#pip bellerophon

[inner-egg-pong]

the real tragedy of atwq is the sheer number of children who were left behind by the very people who were supposed to look after them. moxie, the bellerophons, jake, ornette, ellington, and even lemony were all abandoned by their parents in some way or another & it’s devastating to think about

[beatricebidelaire]

“Have you read any of those mysteries,” I said, “with the Belgian detective in the funny hat?” “Of course,” Pip said. “Our favorite is the one where the girl gets murdered while bobbing for apples.” “Have you read the one that takes place on a train?” They hadn’t. “Well,” I said, spoiling the book for them and for you, “the crime turns out to have been committed by a great number of people working together. But they plotted together in such a way that nobody knew exactly what the other person was doing.” “A fragmentary plot,” Squeak said. “Precisely,” I said.

-- Shouldn't You Be In School?

i've always loved how DH put in a murder on the orient express reference in ?3, just before ?4 which took place on the train. also lemony calling poirot's hat funny ajsfdhsakjfhdskj

[miriel-therindes]

I'm part of an invincible army, but not a victorious one. It means our plans always get shattered, no matter how brilliant they are. But our purpose remains intact. We may ask the wrong questions, but we know the right answers. We might not always have an actual compass, but we have a moral compass, something inside ourselves that tells us the proper thing to do.

[sauxyan]

"Through the window I could see Pip sound asleep against the steering wheel. I envied him as I walked into the lobby."

[bittersbetter]

It's Wicked Way Exchange day!

I made this piece for @miriel-therindes for the prompt of the Stain'd-by-the-Sea crew hanging out and playing games. I hope you like it!

And thank you, @asouefanworkevent for organizing the event! It's the first time I participate on something like this and I'm loving it <3

(the drawing was loosely based on a template you can see under the cut)

[fifireadingcorner]

I feel like if we could pick out a candidate for the Kind Editor from the characters of All The Wrong Questions, it should be the Bellerophon brothers. After all, it is canon that atwq is a series of accounts that Lemony sent to them.

Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?, Front Page/Chapter Thirteen

They have been trusted by Lemony to keep important documents safe even before then, as with the papers in Colonel Collophon’s room in When Did You See Her Last?, and swapping out the books in the library in Shouldn’t You Be in School?

Another thing is that Lemony is also known to send his editor(s) through wild goose chases to find his work on the Baudelaires in various different locations, something which is normally not on an editor’s work requirements (unless of course, they’re a VFD associate or smth). Pip and Squeak, of course, are taxi drivers, and with them being the only source of public transport in the town since a young age, l could imagine that those skills could be put to good use in retrieving things in unconventional places.

TLDR: Pip and Squeak are two sub-(sub?) librarians who love to read, and also has the means of travelling while being trustworthy of holding confidential information, as well as a history of helping Lemony Snicket with such tasks, thus making them likely to be the Kind Editor if we were to refer to the characters of All The Wrong Questions.

[volunteerfelinedetectives]

Why does the song Family Line by Conan Gray fit every single ATWQ kid? Never mind, I know. It’s the overarching narrative theme of young people being left behind to fix their parents’ mistakes.

[dragoneyes618]

In other words, their questions - why would anyone volunteer to do something like that - are so flustering Lemony that he can think of only one thing to say to them....

[afterthegreatunknown]

If a person told eight-year-old Bouvard 'Pip' Bellerophon and five-year-old Pecuchet 'Squeak' Bellerophon they’ll become librarians at young ages before the events of The Thistle of the Valley, they’re be asking the person if they want a taxi ride or not. The two brothers assumed that they’ll be driving around as a profession. Squeak more so, since he’s the one working the pedals and thinks himself as being the brother who knows vehicles more.

Upon taking the roles of librarians, Pip and Squeak realize they have no freaking idea what to do. They’re smart and knowledgeable on how a library works, but it’s limited. The interest of Stain’d-by-the-Sea rising after The Thistle of the Valley train wreck brought outsiders though, and the Bellerophon brothers got help from one outsider. The outsider was a teenager who works at an inn, and he came with his uncle and two triplet brothers. Unlike the uncle and other two triplets who toured the city, the teenager spent his time with the Bellerophons, teaching them all he knows of a library and the Dewey Decimal system (and helped revamp the library).

Pip and Squeak thought him as a wonderful teacher. Pip more so, for he’s more interested in books, being the one to read Squeak stories before bedtime (something that their father did, before falling ill and eventually dying, a fact known to two other people in Stain’d-by-the-Sea). When the teenager and his family left, Pip and Squeak ran the library with more ease and proficiency. By the (post) ASOUE period, both brothers are still librarians, and run the Bellerophon Taxi and Mobile Library. Pip is usually the one taking care of the Stain’d-by-the-Sea library, while Squeak drives the taxi and mobile library.

[californiaispurple]

WOEVEMBER DAY 5: STAIN'D BY THE SEA

[Image description: A worm's eye view of Pip Bellerophon from All The Wrong Questions, leaning out of his taxi, with the city towers in the background. End description.]

for @asouefanworkevent 's lovely woevember event, as always!

Don't worry, Squeak's in there too, he's just outta view

his bit always made me smile when I first read the series, two children in a trenchcoat except a little to the left

i really really need to reread atwq, i only ever read it once, and that was when i first finished reading asoue. it's super fuzzy in my mind as a result, but that just means i can experience it for the first time as if it were new!

[somewhat-bored]

Maybe one of the reasons I like Pip and Squeak so much is because I too was too short to drive any actual vehicles, so the assistance of a second person who would work the gas and brakes blew my mind.

[beatricebidelaire]

if we really want, it does feel like it can be argued either way that the brother who spoke first was the brother who “beckoned lemony over” and “sitting on books to reach the steering wheel”, or it can be argued that the brother who spoke first was the one “crouched on the floor” and “looked a little younger”. i would lean towards the latter based on this part alone because he’s the last mentioned. that would mean the one who said “i’m pecuchet bellerophon” is the younger one working the brakes, aka, squeak.

the “in a very high voice” emphasis hints as someone who might be nicknamed “squeak” as well, meaning that squeak is pecuchet, and pip is bouvard.

that is, if we accept the argument that squeak was the one who spoke first.

from this part, “bouvard and pecuchet bellerophon, better known as pip and squeak”, also seems to imply that pip is bouvard and squeak is pecuchet. however, there are …. potentially some ambiguity to this and if someone want it can probably be argued that the reverse would also be grammatically correct.

anyway, that’s what’s in the books

here are the official atwq profile cards for them

[dragoneyes618]

Moxie’s mother leaving, and her father falling into melancholia.

Like Kellar’s mother allying with Hangfire.

Like Ellington’s father being Hangfire.

Like whatever happened to Pip and Squeak’s father.

Like Ornette’s mother dying and her father being unable to raise her (or afraid for her safety?) and so sending her to live with her uncles.

Like Jake’s parents, and later Cleo’s, leaving town without them.

And all that, of course, is without getting into Lemony’s parents, whom he hadn’t seen in so long that Gifford and Ghede were reasonably certain that they could pull off a good portrayal of them...

This is the recurring theme of the series: Parents abandon or betray their children, forcing them to fend for themselves. 😭

[sauxyan]

Pip and Squeak (but fluffier) (Still bringing my account here up to date - during this "era" of my art I didn't have much free time, so the quality may appear to drop. But I love my Snicket dogs so much that they must go here.)

[lionmythflower]

Um so yall know that audio that's like "yea, u ever just watch something and think, 'omg everyone in this is gay' that's how I felt watching this movie" that was me reading all the wrong questions.

Lemony is definitely pansexual

Same w Ellingtondef a pansexual

And moxie gives such nonbianary vibes its not even funny

kellar is gay 100%

The Mitchums were the exception

Jake is definitely bisexual

And cleo feels omniromantic n asexual

Pip and squeak..... gay-

Sharon Haines n Theodora Markson , lesbians