[HPforGrownups] Who Will Die? - Sirius Laughing

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 34386

  Greetings!

> Debbie/elfundeb wrote:

e> I'd really like to see some more development of Draco as
e> a character in OoP. (Ditto the Dursleys, who are
e> predictably mean and petty to Harry, summer after summer
e> after summer after summer.) Others agree or disagree?

e> Debbie

  You know, now that you have mentioned this, I have started
thinking about yet another thread - about "how many more V/H
clashes there will be". Assuming that somebody is going to
sacrifice own life to save Harry Potter, I think it can be
one of Dursleys. Yep, that would be really unexpected, and
will leave Harry with a big slap on his face.

> SpyGameFun wrote:

SGF> I never was quite sure -- maybe I missed the
SGF> explanation in the book -- why Sirius was laughing
SGF> hysterically after Peter blew up the street full of
SGF> Muggles and turned into a rat. Anyone know?

SGF> -SpyGameFan

  IMHO that was mundane hysteria. You haven't missed the
explanation anywhere, simply because there is none so far.
But I think he just "got off his wheels", as it was too much
stress on a single day.
  Many a muggle was driven insane by the comparable level of
psychological damage. Sirius seems to be tougher person. But
then he should be such, if we are going to see him fighting
Voldemort gang in books 5-7.
  Yet another possible explanation is that he was laughing
to avoid crying. Sounds weird but that's a method I myself
use to "save the face" from time to time.

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
(Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed),
always happy to throw weird ideas into the community.