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Post by doetwin on Mar 4, 2016 1:51:21 GMT -5
At the beginning of TPP, Kit Snicket tells the Baudelaires that Quigley got a message from Duncan and Isadora that they were being attacked over sea. First of all, when Duncan and Isadora boarded Hector's SSHAMH at the end of TVV, they still believed their brother to be dead. How could they have possibly found out that he was still alive while they were up in the air, unable to talk to anyone or research anything? Secondly, how did Duncan and Isadora manage to get ahold of Quigley? Kit doesn't go into detail about what form the message was in, nor was there an explanation of how he got the message.
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Post by Dante on Mar 4, 2016 4:23:56 GMT -5
Good question. I'd suggest a couple of factors worth considering: For one, if Hector was still plugged into V.F.D.'s information network, and it is now confirmed that he was a volunteer, then he himself may have heard whispers of Quigley's survival, and passed it on to the Quagmires when they had a moment to relax; given that Jacques ended up in Hector's village, there may have been some advance or early communication between the pair. For another, if there's any kind of possible communication link between the SSHAMH and the outside world, it may be just as possible for the SSHAMH to have received word that Quigley was still alive as it was for them to send a message to him (see below). And for another, despite the context we can't be completely certain that the distress call was addressed to Quigley specifically or solely, rather than to a general audience of anyone who could assist (and their brother, if he was really still alive).
As for the type of communication: The idea that the SSHAMH and its crew were "unable to talk to anyone" is in itself disproved by the fact that they were able to contact Quigley, so we must assume that they had some form of communication. My first idea is that the plot of TPP depends upon some carrier crows being active, and if anyone could have employed them, it's Hector. In addition, the telegram system evidently has an at least partially wireless element, as the Queequeg is connected, so it's equally reasonable that a subsequently-confirmed volunteer such as Hector might have a similar device aboard the SSHAMH. There are also weather balloons, messages in bottles, etc.
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Post by doetwin on Mar 4, 2016 11:38:02 GMT -5
Good question. I'd suggest a couple of factors worth considering: For one, if Hector was still plugged into V.F.D.'s information network, and it is now confirmed that he was a volunteer, then he himself may have heard whispers of Quigley's survival, and passed it on to the Quagmires when they had a moment to relax; given that Jacques ended up in Hector's village, there may have been some advance or early communication between the pair. For another, if there's any kind of possible communication link between the SSHAMH and the outside world, it may be just as possible for the SSHAMH to have received word that Quigley was still alive as it was for them to send a message to him (see below). And for another, despite the context we can't be completely certain that the distress call was addressed to Quigley specifically or solely, rather than to a general audience of anyone who could assist (and their brother, if he was really still alive). As for the type of communication: The idea that the SSHAMH and its crew were "unable to talk to anyone" is in itself disproved by the fact that they were able to contact Quigley, so we must assume that they had some form of communication. My first idea is that the plot of TPP depends upon some carrier crows being active, and if anyone could have employed them, it's Hector. In addition, the telegram system evidently has an at least partially wireless element, as the Queequeg is connected, so it's equally reasonable that a subsequently-confirmed volunteer such as Hector might have a similar device aboard the SSHAMH. There are also weather balloons, messages in bottles, etc. That's a really good theory. I never thought of that. Although I don't think Hector knew about Quigley being alive, as he didn't seem familiar with the Quagmires when the Baudelaires mentioned them. |
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Post by lorelai on Mar 4, 2016 14:11:11 GMT -5
No, Hector doesn't seem familiar with the Quagmires, but he's certainly good at keeping things to himself, given that he used to be a member ofVFD and says nothing about that.
But I think assuming that Hector actively sought information about Quigley, or anything along those lines, is the wrong way to look at it. Hector could have easily been the one to break the news of Jacques's death to Kit, out of guilt, which could have lead to more communication between the two (we know from the UA he's been working on this home for a while, so the story of it's completion would at least be told), until Kit was either specificly contacted, or was one of many people contacted when the eagles attacked. It's clear Kit knows that Quigley's alive--Which Jacques could have relayed--so, in keeping with Dante's comment about not knowing whether the message was addressed to Quigley, she either could have informed D, I, and H about him before the attack, or Duncan and Isadora were pleasantly shocked on top of their ordeal.
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