ASOUE Headcanons

[Dante]

Out-of-universe, yes, I think there's little doubt that that was the authorial intent; but it's not clear that the hospital is named after Dr. Heimlich in-universe, in much the same way that you might say it's not clear that Caligari Carnival was deliberately named by its original founder after the famous motion picture.

[Hermes]

We've always supposed that G on the family tree is Gregor. But I'm now wondering: is it actually set down anywhere that he is Ike's brother? (Might he be the father of the three, with D as their mother?)

[Dante]

TGG p. 77: "Anwhistle Aquatics was founded by Gregor Anwhistle, the famous ichnologist and Josephine's brother-in-law." If Gregor was Josephine's brother-in-law, he can only have been the brother of Isaac "Ike" Anwhistle.

[veryferociousdrama]

Speaking of the Antwhistles, in my headcanon, I've always believed brother H to be Hector.

[Seymour Glass]

Aug 7, 2018 2:43:26 GMT -5 veryferociousdrama said:

Speaking of the Antwhistles, in my headcanon, I've always believed brother H to be Hector.

I think it's Humphrey.

[counto]

Note: most of these details are from my ficverse

That said, here are my headcanons:

1. A Series of Unfortunate Events take place in 1972-73
2. Lemony Snicket was born in 1923, 3 months premature on Valorous Farms Dairy inside a barn. His parents named him Lemony after the taste of Lemons in their mouth from the barn.
3. All The Wrong Questions takes place 1935, when Lemony is a 12 year old apprentice of VFD.
4. During the events of ASOUE he is 49 years old.
5. He doesn't find out what happen to the Baudelaires after the Penultimate Peril, until he meets his niece Beatrice Baudelaire II in eight years later (1980).
6. Count Olaf was born in 1921 in Sweden, Scandinavia. His family immigrated to America in 1923. He lost his Swedish accent from years of living in the US.
7. Olaf is 51, he only looks old because of his hair greyed in his early 20's.
8. His full name is Eugene Olaf, hates it when people call him by his first name.
9. Lemony and Olaf were good friends when they were younger, but he grew to hate him after his parents were killed at the opera.
10. He bases his disguise persona voices and acting from famous movie actors. 
11. Olaf's favourite movie actors are Bela Lugosi (Dracula) and Orson Welles (Citizen Kane). 
12. Duchess R of Winnipeg's real name Rosalind. 
13. Arthur Gordon Poe was born in 1920, his sister Eleanora "Ellen" Poe was born 1922. 
14. Arthur Poe and Eleanora Poe's parents were volunteers, but they died in a fire when Arthur was 7 and Eleanora was 9. They never found out about VFD. 
15. Arthur's cough is due to having inhaled smoke from the night his parents died in the house fire when he was a child. 
16. Jacques and Kit Snicket were born in January 12th, 1921. 
17. Kit and Olaf started dating when they were 16, at age 25 Olaf proposed to Kit in 1946. They were to get married next year but the events of the opera drove him breaking off the engagement with her when he learned she knew about his parents assassination. 
18. Olaf is bisexual, prefers women. His relationships include Josephine, Georgina Orwell (hypnotised), Esme, Olivia Caliban and finally Kit. 
19. Josephine was born 1910, she was 25 in ATWQ. Married Ike in 1937 until his death during their honeymoon. She's 62 in The Wide Window. 
20. Monty was born in 1917, 18 in ATWQ. He's 55 in The Reptile Room. 
21. Monty has a younger sister called Dolores "Dolly" Montgomery born in 1915. 
22. Monty's father Humphrey Montgomery tried to sexual assault Dolores when she was 13. Monty stopped him, the two ran away that day and never returned home. 
23. At age 15, Monty's was bit by a garden snake. Fortunately the snake was non-venomous. Monty spent the next 40 years studying reptiles. 
24. Georgina Orwell's favourite book is 1984 (ironically). 
25. Kit's pet name is Kitty. 
26. Thursday's full name is Thursday Defoe, Miranda chose to keep her maiden name when they married on the Island.  
27. Ishmael is 89 years old in The Island, he was born in 1883. 
28. Ishmael was a chemistry professor at Prufrock Prep until the Schism started.  
29. Olivia Caliban is Miranda's older sister.
30. Prufrock Prep was founded by Thomas Prufrock in 1888. 
31. Nero Feint is Armstrong Feint's nephew. 
32. Dewey is Kit's husband. 
33. The Village of Fowl Devotees was founded in 1666. (666) 
34. Esme's maiden is Glass, Esme Genevieve Gigi Glass. 
35. Sir's real name is James Opchanacanough. He's half native american. 
36. Charles is gay for Sir, unfortunately he doesn't share the same feelings for him. 
37. Hal was born blind. 
38. Captain Widdershins's wife is captain of the Finnish Female Pirates. 
39. Mrs Widdershins is Captain Annabel "Lee" Widdershins. 
40. Carmeltia's parents names are Carmichael and Carmella. 
41. Carmichael and Carmella Spats died in a fire caused by the Sinister Duo. 
42. Ivan (The Bald Man with the Long Nose) is Russian. 
43. The Sinister Duo are responsible for starting the schism. 
44. Isadora Quagmire is transgender. 
45. Klaus develops post traumatic stress disorder and depression as an adult. 
46. Hector is Hispanic. 
47. Orlando (The Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender) was born a woman, he later changed his sex. 
48. Sunny as an adult has her own cook show. 
49. Violet takes acting lessons as an adult. 
50. Lemony hates it when people misinterpret his name for Lemonade or Leonard. 


 

[R.]

Here are my headcanons. Some of them are a bit weird, but there you go.
1. The songs in The Tragic Treasury exist in-universe. Smile! No One Cares How You Feel was a song in Al Funcoot’s play One Last Warning To Those Who Try To Stand In My Way.
2. Sunny also develops an interest in music as she grows older.
3. Esmé’s mother died when she was young, and the sugar bowl was a gift from her, which is why she values it so much.
4. Carmelita is adopted. Her birth mother is Geraldine Julienne.
5. R’s first name is Ramona.
6. Sunny only has vague memories of the events of ASOUE, but still sometimes has dreams recalling everything that happened.
7. Carmelita had a beautiful singing voice, but it was permanently damaged by the Hotel Denouement fire and all the fires she set afterwards.
8. Esmé, Carmelita and all the other firestarters in the hotel were rescued from the fire by the eagles, and helped prevent anyone else from escaping the building.

[Glittery666]

1.Charles is gay for Sir, but it's not mutual
2.Sunny only has vague memories of ASOUE
3.Olaf and Kit were high school sweethearts
4.Sunny has her own cooking show as an adult
5.The city is Seattle
6.Esme is the ant-burning cousin
7.The White-Face Women are twins
8.The songs in The Tragic Treasury exist in-universe
9.Edgar and Albert Poe are also twins
10.Mr Poe, Justice Strauss, and VP Nero all died in the Denoument fire
11.Josephine had a bad experience with realtors
12.Hugo's surname is Victor
13.Hector is Hispanic
14.Josephine's nickname is Josie
15.Dr Orwell's favourite book is 1984
16.Capt.Widdershins is Scottish
17.The Mamba du Mal is female
18.Olaf took the name Coach Genghis from his old gym teacher
19.The person in the clown pajamas at the hotel is Larry
20.Mr Remora and Mrs Bass are married, Bass kept her maiden name
21.The Wart-Face Man isn't a henchperson of Olaf's but an independent villain who was collaborating with him, like Dr Orwell
22.Esme married Jerome because husbands were in(I actually got this one from a fanfic, but I like the idea)
I'll add more if I think of any more

[R.]

Sept 19, 2021 12:30:16 GMT -5 Glittery666 said:

1.Charles is gay for Sir, but it's not mutual
2.Sunny only has vague memories of ASOUE
4.Sunny has her own cooking show as an adult
6.Esme is the ant-burning cousin
7.The White-Face Women are twins
8.The songs in The Tragic Treasury exist in-universe
9.Edgar and Albert Poe are also twins
13.Hector is Hispanic
15.Dr Orwell's favourite book is 1984

These are all my headcanons too!

[Hermes]

Very interesting headcanons here:

5. Any special reason why Seattle? I don't think it's any real city, but I think the city is specifically isn't is San Francisco.
12. Ooh yes, I like that.
16. I'm doubtful about this one. I think a lot of people adopt it because of his saying 'aye', but 'aye' is nautical as well as Scottish.
19. I thought that for a while, but I think they turned out to be a woman.
21. I agree. I think he is the manager of the theatre.
22. That may well be an added reason, but as you proceed with TUA you'll find there is more to it than that.

[nephys]

Bom, estou escrevendo uma fanfic da época anterior aos Baudelaire, focada em Lemony Snicket. Warlock, meu personagem é seu parceiro romântico, e seu relacionamento será conturbado por causa da separação. Eu queria tudo, de headcanons a cânones, para aprofundar meus personagens e manter a personalidade dos personagens do autor. Sou novato, e não consigo ler todos os livros do universo asoue, e desculpem por qualquer erro cometido pelo Google, sou brasileiro e só sei o básico, só conseguindo entender, não escrever. Muito obrigado a quem leu, e mais ainda a quem vai ajudar, tenham um bom dia e noite.

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

Olá... Você queria ter escrito em inglês pelo Google tradutor? Ou escreveu em português de propósito?

[ghostie]

reading thru this thread and dying @ the idea of olaf with a boston accent

[Gregor Anwhistle]

Nov 18, 2024 14:02:50 GMT -5 ghostie said:

reading thru this thread and dying @ the idea of olaf with a boston accent

Now I'm picturing Olaf sounding like my New England relatives lol.

[Glittery666]

Nov 18, 2024 14:57:56 GMT -5 Gregor Anwhistle said:

Nov 18, 2024 14:02:50 GMT -5 ghostie said:

reading thru this thread and dying @ the idea of olaf with a boston accent

Now I'm picturing Olaf sounding like my New England relatives lol.

For some reason I picture Olaf as having a Jersey accent.