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Post by lsandthebooks on Sept 18, 2019 20:18:47 GMT -5
In the Netflix series he outright says he did. But I know that's not canon.
Still, in the Unauthorized Autobiography, doesn't he imply that he's the one who called the paper so they'd print his obituary? That's why he attended his own funeral.
But why did he fake his death after he started writing the ASOUE series? The obituary says he was writing the series. But he can't publish anymore after his "death".
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Sept 18, 2019 22:49:39 GMT -5
Very well Isandthebooks! You have reached where I wanted! And I'm glad you arrived using your own feet! Congratulations! I knew you would get here! You are about to discover the Great Hiatus theory. Do not give up. You, like me, will realize that Lemony interrupted ASOUE's writing between books 3 and 4 because he was "dead." Lemony interrupted the writing for many years. When book 2 was already written, Prufrock Prep was still working. But when book 5 was written, Prufrock Prep had been closed for many years. And the final tip is in the letter "R" to Lemony, where "R" says Lemony has been dead for many years. But R saw the arrival of the manuscript from book 4. Just compare the information found in the letter to the editor printed in book 3. The bubblegum papers explain everything!
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Post by Dante on Sept 19, 2019 4:02:19 GMT -5
Plenty of people publish things after they are dead. They're called posthumous publications, and exist because the deceased author's papers are already in the possession of their publishers or interested relatives. But in any case, the idea that he couldn't publish anything while he was supposedly dead only applies if he deliberately faked his own death, which, given that he describes the news of his death as "alarming," implies that it was very much a surprise to him (U.A. p. 5). Fortunately, Jean Lucio, you are still enabled to propose that Lemony took advantage of the situation even if he did not cause it.
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Post by Foxy on Sept 19, 2019 12:20:22 GMT -5
Maybe he faked his own death at that point because he wanted to keep writing the books, but he was always on the run and couldn't get the job done with his enemies on his tail. If his enemies think he is dead, he is free to write the next book at least without being chased by enemies. It's kind of like what Count Olaf did when everyone thought he was dead after book 7.
I don't think he reported his own death... which leads me wondering, "Who did?"
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Sept 19, 2019 14:56:31 GMT -5
I think it is likely that someone from the police may have reported Lemony's death so they could stop looking for him after he escaped from prison.
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Post by Foxy on Sept 20, 2019 6:39:13 GMT -5
after he escaped from prison. When did he escape from prison?
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Post by Hermes on Sept 20, 2019 8:48:25 GMT -5
That he escaped from prison is implied by the notes on his current situation that appear from time to time in the books: in TEE, if I remember rightly, he is in prison and awaiting execution, while in TCC, the first main book to appear after TUA, he is on the run, hiding under an altar, etc. (In the last couple of books he seems to have achieved a more stable life, perhaps by returning to the City under an assumed name, Laurence Smith or the like, since Beatrice refers to 'someone with your initials'.)
But on the main question, I agree with Dante that the announcement of his death was clearly made against his will. (Why it was made is one of the questions which - unlike most of the puzzles in TUA - is genuinely never answered.)
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