thinking about jacques and quigley again and jacques searching frantically for the baudelaires researching information of their whereabouts worried about their safety so focused that quigley was basically left to his own devices for the most part …….. but also in a somewhat vfd apprenticeship style way even if not an official one, giving him fragments of information…….. and then jacques went to the village of fowl devotees and was killed by e&o ……. and quigley was on his own again
As much as I enjoy the Netflix series and generally like these characters on their own, I’ve always found the inclusion or Jacqueline and Larry Your Waiter and even the changes made to Olivia Caliban to undermine the core theme of the adults in the Baudelaire lives constantly failing them. If anything TPP makes in explicit that in the best case scenario for VFD children are put in precarious situations. And all the attempts to make these adults competent can only go so far because it would interfere with The Word of God. Like the banality of the Baudelaires predicament is that they’re failed by both their Allies and their adversaries at every turn - coincidentally the same lesson lemony learns by the end of ATWQ
Finished When Did You See Her Last? and I'm starting to feel crazy now. I have a lot of thoughts about some of the themes surrounding romance and parenthood here, so I'm going to put them under the cut.
I'm not sure how much of this is common interpretation or Understanding Of The Text or whatever I just wanted to share my immediate commentary before I go knock myself out.
I wondered if it was going to be a one-off thing at first in ?1 when Theodora calls Lemony her husband and then her son basically in one go, and if it was only commentary on the concept of parentification. (It is unambiguously a way of immediately indicating that Theodora will not treat him appropriately.)
However. Handler draws parallels between parenthood and lovership more than once, and…
Not only is Les Gommes (the building near the abandoned aquarium) also a novel about a detective destined to become an assassin, but the plot itself is based off of the myth of Oedipus.
Keeping in mind the above point, a common characterization of film noir femme fatales is that they are looking for a man to kill their husband in hopes of personal gain, in addition to the usual "being captive or at least implying they're captive to some inescapable situation" and everything else. Ellington is, very obviously, a satire of this trope.
Keeping in mind the two above points: Armstrong Feint is Ellington's father, not her husband. Ellington is a child and this is a book about youth freedoms, and so she is oppressed on the basis of her youth first and foremost. Her father, naturally, is the man holding her captive.
Finally, it's exceedingly obvious by this point that Hangfire is Armstrong Feint. There is no reason for Hangfire to associate the tune Lemony whistles with Ellington, because they have not met. There is no reason for Hangfire to hide the record player from Lemony, unless he understands it has significance to both of them. And, of course, there is no reason for Hangfire to have the record player at all, unless it is significant to him. Even Ellington's papers, which would theoretically be much more relevant to him, are being protected by Nurse Dander.
Anyways, the writing is on the wall and I'm calling it now that Lemony is going to grievously injure/maim/manslaughter Hangfire who is also Ellington's father. If I'm right I want a free soda.
If you read to the end: Congratulations here are some Ellingtons I've drawn.
the real reason the snicket musical is taking so long is that dh is frantically searching for the best place to stop the plot so he can spend an entire scene talking about how much he loves indian food
tlt fans would absolutely adore metal from heaven by august clarke. its got everything, butch dykes, revolutionaries, psycho femme lesbians, 2nd person bullshit, and a mindfuck ending
friend whos always planning everything: hey guys lets do something this week!! when are you all available?
friend whos always available: i can do whenever
friend whos constantly busy: im sorry i have work and then school and then the labyrinth and then more work :( i can do tuesday at 3:00 am for five minutes tho
friend with the randomly generated sleep schedule: (no response)
friend who went missing in the woods behind their house 12 years ago and hasn't been heard from since: (no response)
friend whos really into genshin impact: does anyone want to play genshin impact
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