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Post by Ernist on Apr 22, 2009 10:23:03 GMT -5
I think this because all the evidents seems to point to it ;D  ;D |
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Post by Dante on Apr 22, 2009 11:24:38 GMT -5
That must be why all the evidence points to "Volunteer Fire Department," which Lemony openly refers to the organisation as in The End, then, because it's Volunteer Fire Detectives.
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Post by Very Funky Disco on Apr 22, 2009 13:37:36 GMT -5
Oops, I misread the title. Wish I could retract my vote. Actually, the final book does confirm that it's Volunteer Fire Department.
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Post by Felix -Subject to Change on Apr 28, 2009 23:09:18 GMT -5
Oops, I misread the title. Wish I could retract my vote. Actually, the final book does confirm that it's Volunteer Fire Department. Ffffffff, I read it wrong too. I virtually retract my vote. |
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Post by liquidladylemony on May 3, 2009 11:21:05 GMT -5
actually it's neither, it's actually...
umm...I forgot.
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Post by mystry667 on Jul 20, 2009 9:23:57 GMT -5
i think it is cause da book tlks a lot about fires
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Post by Ernist on Oct 27, 2009 8:20:10 GMT -5
HUh where in THE END does it say that???
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Post by Dante on Oct 27, 2009 12:05:37 GMT -5
Chapter 13, when Kit and Olaf meet on the beach and recite poetry. "Violet, Klaus, and Sunny looked at the tattoo, remembering all of the times it had been disguised and all the times it had been revealed, and they thought of all the other places they had seen it, for if you looked carefully, the drawing of an eye also spelled out the initials V.F.D., and as the children had investigated the Volunteer Fire Department, first trying to decode the organization’s sinister mysteries and then trying to participate in its noble errands, it seemed that these eyes were watching them, though whether the eyes were noble or treacherous, good or evil, seemed even now to be a mystery." Emphasis mine. There are also several other places in the series where fire departments and volunteer fire departments are mentioned.
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Post by Ernist on Oct 28, 2009 11:16:54 GMT -5
hmmm but couln't that be their guess
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Post by Dante on Oct 28, 2009 13:43:58 GMT -5
It's Snicket's narration. He's a member of the organisation. It is an unambiguous resolution at the last possible moment of a mystery, the answer to which had been hinted at and sometimes almost outright stated for several books. The debate is over.
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Post by Ernist on Nov 4, 2009 11:21:35 GMT -5
I guess your right or are you
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Post by Dante on Nov 4, 2009 14:20:04 GMT -5
I would tend towards the former option.
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Post by Dear Dairy on Nov 4, 2009 19:56:58 GMT -5
Of course, there's no question of the rightness of this answer.
However, I must express my disappointment in that answer. The activities of VFD always seemed more apropos to Volunteer Fire Detectives, because of the investigations conducted and the nature and variety of the specialized studies and activities explored by VFD members (cartography, baticeering and the like) -- and, of course, the instances of arson which VFD members investigated. A Volunteer Fire Department is an organization whose purpose is to put out fires; it's not an investigative body.
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Post by cwm on Nov 5, 2009 9:03:59 GMT -5
A Volunteer Fire Department is an organization whose purpose is to put out fires; it's not an investigative body. It started as just a fire department, but evolved beyond that, keeping the name for whatever purpose. Maybe 'V.F.D.' just made for nice, easy acronyms. |
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Post by Dante on Nov 5, 2009 11:40:23 GMT -5
That was the reason why, in the latter days, "V.F.D. = V.F.D." became popular - that is, while it could stand for various things associated with the organisation, the letters themselves rather than any expansion of the acronym were the best representation of its identity. I think it's probably still possible to argue that - while the original name or aim of the organisation was "Volunteer Fire Department," that no longer sufficiently encompasses its intent.
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;D 
