I promise to stop dropping f-bombs, or a-bombs, or anything of the sort.
Really, Petrie did not deserve to cry---Spike did. Petrie did not deserve the touching reunion with Ducky---Spike did. And to boot, at this point Petrie had completely lost my respect for him as favorite character---a respect that, you guessed it, had transpired to Spike.
Funny how it all worked out, huh? I mean, if I'd just seen movie 1 ad no others and someone asked who my faovirte member of the gang was, I'd no doubt say Petrie. But no, it's Spike.
Maybe it's the result of looking at Spike (and Ducky, admittedly) with more respect after the infamous movie 6 incident with the bees. I mean, 6 was 7's precedessor. But either way, Spike is now officially my favorite, and has just been growing higher on that status throughout the later LBT movies, while my like of Petrie has by contrast decreased (with 7 and "Imaginary Friends"), or just dulled, since after 6 he simply didn't feel interesting anymore.
EDIT: Hey guys, I'm sorry about this whole fiasco. I love Petrie and I didn't truly mean what I said about him. I was just not doing so great.