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i already posted about this but nero is so funny as a character. i haven't posted art in a while but i have another one
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What pieces does Vice Principal Nero (fail to) play in TAA? (NCT)
4:00 - ?
10:47 - Csardas, by Vittoro Monti
14:28 - 'Spring' from The Four Seasons, by Antonio Vivaldi
17:05 - Hard to tell, but most likely (given the speed): Caprice No. 5, by Nicólo Paganini
TAA P2:
18:09 - ?
These are all of the timestamps I could find, if I've missed any, please do put them in the comments section, and I'll try and have a listen. Alternatively, if you find out what pieces are being screeched at the points where I've put '?', please let me know in the comments.
¬ Th3r3534rch1ngr4ph, Unfortunate Theorist/Snicketologist
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ROUND 1 POLL C
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nero’s letter in the unauthorized autobiography mentioned ms. k. to be mr. remora’s replacement. considering how remora and bass showed up with nero in the penultimate peril
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Afraid to say that this line made me giggle a little bit, maybe even guffaw
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Assigning each ASOUE book a TMA entity (+why)
*Also taking the Netflix show’s portrayal/atmosphere into account.
The Bad Beginning: Web 🕸️
The Baudelaires are beginning to realize that things have been going on behind the scenes that they can’t understand; they are almost completely trapped in Olaf’s scheme til Klaus finds a loophole.
The Reptile Room: Hunt 🦷
The Incredibly Deadly Viper is initially percieved as a threat, if short-lived, and the Baudelaires are surrounded by dangerous creatures. Simultaneously, this is the book in which they truly realize Olaf is determined to keep chasing them.
The Wide Window: Lonely ☁️
Imagery of a large, empty house in a grey, foggy lake setting combined with the theme of grief. They are also without their guardian for a while after she faked suicide and was temporarily presumed dead.
The Miserable Mill: Dark 🌑
The Baudelaires do not know what happened with their parents here; information is being hidden from them. Klaus’ vision is literally impaired at several points in the story due to his glasses being damaged, in addition to the mandatory nightly “lights out” immediately after dinner.
The Austere Academy: Slaughter🔪
Vice Principal Nero’s fixation on the violin provides frenzied music, a common theme of the slaughter. The children are collectively cruel to the Baudelaires via Carmelita’s leadership. They demonstrate moblike behavior at the pep rallies.
The Ersatz Elevator: Spiral 🌀
The penthouse has hundreds of rooms and corridors in which one can easily be lost; there are repeating patterns on walls and furniture as well as the children’s clothing. Proportions seem exaggerated, ie the scale of the house, the limo, Esmé’s hat and fur coat, etc. The elevator is a false door that acts as a deception. Esmé is the first character to convincingly lie to the Baudelaires, and the contradictory rules of the In/Out system are nonsensical and confusing. And, of course, there is literally a Red Herring at the auction.
The Vile Village: Buried ⚰️
The Baudelaires are, in a literal sense, in a dry and dusty desert village full of sand. In addition to this, Duncan and Isadora are trapped together in the cramped, dark space of the fountain for the bulk of the story. In a more figurative sense, the Baudelaires are also buried under extensive suffocating and restrictive laws.
The Hostile Hospital: Eye 👁️
Heimlich Hospital contained files of information on nearly every conceivable subject; a massive gathering of knowledge by a man who ironically has poor vision. Olaf keeps a constant watch through the security cameras, and when Klaus is being forced to operate on his sister, an entire theater is seeing him.
The Carnivorous Carnival: Flesh 🥩
While the “carnival freaks” are of course not actually examples of body horror and are just people with deformities, they are still viewed as such by audiences within the narrative. Additionally, Madame Lulu is literally eaten alive by lions.
The Slippery Slope: Vast 🌊
In this case, the Vast mainly refers to the sky and heights, though the ocean is incorporated at the very end leading into the Grim Grotto. Falling off the mountain is a constant background fear; Sunny’s cage is thrown off the edge, and we see Kit do her little falling-and-flying trick with the dragonfly wings.
The Grim Grotto: Corruption 🪰
I was tempted to put the Vast here, but honestly the ocean itself was more of a unusual setting than a legitimate source of fear. The major conflict of the story was the infection/contamination of the Medusoid Mycelium.
The Penultimate Peril: Stranger 🎭
The Baudelaires do not know whether they anyone are speaking with is trustworthy, especially Ernest vs. Dewey.
The End: Extinction 🏭
The island is partially covered in garbage and debris, and everyone there is poisoned by the Medusoid Mycelium and will presumably be wiped out.
*Honorable mentions to the Desolation (fire, suffering) the Lonely (very few believe or help) and the Hunt (Count Olaf’s constant pursuit) as overtones of the entire series.
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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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im superrrr bad at watching stuff cuz i just cannot pick smth to watch then sit down and watch it but for the ask game!
a series of unfortunate events? (ive heard of the books before but idk how the series is)
OH MY GOD YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT SERIES <333
My rating (1-10) - 100/10
My favourite character - uhh probably violet baudelaire. also count olaf bc neil patrick harris portrayed him sooo well (I like him as a villain character btw I'm not excusing his terrible actions)
My least favourite character - Mr poe, vice principal nero, and all the fucking adults who didn't believe the children about count olaf being there
The character I think I'd be friends with - violet, klaus and sunny!!
The character I think I won't hit off with - count olaf. because while I do want a fortune, I wouldn't you know, chase 3 orphans for it
My favourite episode/scene - any scene with detective dupin💀💀 and also that one scene which is like; count olaf: don't you miss the imagination of childhood ; poe: I didn't have one ; count olaf: what an imagination or a childhood
Whose clothing style I like best - I like the frocks that violet wears they're so pretty
Times I watched it (and if I would again) - around 5 times and I still rewatch it a lot
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The R - Part 1:
What is the connection between Mr Remora and Duchess R [of Winnipeg]?
One of the many mysteries that Lemony Snicket has left behind for readers (and viewers, to a certain extent) is 'What does the R stand for, in "Duchess R" ?' I am going to attempt to answer this question using any resources available, under the title 'The R'. This will be over a series of unfortunate posts, in this format.
Firstly, we must look for any and all clues that can give us even the slightest hint as to what R might stand for.
For this, I have gone through every character in ASOUE and this is produced: (after the cut, but feel free to skip ahead)
Lemony Snicket
Violet Baudelaire
Klaus Baudelaire
Sunny Baudelaire
Count Olaf
Bald Man with the Long Nose
Mrs. Bass
Beatrice Baudelaire
Beatrice Baudelaire II
Bertrand Baudelaire
Bruce
Colette
Fernald
Hal
Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
Hugo
Incredibly Deadly Viper
Geraldine Julienne
Kevin
Kind Editor
Man with a Beard but No Hair
Vice Principal Nero
Phil
Arthur Poe
Duncan Quagmire
Isadora Quagmire
Quigley Quagmire
Mr. Remora
Carmelita Spats
Kit Snicket
Esmé Squalor
Jerome Squalor
Justice Strauss
White-Faced Women
Woman with Hair but No Beard
Albert Poe
Edgar Poe
Polly Poe
Wart-Faced Man
Alaskan Cow Lizard
Androgynous Cobra
Madame diLustro
Dissonant Toad
Green Gimlet Toad
Inky Newt
Irascible Python
O. Lucafont
Mamba du Mal
Monty Montgomery
Monty Montgomery's Sister
Gustav Sebald
Stephano
Virginian Wolfsnake
Ike Anwhistle
Josephine Anwhistle
Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin
Gina-Sue
Larry Your-Waiter
Captain Sham
Charles
Foreman Firstein
Flacutono
Georgina Orwell
Shirley
Sir
Elwyn
Coach Genghis
Ms. Tench
Ben
Gunther
Chief of Police
Council of Elders
Detective Dupin
Hector
Mr. Lesko
Officer Luciana
Mrs. Morrow
Verhoogen Family
V.F.D. Crows
Babs
Bearded Man
Laura V. Bleediotie
Lou
Mattathias
Milt
Mr. Sirin
Volunteers Fighting Disease
Beverly and Elliot
Olivia Caliban
Chabo the Wolf Baby
Man With Pimples On His Chin
Ringmaster
Volunteer Feline Detectives
Infant Servant
C.M. Kornbluth
Snow Gnats
Snow Scouts
V.F.D. Eagles
White-Faced Women's Sibling
Winnipeg Scout
Gregor Anwhistle
Fiona
The Great Unknown
Captain Widdershins
Mrs. Widdershins
Count Olaf's father
Count Olaf's mother
Dewey Denouement
Ernest Denouement
Frank Denouement
Alonso
Ariel
Jonah Bellamy
Sadie Bellamy
Rabbi Bligh
Brewster
Byam
Friday Caliban
Miranda Caliban
Calypso
Erewhon
Ferdinand
Finn
Professor Fletcher
Gonzalo
Ishmael
Dr. Kurtz
Larsen
Ms. Marlow
Monday
Madame Nordoff
Omeros
Mr. Pitcairn
Robinson
Sherman
Thursday
Weyden
Willa
Beekeeper
Building Committee
Emily Dickinson
Dolores
Esmé Squalor Fan Club
Gerta
Daniel Handler
Haruki
Ivan Lachrymose
Eleanora Poe
Lena Pukalie
Duchess R
R's Mother
R's Father
Young Rölf
Sally Sebald
Shoemaker
A. Snicket
B. Snicket
Chas. Snicket
D. Snicket
E. Snicket
F. Snicket
G
H
I
Jacob Snicket
M
N
O
Mr. Spats
Mrs. Spats
Town Fathers
Valorous Farms Dairy
Baron van de Wetering
Yeah. Every single one.
Now, let's rule out everyone who does not have a name beginning with R, or is unclear: (again, feel free to skip ahead)
Bald Man with the Long Nose
Mrs. Bass
Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
Incredibly Deadly Viper
Kind Editor
Man with a Beard but No Hair
Mr. Remora
White-Faced Women
Woman with Hair but No Beard
Wart-Faced Man
Madame diLustro
Monty Montgomery's Sister
Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin
Foreman Firstein
Coach Genghis
Ms. Tench
Verhoogen Family
Mr. Sirin
Man With Pimples On His Chin
Infant Servant
White-Faced Women's Sibling
Winnipeg Scout
The Great Unknown
Captain Widdershins
Mrs. Widdershins
Count Olaf's father
Count Olaf's mother
Rabbi Bligh
Dr. Kurtz
Ms. Marlow
Madame Nordoff
Mr. Pitcairn
Robinson
Beekeeper
Duchess R
R's Mother
R's Father
Young Rölf
Mr. Spats
Mrs. Spats
Town Fathers
As the title states, we'll keep some focus on Remora, but we'll eliminate all other minor characters:
Bald Man with the Long Nose
Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
Incredibly Deadly Viper
Kind Editor
Man with a Beard but No Hair
Mr. Remora
White-Faced Women
Woman with Hair but No Beard
Wart-Faced Man
Madame diLustro
Monty Montgomery's Sister
Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin
Robinson
Duchess R
R's Mother
R's Father
Young Rölf
According to Various Fan Deductions:
TMWABBNH & TWWHBNB are Gifford & Ghede
The White-Faced Women are Zada and Zora
Lemony's Kind Editor is Moxie Mallahan
Madame diLustro is Sunny Baudelaire
This rules out the 4 of them.
Bald Man with the Long Nose
Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
Incredibly Deadly Viper
Mr. Remora
Wart-Faced Man
Monty Montgomery's Sister
Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin
Robinson
Duchess R
R's Mother
R's Father
Young Rölf
Logically speaking, why would there be a connection between Ink and Duchess R? Let's eliminate unlikely possibilities:
Mr. Remora
Monty Montgomery's Sister
Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin
Robinson
Duchess R
R's Mother
R's Father
Young Rölf
Monty Montgomery's sister would be (_insert name here_) Montgomery. This, to me, rules her out too... and the same logic applies to Bertrand's cousin.
Mr. Remora
Robinson
(Duchess R)
(R's Mother)
(R's Father)
Young Rölf
Obviously her family are related:
Mr. Remora
Robinson - Islander
Young Rölf
So, the above names are generated. I will, henceforth, analyse a link between each character and R, starting with Remora.
POINTS:
a. It's known that a few characters in the Snicket-verse have alliterating names, such as Quigley Quagmire, Beatrice Baudelaire.
b. It's also known that some characters have WEIRD connections to others, such as Quigley's 'relation' to Mr Poe.
THEORY: Given a. and b. to be true, Mr R _______ Remora, has some abstract connection to the Duchess.
This connection can only really be established if one goes by Netflix canon and assumes Nero's surname to be Feint, and combines this with ATWQ:
Duchess R is Remora's boss' ancestor's murderer's friend.
R's friend is Lemony, who murdered Hangfire, who is the ancestor of Nero, Remora's boss.
Part 2 Still to Come...
¬ Th3r3534rch1ngr4ph, Unfortunate Theorist/Snicketologist
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PRELIMINARY 1S
Yeah, this is how I've chosen to address the Nero situation. This does also make the Riordanverse the only franchise eligible to appear twice in the final bracket...but I couldn't resist.
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