#brett helquist

[thesinistersideblog]

How come I never saw these? They look so much like Brett Helquist’s art style, I thought at first they were old rejected illustrations for the books…

woevember event got me checking out peter chan's concept art he did for asoue movie again and i still love these arts he did for olaf's house

[thesnicketfile]

I was cleaning out a flat file and these Unfortunate Events drawings. I don't remember how they were used but thought they were fun.

- Brett Helquist, Nov 6, 2024

[poopyloopy14]

These illustrations are absolutely perfect for the books I love them so much this is the same style I do now :)

[josephineaugur]

A pack of misfortune telling cards I picked up off of eBay not long ago

[the-angry-acrobat]

a series of unfortunate events coloured official art by brett helquist

damn I love this world so much it makes me cry and laugh and literally I’m so obsessed 😍

[library-child]

Finally, the Baudelaires have found their place in my library! ❤️

[unfortunatetheorist]

Orwellian Secrets: Is Brett Helquist in the Netflix series?

I would like to dedicate this theory to @snicketstrange, as well as credit him for the concluding ideas of this theory.

After TCWOCL Part 7, TMM Part 1, I noticed a theorist's window of opportunity. In the scene where Georgina hypnotises Klaus, one of the pictures she shows him is the picture of the burnt remains of his home: the Baudelaire mansion after the fire.

She asks him, "Fire or accident?" ... I'll lay out my thoughts on this in a separate post.

In TBB:RE, Lemony describes a part of his research at the Baudelaire mansion:

pp. 12-13 Here and there, the children could see traces of the home they had loved: fragments of their grand piano, an elegant bottle in which Mr. Baudelaire had kept brandy, the scorched cushion of the windowseat where their mother liked to sit and read.

Curiously enough, Mr. Baudelaire's brandy bottle was found on the remians of the dining table, with no coasters nearby. This would indicate that either the coasters were burned beyond recognition, or the Baudelaires had received a visitor who had no manners whatsoever.

The picture in the series (when paused at the correct moment!) can be identified due to the large 'portion' of grand piano. But @snicketstrange has helped me come to the conclusion that:

Brett Helquist is NOT in the Netflix series; instead, it is the photographer of LSTUA, Julie Blattberg.

In LSTUA, we get this:

Crucially, this proves: the fact that Mr. Helquist made an illustration does not mean that the only source of images available are the ones he created.

Plus, logic (@snicketstrange, thank you for providing this logic 😅) dictates that photography and film are closer than drawing (illustration) and film.

Therefore:

THEORY: Julie Blattberg, Lemony's photographer, is a part of the Netflix canon.

Possibly:

As an undercover member of The Daily Punctilio

As herself, helping Lemony and Beatrice II write 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'.

With help from @snicketstrange,

~ Th3r3534rch1ngr4ph, Unfortunate Theorist/Snicketologist

[unrighteousbooks]

This is a peculiar little book. I expect that it is the only Christmas book prominently featuring Korean barbecue. I quite enjoyed it.

[that1grungechick]

did anyone else have a serious addiction to Brett Helquist's art when they were little? just me?

[tabits-hits]

Chapter 1 of 13 - A Series of Unfortunate Events - Book the Second -The Reptile Room

[beatricebidelaire]

in brett helquist's letter, he said he never believed the stories he read about lemony in dp, whether it's in relation to the quagmire case or any other.

lemony was being accused of the quagmire fire ......... hmmm something something about how if someone's repeatedly rumored to be dead for various times (therefore in a way giving the impression that the previous reports were all wrong, that the death was false - perhaps potentially faked) it was then also easy to frame this person for arson, even after the supposed death - because hey, he faked it last time, and the time before that, and so on - wasn't that suspicious? he's the perfect scapegoat for all the arson committed by others, in a way, because he's "frequently rumored to be dead" but all those times can't all be correct. some has gotta be false reporting, even if he did indeed die at some point. the quagmire is very recent to canon timeline and lemony's been rumored dead before that. dp just keeps printing lemony to either be dead or had just committed arson don't they ..........

also, daily punctilio supposedly accused lemony of burning down the quagmire's place. we know from the slippery slope that quigley quagmire read the daily punctilio after the fire happened

“Well, nothing happened for a while,” Quigley said. “On the doorstep of the house was a copy of The Daily Punctilio, which had an article about the fire. That’s how I learned that my parents were dead. I spent days and days there, all by myself. I was so sad, and so scared, and I didn’t know what else to do. I suppose I was waiting for the herpetologist to show up for work, and see if he was a friend of my parents and might be of some assistance. The kitchen was filled with food, so I had enough to eat, and every night I slept at the bottom of the stairs, so I could hear if anyone came in.”

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“The Daily Punctilio said that I died in the fire, too,” Quigley said. “The article said that my sister and brother were sent off to Prufrock Preparatory School, and that my parents’ estate was under the care of the city’s sixth most important financial advisor.” “Esmé Squalor,” Violet and Klaus said simultaneously, a word which here means “in a disgusted voice, and at the exact same time.” “Right,” Quigley said, “but I wasn’t interested in that part of the story. I was determined to go to the school and find my siblings again. I found an atlas in Dr. Montgomery’s library, and studied it until I found Prufrock Preparatory School. It wasn’t too far, so I started to gather whatever supplies I could find around his house.”

quigley did not mention the name lemony snicket. it's possible that the article accusing lemony was a later article, one published "after some investigations" and not immediately after the fire, so quigley did not read it.

alternatively, he read it, and then he met jacques snicket, of all people, while he's at monty's house. maybe jacques and he talked and he then understood/believed that lemony was not behind it. since lemony is not actually the one who burnt down the house, he decided not to mention this to the baudelaires.

if it was a different article and he never read the one accusing lemony, it was perhaps very narrowly avoided and he may have almost read the article and then come across jacques snicket, someone who's related to the "arsonist"

though, according to quigley, he did not know who J was at first, and maybe didn't know his name until a bit later

“I was interrupted,” Quigley said. “Someone walked in just as I was putting the atlas in a totebag I found. It was Jacques Snicket, although I didn’t know who he was, of course. But he knew who I was, and was overjoyed that I was alive after all.” “How did you know you could trust him?” Klaus asked. “Well, he knew about the secret passageway,” Quigley said. “In fact, he knew quite a bit about my family, even though he hadn’t seen my parents in years. And…” “And?” Violet said. Quigley gave her a small smile. “And he was very well-read,” he said.

anyway i just think the "almost could have" "maybe actually did" could play a lot into jacques and quigley's dynamic. if things were different, would he have trusted J?

[thesnicketfile]

Unused Brett Helquist artwork of the Baudelaire orphans. You can see an early sketch and draft of this drawing here.

[spiltsoup]

“Susannah this edible ain’t shi-”

[overthestars-and-offtoneverland]

Sometimes I think about the fact the Brett Helquist illustrated the later copies of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Then I think about how that motherfucker had the gall to sneak in known designs of ASOUE characters like I wouldn't notice.

[earthierartendures]

✨Shakespeare’s Secret✨ 5/5, a new favorite. And it’s what Chasing Vermeer wanted to be (2.5/5). I still might read the sequel

[library-child]