#MR SNICKET???
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“You write poetry?” Klaus asked. He had read a lot about poets but had never met one.
“Just a little bit,” Isadora said modestly. “I write poems down in this notebook. It’s an interest of mine.”
“Sappho!” Sunny shrieked, which meant something like “I’d be very pleased to hear a poem of yours!”
-The Austere Academy, Lemony Snicket
SUNNY?? MR. SNICKET?? WHAT??
#look I knew that sunny’s words were sometimes literary references#but THIS KID STRAIGHT UP WENT ‘SAPPHO!’ WHEN ISADORA SAID SHE WROTE POETRY?#SUNNY STRAIGHT UP WENT ‘OH SO YOU GAY?’#IM SCREAMING CRYING CHOKING ETC ETC#HOLY SHIT???#ALSO#MR SNICKET???#THAT’S NOT WHAT SAPPHO MEANS??? BRO?????#IM WHEEEEZING#the austere academy#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#lemony snicket
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The holy quartet of video game narrators which are actually living beings (...and also kinda suck)
#slay the princess#undertale#the stanley parable#little misfortune#stp narrator#chara dreemurr#tsp narrator#mr voice#I love this trope#love when the one telling the story is stuck within it#love when the narrative itself is alive and malicious#and I love lemony snicket and pseudonymous bosch#...but there's something about the way it can be used in a video game#where the narrator/protagonist relationship can be more personal#also lemony is far nicer than anyone here (from what I can remember)#hey look! I did a thing#fucked up video game narrators>>>>>>
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asoue + tumblr
#lemony snicket#jacquelyn scieszka#mr. poe#count olaf#fernald widdershins#henchperson of indeterminate gender#esmé squalor#carmelita spats#a series of unfortunate events#asoue#asoue edit#text post meme
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If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.
a (not-so) happy twenty-four years to three unlucky orphans, and their subsequent series of unfortunate events ✨🔥📕
#happy happy birthday to a most beloved book series !! 💕#asoue#lemony snicket#violet baudelaire#klaus baudelaire#sunny baudelaire#asoueedit#laineysedit#series . asoue#okay with tags out of the way can i please direct your attention to b holding hands with b and they've been photographed and#perhaps entirely separate to his investigations L has them framed . happy . radiant . alive because the first thing i did was give#mr snicket a proper photo of the people he loves . okay thank you#but also i forgot how much i adore sunny klaus and violet !!! like hard pressed to find a frame where despite it all.#they're not sharing a smile . a little giggle ugh love love love them !!
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i cannot stop over-analyzing asoue netflix but guys. do you think that scene in hotel denoument when the baudelaires are trying to get everyone to leave the hotel that all of the side characters' reactions represent their fatal character flaws.
like how olaf's mentors immediately started berating him and calling him a disappointment just because they believed he didn't set the hotel on fire. so their fatal character flaw was cruelty.
and mr. poe and vice principle nero refused to take their blindfolds off, despite the situation, making their fatal character flaw their incompetence, which made them the series' definition of useless adults.
babs and jerome first tried to find a way out, but ended up panicking and staying in one place, so their fatal flaw was cowardice, the original reason neither of them were able to help the baudelaires in the first place.
with esmé and carmelita, it's a little more complicated, since olaf was able to trick esmé because of both her vengefulness and greed (which manifested in her obsession with the sugar bowl), but to some degree it was also about carmelita's stubborness and entitlement (which manifested in her choosing to stay with esmé)
and, finally, justice strauss, who attempts to stop the baudelaires from running away on the roof. i've always interpreted her fatal character flaw as naivety; she believes that all problems can be solved without breaking any rules. she trusts the system too much, which is why she couldn't ever fully understand what the baudelaires were going through, and that they really did not have a choice.
overall, this scene is so important to the story, because it's the exit of all of these characters. it's the last time we see any of them. that's why these negative character traits of theirs were put in the spotlight for this scene; even though these characteristics are flaws so fatal they literally end up being the characters' dooms, they're still aspects of the characters we need to remember in order to understand why nothing went right in the lives of the baudelaires: all of these characters were too cruel or incompetent or cowardly or greedy or arrogent or naive...to be able to help them.
so, as tragic as it is, all these characters end up dying (literally or metaphorically) because of the same flaws that made them useless to the baudelaires in the first place.
#ohh boy everybody watch out frey is having asoue thoughts....again.....like always....[sigh]#in my universe none of them died and they all escaped dont ask how. if i close my eyes i can ignore the canon and all its implications <2#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#asoue netflix#hotel denoument#snicketverse#lemony snicket#justice strauss#asoue babs#jerome squalor#arthur poe#mr poe#vice principle nero#esmé squalor#carmelita spats#count olaf#fritz rambles too much
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#ASOUE#a series of unfortunate events#Lemony Snicket#Mr poe#count olaf#montgomery montgomery#Aunt josephine#Sir and Charles#Vice principal nero#esme squalor#jerome squalor#hector ASOUE
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#A Series of Unfortunate Events#ASoUE#Mr Poe#Kit Snicket#Madame Lulu#Jerome Squalor#Esme Squalor#Uncle Monty#Aunt Josephine
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If Olaf is 'in any case' 'removed', why is he the first guardian the Baudelaires have? (NCT)
As ever, Mr Poe's idiotic refrains are a source of great intellectual stimulation for theorists like myself, @snicketstrange and @snicketsleuth.
In TBB, Poe remarks that Olaf is a cousin of the Baudelaires, but
'in any case, he's removed.'
If he's removed, why is he the first person to fulfil the role of guardian figure to the Baudelaires?
Well, this question is answered quite explicitly in the Netflix series, with Lemony giving viewers a flashback (and his definition of it)!
Olaf does his improv thing, making up Yessica Haircut right there on the spot, and granting himself access to Poe's office...
...but Poe has a choice. He can choose to ignore this idiot, who just waltzes in with no paperwork or permission, or he can choose to listen to him, and more importantly/dangerously, trust him with regards to:
The reliability of Haircut's 'friend' Olaf
Haircut's definition of 'closest living relative'
Unfortunately for the Baudelaires, Poe chooses the latter and this, ultimately, is the stimulant/catalyst for the entire plot of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' to occur.
This could also explain the Baudelaires' stay with the Poes - in order for Poe to finalise the paperwork, as recommended by Haircut, for Olaf to become their guardian.
If he DIDN'T do ANY of this:
The Baudelaires end up at Monty's house. Straight away. NO questions asked.
By the time Olaf sets up a plan to infiltrate, Monty and the children (and Gustav, who would still be alive) would be in Peru.
¬ Th3r3534rch1ngr4ph, Unfortunate Theorist/Snicketologist
#asoue#lemony snicket#vfd#a series of unfortunate events#snicketverse#asoue netflix#theory#count olaf#idiot#mr poe#another idiot#arthur poe#yet another-- oh wait that's the same idiot#mulctuary money management#mr tamerlane#yessica haircut#monty montgomery#gustav sebald
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One of the better memes I've seen xD
#violet baudelaire#sunny baudelaire#klaus baudelaire#mr poe#lemony snicket#series of unfortunate events#meme#call me maybe
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in the bad beginning part 2 on netflix mr poe has a haircut when count olaf comes in BUT HE HAS NO HAIR!! sorry I just realized that that’s so funny I love lemony (daniel) snicket (handler)
#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#asoue netflix#count olaf#mr poe#lemony snicket#daniel handler#atwq#all the wrong questions
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“He was no longer trembling, but his head felt very fuzzy. Drinking didn’t help, but it at least gave him something to do with his hands.”
-from Babel by R.F. Kuang, ch. 5.
#vfd#lemony snicket#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#all the wrong questions#very fuzzy drinking#babel#ebook#r f kuang#this was an excellent book#reminiscent of The Golden Compass and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell#in an 1820s oxford where magic is harnessed through the power of translation in silver bars#the protagonist#a chinese orphan#becomes radicalized against the british empire#big metaphor for technology and exploitative capitalism today#very#fuzzy#drinking
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asoue + tumblr
#lemony snicket#sunny baudelaire#mr. poe#count olaf#fernald widdershins#esmé squalor#jerome squalor#a series of unfortunate events#asoue#asoue edit#text post meme
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mr. poe was actually based for just a little bit in part 2 of the reptile room only to go back to being mid for the rest of the series. babygirl who gave you likeability only to take it away immediately and never give it back
#daniel handler accidentally gave him common sense and then was like 'lol oops that was actually meant for another character my bad g'#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#asoue netflix#mr poe#arthur poe#the reptile room#lemony snicket#snicketverse
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i am dead set on the post-canon headcanon that when hector tells the quagmire triplets of his vfd (organization) past, duncan and isadora while upset with hector, completely understand why he kept it hidden from him, and forgive hector rather fast; about a day or two later.
the research the two done on vfd has them agreeing that hell yes, hector was right to keep quiet. especially since they realize he’s one the few to actually get out of it 100%. duncan and isadora when thinking of hector’s decision and how he successfully left vfd, think of their parents. duncan and isadora think how their parents sometimes get phone calls at random times and go on lunch dates they don’t give much information on when ask. duncan and isadora think of their tutors and how their parents would get snippy at them about ‘furthering their education’. duncan and isadora think of particular topics regarding their parent’s past that now make sense.
their dad for instance, doesn’t talk much of his adoptive family; only that their adopted parents left him the sapphires, and that he has cousins who are also triplets, and dad think they would like as their honorary uncles. their dad talks even less of his biological family. particular his brother, who’s death/murder on a train hurt him so much, dad only brings him up whenever duncan talks/looks at a particular photo their dad has left of his biological family. their mom tells stories of her and a man she calls jack. jack once worked alongside their mom, and she talks fondly of jack, calling him her closest friend (though mom once admitted maybe he never view her as such, for he was closer to others), and wishes how sometimes they could work again or have him meeting the triplets (for she knows jack would love them like an honorary uncle), but knows it’s impossible.
duncan and isadora see all of this as their parents as while leaving vfd, also never left. vfd was in their lives in the smallest of ways.
hector when revealing his past, admits he’s telling them now so they wouldn’t find out later on their own. and hector tells them that he’s okay with the triplets hating him, and that he has to re-earn their trust and like again, even if it takes a long, long time. he accepts how things will never be the same anymore due to his selfish decision of keeping secrets like their parents. and duncan and isadora tell hector that they don’t hate him. upset yes, but they understand hector’s logic of it all. they wish hector told them sooner than later, but are happy he just told them later than never, unlike their parents, who clearly were willing to take their past to their graves if it means having peace for their family.
as for quigley, i have two headcanon routes.
route one is the idea of quigley going ballistic on being right about his (and fiona; they’re two peas in a pod) theory that hector was once part of vfd, and hating the poor man. quigley already has an subconscious grudge at hector due to his indirect actions of jacques’ death. however, quigley knows that hector took care duncan and isadora, like they’re his own. quigley likes and respect hector for deciding to raise him, duncan, and isadora after everything they went through, instead of just dumping them elsewhere to live his own life (one that quigley admits, was derail due to the he, his siblings, and the baudelaires). and quigley over time does bond with hector (one thing they bond over is whistling), especially after duncan and isadora talked to quigley about his subconscious grudge.
but the reveal has it destroying quickly what was slowly growing over the past year (and a bit more). quigley as it turns out, is not yet over jacques’ death. quigley now sees hector as someone who could have saved jacques had he stood up for the man, but didn’t. his lack of actions did indirectly caused jacques’ direct death by olaf and his allies. hector indirectly stole jacques away from quigley. hector, the man who is now his and his siblings’ unofficial guardian and technical adoptive father, indirectly stole away jacques, the man who quigley thought of his unofficial guardian. quigley is just too hurt how hector indirectly replaced jacques, and it takes a long, long, time for quigley to like and trust hector again, as hector predicted.
route two is the idea that quigley, while going ballistic on being right about his (and fiona) theory that hector was once part of vfd, starts to like hector more after the reveal. sure, it takes time for quigley to forgive hector about hiding his past more than duncan and isadora, like a complete week, but that’s it. the past year (and a bit more) has quigley not only bonding with hector, which helps melts away the subconscious grudge, but also has quigley learning more about vfd from those who were actually part of it via the widdershins family (mainly fiona and widdershins, for they were on the same side as jacques).
having a direct primarily source instead of a secondary outside information has quigley coming, on his own, with a new interpretation. quigley honestly thinks vfd is an organization that could help them. however, he now sees that the organization’s definition of help wouldn’t be helpful and beneficial to them at all. maybe once long ago, yes. but not by the state it was when vfd entered their lives, and especially not the state of their own lives back then.
quigley over the past year (and a bit more), due to his growing bond with hector and being care for by hector, also sees how jacques was not fit to be a guardian, official or unofficial. quigley knows jacques cares and likes him, but it’s in a way how an adult cares and likes a child of their close friend; to be more exact, how an honorary uncle cares for their in-name nephew (for quigley is the only one to figure out jacques is ‘jack’ from mom’s stories). hector, unlike jacques, is willing to take the responsibility of everything that comes with the role of a guardian, official or unofficial, and eventually, technical adoptive father.
and quigley here, due to his and hector’s bond, and duncan and isadora explaining the village situation more slightly more (and perhaps others, like fiona and widdershins, especially the latter talking more of his past with hector and jacques), starts to accept jacques’ unfortunate death, and is able to move on from the pain. quigley here sees jacques’ death was one of those inevitable events. quigley thinks jacques would have been doom had hector stood up for jacques, and the reality that did happened - hector not standing up for jacques- was how the story decided to go.
i like route one for drama-angst what ifs ideas, and route two as how i do headcanon things for my post-canon headcanons + things i will likely publish in a fic (with jokes how everyone assumes quigley would do a 180 against hector a la route one and quigley goes, ‘how angry do you think i can get at a person?’)
#quagmire triplets#duncan quagmire#isadora quagmire#quigley quagmire#hector asoue#hector#mr. quagmire#mrs. quagmire#jacques snicket#book verse#headcanons#ramblings
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