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I like to think of you as a Magical, Interesting, Lethal Foe. A MILF, even

yes, yes…. the greatest MILF of all time!! finally getting the respect i deserve around here

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heartwarming: when the conductor fainted, this brave audience member was able to safely land the orchestra

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*evil optometrist voice* One day theyll see. They'll all see.

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They don’t make em like this anymore *posts what is clearly a photo of your exact childhood bedroom*

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I completely agree! all the various iterations of the story are in conversation with one another and I think that makes them really special. I love that all these different versions exist and that there's so many ways to engage with the story and the characters.

I just finished showing the entire ASOUE Netflix series to my wife, and now a solemn duty weighs on my heart. I have to briefly commit fandom heresy and confess something I’ve held to be true since I originally finished the series a few months before she and I started dating: I think the Netflix adaptation is the best version of the story.

I know, I know. I just keep thinking about Daniel Handler and the creative team writing the show together in his home while he cooks dinner (as described in the real-world Incomplete History of Secret Organizations book which serves as a ‘making of’ history for the first two seasons) and all the ways Handler course-corrected, making specific narrative elements clearer, including visibly diverse casting and much more gender- and orientation-inclusive writing, especially considering how Certain Henchpeople were originally portrayed, and I don’t know, it all just… works for me. I adore the books, I even love the original movie adaptation and adore its soundtrack, which we used a track from during my wedding ceremony, but the Netflix show feels like the ideal iteration of the story—the version Handler was able to work on after seeing what did and didn’t work in the previous incarnations. much like Douglas Adams continually retelling the story of the Hitchhiker’s Guide and adding or changing things every time it changes media formats, I think ASOUE just sort of naturally changes and improves the more it grows and the longer it lasts, so. there you have it.

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ASOUE + Text Posts (10/?)

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I just finished showing the entire ASOUE Netflix series to my wife, and now a solemn duty weighs on my heart. I have to briefly commit fandom heresy and confess something I’ve held to be true since I originally finished the series a few months before she and I started dating: I think the Netflix adaptation is the best version of the story.

I know, I know. I just keep thinking about Daniel Handler and the creative team writing the show together in his home while he cooks dinner (as described in the real-world Incomplete History of Secret Organizations book which serves as a ‘making of’ history for the first two seasons) and all the ways Handler course-corrected, making specific narrative elements clearer, including visibly diverse casting and much more gender- and orientation-inclusive writing, especially considering how Certain Henchpeople were originally portrayed, and I don’t know, it all just… works for me. I adore the books, I even love the original movie adaptation and adore its soundtrack, which we used a track from during my wedding ceremony, but the Netflix show feels like the ideal iteration of the story—the version Handler was able to work on after seeing what did and didn’t work in the previous incarnations. much like Douglas Adams continually retelling the story of the Hitchhiker’s Guide and adding or changing things every time it changes media formats, I think ASOUE just sort of naturally changes and improves the more it grows and the longer it lasts, so. there you have it.

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They just don't schism like they used to

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I probably ought to mention that one of the songs that played during the wedding ceremony was The Letter That Next Came, from the original ASoUE movie.

reading ASoUE as a teenager before I knew I was a lesbian and then watching the show now is so weird because I went from feeling sorry for Jerome Squalor and disliking Esmé for abandoning him to the exact opposite situation where I’m actively planning on marrying his wife

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as something of an update, as it turns out I did not end up marrying Esmé Squalor.

I did, however, end up being proposed to by—and saying yes to!—a perfectly wonderful woman to whom I have been married for a year now, and with whom I am currently watching the Netflix ASoUE series, her for the first time and me for the third. as you might imagine, this felt noteworthy enough to break this tumblr’s years-long silence. I hope everyone is well.

reading ASoUE as a teenager before I knew I was a lesbian and then watching the show now is so weird because I went from feeling sorry for Jerome Squalor and disliking Esmé for abandoning him to the exact opposite situation where I’m actively planning on marrying his wife

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*lemony snicket voice* police cars say ‘protect and serve’ for the same reason a box of dry, unflavoured rice cakes might say ‘delicious treat’. rice cakes are not a delicious treat, nor are the police there to protect and serve, but if you are unfamiliar with either you’re likely to believe what you’re told.

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art + lemony snicket

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*lemony snicket voice* police cars say ‘protect and serve’ for the same reason a box of dry, unflavoured rice cakes might say ‘delicious treat’. rice cakes are not a delicious treat, nor are the police there to protect and serve, but if you are unfamiliar with either you’re likely to believe what you’re told.

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A series of unfortunate events? More like Lemony Snicket gets cockblocked and won’t let anyone forget it even when she’s not only married but also dead

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i come from a long line of unreliable narrators

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My fav part in 13SI that never fails to make me snicker. There are other interpretations of this of course, but I like to think Lemony "I'm very good at reading and manipulating people" Snicket accidentally stepped on a Bad Topic Landmine while trying to innocently compliment Moxie.

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“I’m a journalist, Snicket. A dangerous story is an interesting story, and interesting stories belong in the newspaper.”

@asouefanworkevent Woevember day 5: Stain’d-by-the-sea >> Moxie Mallahan