Sirius Laughing

[Nora Renka]

No: HPFGUIDX 112989

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Lissa Hess <drliss at c...> wrote:
> Lissa:
> 
> There was a little discussion on this a while ago.  I have three 
> theories:
> 
> 1.) Sirius's mind just broke with grief at that point- he knew he 
> was framed, he was done for, and James and Lily were dead (and for 
> all he might guess at that point, Peter could be on his way to kill 
> Remus as well).  He laughed because it was an impossible reaction 
> to an impossible situation.
> 2.) Relief- Absolute proof that Remus wasn't the traitor, and 
> laughing at the sheer implausibility that little Peter had pulled 
> this off.
> 3.) (I wish I could claim credit for this, but I can't) Peter 
> tossed a Cheering Charm at Sirius- an overdone Cheering Charm made 
> Ron laugh like crazy in fourth year.  Nice, simple spell that gets 
> Sirius laughing uncontrollably... and unable to protest his own 
> innocence because he's laughing too hard to speak.

4.  Mutation of numbah one--not merely grief, but intense self-
loathing...bitter laughter filled with hatred at himself for 
everything that he thinks he has been the cause of.  Weeping would be 
the resort of the 'innocent'.

[Not to mention that there's an interesting literary parallel, not 
that I think it has *anything* to do with the HP incident.  Wagner's 
Kundry, who laughed at Christ on his way to the Cross, is cursed to 
live forever to seek Him again...and she cannot weep, she can only 
laugh horrible mocking laughter, in both her pain and her sorrow.]

-Nora slinks out of a quiet library corner, blending in smoothly with 
the row of the New Grove