Fudge is Way Evil/ Accurate attribution of quotes - another plea.

[dicentra_spectabilis_alba]

No: HPFGUIDX 35744


> Holly sez:
> >...I must strongly protest against Sirius being branded 'hysterical'
> >(although he had every reason to be).
> 
> Eloise replies:
> Well.....
> First of all...I see no criticism in declaring Sirius' reaction
'hysterical'. ...as I have said before, I think this matter of Sirius
losing control 
> ( and come on, he *is* the kind of guy to lose control) is rather
crucial in 
> understanding what actually happened - particularly when we come to
discuss 
> whether anyone (Fudge) had anything to do with it.
> 
> 
> FIE!
> 
> Now, I'm willing to concede that the laughter may be Fudge's
fabrication, but 
> I repeat that hysteria at this point would be totally a
understandable, even 
> commendable (in that it shows the depth of feeling involved)
response. No 
> disrespect to Sirius in any way, Holly. *But*.....whether he was or
wasn't, 
> we need an accomplice to frame him.

Dicentra replies:
Hey, you're right.  Sirius's true demeanor after the explosion (was it
an AK or something else?) MUST have to do with how he was framed. And
judging from the fact that he doesn't elaborate on how he was framed
(simply says that Peter left behind a finger and beat him in the
duel), it's entirely possible that he wasn't all that *compos mentis*
at the moment.

> 
> Eloise, suddenly finding herself cloaked, swishes dramatically from the 
> scene, quietly choking on the smoke billowing from that dratted pipe.

See?  It's uncanny how the things show up right when you need them.
> 
> PS. Can I commend Dicentra for how clearly she named the various
list members 
> she quoted in her post.

You should know that it required a bit of work: I pulled sections into
Word from various posts that followed the original, got rid of the
blasted >>>>s, stuck it into Notebook (to translate the curly quotes
into straight quotes) and cut and pasted it into this cursed Web view.
It didn't show up, so I pasted a couple more times and finally all
three copies showed up. So if you want people to do it that cleanly
all the time, you might not want to hold your breath waiting.

--Dicentra, who didn't exercise as much care on this post