Why DID Sirius laugh? (was: Peter Pettigr ew, questions)

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Alla: 
> Personally I always read his laugh as kind of hysterical one. As if 
> he could not believe the absurdity of what was happening and that 
> is why he was laughing. 

Gina:
> I agree because he did not know what Pettigrew was up to when he 
> sliced off his own finger and started yelling things that did not 
> make sense. We know by Sirius seeing Pettigrew in the newspaper pic 
> that he did not know Peter was alive so personally I think Sirius 
> really believed that Pettigrew blew himself up. I mean - cutting 
> his finger off would seem like he was going to do a really big 
> spell to me then when he blew himself up - I personally would have 
> thought that hilarious until I realized that he intended me to be 
> blamed for it. Pettigrew was not a great wizard like James
> or Sirius so blowing himself up on accident would not be out of his 
> reach. 
>  
> Sirius did not get a trial either so I believe that the MoM was in 
> on it. 


SSSusan:
Oh!!!!!!!!!!!  That's a possibility I hadn't considered!  Sirius 
thought Pettigrew really had blown himself up?  Then, when the MoM 
showed up and found all those muggles dead **and** assumed Pettigrew 
was dead, too, Sirius got arrested as the only possible candidate?  

I guess I've always assumed that Sirius KNEW Pettigrew was still 
alive, just didn't know where he'd gotten off to.  And that when he 
saw the photo in the Daily Prophet he just realized WHERE he was, not 
that he was alive.

Hmmmm.

Feeling rather confused,
Siriusly Snapey Susan