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lokiprincess · 1 year

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Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters

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aseriesofunfortunatetexts · 7 months

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asoue + reductress

#esmé squalor #lemony snicket #kit snicket #count olaf #jacquelyn scieszka #olivia caliban #sunny baudelaire #a series of unfortunate events #asoue #asoue edit #reductress

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oh-look-another · 3 months

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there’s something about sibling relationships in asoue/atwq that is just,,, unique, for lack of a better word. or maybe wholesome. because most siblings in the snicketverse are like,,, in threes. the snickets. the baudelaires. the denouments. the quagmires. hell, even the white-faced women. it probably means something. i’m too tired too figure out what. it’s just something about them. like i could maybe analyse them tomorrow when i’ve had a good night’s sleep but for now have some of my ramblings.

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fanonical · 10 months

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snicket parents: okay, here is our daughter katherine, who we will call kit for short snicket parents: we want to fuck over thiis one kid in particular, so we're calling him lemony snicket parents: aaaaaaaaand this one looks french. so he's called jacques

#A Series of Unfortunate Events #ASoUE #Kit Snicket #Lemony Snicket #Jacques Snicket

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snicketstrange · 8 months

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Solving the Apparent Plot Hole in SB of Netflix's ASOUE

The mystery of Esmé's sugar bowl in Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" is an endless source of speculation among fans. Kit Snicket's claim that the sugar bowl contains "sugar" that can cure the disease caused by the MM fungus has upset many, and for good reason:

The cure for the MM fungus was originally discovered by Beatrice Baudelaire, who used a hybrid apple and horseradish in her experiments. Nothing suggests that she would give special status to the resulting "sugar."

Count Olaf also seeks the sugar bowl, but he explicitly states in the TGG adaptation that he believed the MM fungus no longer existed. So why would he seek a cure for a disease he thought had been eradicated?

Horseradish alone is already highly effective in preventing death caused by the MM fungus. Sunny was infected, used horseradish, and showed no side effects or traces of the disease. This makes the definitive cure for the disease less valuable than one might think.

In truth, the only way to view Netflix's ASOUE canon as coherent is to accept the fact that Kit Snicket wasn't entirely honest about the sugar bowl's contents.

So, can we deduce what's really in Netflix's sugar bowl based on the information we have?

In Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series, various clues are given about the mysterious contents of the sugar bowl. First, the contents are edible, evidenced by a flashback where Esmé uses the sugar bowl's contents to make tea. This same scene also reveals that the tea tasted bitter, suggesting the bitter nature of the contents. Beatrice, also present in this flashback, hints that the contents have some sort of power, adding that this power shouldn't be in the hands of one person but could be shared with many. Additionally, the contents are tangible: Quigley looks inside the sugar bowl and sees something he can't fully understand but is definitely there. Lastly, Kit Snicket, known for telling half-truths and omitting information, claims the sugar bowl contains "sugar" that cures the fatal MM fungus disease. This information, given Kit's history, may only be partially true.

So, how can these contradictions be reconciled? The crux of my theory lies in the idea that the "sugar" inside the sugar bowl is much more than it appears to be.

All signs point to there actually being sugar in the sugar bowl, likely derived from Beatrice's research with the bitter hybrid apple. What we call sugar could really be a remedy. But it can't just be a remedy for the MM fungus disease.

Firstly, Beatrice must have conducted various different experiments while on the island. After all, everything ends up on that island sooner or later. She must have used rare ingredients from shipwrecks or something that accidentally fell into the ocean somewhere to combine with her basic experiment of blending horseradish with apples. After all, the end result contains "something" that is abortive. Neither apples nor horseradish have abortive substances. This suggests that Beatrice used additional ingredients.

(This detail was first brought to my attention by TheAsh , as far as I know) She may not even know exactly what those ingredients are, as labels made of paper could easily dissolve in water.

If, by chance, in one of these experiments, it were possible to produce a unique fruit and a special type of hybrid apple, formed from a very specific formula and rare ingredients (some of which even Beatrice might not know), then maybe we're onto something. If the fruits from a single harvest had the power not just to cure the disease caused by the MM fungus... but perhaps the ability to cure all diseases! And that would be truly hard to replicate elsewhere, even by Beatrice herself.

So we might have something there. This would indeed be a great parallel to the biblical account of the tree of life, to which TE clearly refers (in a somewhat inverted manner, but still a reference). The tree of life in the Garden of Eden could make someone live forever. Beatrice's apple could cure all diseases. But this phenomenon wasn't replicated, and Beatrice knew she couldn't replicate the experiment.

In that case, to prevent the specific apples from losing their properties when they spoil, Beatrice must have made "sugar" from these apples. A type of sugar that preserved the healing properties of the fruit of life. But where would she store it? Indeed, this powder became the most valuable substance in the world.

And so, a safe, discreet (and preferably beautiful) container was needed to hold something so valuable and powerful. Esmé's sugar bowl proved suitable, as it could preserve the sugar even in case of fire and flood.

Esmé, thirsty for power, would love to be the guardian of such a substance. And of course, the sugar bowl is hers. Has she remained so beautiful and youthful over the course of 14 years by consuming a bit of this sugar over the years? Either way, after discussing with Esmé the importance of sharing the sugar bowl's contents with others, she felt obligated to steal it from Esmé.

catastrophist , this theory was for you! I hope you enjoyed reading it.

#asoue #asoue theory #lemony snicket #beatrice baudelaire #a series of unfortunate events #kit snicket #asoue netflix #sugar bowls theory #sugar bowl theory #sugar #sugar bowl

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iosagol · 5 months

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Snicket wasn't lying when he said I'd be crying enough to drown in my tears by the time I finished his Series of Unfortunate Events

I'm rattled, I'm wounded, I'm breaking down at the slightest movement

Spoilers for The End

But but can we just talk about the end

I mean the way that Olaf shows such a ridiculously gentle side towards Kit because he's picked one single human being in the whole world to love, he's chosen to see Kit and Kit alone as deserving of any help he can provide, and this act of complete selfishness is also an act of incredible good?

The fact that Lemony and Olaf both fell in love with a woman who wasn't destined for them? And Olaf died trading bitter poetry with Kit but Lemony lived on in grief writing bitter poetry to someone who would never answer?

The fact that we'll never ever know what went on with Olaf and those poison darts and the Baudelaire parents but we know that just because you had a Bad Beginning that doesn't in any way make it okay to take it out on someone else's offspring, and even if the people you admire weren't as squeaky clean as you thought, that doesn't make it wrong to remember the good they did.

The fact that The Great Unknown could easily be a symbol for death but also a symbol for life, because life can be so much more vicious and mysterious and ready to swallow us at a moment's notice than even death?

The fact that the sugar bowl was never opened? And we don't know why Esme ever wanted it?

I like to think that the sugar bowl eventually drifted to the Baudelaires' island, like all lost things do, and as the Baudelaires and Miss Snicket-Denoument rowed away months later, the sugar bowl stayed buried in the shallows of the island where it all began, and may or may not still be there to this day

#asoue #a series of unfortunate events #asoue books #count olaf #kit snicket #beatrice baudelaire #lemony snicket

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panic-at-the-general-vicinity · 7 months

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Just realized Lemony Snicket was the youngest of three and is now the oldest of three don’t talk to me

#all the wrong questions #a series of unfortunate events #lemony snicket #kit snicket #jacques snicket #sugar bowl gen

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fiiggy · 7 months

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@kitsnicket

#mine #fanart #art #illustration #asoue #asoue fanart #kit snicket #a series of unfortunate events #i am the op lol i just redid my blog teehee

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yourfavanxioussunshine · 4 months

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The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of the whole life dies, When the love is done.

- Francis William Bourdillon

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when-we-drive-away-in-secret · 3 months

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ASOUE Character Playlists

You can find the list of ship playlists (both romantic and platonic) here

Violet Baudelaire

Klaus Baudelaire

Sunny Baudelaire

Beatrice II

Quigley Quagmire

Carmelita Spatz

Count Olaf

Esmé Squalor

Beatrice Baudelaire

Dr. Georgina Orwell

Kit Snicket

Jacques Snicket

Lemony Snicket

Jerome Squalor

Geraldine Juliene

Olivia Caliban (Book!Verse)

Olivia Caliban (Show!Verse)

Jacquelyn Scieszka

VFD

I am constantly editing/changing these, most of them aren't really in a coherent order yet and some of them are currently ridiculously short because I haven't quite found the niche of songs for that character yet, but hey! Here you go ^.^ (also I will be making and linking a masterpost for each one explaining why I chose all of the songs, but if anyone ever has any song recommendations or wants to know about a specific song that's already on there, feel free to send me an ask!)