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[Chelsea2162 at aol.com]

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> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Eric Oppen" <oppen at c...> wrote:
> 
> <One explanation for Sirius Black being found laughing like a loon 
> <when the Aurors swooped down on him after Peter Pettigrew got away 
> <has not, as far as I know, been put forward:  A Cheering Charm.
> 
Well, I can see how a cheering charm would make Sirius happy, although I 
highly doubt that Peter would have used one on him. It doesn't seem to make 
much sense, IMO. Rather, I think that Siruis was just at a breakdown point. 
He had just discovered that 2 of his best friends were murdered, amd another 
of his best friends was the one to betray them, thus leading to their deaths. 
After Sirius believes Peter is dead, he just sort of snaps. He's greatly 
relieved that Peter can do no more harm, yet he's terribly upset that Lily 
and James were murdered. I think he was laughing because he didn't really no 
what else to do. Should he burst into tears? Should he scream? Should he 
laugh? Personally, I know people that have started laughing (some almost 
hysterically) when they have learned of a loved ones death, or a horrible 
situation that happened. It's a sort of reflex. You don't want to laugh, but 
your emotions are high, and you just don't know what else to do. That's why I 
think Sirius was laughing then.


*Chelsea* 


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