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Post by negativenine on Jul 22, 2003 19:43:31 GMT -5
Wow. I never thought of that, but it makes a lot of sense. The only thing is, Poe doesn't have any control over the situations anymore, and it's only recently that the Baudelaires have actually been in situations where they needed to use costumes and start to do more V.F.D.ish things.
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 22, 2003 22:46:59 GMT -5
That's a good point.
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Post by negativenine on Jul 22, 2003 23:37:13 GMT -5
Yeah. He DID also send them to Prufrock Prep, which definitely has something to do with V.F.D. training.
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 23, 2003 0:02:47 GMT -5
My last post for the night- I swear.
It's possible that the Baudelaire parents made some connections outside of the V.F.D. (Poe, Jerome) just in case something unforseen might happen to them in their dangerous line of work, to make sure someone entirely outside of work could watch out for them.
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Post by Indistinguishable Blob on Jul 23, 2003 7:24:22 GMT -5
Because not evreyone plans ahead for when they die. Oh, sorry, screwed up. The will. Yeah. The part about Poe taking over evreything.....he's in charge of the fortune right? Hey, if it says all that in their will, why didn't they have a reading?
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Post by Orangey Snicket on Jul 23, 2003 11:39:59 GMT -5
Well, maybe Jerome didn't even want to adopt the Bauds at the time. And you know how Esmé married him just like that? Maybe Esmé meant to... ahh... I can't explain things well. So I'll just stop. Let me think about this more deeply.
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Post by negativenine on Jul 23, 2003 12:53:30 GMT -5
The lack of planning is pretty confusing. But leaving Poe in charge of everything obviously means that they trusted him (and that there's probably more to him than meets the eye). I'm guessing the reason the Baudelaires weren't informed about the will is one of those "children wouldn't understand" things the adults in the series have.
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 23, 2003 15:59:15 GMT -5
Well, I think that's true.. about the outside connections. But if it is then why not just send the children straight to Jermone? He's not connected to VFD and he lives in the city and he's quite well off. Plus why didn't they say.. don't hand the children over to the guy with one eyebrow and a tattoo? If you're a member of the camp that says that Beatrice is the Baudelaire mother, than it may be that they trusted Olaf enough to list him among the relatives (I wonder if he's actually related, or was just disguised as a relative) and it was trusting Olaf that Lemony was trying to warn Beatrice against for 15 years. |
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Post by negativenine on Jul 23, 2003 17:23:29 GMT -5
Didn't he eventually warn, her, though? Unless they died before they could change the will...
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Post by negativenine on Jul 24, 2003 15:16:23 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember Jerome saying something like that. I don't have my book, though...
I guess a possible explanation for sending the Baudelaires to Olaf (if Poe DOES have something to do with V.F.D.) is that they need some sort of opposition to make them prove their V.F.D. skills. The same goes for Esme (if they knew she was not to be trusted, of course).
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 24, 2003 22:13:10 GMT -5
Because we make them go insane and jump over the side of a boat where it drowns and floats to shore where someone takes its eyes and puts it on a necklace and uses it to curse those who dislike the color aqua? I dunno. No! Anything but that! Anyway. I agree with those who say that all of Poe's promotions were probably intended to keep him out of the way of whoever might want to interfere with the Baudelaires. It might be Olaf and company, who've already shown interference by telling Poe not to accept any telegraphs. Or it might be the V.F.D., because Poe wouldn't appreciate the Baudelaires being kidnapped by the volunteers any more than he appreciated the Quagmires being kidnapped by Olaf. It would be even worse, since he has a blanket responsibility over the Quagmires, (who, as far as we know, he's never even met) but was personally entrusted with care of the Baudelaires. I don't think that Poe knows he's working for either side. Subterfuge just doesn't fit his personality. He is far too honest to say anything except what he is really thinking. |
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Post by negativenine on Jul 24, 2003 22:57:49 GMT -5
Unless he's a really good actor... which somehow I think is a little beyond him... ;D Little does he know he's a deadly weapon! BWAHAHAHA!! I mean...
Well, he didn't really do anything productive to find the Quagmires, so maybe someone's luring the Baudelaires out where Poe can't really look for them so they'll be able to take them for V.F.D. training. Just a random thought that occured while reading that sentence.
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 24, 2003 23:04:09 GMT -5
Well, he didn't really do anything productive to find the Quagmires, so maybe someone's luring the Baudelaires out where Poe can't really look for them so they'll be able to take them for V.F.D. training. Just a random thought that occured while reading that sentence. That's not true! He rode around in a helicopter! Come to think of it, trying to find the Quagmires kept him from being helpful to the Baudelaires too. |
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Post by negativenine on Jul 24, 2003 23:23:41 GMT -5
Yeah, but didn't he just end up at the In Auction when he was supposed to be looking for them?
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Post by Pester, Rumormonger on Jul 24, 2003 23:26:18 GMT -5
He suspiciously was at just the right place at just the right time to rescue them, but didn't.
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