Mr.Poe

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Mr Poe is an villain, he's just an idiot. Olaf probably even manipulated him into giving him guardianship since he was their "closest living relative" to begin with.

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

Despite this being said so many times that it seems to be true, Dante proved to us that in the books the idea of ​​Baudelaire going to Count Olaf came directly from Mr. Poe. In the books there is no requirement in the will that the Baudelaires need to stay with their closest relative. Poe wanted the children to stay in the City, and this was done (in Poe's mind) for the benefit of children who would not have to move away.

TBB chapter 2:

“Where will we go?” Violet asked nervously. Mr. Poe opened his mouth to say something, but erupted into a brief fit of coughing. “I have madearrangements,” he said finally, “for you to be raised by a distant relative of yours who lives on the otherside of town. His name is Count Olaf.”

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny looked at one another, unsure of what to think. On one hand, they didn’t wantto live with the Poes any longer. On the other hand, they had never heard of Count Olaf and didn’t knowwhat he would be like.

“Your parents’ will,” Mr. Poe said, “instructs that you be raised in the most convenient way possible. Here in the city, you’ll be used to your surroundings, and this Count Olaf is the only relative who lives within the urban limits.”

Klaus thought this over for a minute as he swallowed a chewy bit of bean. “But our parents nevermentioned Count Olaf to us. Just how is he related to us, exactly?” Mr. Poe sighed and looked down at Sunny, who was biting a fork and listening closely.

“He is either athird cousin four times removed, or a fourth cousin three times removed. He is not your closest relative on the family tree, but he is the closest geographically."

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Aug 21, 2005 14:14:09 GMT -5 sydaneetee said:

As I just read the thread in Conflicting Conjectures :: Is Mr. Poe working with Olaf? - Submitted by PJ. I personally think Mr.Poe is working for Olaf- he told poe that he would pay him off later after he has the children, but really he will set fire to his home. hey, it's just a theriory, eh?

Dude.

I dunno, is he?