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Post by Agathological on Sept 8, 2014 17:18:08 GMT -5
Looking back on the series, does Snicket make any allusion to her? Some women in his past that said or done anything? I can't read the series sadly as I have moved and a mate has my volumes.
(Something I just thought of; if Snicket is Jewish; why does he have a tattoo on his ankle? Aren't they forbidden? Surely V.F.D has some religious observation in play; unless Snicket isn't a practising one.)
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Post by gliquey on Sept 9, 2014 1:55:46 GMT -5
(Something I just thought of; if Snicket is Jewish; why does he have a tattoo on his ankle? Aren't they forbidden? Surely V.F.D has some religious observation in play; unless Snicket isn't a practising one.) The word "Jewish" can refer to the culture, the race or to Judaism. When Snicket is described as "Jewish", which sense of the word is being used? There are several rabbis and religious Jewish things mentioned in ASOUE, but if we're talking about him being Jewish because his parents were, that's makes him "Jewish" in the sense of the Jewish race. And even if he does follow Judaism, that may not mean he's a practising Jew. Handler seems to have been more interested in the culture, or at least the mythology in Judaism, than following the rules and religion itself, in the interviews I've seen which touch upon the subject.
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Post by Hermes on Sept 9, 2014 7:16:59 GMT -5
We know that the Baudelaires have eaten ham.
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Post by facelesscreature on Sept 16, 2014 9:48:23 GMT -5
Thought I'd post my idea of what the S. stands for. I think that S. Theodora Marksman is another character from ASoUE. I personally do not know which, but I'm certain that the S. stands for something that alludes to a previous ASoUE character. It could be Sir? or Sally Sebald? or Squalor? or even Strauss? It really is a mystery that may not ever be solved. Or maybe it already is solved? Maybe a well-hidden reference in ?1 or ?2 have already revealed who she really is?
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Post by Dante on Sept 16, 2014 13:42:13 GMT -5
Hiding the solution to the puzzle in an otherwise innocuous piece of dialogue in the first book sounds like something Snicket would do, I agree... but I think we'd probably have spotted it, if that were the case. After ?3 comes out, I'm thinking of setting up an ATWQ reread to prepare for the final book, so that would be the sort of thing to watch out for.
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Post by M David Steel on Oct 13, 2014 12:45:10 GMT -5
I dont think shes justice strauss. Unless she was very old. In book 3 shes made out to be at least 40
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Post by Dante on Oct 13, 2014 16:25:24 GMT -5
I think it's generally assumed that "Strauss" is Justice Strauss's surname, and thus not a candidate for the S. If S. Theodora Markson ended up as Justice Strauss, she'd be called Justice Markson. I don't really think there are any secret returning characters in ATWQ who we haven't noticed yet, unfortunately.
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Post by erialeduab on Oct 17, 2014 1:24:30 GMT -5
In the recent interview Handler did on Google hangout he mentioned that S. Theodora Markson is probably her maiden name, since she is too unpleasant for anyone to marry, so maybe she could be a character from ASoUE under a different name entirely?
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Post by Dante on Oct 17, 2014 2:59:19 GMT -5
Not Mrs. Bass, surely? She even wears the same style of burglar mask in ?1!
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Oct 17, 2014 6:52:49 GMT -5
Not Mrs. Bass, surely? She even wears the same style of burglar mask in ?1! If that were the case, surely we would have had a few mentions of the metric system in ATWQ by now? The closest thing to that so far is the fact that there's a Haines family.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Oct 17, 2014 6:54:52 GMT -5
I don't know whether this was the quote that made you think of Mrs. Bass, Dante, but after checking TAA I found this:
Also I found this bit said by Nero, a coincidence I'm sure, but nevertheless reminding of ATWQ: "Mr. Remora and Mrs. Bass will take turns asking you questions until one of you gets an answer wrong". Other things one might watch out for in ?4: One of Mrs. Bass' questions was "How deep was my mother's casserole dish?", the answer to which was "Six centimeters." And maybe if Snicket will show any lack of skills in the metric system this quote might reinforce this theory: [Mrs. Bass:] "In all my years of teaching, I've never encountered a more metric-wise boy than Klaus, here."
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Post by M David Steel on Oct 19, 2014 17:27:22 GMT -5
mrs bass was teaching there for 47 years so how would she have time for lemony? i know she told him make yourself scarce till evening. was she going to the school to teach during that time was that why
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Post by gliquey on Oct 20, 2014 1:36:16 GMT -5
mrs bass was teaching there for 47 years so how would she have time for lemony? i know she told him make yourself scarce till evening. was she going to the school to teach during that time was that why If you really wanted to say Theodora was Mrs. Bass, I'd say it's more likely that Nero got it wrong - he can't even multiply 9 by 3, so he's clearly not good with numbers. Or, that Prufock is part of V.F.D. and when Nero says teaching for 47 years, he means teaching at V.F.D. and includes Lemony's apprenticeship as Theodora/Bass teaching.
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Post by Dante on Oct 20, 2014 14:00:33 GMT -5
mrs bass was teaching there for 47 years so how would she have time for lemony? i know she told him make yourself scarce till evening. was she going to the school to teach during that time was that why Wasn't the number of years given a collective figure for both Mrs. Bass and Mr. Remora? Though I should make it clear that I proposed this theory in jest - but it's funny how well, in some ways, it works.
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Post by gliquey on Oct 20, 2014 14:07:32 GMT -5
Wasn't the number of years given a collective figure for both Mrs. Bass and Mr. Remora? Though I should make it clear that I proposed this theory in jest - but it's funny how well, in some ways, it works. I assumed "47 years each", but with Nero, who knows? It's phrased openly enough for it to be 47 years total, if you needed to interpret it that way.
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