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Post by csc on Apr 15, 2011 14:59:34 GMT -5
In which book is Olaf at his best? You get two votes so you can pick the moments when he most awesome
and most scary!
Scary-wise I pick TBB
Awesome-wise I pick TE because he is so funny in the book.- but at times very scary aswell
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Post by Dante on Apr 15, 2011 15:22:36 GMT -5
I definitely think those are strong contenders. Olaf is a very strong character in TBB, much more frightening, and I think he's frightening in a different way in parts of The End - but I think we get a great insight into his character in TGG with lines like "For far too long, you keep defeating my plans and escaping from my clutches—_a happy cycle for you orphans and an unprofitable one for me. But now the tables have turned, Baudelaires." So I'm going with TGG as my second choice, to provide a little diversity.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Apr 15, 2011 17:07:34 GMT -5
Olaf is certainly a terrifying figure in TBB, but I wonder if that's only because we're not expecting it. Characters as openly chilling as Olaf aren't often seen in children's books, so he may come across more fierce in TBB than he would, say, in TAA, when we know he's going to show up, we know he's going to cause trouble, and we have a good idea of his personality already. Olaf is the same character throughout the series--what changes is what we learn about him. Therefore, I'm choosing TE and TPP for details about his past and insight to his capabilities.
(...Why July 14th?)
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Post by csc on Apr 15, 2011 17:25:31 GMT -5
Because it's exactly 3 months.
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Post by Lady Whatever on Apr 16, 2011 0:21:32 GMT -5
I was most frightened by him in The Reptile Room, personally. The sinister way he was rubbing his blade against Violet's knee, the way he had the Baudelaires essentially trapped without them being able to join their heads or work out a plan or deduce what his was... *shudder*
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Post by colette on Apr 16, 2011 0:58:04 GMT -5
I loved Olaf in TE! He is was so sweet and pathetic! And I love a couple Kit/Olaf!
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Post by allegedly bryan on Apr 16, 2011 11:15:41 GMT -5
I was most frightened by him in The Reptile Room, personally. The sinister way he was rubbing his blade against Violet's knee, the way he had the Baudelaires essentially trapped without them being able to join their heads or work out a plan or deduce what his was... *shudder* Same, there was also a line that went something along the lines of "If I had it my way, your blood would be pouring down these stairs," or something like that. I don't remember the exact line though. |
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Post by colette on Apr 16, 2011 13:10:00 GMT -5
I was very angry on Olaf in TVV! Probably, because TVV is my least favorite book!
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Post by Leanora Crowe on Apr 16, 2011 13:30:56 GMT -5
For me, Olaf redeemed himself in TE. His part of the story just becomes so much more tragic, and it makes me wanna give him a hug. I liked the fact that he helped Kit. It showed that there was still good in him.
I'm a sucker for bad guys who "still have good in them." Darth Vader, anyone?
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Post by csc on Apr 16, 2011 15:03:06 GMT -5
Yes, me too but sometimes it's annoying.
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Post by colette on Apr 18, 2011 5:33:33 GMT -5
Kit, Olaf and Dewey! A story of a death, great love and three people! it was so sweet!I really admire such love stories!
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Post by Invisible on Apr 18, 2011 6:51:49 GMT -5
I was most frightened by him in The Reptile Room, personally. The sinister way he was rubbing his blade against Violet's knee, the way he had the Baudelaires essentially trapped without them being able to join their heads or work out a plan or deduce what his was... *shudder* Yes, I always thought the way he was doing that with the blade was kind of sexual. |
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Post by Leanora Crowe on Apr 18, 2011 8:09:14 GMT -5
I was most frightened by him in The Reptile Room, personally. The sinister way he was rubbing his blade against Violet's knee, the way he had the Baudelaires essentially trapped without them being able to join their heads or work out a plan or deduce what his was... *shudder* Yes, I always thought the way he was doing that with the blade was kind of sexual. Yeah, it seemed that way to me, too. He was a lot more pedophilic in the first 2 books than at any other time. |
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Post by csc on Apr 18, 2011 12:00:48 GMT -5
In THH everybody was very pedophilic.
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Post by colette on Apr 18, 2011 12:53:52 GMT -5
In THH everybody was very pedophilic. Not as pedophilic in TPP, I think. |
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