Inconsistency in Count Olaf's plan for the Baudelaires:
Jan 6, 2018 18:39:59 GMT -5
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Post by doetwin on Jan 6, 2018 18:39:59 GMT -5
In the early books, it seemed pretty firmly established that at-least one of the Baudelaires had to live into adulthood in order for Count Olaf to get their fortune. It seems like the most logical thing would have been to make sure Violet survived until she turned 18. Now there were times when he could have killed Klaus and Sunny, but choose to let them live. A good example of this was when he rescued the Baudelaires from the leeches. He could have only rescued Violet, while letting Klaus and Sunny drown, and explained to Mr. Poe that he was too late to rescue the 2 younger Baudelaires. But I can think of a logical explanation as to why he would have chosen to keep all 3 of them alive. There was always the risk that one of them would die because of something beyond his control, such as an illness or an accident. Had he killed Klaus and Sunny, and if, later, Violet had died of something beyond his control, it would have been impossible for him to get the Baudelaire fortune.
The problem with this explanation is that there were times when he seemed to have no problem killing one or two of them. He didn't seem to object when Dr. Orwell was about to stab Sunny, and later, he himself tried to throw Sunny off a cliff. And what's more, there were times when he seemed to have no problem killing Violet. Right before he locked the Baudelaires up in the deluxe cell, he admitted that he only needed one Baudelaire to stay alive, but let them choose which of them would survive. Again, it seems strange that he didn't just decide for himself that it would be Violet. Had the Baudelaires not concocted an escape plan and accepted that only one of them could survive, it almost certainly would have been Sunny. There was no way Violet was going to watch her younger siblings die a horrible death after the promise she had to her parents, and there no way no way either Violet or Klaus were going to let their baby sister burn to a crisp. The Baudelaires valued fairplay, and the fairest thing in that situation would have been for Sunny, the youngest, to live. That would meant that Olaf would have had to wait 16 or 17 years to get the fortune instead waiting a little over 3 years. And yet, he didn't seem to have a problem with this. He ordered his henchmen to accidentally-on-purpose cut off Violet's head at Heimlich Hospital and after he burned down Caligari Carnival, he decided to put Violet and Klaus, instead of Sunny, in the back van for them fall to their deaths once the freaks cut them off. Believe it or not, I have also managed to come up with an explanation for this. Count Olaf may have been afraid the two elder Baudelaires would become suicidal if their two siblings died.
However, there is still one major inconsistency, and that is the fact that there were times when Olaf or his henchmen seemed to want to kill all 3 of the Baudelaires. In THH, Esme tried to kill all 3 of them with the filing cabinets. When Olaf made his first appearance in TGG, he stated that he celebrated their deaths when he saw the broken toboggan, despite the fact that it meant he would never be able to get their fortune. He also stated that he had felt heartbroken, not because of not being able to get the fortune, but because they hadn't died at his hand.
Am I the only one who's confused here?
The problem with this explanation is that there were times when he seemed to have no problem killing one or two of them. He didn't seem to object when Dr. Orwell was about to stab Sunny, and later, he himself tried to throw Sunny off a cliff. And what's more, there were times when he seemed to have no problem killing Violet. Right before he locked the Baudelaires up in the deluxe cell, he admitted that he only needed one Baudelaire to stay alive, but let them choose which of them would survive. Again, it seems strange that he didn't just decide for himself that it would be Violet. Had the Baudelaires not concocted an escape plan and accepted that only one of them could survive, it almost certainly would have been Sunny. There was no way Violet was going to watch her younger siblings die a horrible death after the promise she had to her parents, and there no way no way either Violet or Klaus were going to let their baby sister burn to a crisp. The Baudelaires valued fairplay, and the fairest thing in that situation would have been for Sunny, the youngest, to live. That would meant that Olaf would have had to wait 16 or 17 years to get the fortune instead waiting a little over 3 years. And yet, he didn't seem to have a problem with this. He ordered his henchmen to accidentally-on-purpose cut off Violet's head at Heimlich Hospital and after he burned down Caligari Carnival, he decided to put Violet and Klaus, instead of Sunny, in the back van for them fall to their deaths once the freaks cut them off. Believe it or not, I have also managed to come up with an explanation for this. Count Olaf may have been afraid the two elder Baudelaires would become suicidal if their two siblings died.
However, there is still one major inconsistency, and that is the fact that there were times when Olaf or his henchmen seemed to want to kill all 3 of the Baudelaires. In THH, Esme tried to kill all 3 of them with the filing cabinets. When Olaf made his first appearance in TGG, he stated that he celebrated their deaths when he saw the broken toboggan, despite the fact that it meant he would never be able to get their fortune. He also stated that he had felt heartbroken, not because of not being able to get the fortune, but because they hadn't died at his hand.
Am I the only one who's confused here?
