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theres something so tragic in the way snicket books depict the realities of the kid hero fantasy that i just am too tired for right now.

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guys.....atwq is haunting me again.....its shadow is looming over me....wdym I'm at a grocery store and all I can think about is how stupid Lemony got a shit haircut and stole like 2 honeymelons from a grocery store too to prove a missing girl didn't run away from home....

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any "a series of unfortunate events" fan in here ?

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Lowkey the most devastating thing ever written

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thinking about how when lemony saw that theodora had a bruise he immediately rushed to her side and asked what happened but when theodora saw lemony come home covered in bruises she said "i told you so" and started ranting about how much better her old apprentice was

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one thing i will be eternally grateful to netflix asoue for is their treatment of the henchperson of indeterminate gender

because, in the books, that character's portrayal is unabashedly hateful. they're so fat and gross you can't tell what gender they are! it's another step towards degendering people based on weight and an ugly, hateful stereotype

whereas in the netflix adaptation, not only is that element not there, but the henchperson gets to be a lot more of a person. they have opinions, they're quite erudite, they're a whole different personality to their book version. and i like that!

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people calling lemony snicket a murderer are all so annoying. its not his fault hangfire died! literally how was he supposed to know that the bombinating beast was Right There

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"We met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 221B, Baker Street, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows."

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thinking about how. in the bad beginning, olaf's house is in a terrible state and so is his person as a whole. like he's let both the house and himself deteriorated. but then starting from the reptile room and onwards, he's kind of, donning a new disguise each book, more cleaned up in general, acting out all the different roles - true, for the purpose of stealing the fortune, he's also an actor, who likes acting.

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a series of unfortunate events is really the blueprint for characters doomed by the narrative like i think that series changed my brain chemistry forever… the title tells you how the story will end and the author repeatedly tries to warn you away but still you pick up the book. the first sentence is that it’s a tragedy and you keep reading anyway.. you read through the whole story and it’s terrible and tragic and unfortunate and then after you’ve stayed up late reading it under your covers with a flashlight, you go to your school library as soon as class is over and check out the next book in the series because you need to know what happens even though really, you already know. the end is right there in the title, it’s there in every page .. before the story even begins you know it’s a tragedy and you read it anyway and—

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I haven't finished the Netflix series yet, but Count Olaf should definitely have a song like Not Evil from the Lego Movie 2 where he performs a whole dance number to the Baudelaires' new guardians on how he's definitely not a bad person scheming to steal the Baudelaires' fortune, while the children look on in exasperation.

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I watched the first episode of the Netflix asoue series a few days ago, and now wondering if I should say some thoughts about it.

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Reading ASOUE as a child, I didn't end up with a Violet Baudelaire complex (tying my hair up every time I have to think), or a Klaus Baudelaire complex (reading a shit ton of books about everything), but a rarer third thing I like to call a Lemony Snicket complex (I am very very sad, I write, I love desperately, and I still hope for the best)

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Have you ever read TBL (The Beatrice Letters)? What do you think of this work?

Unfortunately no, which is a shame since a lot of theories mention lines from it to back them up and I'm just sitting there going, "yes, I definitely remember reading that, mhm."

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Hello! So, do you personally have any theories about asoue, or do you believe in any peculiar ones?

Oh, my first ask-

Well I'm not really much of a theorist and I'm more of a theory reader than a maker. I also just got back into reading Lemony Snicket stuff again since I was busy with my studies previously. I did make this one post on how the editor that helps Lemony in asoue are Pip and Squeak from atwq though.

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