Three Broomsticks, like Professor Black... did last month! ...It looks really cool! I look tough!" Such impressionable children.) and the strange Gryffindor tendency towards masochistic behaviors.
Additionally; I think we know where this zeal truly springs from. ("It was Ginny that gave it to me, though!") Love marks? Touching. There are perhaps less painful methods, Miss Weasley. Something for all to keep in mind, when practicing the standard clumsy pubescent groping techniques on each other. Cheers.