#Fiona Widdershins hcs

[ven10]

hello! it's your friendly anon again :D! i truly love how details you are with your headcanons! the isadora headcanon is my favorite!

this been on my mind after browsing your blog a bit, so i hope you don't mind me asking once again. as your main focus is the unfortunate generation, especially the quagmire triplets, do you have any thoughts or headcanons for the other kids? in particular, fiona? fiona is one my favorite characters next to the quags. i would love to read anything you have for her.

Hi again anon! :) Great hearing from you again! :D I’m really happy you liked the last hcs I did!!!! :)))

I have lots of hcs for the unfortunate gen so I’ll just stick to answering for Fiona in this so my answer doesn’t turn out to be the length of a novel! :) [feel free to ask for the other characters again tho+I will happily answer in detail!]

Thoughts about Fiona:

Not hesitating is definitely a key aspect of her character (I mean that one’s obvious tho) but I like how consistent this is with all aspects of her. She doesn’t hesitate to take charge but she also doesn’t hesitate to correct those who are in charge, like correcting Captain Widdershins by adding “or she” to his motto.

{ Negative side of this? Not hesitating for long enough to kiss Klaus. As in, not even waiting for his consent. Although it is stated on page 232 of ‘The Grim Grotto’ that Fiona “hesitated for a small moment” the fact that Klaus’ reaction to the kiss of to lift “one trembling hand to his face, as if Fiona had given him a slap instead of a kiss” clearly conveys how the kiss was unwanted. Although I personally believe it was more so due to circumstances than attraction that the kiss was unwanted as Fiona does this after betraying the Baudelaires. }

Wracking up life experiences like kissing is maybe something Fiona is trying to do as she may feel she’s missing out by spending her time isolated from her peers on a submarine. Maybe she didn’t even want to kiss Klaus specifically, maybe she just wanted to kiss someone. Resulting in her failing to consider (or failing to act on the possibility) that the romantic desire was not mutual or that it shouldn’t have been acted on under those circumstances, i.e, kissing your crush right after revealing you have teamed up with the guy who has been stalking him+his siblings trying to murder+kidnap them.

Loyal: I know she may seem like one of the least loyal characters in the series given (SPOILERS FOR ‘THE GRIM GROTTO’) how in TGG she betrays the Baudelaires, choosing to join the ‘bad’ side of VFD over helping them however thinking about all that time she spent isolated, likely thinking+imagining scenarios where her brother-Fernald/the hook-handed man- had stayed with her…the fact that Fiona still chooses her brother over her friends despite him abandoning her and becoming a villain clearly conveys how deeply loyal she is to her family.

“mother is dead” “father moved away” “stepfather has abandoned me”

“my brother may not be as wonderful as you Baudelaires, but he’s the only family I have. Aye! I’m staying with him! Aye!” [‘The Grim Grotto’ Chapter 13, page 224]

The fact that in this outburst Fiona is (subconsciously?) mimicking the speech patterns “Aye!” of the stepfather who abandoned her is another level of sad. She has to follow her family because she knows that if she doesn’t then she will be left behind.

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I noticed a slight parallel between Fiona’s character and Olaf in the Netflix version. (Not exact wording)

Violet: His name’s Phil.

Fiona: Well, I call him Cooky.

Vs

Fiona: His name’s Fernald.

Olaf: Well, I call him Hooky.

In Fiona’s case I doubt the nickname was meant as insulting given how Phil says he doesn’t care what he’s called whereas in Olaf’s case Fernald tried multiple times to tell Olaf his name but was shut down every time. This shows how although Fiona’s actions may be similar to some of the villainous characters (E.g by joining the ‘bad’ side of the schism) her good intentions are what sets her apart.

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The way she folded her family photo in Netflix!TGG was having creases between each person in the photo (photo of younger Fiona with her stepfather and Fernald). This could be so that she only sees the image she wants to see when looking at it, E.g, folding Fernald away so she sees only her stepfather+her and doesn’t have to remember the pain of Fernald being gone.

Defiant: A detail I remember from the book version of TGG is ‘or she’ being scratched next to the quote ‘He who hesitates is lost.’ I like how she’s willing to noticeably+permanently challenge flawed things. Especially given how she may have risked punishment for this ‘vandalism’.

Capable+Independent: in Netflix!TGG Fiona was able to successfully control an entire submarine on her own!! She even repaired damaged solo! This is impressive (if a little sad that so much responsibility+pressure has been placed on her…)

I love how said independence clashes with Violet’s character. These two have had to take charge of things for their own safety (+the safety of siblings for Violet) that it’s difficult for them to follow decisions made by the other.

In terms of VFD…she’s in deep😟… Fiona didn’t even know what was in the sugar bowl but still chose to pursue that inanimate object over taking three children to ‘safety’. Also, in her telegram to Kit Snicket in ‘The Grim Grotto’ she mentioned the safety of the sugar bowl BEFORE the danger that three live human beings aka the Baudelaires were in. Yikes. (Ig that’s what growing up surrounded entirely by VFD members can do…)

Sorry to low-key insult her like this but Fiona had no need to reveal Fernald was her brother to Olaf. The revelation would be more likely to get her used as blackmail to get Fernald to do Olaf’s bidding than anything else tbh. (Scene took place in TGG when Olaf was threatening to kill Fernald and had his hands to his throat, pushed up against a wall). Maybe the threat of the situation caused Fiona to act without thinking. Especially given the ‘no hesitating’ mindset that’s been drilled into her.

Major respect to Fiona for somehow putting up with this mess of a man for YEARS :’) [Cap Widdershins]

This is probably reading WAY too into it but you said you like my detailed analysis so,like a submarine, I’ll dive in DEEP. Fiona’s glasses are shaped like isosceles triangles: 2 sides equal, 1 different. Fiona+Fernald on one side of VFD captain Widdershins on another. 🔼

2 angles the same, 1 different. Fiona being willing to see things from Fernald’s angle. Cap Widdershins being unbudging.

Or, Captain Widdershins + Fernald knowing secrets that are “too terrible for young people to know” whilst Fiona is left in the dark. Someone is always left out in their family trio.

Hc that post-canon Fiona living on land would choose clothes like jumpsuits that resemble what she wore on the Queequeg for familiarity. Refuses to go to the opticians to update her prescription for the longest time bc she doesn’t want to change her triangle glasses. Klaus avidly encourages her to avoid the opticians. Eventually she goes bc she is informed that she can keep the frames+just change the lenses if she wants to. 👓

Fiona would find it really difficult to adjust to ‘normal’ life post-canon (if she ever gets that chance-) bc ordinary life would be so STRANGE to her after growing up underwater 🌊 surrounded entirely by VFD members. Poor girl probably thinks communicating via secret code through literary references is normal. Also she’s not had many peers to interact with so that’d be an issue. Not to mention things VFD (especially the ‘bad’ side) may have forced her to do that she’d have to come to terms with…

Uses ‘Shiitake mushrooms!’ as a swear 🍄.

Hope you like this analysis, anon! Sorry this took a while, Fiona is a complicated character+I wanted to do her justice. :)

Also, she would use this mug I found on Pinterest! ☕️

#fiona widdershins #asoue #a series of unfortunate events #thanksfortheask:) #:)) #feel free to ask more! :) #Fiona Widdershins hcs #asoue analysis #hcs #asoue hcs #the grim grotto #captain widdershins #asoue netflix #asoue books #Fiona asoue #soue #series of unfortunate events #hc #unfortunate gen hcs #unfortunate gen

[cygninae]

So this is really random, and no one asked for this, but have my nationality headcanons for a whole load of asoue/atwq characters.?? No real explanation for these hcs, it's just how I imagine the characters ! :) (might throw in some extra hcs along the way because why not.)

P.S I'm quite fascinated by the history of the colonisation of America and the patterns of immigration that occurred thereafter, which is partially why I'm making this post. However, I'm not American and have never received actual American education so I'm sorry if I am miseducated in any regard.

Sugar bowl gen

Esmé Squalor is British/Syrian

HC: she is a first generation immigrant to the USA when the events of the books take place. Her mother was Syrian and her father British. She has a twin brother who disagreed with her involvement in VFD and left the USA to go back to England once they were of age. She hasn't seen him since they were teenagers.

Jerome Squalor is British-American

HC: His parents immigrated to the USA from England before he was born.

Bertrand Baudelaire is French

HC: He is a first-generation immigrant and went to the USA on his own after the death of his parents.

Beatrice Baudelaire is American

HC: By the time she was born, her family had been in the USA for many generations. Some British and Irish ancestry.

The Snicket siblings are Chinese-American

HC: the Snicket siblings are second-generation immigrants to the USA. Both of their parents were Chinese.

Mrs (headcanoned first name Marzia) Quagmire is Italian-American

HC: she is a second generation immigrant. She grew up in a household that primarily spoke Italian.

Mr (headcanoned first name William) Quagmire is American

HC: like Bea, his family had been in the USA for many generations before his birth. British and Dutch ancestry.

Count Olaf is German-American

HC: Olaf is a second or third generation immigrant. His family were very wealthy but went to ruin and ran away to the USA. He still insists on keeping his ancestral title despite this.

Montgomery Montgomery is Pakistani-American

HC: Monty is a second-gen immigrant. He had three siblings who all moved across the USA once of age, but he made an effort to keep in touch with them and their extended family in Pakistan.

Ellington Feint is Chinese-American

HC: Ellington is a second-gen immigrant. Her father was American with British ancestry and her mother was a first-gen Chinese immigrant.

Captain (headcanoned first name Rory) Widdershins is Irish-American

HC: a third-gen immigrant who grew up very disconnected from his heritage due to being in the foster system.

Fernald "Widdershins" is Moroccan/American

HC: him and his sister Fiona (and theorised sister Friday) had an American mother and Moroccan father. Their father left before they were born and mother left when Fiona was young, so they were raised by Widdershins. They know very little about their heritage.

Moxie Mallahan is American

HC: her family had been in the USA for many generations before her birth. Distant British and Dutch ancestry.

Arthur Poe is American

HC: Poe and his wife both had generations of family in the USA. He has some Dutch ancestry.

Josephine Anwhistle is American

HC: her family had also been in the USA for many generations. She had distant Irish ancestry. She made effort to reconnect with her ancestry in some regards.

Ike Anwhistle is American

HC: Ike, too, had family for generations in the USA. Canonically in the books, he is the second cousin of one of the Baudelaire parents (I hc him on Bea's side of the family) so in my headcanon, his ancestry is British/Irish. His brother, Gregor, is obviously the same.

The Denouement triplets are American

HC: the triplets are third-generation immigrants with British and Dutch ancestry. Mother's side British and father's side Dutch. There had been plans to raise the triplets in England, but a mysterious friend of their mother convinced them to stay in the USA for reasons unknown...

Unfortunate Gen

The Baudelaire children are French-American

HC: Bea is American and Bertrand French, as stated above. They grew up speaking both languages fluently.

The Quagmire triplets are Italian-American

HC: their mother is Italian and their father American. Their mother and her parents made sure they grew up speaking Italian.

Fiona Widdershins is American/Moroccan

HC: As stated with Fernald above, her biological father was Moroccan, although her and Fernald never knew him nor that they were Moroccan.

Carmelita Spats is Dutch-American

HC: Carmelita is a fourth-generation immigrant and she has little connection to her ancestry due to not being in contact with her family anymore.

Beatrice Baudelaire II is Chinese-American

HC: as Kit is her mother, she has her ancestry, of course. I am personally a fan of the theory that Olaf is her father, not Dewey, so in this post, we'll say that his ancestry plays here too...

Ben (Violet's friend) is American

HC: Ben is American with British and Native American ancestry.

Well, I've probably missed about a million characters, but there it is ! This is a super random post but I just felt like I might as well post some headcanons for the hell of it. Always love to hear other people's headcanons for Snicketverse characters. Thanks if you read all the way to the end, I love you

#asoue #lemony snicket #a series of unfortunate events #vfd #atwq #unfortunate gen #sugar bowl gen #headcanons #my headcanons #hcs

[miszmal]

and last but certainly not least, fiona!

feel free to use w credit, and rb if you do! <3

#thats a wrap folks!!! this was so much fun ahh #requests for additional pride flags for any one of these i did are totally open! #please yell at me i'd be happy to include more if anyone feels their hc are left out :-))) #fiona widdershins #asoue #unfortunate gen #pride icons #pride #queer #lgbt #asoue icons #digital #firealpaca

[asoue-sideblog]

hc that when Netflix Fiona was reading newspaper articles and Volunteer Factual Dispatches about the Baudelaires, she sometimes briefly fantasized about being friends with them

having a little sister figure to show around the submarine and teach new things, who would be sweet but tough and feisty and playful

having a bookish friend who'd love to talk about Melville and mushrooms and would think it was really cool that she knew so much about mycology, rather than a waste of time, and who could tell her the things she couldn't find in the Queequeg library

and having someone around who could always fix it. someone who would always know what to do. When Fiona read about Violet Baudelaire, the protective heroine who was never at a loss, she wished deep down that she had someone like that around, who would tell her what to do next and promise her that everything would be okay. When the real Violet showed up, Fiona was secretly embarrassed, and wasn't sure whether she was lashing out to remind herself that she had to be the captain, or because she was resentful that the real Violet only cared about her real siblings and real friends.

#asoue #asoue spoilers #asoue s3 spoilers #asoue s3 #asoue hc #fiona widdershins #violet baudelaire #klaus baudelaire #sunny baudelaire

[virtualfindingsdocumented]

Ok I have a few strong ideas about pre-VFD sugar bowl generation, a lot of it based on my paternity and maternity and nationality hcs that are My Blog Canon anyway here:

- Just to start everything that we see of Unfortunate Generation x VFD is an exception and not the rule of how things were done. Maybe the Quagmires were doing it closer to how it should be, and Widdershins had Fiona in something very close but they are an exceptional case due to living in a submarine.

- I think the rule is not having the VFD talk with your children because they will be tested and evaluated before being recruited. If your child is “dumb” there is no point in having them knowing about VFD as they won’t be recruited. Now that I type this I realize there is some potential in thinking of the “rejected” children. There is a shitpost somewhere that Jerome would be one of them. Maybe the Poes as well?

- Kit and Dewey were 4 and 5 when the Schism happened so the pre-VFD time for Sugar Bowl Gen gets the few years before it and some years after. I usually place both Lemony and Bertrand as babies when it happened.

- Beatrice, living miles away, didn’t deal with adults stressing out with the Schism as I believe it was an event very centred on the City. She was sent to there after being recruited as part of an operation to strengthen the firefighting side by getting new volunteers. Anyway, before being recruited, Beatrice had a normal life. She is an only child, lived in a small town of which her family is the richest. She had lots of uncles and aunts and cousins and spent a long time in the library, where she found out on her own about VFD and how to be recruited. Finding the information on her own was her test, and she passed. Her parents and other volunteers were watching closely her every move.

- Back in the City, Bertrand was being raised by the Markson siblings. Being put in their care was his “recruitment” in a way, and since he was a baby, this means there wasn’t a time he didn’t know about VFD. Theodora really loves him, so do her brothers, but they were never ready to take care of a child, so they are indecise if they should threat him as an apprentice or a son. A lot of mess here.

- The Snickets were a proper traditional VFD family, with Jacques and Kit being subtly prepared for recruitment from a young age, and being closely watched. But then the Schism happened and L was still a baby. There was some pressure to recruit the children soon, to which Jacob agreed and E disagreed. Still, before the recruitment they were your perfect rich family, living in a large property near Killdeer Fields but a little away from everything.

- Olaf is a bit of a mystery to me, I still couldn’t figure out how he recruitment went or what his relationship with his parents was like

#vfd schism generation #vfd sugar bowl generation #beatrice baudelaire #bertrand baudelaire #snicket siblings #bertrand (not) baudelaire #lemony snicket #kit snicket #jacques snicket #e snicket #jacob snicket #count olaf #s theodora markson #brazilian beatrice #firestarter child bertrand #save #from the volunteer #vfd politics

[presleysmooth]

Do you think hooky has a crush on olaf?

Oh, absolutely. I HC hooky as bi/pan already but it is so obvious.I think his relationship - and feelings - towards Olaf go beyond the flirty teenage crush he seems to have. He also regards him as a father figure, maybe for his past experiences with Captain FuckfAHEM I mean Widdershins. He found someone to impress and to receive the love, attention and gratification he never could from both his real parents and his step father. He’s more emotionally attached to those who fit his family tree models ( Olaf as an adult, fatherly and potentially romantic figure, Sunny because she reminds him of Fiona the last time he got to hang out with her ) than the rest of the people. He can’t sympathize much with anyone else, it seems.I should analyze Fernald as well lol love the boy

#ASoUE #fernald widdershins #asks

[asoue-sideblog]

Fernald and Fiona hcs (mostly book based)

He didn't like her when she was a newborn, because she was just some weird wrinkly creature hanging out in his space

They bonded more when she started talking and getting mobile; she loved following her big brother around and watching what he got up to

He was an awful big bro in a sweet way - he'd play too rough with her and swear in her earshot. She loved every minute of it.

Fernald is responsible for her losing at least one of her baby teeth; he was way more upset about it than she was.

Their mother and stepfather took care of her and spent time loving and playing with Fiona, but as VFD adults they underestimated a toddler's emotional needs. Fernald kept her company all the time and (without consciously realizing he was doing it) did a lot of the early work of teaching her emotional skills such as patience and self-soothing. Fernald... was not the best role model for some of those skills.

Fernald's Folly is a bluffing game like Bullshit that he tweaked to work with two players. It's not very well balanced but fortunately tiny children are not sophisticated game design critics.

Fiona had a few really beautiful oceanography picture books as a kid. She'd sit with him and stare at the pretty pictures while he told her about the different fish and other wildlife. She found a mycology book he had for his job, fell in love with the pictures, and demanded he tell her about those, too. Fernald was not thrilled with this development; Widdershins was even less so.

When Fernald left, Fiona was about four or five years old. She was told that he’d vanished while on a very important mission for VFD. As she got older and years passed without any word from him, she often wondered if he was dead. When she imagined reuniting with him, she always imagined herself being the one to find him.

#asoue #vfd #fernald widdershins #fiona widdershins #captain widdershins #the grim grotto #asoue hc

[asoue-sideblog]

Brotp ask: Fiona and Fernald? (Btw, just noticed your header image, and this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while :D)

Thanks! The header image is from tumblr user @toasty-tart and it completes my life.

who steals french fries off the other’s plate: Fernald

who has to bust or bail the other out of jail: They’re in jail together and they break out together. Sibling bonding!

who gives the other advice/comfort about dating issues: Fernald comforts Fiona about dating issues. He feels like he should have advice to give her as her older and wiser brother, but when he looks at pretty much every relationship he’s ever had (romantic and platonic), his only takeaway is “I hope nothing like this ever happens to Fiona”. Luckily, Fiona deeply appreciates just having someone listen to her and commiserate, instead of talking over her and telling her what to do.

who shamelessly cheats at games by reaching over to cover the other’s eyes: This seems like it would be physically difficult for Fernald… but he manages anyway. Actually, him grabbing a pillow to shove in her face might be how some of those pillow fights start.

who immediately calls dibs on the top bunk: Fiona.

who starts and who wins the pillow fights: Fernald starts it and usually wins, but Fiona puts up a good fight and wins sometimes.

who says “your pants would look better on their floor” to the other’s potential crush: Both of them are deeply enjoying the novelty of a family member who respects boundaries, so neither of them.

#gellavonhamster #fiona widdershins #fernald widdershins #(god i gotta get a different tag for him that's explicitly not his name) #asoue #asoue hc #ask meme #brotp ask meme

[virtualfindingsdocumented]

So you like aesthetics? Let me shamelessly promote my asoue aesthetic collections on weheartit. I spend more time than it is healthy making them.

Feeling a deja vu? Yes, I already had a post just like this, but I have since then moved my asoue stuff to a new account because I have issues.

If you want to check the collections on my multifandom account, you can find them here. Under the cut are the links for the new collections in my new asoue-only account.

General:

ASOUE

ATWQ

Books:

Who Could It Be At This Hour?

When Did You See Her Last?

13 Suspicious Incidents

Shouldn’t You Be At School?

Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?

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The Bad Beginning

The Reptile Room

The Wide Window

The Miserable Mill

The Austere Academy

The Ersatz Elevator

The Vile Village

The Hostile Hospital

The Carnivorous Carnival

The Slippery Slope

The Grim Grotto

The Penultimate Peril

The End

Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography

The Beatrice Letters

Characters:

Armstrong Feint

Beatrice

Beatrice II

Bellerophon Brothers

Bertrand Baudelaire

Carmelita Spats

Cleo Knight

Dashiell Qwerty

Dewey Denouement

Duncan Quagmire

Kind Editor

E. Snicket (Jacques’, Kit’s and Lemony’s mother)

Eleanora Poe

Ellington Feint

Ernest Denouement

Esmé Squalor

Fernald

Fiona

Frank Denouement

Friday Caliban

Dr. Georgina Orwell

Geraldine Julienne

Ghede and Gifford

Gregor Anwhistle

Gustav Sebald

Hangfire

Hector

Ike Anwhistle

Ink

Isadora Quagmire

Jacquelyn Scieszka

Jacques Snicket

Jake Hix

Josephine Anwhistle

Kellar Haines

Kit Snicket

Klaus Baudelaire

Larry Your-Waiter

Lemony Snicket (up to 13 years old)

Lemony Snicket

Dr. Montgomery Montgomery

Moxie Mallahan

Count Olaf

Olivia Caliban (Book version)

Olivia Caliban (Netflix version)

Ornette Lost

Duchess R of Winnipeg

S. Theodora Markson

Sunny Baudelaire

Quigley Quagmire

The Woman With Hair But No Beard

Unknown Arsonists™

Violet Baudelaire

Capt. Widdershins

Pairings:

Baudelaire Parents

Beatrice & Bertrand & Lemony

Carmelita & Isadora 

Charles & Sir

Ellington & Kit

Gustav & Monty

Ike & Josephine

Jacques & Olivia

Kit & Dewey

Kit & Olaf

Lemony & Beatrice

Lemony & Ellington

Lemony & R

Lemony & The Editor

Olaf & Esmé

Olaf & Georgina

Quagmire Parents

Theodora & Sharon

Theodora & The Woman With Hair But No Beard

Families and Groups:

Association of Associates

Baudelaire Family

Baudelaire Siblings

Denouement Brothers

House of Freaks

Inhumane Society

Olaf’s Troupe

Quagmire Triplets

Snicket Siblings

VFD:

VFD

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Firefighters

Firestarters

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Schism Generation (aka the adults of ATWQ, the unnamed villains, and other people their age)

Sugar Bowl Generation (aka the children of ATWQ/adults of ASOUE)

Unfortunate Generation (aka the kids of ASOUE)

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Ancient VFD

Future VFD

Fanon Characters:

Beatrice Baudelaire is Brazilian hc

Fanfics and Fanmade Stuff:

Fire Magic AU (more about it)

Lonely Souls (read it here)

Just Like A Fairytale (read it here)

Misc.:

VFD crack: shitposts, memes, etc.

Volunteers Fighting Disease

“We have eyes everywhere”

#from the volunteer #asoue #atwq #lemony snicket #aesthetics #my works #volunteer work