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Post by colette on Aug 12, 2011 12:16:00 GMT -5
1. Hector( He is cute!)
2. Uncle Monty
3. Esme Squalor( she is a nasty woman but a great character)
4. Sir( he is a bad guardian but an interesting character)
5.Count Olaf( a terrible person but his romances with Esme, Lulu and Kit are so sweet).
6. Jeroma Squalor.
7. Aunt Josephine( her fears and phobias annoyed me)
8. Nero( He is SO annoying! I REALLY dislike him)
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Post by Dante on Aug 12, 2011 15:01:09 GMT -5
Are we also counting the unofficial guardians - that is, Hal, Olivia, Bruce (and sometimes even Quigley), Widdershins, and Dewey? I'm sure it would be quite hard to decide how to rank some of those.
For my part... I don't think I could write a full list, but my impression has often been that Charles, Jerome, and Hector are rather similar. The latter two even get the same kind of character development. I think my personal favourites are the guardians who are clearly villainous but not actually allied with Olaf - that is, Sir and Nero. I think that standing between the two sides gives them a lot of potential for interesting situations of conflict - but there's also the fact that they are genuinely quite amusing.
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Post by Lady Whatever on Aug 12, 2011 16:33:29 GMT -5
Uncle Monty, because he was the best for the children. He was an attentive, caring guardian who was genuinely interested in the welfare of the Baudelaires, and willing to take steps to protect them, to a degree more than guardians like Josephine, Hector or Jerome.
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Post by andressa on Aug 12, 2011 16:58:33 GMT -5
Uncle Monty is my number one! I love him ! But I can't make a list with the others. It's just so hard.But colette's list is really good, I think mine will be very similar.
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Post by colette on Aug 26, 2011 0:38:17 GMT -5
Uncle Monty, because he was the best for the children. Sorry, it is not an answer. You need to RATE them! |
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Post by Invisible on Aug 26, 2011 7:16:18 GMT -5
Uncle Monty and Aunt Josephine are both number one in my book. Obviously. Because I love them! ;D
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Post by allegedly bryan on Aug 26, 2011 19:28:49 GMT -5
Uncle Monty, because he was the best for the children. Sorry, it is not an answer. You need to RATE them! I believe she was insinuating that he was #1 for her. |
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Post by colette on Aug 26, 2011 23:58:52 GMT -5
Uncle Monty and Aunt Josephine are both number one in my book. Obviously. Because I love them! ;D And who is the last for you? |
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Post by Sophie Baudelaire on Sept 3, 2011 19:21:44 GMT -5
I'm not sure exactly in what order I would put them, but Captain Widdershins and Esme Squalor are definitely two of my favorites.
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Post by colette on Sept 10, 2011 11:26:06 GMT -5
I'm not sure exactly in what order I would put them, but Captain Widdershins and Esme Squalor are definitely two of my favorites. Esme is just AWESOME. BUT...Captain Widdershins??? Why do you like him?Explain, please. I want to know why. |
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Post by Dante on Sept 13, 2011 6:01:55 GMT -5
He's a character who both amuses and intrigues. He has secrets we'd all be interested to learn, and also he captains a submarine, which counts for a lot among some of us. He's not my favourite guardian, but I can see why he might be someone's.
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Post by colette on Sept 16, 2011 11:12:51 GMT -5
Captain Widdershins is OK. But not more than OK for me. The only member of Widdershins family I like is Fernald. But Captain was their boss, not their guardian!
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Post by Strangely on Sept 20, 2011 12:08:36 GMT -5
But Captain was their boss, not their guardian! So? Sir considered himself their boss more than he considered himself their guardian. The Baudelaire's had plenty of unofficial guardians anyway so really anyone older than them that they spent time with, or lived with, could be an unofficial guardian. I like Aunt Josephine best, she's an interesting character and there's a lot of mystery involved there. My least favorite was the Devotee's... They weren't really that interesting, they were mainly just jerks with a blood lust and at times it was hard to read through their endlessly stupid comments (I swear there must have been a chemical spill for people to develop such twisted logic). |
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Post by Sophie Baudelaire on Sept 20, 2011 12:51:08 GMT -5
Well I like Captain WIddershins because, as Dante said, he's amusing. I didn't think he was the most caring or effective guardian, but I think he's a very interesting character. The guardian I would most enjoy living with would definitely be Uncle Monty.
Edit: I also like Nero for the fact that he is down right ridiculous.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Sept 22, 2011 16:25:20 GMT -5
The dramatic irony in TRR with Uncle Monty was strong, I felt, but I also enjoyed Nero's absurd conduct and the Village of Fowl Devotees' logic.
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