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free-my-boy-grumbot Ā· 7 months ago
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i wish people would just check up on me more. a simple ā€œhow are you?ā€ ā€œhave you eaten today?ā€ ā€œwhat are the religious themes and parallels in Lemony Snicketā€™s A Series Of Unfortunate Events part 13?ā€. is that too much to ask
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feyres-divorce-lawyer Ā· 1 year ago
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Ao3 is run by zionists, hereā€™s what you can do
1. Stop donating. Itā€™s a volunteer organization so boycotting doesnā€™t hurt them financially, donations do. Itā€™s a running joke in fandom how quickly the goal is met two, three times over whenever donations are asked for; the joke needs to stop running. Your money will endorse an organization that condones genocide.
2. Contact AO3 Support and Feedback and OTWā€™s Contact Us to voice your displeasure against this. Itā€™s hypocritical of them to rally against censorship, then proceed to the same.
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3. Spread the word. Iā€™ll put my message under the cut as a template of sorts.
It is disheartening to see an organization often lauded for its staunch stance on censorship turn face and commit the same act they spent years condemning. Is it the proper labeling of Israel as an oppressive colonial state that bothers you, or is it your apathy towards Palestinians being ethnically cleansed that made you fire a volunteer for their vocal support of Palestine. Despite what this organizations claims, ā€œFrom the River to the Sea, Palestine will be freeā€ is not antisemitic; the phrase calls for the liberation of Palestine and for the corresponding land to belong in rightful hands. Shame on you for choosing the side of colonialism. Ao3 was a beacon for many, and now itā€™s tainted. Congratulations, OTW, youā€™ve transformed from an organization for creative expression to one that condones the brutal deaths of innocents.
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peteytheparrot Ā· 3 months ago
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A Series of Unfortunate Events liberated me as a child in the way that it shows how utterly incompetent adults can be about children, like none of them care to understand how these children are feeling because they donā€™t see them as real living human beings, because theyā€™re just kids! They donā€™t know any better!
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random-dragon-exe Ā· 4 months ago
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Okay hot take, but I wouldn't mind if adult Timmy doesn't appear in FOP A New Wish.
Maybe it's just me, but I think it'd be great to have some ambiguity to his fate.
Think of it like the fate of the Baudelaires in ASOUE, at the end of The End, the audience doesn't know their fate. However, it's up to the person's imagination to create their fate. Sometimes, we won't get all the answers, and it's up to the audience to fill in the gaps.
I honestly think it'd be for the better for the show to continue the stories of a couple of OG characters to further the plot, except for Timmy.
Mainly because I'd like the show to continue on its own merit, not just for the nostalgia of showing the OG characters we've seen.
For example, I like the direction that we've seen so far, allowing a few OG characters to return to have an actual impact on the plot, and it feels natural to their story.
A.J founded the Galaxa Institute
Crocker is a janitor at the Institute still with a fairy obsession
Vicky is a birthday princess who terrorizes kids when the adults aren't looking
Again it's a hot take for a reason. I'm aware that I'm in the minority here.
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pocketneophyte Ā· 2 months ago
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Day 16 Snicketober catch up:
uhhh UHHH UHHHH favourite ship is (SORRY) sugarbowl gen era olaf and kit <\3333333333
never would I want them to actually be together but the implied angst / tragedy / betrayal just adds so much GRAHH feelings to the characters we see in asoue
Prompt by @free-my-boy-grumbot , ref photo under the cut!
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cult-of-the-eye Ā· 1 year ago
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Lemony Snicket is an avatar of the eye oh my god his series of unfortunate events could absolutely pass as a series of statements by the Baudelaire siblings like actually
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vfdinthewild Ā· 1 year ago
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"she didn't understand why he kept leaving to go to the vet for days or hours at a time..."
-via a random cat video that Instagram showed me
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cosyvampire Ā· 4 months ago
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Illustrations based on the ending of the book ā€œThe Vile Villageā€ by Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)ā™”
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theatre-artmuppet Ā· 6 months ago
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if i had a nickel for every time my favorite character from a piece of media i love was a chaotic good, kind of crazy, italian, herpetologistā€” iā€™d have two nickels which isnā€™t a lot but itā€™s weird it happened twice
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ven10 Ā· 5 months ago
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THE BOMBINATING BEAST STATUE IS ON THE ISLAND IN ā€˜The Endā€™!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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snckt Ā· 7 months ago
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do you ever think about kit snicket and her long black coat and wilting flower tucked into her lapel and ā€œi donā€™t need to tell you how terrible it feels to loose a family member. i felt so terrible i vowed to never leave my bed.ā€ and
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free-my-boy-grumbot Ā· 7 months ago
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what are the religious themes and parallels of ASOUE part thirteen?
Iā€™m so glad you asked! and completely unprompted, too :)
okay so you know that karl marx quote ā€œreligion is the opium of the peopleā€? and how that means that religion allows its followers to turn a blind eye to societal problems and to ease peopleā€™s concerns about their life? yeah well lemony snicket did that literally. the island in The End is a result of Ishmael realising that he had lost control of VFD. originally, he wanted to create a peaceful society of noble, well-read people ā€” this led him to enforce a black-and-white view of morality onto its members. obviously, there were people who criticised this, but believe it or not ishmael is not an open minded man. once again, he believes that there is an objective view of morality, and those questioning it are inherently evil. so, he convinced the volunteers that those people were dangerous, which led to a schism, which led to. well you know. anyways that was a gross oversimplification because thatā€™s not what iā€™m talking about! what i was going to say was that he took some people affected by the schism ā€” people who were also seeking an escape from the horrors that VFD had put them through ā€” and he created a civilisation for them on an island. the only source of drinkable water on this island was cordial contaminated with opioids, and he knew this. in fact, he actively stopped newcomers from creating a water filtrations system. he then did everything in his power to make the inhabitants forget their old lives. he convinced them theyā€™d ended up here by shipwreck, he made them bring him anything that washed up to determine if it was ā€œsafeā€, he stored any reminders of the past on the other side of the island and banned the inhabitants from going there.
ā€œnothing wrong with a little opium for the people!!ā€ SIR. SIR THERE IS. Ishmael believes that peace should be achieved through any means necessary. therefore, if a problem has become too difficult to solve, he is all for simply pretending it doesnā€™t exist. This is why he gives the opiates to the islanders. He believes that maintaining a peaceful VFD has grown too complicated, and that the only way a peaceful society can exist is if its members unquestionably accept his rule. He not only believes morality to be black and white, but enforces this belief onto the volunteers, teaching them that following his authority is inherently ā€œgoodā€, and those who oppose or even question it are inherently evil. Since he couldnā€™t run a society like this in the ā€œreal worldā€ ā€” he would always have opposition, which would always mean conflict ā€” he simply created his own, smaller world, where the civilians were too high off their balls to think critically about his leadership. After that, he only had to seem benevolent on the surface because they would all be too comfortable to dig deeper.
Now, black-and-white ethics, dictation of peace, dismissal of societal issues, and lack of scrutiny towards authority are all classic criticisms of religion, and you could definitely draw some parallels between Ishmaelā€™s style of leadership and organised religion. This has all been quite generic antitheism so far. BUT THATā€™S NOT ALL!!!
There is an apple tree on the ā€œbadā€ side of the island. the tree is hollow. there is a library inside, containing any books which may remind the islanders of their past life. these mostly include books from the volunteers and firestarters, the ā€œgoodā€ and ā€œbadā€ sides of the schism. one might say itā€™s a sort of. a s. a sort of tree of knowledge of good and evil, if you will.
And then later in the book, klaus and violet, a man and a woman, are given an apple from that tree by a snake. classic daniel handler subtlety <3 so ofc this represents genesis, but here is where we get Wierd With It.
The apple saves the baudelaires. They were poisoned with the medusoid mycelium, and the apple immunised them. in fact, the apple is not presented in a negative light in the slightest. this has VERY interesting implications in my opinion and it makes me think that daniel handler is saying, in the bible, eve was also never wrong for eating the fruit! we would be nowhere without the knowledge of sin and death and suffering, there would be no art without it, nor would there be appreciation for the good (ok this part might be me)! eve was in the right, and so was the snake!! which is also incredibly fitting because everyone thinks that the incredibly deadly viper is evil but it actually wouldnā€™t hurt a fly (we know because monty tried to feed it flies :))
ā€œohhh ur overthinking itā€ yes on purpose overthinking this series is my number one hobby. anyways i just thought daniel handler was making an interesting point here :33 anyways i will add more stuff if i think of it
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rhosynviteri Ā· 1 year ago
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peteytheparrot Ā· 4 months ago
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Ok but only A Series of Unfortunate Events could open with such a good quote every episode like ā€˜Darling, Dearest, Deadā€™ goes SO hard wtfā€¦
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flufflecat Ā· 1 month ago
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back to sketching more bill fashion designs āš ļø
#gravity falls#bill cipher#costume design#so this one would be Complex#its highly inspired by the ziegfeld follies. specifically all the costumes with the big wireframe headdresses and capes and such#the dress itself is inspired by a 1960s barbie dress thoughf djksla solo in the spotlight#i remembered it and was like hey that frill at the bottom hem is vaguely triangular. put it to print.#im not quite sure yet how id make the extra arms. some sort of strong wire attached... somehow to the dress#the attachment point could be hidden by the gold frills#might have to include some kind of boning in the dress as a counterbalance on the arms#and also learn how to sew a dress :/#the things dangling from the neckpiece are just little beaded strands with a tiny golden hand hanging at the end#oddly enough the giant lace neckpiece would be the easiest part of this design to makešŸ˜­šŸ˜­#next up: the monster bill design#that ones gonna be a sparkly red jumpsuit. think esmes skiing outfit from netflix asoue but with more teeth and tongues#fluffle art#fashion design#im getting serious about planning a fashion show with these designs now. im gonna buckle down at the start of december and research venues#if any of yall live in nyc and know how to play jazz percussion hmu jfkldsa#bc i WILL be playing trumpet in a live jazz band if i end up doing this show. and yes i will be wearing an eyeball costume while i play.#and i need a percussionist. and maybe a sax player. and possibly a bassist.
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mirefireflies Ā· 8 months ago
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ā€œthe end is neverending.ā€
the end is where we begin ā€” thousand foot krutch / thatā€™s not how the story goes ā€” daniel handler and nick urata (a series of unfortunate events) / undertow, ouroboros, and dancing with a stranger ā€” natalia schƤfer / a valediction: forbidden mourning ā€” john donne / the end ā€” mark strand / endings (n/a) ā€” elly smallwood / afternoon in february ā€” henry wadsworth longfellow / every thing on it ā€” shel silverstein / road to hell (reprise) ā€” hadestown
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