Post by Uncle Algernon on May 30, 2018 11:39:24 GMT -5
Here's a little theory concerning the Netflix series; on the literary side of things we know there's some basis for V.F.D. lullaby-based speculation (*cough* The Little Snicket Lad *cough*), and I'm wondering if there mightn't be something similar going on in the series.
Of course, the in-universe logistics of musical numbers are always hard to pin down, but what I want to discuss is That's Not How the Story Goes. It might just be a musical number that didn't really happen (and certainly, Count Olaf and Lemony wouldn't have been singing the same tune at the exact same moment, that's absurd), but I propose that the part the children sing and whistle might, actually, be genuine. And the tune would be the equivalent of Snicket Lad in the Netflix series' universe: a sort of V.F.D. anthem.
The source of this theory is that during that heartbreaking taxi scene, Jacques Snicket is seen whistling the melody of Story Goes:
snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Look_Away#The_Slippery_Slope
This is only one of several musical-cameos in the series (the orchestra at the Marvelous Marriage was playing variations on Count Olaf's Theme, and Olaf's doorbell in the first episode actually chimes an off-key extract from the It's the Count song), and of course it makes thematic sense for Jacques to be heard whistling it then, since Jacques' death is another case of a time when watchers desperately hope things are going to turn out well, except they very much don't. Yet here, there are no reasons to assume Jacques isn't actually whistling; there's no instruments, it's just him whistling his tune as he drives. Perfectly plausible.
So what if both Jacques and the Baudelaire parents got the tune from V.F.D. somehow, and the parents passed it on to the Baudelaires as a sort of lullaby without ever revealing its true nature. The lyrics given in the musical sequence may not even be the "real" ones, come to think of it. To add to my (limited) pile of evidence, the fact that in that scene, Lemony circumlocatorily discusses V.F.D. and its foundation does seem to lend credence to a deeper connection.
Speaking of which, again upon rewatch, does anyone feel like it's sort of implied that Jacques and Lemony founded V.F.D.? Which obviously can't be right, but put yourself into the shoes of a watcher who has no idea All the Wrong Questions is even a thing — what would you take away from that line?
Of course, the in-universe logistics of musical numbers are always hard to pin down, but what I want to discuss is That's Not How the Story Goes. It might just be a musical number that didn't really happen (and certainly, Count Olaf and Lemony wouldn't have been singing the same tune at the exact same moment, that's absurd), but I propose that the part the children sing and whistle might, actually, be genuine. And the tune would be the equivalent of Snicket Lad in the Netflix series' universe: a sort of V.F.D. anthem.
The source of this theory is that during that heartbreaking taxi scene, Jacques Snicket is seen whistling the melody of Story Goes:
snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Look_Away#The_Slippery_Slope
This is only one of several musical-cameos in the series (the orchestra at the Marvelous Marriage was playing variations on Count Olaf's Theme, and Olaf's doorbell in the first episode actually chimes an off-key extract from the It's the Count song), and of course it makes thematic sense for Jacques to be heard whistling it then, since Jacques' death is another case of a time when watchers desperately hope things are going to turn out well, except they very much don't. Yet here, there are no reasons to assume Jacques isn't actually whistling; there's no instruments, it's just him whistling his tune as he drives. Perfectly plausible.
So what if both Jacques and the Baudelaire parents got the tune from V.F.D. somehow, and the parents passed it on to the Baudelaires as a sort of lullaby without ever revealing its true nature. The lyrics given in the musical sequence may not even be the "real" ones, come to think of it. To add to my (limited) pile of evidence, the fact that in that scene, Lemony circumlocatorily discusses V.F.D. and its foundation does seem to lend credence to a deeper connection.
Speaking of which, again upon rewatch, does anyone feel like it's sort of implied that Jacques and Lemony founded V.F.D.? Which obviously can't be right, but put yourself into the shoes of a watcher who has no idea All the Wrong Questions is even a thing — what would you take away from that line?