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Post by sachababs on Oct 23, 2006 7:52:51 GMT -5
Ok guys. I love the series just as much as everyone else on this forum. The thing is, I often have doubts about the books' genuineness. I mean... we all spend so much time making theories and thinking about answers to the questions asked in the books. Could it be possible there are no answers to the questions and that Daniel Handler created the series as a mystery thing or a..... joke? It is possible that he is making up as he goes along and actually has no full storyline in his mind.
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Post by Alice Wilde on Oct 23, 2006 10:58:18 GMT -5
Even if he were making it up as he went along doesn't mean it has to be joke. He once said that he had a plan but he strayed from it. I believe he tried to answer the questions as best he could, but in the end, couldn't find answers for everything, so left it to us.
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Post by sachababs on Oct 23, 2006 11:15:59 GMT -5
well what the hell is that supposed to mean? if he made questions but didnt know the answers to them, how the hell are we supposed to know the answers to them? its not like its a true story!
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Post by Dear Dairy on Oct 23, 2006 11:48:28 GMT -5
You use the clues provided by the author, combine them with your own experience and common sense, and use your imagination. One of the key ingredients to understanding and enjoying great literature is YOU, the reader. You must interact with the story. Please see my rant regarding unanswered questions here: asoue.proboards11.com/index.cgi?board=jog&action=display&thread=1161566972 |
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Post by SnicketFires on Oct 23, 2006 21:27:02 GMT -5
well what the hell is that supposed to mean? if he made questions but didnt know the answers to them, how the hell are we supposed to know the answers to them? its not like its a true story! Please edit your post to remove the swearing, or I will have to give you an official warning. |
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Post by Dante on Oct 24, 2006 3:12:58 GMT -5
He once said that he had a plan but he strayed from it.
DH: It's all evolved. Even the stuff I planned out beforehand has turned out differently. My general writing preface is to write an outline and then ignore about half of it, both on a micro level with the individual book, and on a macro level with the series as a whole, and that's pretty much what's happened.www.avclub.com/content/node/42625/1 |
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Post by queequegcaptain on Dec 3, 2006 18:57:19 GMT -5
I think that Lemony has planned this whole thing out. But I can just imagine him coming on this site and reading all of our theories and laughing his head off because he knows we are wrong! wrong! wrong!
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