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I tend to agree that he was either caught crying by the Marauders or made to cry by them, probably as a first-year, and/or he snitched on them to the staff at least once. Quite likely both, and he's probably decided since that it's preferable to express his anger in any way but tears. Thus, flying cockroaches and the occasional bout of capslock syndrome.
On a related tangent, I suspect another lesson he's learned (and that is repeatedly reinforced throughout the books) is that calling people on the rules is no use unless you personally have the power to enforce them. I wonder where that's going to lead him before the end...
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I tend to agree that he was either caught crying by the Marauders or made to cry by them, probably as a first-year, and/or he snitched on them to the staff at least once. Quite likely both, and he's probably decided since that it's preferable to express his anger in any way but tears. Thus, flying cockroaches and the occasional bout of capslock syndrome.
On a related tangent, I suspect another lesson he's learned (and that is repeatedly reinforced throughout the books) is that calling people on the rules is no use unless you personally have the power to enforce them. I wonder where that's going to lead him before the end...