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curiouscreationss · 1 month

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ASOUE characters: How popular are they on Ao3?✨📚😎😮🫢

No.of fics with each character in them

Baudelaires:

Beatrice: 417

Bertrand: 257

🔧Violet: 977 🏆

📚Klaus: 822

🍳 Sunny: 662

👶 Beatrice II: 192

Quagmires:

Mrs Quagmire: 34

Mr Quagmire: 28

🖋️Isadora: 369 🏆

🗞️ Duncan: 367

🗺️ Quigley: 332 (Surprising tbh, I thought he’d win out of the triplets at least)

Widdershins:

⚓️Captain Widdershins: 40

🍄 Fiona: 114

🪝 Fernald: 166 🏆

Olaf+his troupe:

🎭 Count Olaf: 722 🏆

🍸 Esmé Squalor: 379

Woman with hair but no beard: 30

Man with beard but no hair: 25

👓 Georgina Orwell: 143

Henchperson of indeterminate gender: 84

Bald man: 57

White-faced women: 56 (just mildly less popular than the bald man yet there’s TWO of them- that’s gotta blow 😔-)

🎪[The Freaks] 🎪

Kevin: 14 🏅

Hugo: 13

Collette: 12

Denouements:

Frank: 76

Ernest: 92

🦄: 102 🏆

Snickets: (Take this with a grain of salt bc they have a whole other series -ATWQ- going for them)

Jaques: 347

Kit: 410

Lemony: 536 🏆

Guardians+the likes:

🏦 Mr Poe: 104

🗞️ Eleanora Poe: 14

📰 Polly Poe: 1

🐑 Edgar Poe: 10

💰 Albert Poe: 6 (Why is Edgar more popular??)

🐍Uncle Monty: 114

🐍 Ink/The Incredibly Deadly Viper: 8

🪟 Aunt Josephine: 72

Ike Anwhistle: 26

[🚬 Sir: 30

Charles: 54

👓 Georgina Orwell: 143 🏅

😃 Phil: 10 ]

[🎻Vice Principal Nero: 37 (That’s less than the bald man who has maybe 3 lines total, take that!)

Mrs Bass: 4 (Damn.)

Ms. Tench: 2 (Double damn)

Mr Remora: 3

📚 Olivia Caliban: 237 🏅]

🍸 Jerome Squalor: 104

(✨Esmé Squalor: 379 but I put her in the Olaf’s troupe section. This is just for quick comparison to Jerome. Poor guy. Ish. I don’t actually feel that bad for him tbh.)

🦅 The Council of Elders: 4

🎈 Hector: 48

Hal: 8

Babs: 9

Phil: 10

[🍎 Ishmael: 17

🐟 Miranda Caliban: 8

🕶️ Friday Caliban: 26 🏅

🚢 Thursday: 5 ]

Miscellaneous VFD members:

😎 Jacquelyn Scieszka: 172 🏆

🎥 Gustav Sebald: 78

🐟 Larry Your-Waiter: 85

👑 Duchess R of Winnipeg: 61 or 64 (3 are under ‘Duchess R’

Uncategorised:

Ben: 4

🚲 The Paperboy: 3

💃 Carmelita Spats: 149

Top 3:

1~ Violet Baudelaire! 🔧💜 (977 fics on Ao3 are tagged ‘Violet Baudelaire’! 🎉)

2~Klaus Baudelaire!!📚💙(822 fics!)

3~ Count Olaf! 👁️ 😈 (722 fics!)

Loser:

Polly Poe (with a disappointing 1 fic!😱)

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unfortunatetheorist · 3 months

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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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snicketstrange · 9 months

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Why did famed VFD film director Gustav Sebald switch careers to become Uncle Monty's assistant?

Short theory:

Known for hiding VFD secrets in his movies, Sebald surprisingly pivoted to assist Uncle Monty during key ASOUE events. Uncle Monty had distanced himself from active VFD work to focus on his passion for science, seemingly disregarding the organization and its claim to his collection of unique creatures. In fact, he planned to reveal a VFD-trained specimen to the herpetological world. As long as VFD left him alone, it allowed an active member to oversee VFD assets, like the library and his array of reptiles and amphibians. Contrarily, Sebald sacrificed his beloved director's role to dutifully serve VFD's wishes by becoming Monty's right-hand man.

#asoue #asoue theory #uncle monty #lemony snicket #gustav sebald #lemony snicket the unauthorized autobiography #the reptile room

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afterthegreatunknown · 10 months

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random post of headcanons of mine for some asoue characters:

georgina orwell isn’t always hypnotizing people that come into her office; she has to find other sources of income after all. when she does her actual job of an optometrist, georgina is quite good. she even has the highest rating of all the optometrists in the land of districts.

larry isn’t too happy that almost everyone refers to him as larry, your waiter. ‘your waiter’ isn’t his surname. larry knows they know his surname, but they just never say it. larry wants to quit being a waiter as result, but can’t due to being the best volunteer for the role.

r’s first name isn’t ramona, like in ramona quimby. ramona is a nickname beatrice is a part of. the ramona quimby series has ramona having an older sister beatrice, nickname beezus. as such, r got the nickname of ‘ramona’, with beatrice getting the nickname of ‘beezus’.

phil is alive by the end. phil was dismiss of service from the queequeg and vfd by widdershins, who wanted phil to get out while having that chance. phil ends up becoming a library assistant, befriending the main librarian, an old man name hal.

sally is the oldest of the sebald siblings. sally isn’t sure how the reverse came to be, but sally hates getting mistaken for the younger sibling. she once hated it so badly, she kept a copy of both of their birth certificates whenever someone incorrectly assumes.

gustav is actually his middle name. gustav’s first name is in fact, shelby. gustav goes by gustav because he thinks it sounds nicer, as well as the fact that when applying for the directors guild and writers guild, there is already an existing shelby sebald as a member in both.

#asoue #a series of unfortunate events #georgina orwell #larry your waiter #duchess of winnipeg #r #phil asoue #hal asoue #sally sebald #gustav sebald #headcanons #book verse #phil #hal

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beatricebidelaire · 26 days

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#vera.txt #gustav sebald #sally sebald

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mincentmango · 2 years

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here's some Series of Unfortunate Events VFD members (from before the schism) incorrect quotes cause I recently rewatched the series :)

characters included: Josephine Anwhistle, Beatrice Baudelaire, Bertrand Baudelaire, Monty Montgomery, Gustav Sebald, Jacques Snicket, Kit Snicket, Lemony Snicket, Larry Your Waiter, and Count Olaf. (sorry if i've missed anyone!)

Colour Thingy (mainly for me to remember while writing this)

Josephine , Beatrice , Bertrand , Monty , Gustav , Jacques , Kit , Lemony , Larry , Olaf

(yes there will be jacques x larry content here they were in love and i will die trying to prove it. (there will also be lemony x beatrice here because i love them with my whole heart.))

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Bertrand: Fellas, I gotta know for science. Is the opposite of red green or blue?

Larry: Technically a mix of green and blue?

Bertrand: So blurple.

Larry: That's implying you're mixing blue and purple.

Bertrand: Would you rather have fucking bleen? MOTHERFUCKING GRUE?

Larry: You were confusing before but now I'm scared.

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Olaf: I'm totally useless :(

Jacques: You're not totally useless.

Jacques: You can be used as a bad example.

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Beatrice: I can do anything I put my mind to. I once figured out Kit's phone number just by choosing random numbers.

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Larry: Jacques is playing hard to get.

Larry: Little does he know, I'm a master at playing hard to get rid of.

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Lemony, opening a Capri Sun: Guess I'll drink my sorrows away.

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Josephine: Do you care if I take the skin off this Furby?

Josephine: I want to make him a god. Once he is free of his sinful flesh, he can begin a path towards enlightenment. He will take care of us.

Joesphine: I also want to softhack his circuits.

Kit: I literally could not care less but never say anything as frightening as that ever again.

to be continued :)

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Olaf: If I make you breakfast in bed, a simple "thank you" is all I need.

Olaf: Not all this "how dif you get into my house" business.

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Monty: HYDRATE OR DIE-DRATE!! *aggressively throws water bottles*

Kit: Uh... what's up with him?

Gustav: He's trying to yell mental health and wellbeing into us.

Monty: I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU!!

Larry, crying: It's working.

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Jacques and Lemony: *accidentally set the kitchen on fire*

Lemony: WE NEED AN ADULT!

Jacques: Lemony, YOU ARE AN ADULT.

Lemony: WE NEED AN ADULTIER ADULT!! GET KIT.

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Kit: I have a problem..

Olaf: Kill it.

Kit: Can you chill for like, two seconds??

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#a series of unfortunate events #asoue #asoue incorrect quotes #incorrect asoue quotes #incorrect quotes #josephine anwhistle #beatrice baudelaire #bertrand baudelaire #montgomery montgomery #gustav sebald #jacques snicket #kit snicket #lemony snicket #larry your waiter #count olaf #vfd #volunteer fire department

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elizabethanism · 1 year

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It seems to me then as if all the moments of our life occupy the same space, as if future events already existed and were only waiting for us to find our way to them at last, just as when we have accepted an invitation we duly arrive in a certain house at a given time.

-Sebald

#gustav sebald #w. g. sebald #space #Future #Moment

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pipbellerophon · 1 year

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nooo gustav don't drown in the pond at the edge of the property you're so sexy aha

#gustav sebald #hes so cool :(#asoue netflix #pipbellerophon

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duchessofvfd · 2 years

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#VFDfiles

name: Gustav Sebald

age: 22

department: cinematography

"I want to say somewhere: I've tried to be forgiving.

And yet.

There were times in my life, whole years, when anger got the better of me"

#vfdfiles #asoue #lemony snicket #atwq #vfd #a series of unfortunate events #count olaf #all the wrong questions #lemonysnicket #gustav sebald #sebald code

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asoue-siblings-bracket · 11 months

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#a series of unfortunate events #asoue #asoue siblings bracket #violet baudelaire #klaus baudelaire #sunny baudelaire #gustav sebald #sally sebald #baudelaire orphans #sebald siblings

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thespookybean14 · 1 year

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I feel like posting this here because it won’t leave my brain, and in fact, I might write something based on this…so here it goes:

A Series Of Unfortunate Events AU where Gustav Sebald and Jacquelyn Scieska swap roles. Gustav and his sister Sally are related to Duchess R., Jacquelyn works with Monty and is a huge well-known filmmaker, Gustav works with her as an actor in most of her films. They’re both in VFD.

#asoue #a series of unfortunate events #alternate universe #gustav sebald #sally sebald #jacquelyn scieszka #montgomery montgomery #uncle monty #duchess r.

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badlydrawndrawnings · 2 years

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Drew Gregor and Gustav awhile back.

I sometimes forget how handsome Netflix!Gustav is.

I also sometimes forget I draw Gregor in the same outfit.

#asoue #a series of unfortunate events #gregor anwhistle #gustav sebald #badlydrawndrawning art #rough sketches #floating heads #traditional art #pencil drawing #not feeling tagging netflix asoue #this is a queued post

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snicketstrange · 2 years

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Did I solve the mystery of Dr. Sebald?

One of the first ideas I tried to discuss on Dark Avenue was how to solve Chapter 4 of LSTUA. This was an unresolved question left open by Hermes and Dante, Two of the three A Series of Unfortunate Events theorists I respect the most in the world, (the third being @Snicketsleuth [despite our temporary schism due to chronological issues of asoue on which we didn't reach a consensus]).

The big problem involving chapter 4 involves the chronology of events. Comparing TRR with LSTUA, we come to Lemony's conclusion, while researching the main events described in TRR (everything indicates that the research of Lemony happened a few years after the events actually took place) he received from Dr. Sebald the script for the movie Zombies in the Snow. However, Count Olaf claimed that he killed Gustav by drowning during the main events of TRR.

Furthermore, the Zombies in the Snow script contains a secret message that seems to apply in some way to the Baudelaires' case. However, the secret message indicates that there is a fire survivor inside the snowman and asks the recipient of the message to take the three children to the location where the movie takes place. Also, the secret message alerts the recipient of the message that his new assistant is not one of us.

This generates a lot of confusion in the reader's mind, as Gustav was certainly taken by surprise when he suffered the attempt on his life.

"One day when he was out collecting wildflowers I drowned him in the Swarthy Swamp. Then I forged a note saying he quit." - Count Olaf, TRR, Chpater 13.

The entire process of shooting the movie to send an urgent message to Uncle Monty seems completely impossible to do, especially when you consider that the movie Zombies in the Snow looks like it was filmed when Gustav was a kid (according to a photo in LSTUA) when Lemony was a teenager (according to an observation made in File Under 13) and appears to involve 3 similar-looking children who are unrelated to the Baudelaires. (LSTUA chapter 4).

I can proudly say that I resolved this last issue some time ago in what I think is the best possible and canonical way: Despite what Lemony may think on the matter, Zombies in the Snow's secret message refers some old case unrelated to the Baudelaires. That is, when Uncle Monty and the three Baudelaires watched that movie, this was a rerun. The secret message they might have received did not apply to them. [Some might want to believe that someone decided to play the same film as the subject was relevant again... But this is something that in practice doesn't matter for my main goals, which is to understand the chronology of events in this chapter of LSTUA in relation to the TRR].

Even though I have satisfactorily resolved this last question, the first problem I raised in this text still remained. In Lemony's letter to the cheesemakers, Lemony states that he received the script from a man named Dr. Sebald. He was getting ready to return the script to Dr. Sebald, but he just didn't show up. Lemony begins to realize that the possibility that Dr. Sebald has been captured is high. So he decided to send at least the part of the script containing the Sebald code to the cheesemakers. The letter makes it clear that all this happened after Lemony had already unsuccessfully tried to publish at least one book by ASOUE. The Baudelaires hadn't been at Uncle Monty's house for quite some time, and the cheesemakers were Lemony's penultimate chance to publish ASOUE. That is, Gustav Sebald had already been presumed dead.

Dante suggested two solutions to this apparent contradiction: the first is that Uncle Monty's assistant named Gustav and the film director named Gustav Sebald are different people. Another suggestion from Dante is that although Count Olaf assumed that the attempt to cause Gustav's death was successful, Gustav actually survived. So years later Gustav was still alive so he could give Lemony the script, but he died (for real this time) before he got the script back.

I'm here to say that Dante was wrong on both assumptions, and that the best way to solve this mystery is to remove from our eyes some of the preconceptions we have as readers. Furthermore, we must accept that the simplest explanation is usually the best explanation. Consider again Sally Sebald's letter to Lemony. I must say that everything indicates that this letter (actually the set of letters) was written by Daniel Handler on purpose to reinforce our prejudices, in order to prevent the understanding of a simple truth. First of all, the order of the letters is wrong in the way it is presented in the chapter. (In the introduction to LSTUA there is already confirmation that you can read the work in any order, indicating that the documents are not necessarily in the chronological order in which they were originally produced in that universe.)

Evidence that Sally Sebald's letter was written before Lemony's letter to the cheesemakers is in the fact that Sally comments that Lemony first requested the photographs related to Zombies in the Snow, which were kept in files referring to the film. Sally Sebald stated in the letter that if Lemony had any more requests, he should do so. When Sally received Lemony's first letter requesting the photographs, Sally thought Lemony was dead, indicating that Lemony had not yet published any ASOUE books. In the letter, Saly found it necessary to describe the scene where the Sebald code had been used. Evidently, it was Sally who sent Lemony the script for the film, after Lemony requested it at some later point. So Lemony was about to return the scrip to Sally Sebald. Please note that in Lemony's letter to the cheesemakers, at no point does Lemony refer to Dr Sebald as "Gustav". Lemony calls the film director just Dr Sebald. Sally Sebald states in the letter to Lemony that now the one who takes care of the business left by Gustav Sebald is Sally Sebald. Evidence that Sally Sebald also became a film director is in the fact that Sally Sebald uses the symbol of a cinematographic camera in the letter.

So the person who didn't show up for Lemony's appointment was in fact Dr. Sally Sebald and not Gustav Sebald.

This idea is not completely new to me. However, Dante made a powerful counter-argument that he convinced me for over 2 years. I'll paraphrase Dante: "You're an idiot! Don't you realize that the person called "Dr. Sebald" in Lemony's letter to the cheesemakers is a male? Lemony uses masculine pronouns to refer to "Dr. Sebald" all along the letter!" But the correct answer I should have given Dante at that moment shouldn't have been exactly an "answer" but a "question." I should have asked the right question. But I was prejudiced.

I should have asked Dante, "How do you know Sally Sebald is a woman?"

Yes dear reader, "Sally" is a name that can apply to both boys and girls.

Nothing indicates that Sally Sebald is a woman. However, Daniel Handler knew of our prejudices as readers. Intentionally Daniel Handler provided a handwritten signature in a typical female handwriting. And the prejudice is precisely in the word "typical" of the previous sentence. In fact, you cannot tell a person's gender from their signature, especially if the person's name is commonly applied to both male and female genders. In my case, there is an aggravating factor in my prejudice: The ending of the letter "yours" seemed to me (mistakenly) more appropriate for a female friend to write to a male friend. But that has nothing to do with it! Similarly, Sally Sebald when talking about Gustav uses the word "siblings" instead of "brothers". In my prejudiced mind, "siblings" was more common to refer to children of different genders, however it is obvious that two brothers can refer to each other as "siblings" especially in the context of the letter, since the relationship between the three Snickets (one female and two males) is compared to the relationship between the two Sebalds (two males). However, Daniel Handler's choice of words makes a prejudiced reader like me fall into his trap.

So, putting together in a summarized and simple way the puzzle involving Zombies in the Snow, I propose the following chronology:

1 - When Gustav Sebald was a child, he recorded Zombies in the Snow and entered a secret code involving some relevant case at the time. (A teenage Count Olaf/"Omar" may have participated in the filming.)

2 - Years later, when Gustav Sebald was an adult and became Uncle Monty's assistant.

3 - Just before the children arrived at Uncle Monty's house, Gustav Sebald was surprised and drowned.

4 - Years later, Lemony sends a letter to the man and doctor Sally Sebald, requesting photographs from the movie Zombies in the Snow, as he had become a film director and took care of his late brother's business.

5 - The man and doctor Sally Sebald sent the photographs, and then lent Lemony Snicket the script for the movie Zombies in the Snow.

6 - After reviewing the script and photographs, Lemony deduced that Uncle Monty had never learned the Sebald code. (The word "never" here probably indicates that not even when Uncle Monty was younger had he been able to understand a Sebald code that had been sent to him, back at the time of the shooting of Zombies in the Snow.)

7 - After reaching the conclusion mentioned above, Lemony went to meet the male and doctor Sally Sebald. However, the new film director did not show up at the meeting point. Lemony then sent the script to the cheesemakers.

In other words, by understanding this chronology, we don't need to create yet another character with the same first name as Gustav involved also with Uncle Monty. By understanding this chronology, we need not believe that Gustav Sebald survived the drowning. There are already canonically more than one Sebald. And it was this man, who was misgendered by me and most fans who read LSTUA, is the person who holds the key to solving this mystery.

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afterthegreatunknown · 10 months

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fanfic idea loosely inspired by the importance of being earnest:

sally and r are using the name ‘jacquelyn scieszka’ as an alias.

sally came up with the name first. sally uses the name whenever traveling outside the city, like in tedia or ophelia or other neighboring place, so people don’t trace anything jacquelyn did with sally herself.

gustav knows of this, and thinks it’s silly because sally doesn’t do anything that could have her needing a fake name.

sally as jacquelyn scieszka ends up befriending a non-vfd. calling this dude john, though he likes to go by jack.

sally and jack eventually start dating. jack btw talks a lot and fondly about a dear friend of his. sally knows jack is bi (sally is bi also btw that’s what i headcanon her), but she has a growing theory jack is in love with his friend, but it’s in denial due to the fact said friend is straight.

r eventually discovers sally’s fake name of jacquelyn scieszka, and instead of confronting sally over it, decides to use it herself, in places in the city and land of districts where most people won’t associate the heir apparent of the duchy of winnipeg to be in.

r as jacquelyn scieszka befriends a non-vfd person. calling this dude algernon, but he goes by eli.

eli is in the closet and to keep up appearances, needs a girlfriend. r does it out of solidarity and sympathy. eli is grateful for r, jacquelyn, for helping out and tells her one day, he’ll help her in return.

larry learns of this, for larry had to serve r as jacquelyn scieszka and eli at a non-vfd restaurant. pretty awkward tbh.

eventually, gustav and larry discover together one day while having a nice brunch together a. both sally and r are using the same name of jacquelyn scieszka, b. that jack and eli are friends, and c. jack and eli discover they know and are dating jacquelyn scieszka.

the realization of the jack-eli-jacquelyn scieszka mess has gustav and larry zooming out of the restaurant and their brunch to tell sally and r -who are together today in the city headquarter- about the overheard conversation.

needless to say, sally and r are freaking out. sally at one point does changes tunes, getting upset how r stole her fake name. r redirects the conversation to what is actually at hand.

their solution? they must kill/bury jacquelyn scieszka.

eventually before the group kills off/bury jacquelyn scieszka (they bought a coffin to make it all more realistic), jack and eli found the group on the road to swarthy swamp. jack and eli are shock to learn that jacquelyn scieszka is really two people sharing a fake name.

eli on the trip with jack grows enough confidence to comes out as gay to jack, as well as confessing his love right upon confronting sally and r (and gustav and larry, who are in the background going ‘wtf man you’re confessing it here just as we’re about to dig?’).

jack on the trip with eli learns that yes, he’s in love with a dear friend of his, and after hearing eli’s confession, pronounces his love also (gustav and larry are still going ‘wtf’ in the background).

sally and r react the same way: happy and shouting congratulations for these two for sorting out their feelings (r especially so because of that solidarity and sympathy) and the two couples break up.

the funeral for jacquelyn scieszka is still held. with jack and eli knowing, they figure they should continue on with the plan. everyone say lovely words of parting about how jacquelyn scieszka brought them all together as friends, and helped two people find love.

then they bury an empty coffin at swarthy swamp, and keep it a secret between themselves.

#randomity things #ramblings #sally sebald #duchess of winnipeg #r #gustav sebald #larry your waiter #i say fanfic idea because i don't know if i'll write it out properly #at the very least i got the general idea posted #hesitant to say headcanon because i feel if it is going to be a headcanon #i need to rework the details to fit my other headcanons

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