Granny Smith does or can do with the bishop's delegation everything that an 'ordained' deacon can do.  So the connection between 'ordination' and deaconal 'powers' is semantics of a very feeble kind. It still has traction among the sacerdotal clerical subculture who insist that deaconal 'ordination' impresses an 'indelible mark' on a candidate's soul.  That is a scholastic attempt to explain a dodgy first premise in the first place. 

The 'character' image used is borrowed from the custom in the Roman Army of branding unit insignia on to the arm of officers. Now hat's what I call 'indelible.'