An introduction, Sirius Black, the four houses

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 59622

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melanie Bond
<princessmelabela at y...> wrote:
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> When he (Sirius) is arrested, he is allegedly laughing. At least,
that's what Fudge and Stan Shunpike say. Sirius doesn't say anything
about this in the Shack (and when I asked him about it, he gave me
That Look again).
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> I have often wondered why Sirius would laugh about something like
that.  
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> ~Melanie


bboy_mn:

I always assumed it was because he was hysterical with grief and guilt.

His closest friends in the world are dead, and they are dead because
of an action he convinced them to take (switching secret keepers),
they are dead because they trusted him to protect them and he failed,
they are dead because his choice for the secret keeper and an assumed
close and loyal friend betrayed them all. Now he has failed, to
extract his revenge and his own brand of justice for Peter's betray of
them all. Given all that, I think I would be hysterical with grief and
guilt myself.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn