HEADCANON: VFD

BASICS. VFD is a secret organization throughout the series. It stands for Volunteer Fire Department and it’s members are dedicated to extinguishing both literal and figurative fires. They represent the “true human tradition; the best chance of extinguishing chaos and cruelty throughout the world.” (Jaques Snicket, season 2 episode 5)

VOLUNTEERS. The Baudelaire parents were the leaders of VFD, and other volunteer members included Josephine Anwhistle, Esme Squalor, Monty Montgomery, and even Count Olaf. Jaques Snicket states that he and Olaf did some “noble work” in the Village of Fowl Devotees once.

THE SCHISM. Before Violet was born, VFD had split apart into two groups. One side started fires while the other put them out. The catalyst for the schism, according to my own observations, is the death of Olaf’s father. He was shot with a poison dart by Beatrice Baudelaire and Lemony Snicket by mistake; her original target being Esme Squalor. Olaf wanted revenge for his father’s death, so he burned the Baudelaire home. His hatred towards Beatrice extended to her children.

THE SUGAR BOWL. The cause for this accidental murder is because of the contents in a particular sugar bowl. We learn in The Grim Grotto that Gregor Anwhisle of Anwhisle Aquatics had developed a deadly fungus: the Medusoid Mycelium, which could kill a person in an hour if the spores are inhaled. It was developed with the intent to use as a weapon against the fire starting side of VFD. The contents of the sugar bowl contained a cure that made the consumer completely immune to the fungus (series canon, not book canon). Beatrice Baudelaire stole the sugar bowl from Esme, for reasons unknown, but I am guessing that it was because she thought it would be safer in her possession and she didn’t want such an important thing to fall in the wrong hands.

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