#i just imagine the bauldelaires cant help but be slightly sad because its another change of an era

[snakesnifter]

the end of asoue is written with such remarkable nuance that it really gets me everytime. its not a big band like tpp, but rather a slow, bittersweet climax that daunts on the more complex themes of the previous books and just kind of waltzes to a close. i cant help but think about the scene where the baudeliaires are watching count olaf die after saving kit. this man, who they watched for over a year torment them, who killed everyone they love that was supposed to take care of them, who is the sole reason maybe not behind the fire, but behind the series of unforunate events that followed, was dying. it was final. it was an end of a chapter. i cant help but think they felt a little sad watching this - someone who they knew couldve been good and noble and chosen to put out fires, always chose the wrong thing. and it was like the end of an era - of the life they knew of misery and misfortune at every turn. and they saw him be gentle to kit. and they saw him die. i just cant imagine how they felt, that count olaf, someone so untouchable, arrogant, and ever present in their lives, could in fact, die.