#A series of Unfortunate Events

[fanonical]

sunny baudelaire once worked as an admin assistant at a school

which is unethical as shit in itself

but i don't think she was getting paid for it either?!? and everyone was okay with that (apart from the baudelaires)

[lilahsmorgan]

[griddleharkbrainrot]

"I will love you as a battlefield loves young men" okay so just rip my heart out and stomp on it thanks

[joelaffingmatter]

[unfortunate-stranger-losers]

things i think about CONSTANTLY:

daniel handler said that everyone in a series of unfortunate events and the surrounding universe is jewish "unless stated otherwise"

the only time it could possibly have been considered "stated otherwise" is in the netflix tvv, when poe and his wife mention being the only kids in their class without b'nei mitzvahs

literally the only non-jewish characters in this series are the bankers

daniel handler is the funniest man alive

[mirefireflies]

a series of unfortunate events is really the blueprint for characters doomed by the narrative like i think that series changed my brain chemistry forever… the title tells you how the story will end and the author repeatedly tries to warn you away but still you pick up the book. the first sentence is that it’s a tragedy and you keep reading anyway.. you read through the whole story and it’s terrible and tragic and unfortunate and then after you’ve stayed up late reading it under your covers with a flashlight, you go to your school library as soon as class is over and check out the next book in the series because you need to know what happens even though really, you already know. the end is right there in the title, it’s there in every page .. before the story even begins you know it’s a tragedy and you read it anyway and—

[oh-look-another]

i'm a sucker for narrators who are like,,, part of the narrative. they're a part of the story. they may or may not be fundemantal to it, but they influence it one way or another.

[whipcreamsucks]

this sucks so bad i need to (remembers suicide jokes only make my mental health worse) join a secret society revolving around elaborate eye motifs, literature and also fire-fighting

[aseriesofunfortunatetexts]

asoue + tumblr

[drowninginredink]

The one detail in Penultimate Peril that I will never, ever get over is that Lemony Snicket smokes. He shows up and offers to take away the Baudelaires, and he's smoking a cigarette.

All through the series, fire is the ultimate Bad Thing. The good guys are firefighters and the bad guys are firestarters. Arson is the worst crime. And the Baudelaires' descent into moral ambiguity is shown through them starting multiple fires.

Lemony Snicket might as well be the poster boy for VFD. He was raised in it since infancy. He lost Beatrice because of the consequences of being a volunteer. He has been on the lam for at least fifteen years because of his dedication to it. He lost both of his siblings to it. There are plenty of people in the series who question VFD and its motives, but for all it's done to hurt him, Snicket is very loyal. He does point out some flaws, but not as many as you'd expect.

And yet Lemony smokes. Lemony starts fires every day to feed his own addiction. He carries a lighter or matches with him at all times, just like the villains do. He regularly engages in a massive fire hazard. He says himself that a man who smokes cigarettes is somewhere in between wicked and noble. I want to know how someone so deep in VFD even started smoking.

I think the one thing I am the saltiest about Netflix not including is that. Truly Lemony being a smoker is everything to me.

[logan-the-artist]

the world is quiet here

[armydreamerr]

Lowkey the most devastating thing ever written

[raccocoo]

Jennifer Coolidge for Paper Magazine

[fanonical]

a series of unfortunate events is a series of books for kids who were told they were smart and then expected to become beethoven style child prodigies with disastrous results

[lightaphorism]

Media with immaculate vibes:

A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix show)

Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated (show)

Gravity Falls (Disney show)

Treasure Planet (Disney film)

Mystery Files (YouTube)

A Series of Unfortunate Events (film)

The Spiderwick Chronicles (film)

Ghost Files (YouTube)

Atlantis the Lost Empire (Disney film)

Lockwood and Co (Netflix show) (please save it)