Black vs. Pettigrew: Why was Black Laughing?

[dicentra63]

No: HPFGUIDX 44248

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., millergal8 at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 9/19/02 5:11:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> rlundgren at g... writes:
> 
> << It was hysterical laughter, desperate >>
> 
>   Black was completely hysterical at that point.  Think of all the
stress he 
> is under and the emotional rollercoaster he has just been subjected
too.  
> Lots of people laugh when it is completely inappropriate to do such.  

But I like my theory best: Fudge was lying.  He helped in the final
stages of framing Sirius, and part of it was embellishing the tale by
saying that the Nefarious Sirius Black was engaging in classic
maniacal laughter when caught, just as any Evil Overlord worth his
salt would do.  Laughing just doesn't make sense to me, even given the
stress.  That his laughter was mentioned twice (by Stan and Fudge) but
not by Sirius makes me wonder what *really* happened.

--Dicentra, Sirius apologist