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Post by violet on Mar 25, 2008 9:55:09 GMT -5
Jacues was going to get burned at stake because of the rule saying villains aren't allowed in the village-they only thought he was a villain because he had an eye tatoo and one eyebrow like Count Olaf....but what if he actually was a villain or did a crime in the past? Lemony helped Beatrice do a terrible crime, after all.....(not saying that Jacques is evil or anything).
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Post by Dante on Mar 28, 2008 15:52:11 GMT -5
In TGG, Fernald suggests that somebody like Jacques Snicket could do a wicked thing - he seems to just be using Jacques as an example of somebody who one would think better of, rather than actually accusing him of anything, but I've had my doubts. In the U.A., it seems that Jacques's article about a death at Lucky Smells Lumbermill is accusing Olaf and the bald man of being responsible for the death of Dr. Orwell, when in reality her death genuinely was an accident, so I've suspected that Jacques has in the past exaggerated Olaf's wickedness when reporting on him.
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Post by Charlie on Sept 13, 2016 16:46:43 GMT -5
I find it interesting that the implication of this -8 YEAR OLD- thread is that he therefore deserved to be burned at the stake. Like, it just opens a cool platform for discussion of legality vs morality. Someone pls discuss this with me (even if I have to wait 8 YEARS HOLY COW for a reply)
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Post by lorelai on Sept 15, 2016 18:39:24 GMT -5
I promise I will only make you wait for days at least. I think legality vs. morality is exactly why the village has rules that simply aren't followed, even if they're still on record. As for Jacques directly, I don't think he deserved to die, but it's interesting how people like Fernald split hairs: saying he got things wrong because Widdershins wasn't his last name and that man isn't his biological father is incredibly whiny, but implies that the villains expect more ffacts, truthfulness, or perhaps even pure moral decency from VFD, in spite of the illegality of their, the villains, actions. It's almost like they're, or at least Fernald and maybe Olaf in TE in terms of if he murderd Beatrice and Bertrand, saying, "you're on the other side, so you have to be better than us even if we're trying to kill/harm/upset you"; it's a mental reverse or inverse, that compliments how because Jacques had an ankle tattoo and one eyebrow, he had to be a villain. I also think we may have hints of this moral/legal argument in TPP's trial, but let me get back to you on that.
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