Who is the editor?

[vfds321s]

Seriously, Lemony Snicket's kind editor. Who is it? VFD member? Is the character referenced in the story proper? Why is the editor even more mysterious and unknown than Snicket himself?

[Dante]

The character is never referenced outside of Lemony's letter to them - not dissimilarly to Brett Helquist, whose only other appearance is in a letter he ostensibly wrote in the U.A. For that reason, I consider Lemony's Kind Editor to be the series' real-life editor, Sue Rich.

[Foxy]

Well, Snicket's second-to-last hope that the tale of the Baudelaire orphans would be told to the general public was a group of cheesemakers, so I think it may be fair to say the editor is a fictional character as well. I don't have any theories about who this is yet. Is Beatrice II an editor?

I went to look for Sue Rich in the list of Heimlich Hospital surgical ward patients, but I was surprised not to find her. I thought that list contained everyone connected to the series behind the scenes?

[Uncle Algernon]

Mar 7, 2019 11:07:58 GMT -5 Foxy said:

Is Beatrice II an editor?

I don't think that fits, tempting as it is; I recall word of certain hints that the last few books have not yet taken place when Snicket begins writing the first few. (And now the Netflixverse has instead put forward the alternative idea that he started immediately after the Hotel Denouement fire as atonement for failing to prevent the whole situations by driving the Baudelaires away.)

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

Mar 5, 2019 4:25:23 GMT -5 Dante said:

The character is never referenced outside of Lemony's letter to them - not dissimilarly to Brett Helquist, whose only other appearance is in a letter he ostensibly wrote in the U.A. For that reason, I consider Lemony's Kind Editor to be the series' real-life editor, Sue Rich.

Since this subject has been raised again, I would like to say that Dante's opinion is the same as mine. However, I want to highlight an important aspect of my larger theory regarding this matter: There is a character in asoue's universe who has the same name and personality as Sue in our universe, however the life story may be different. We can imagine Sue having a much more dangerous life since he got involved with Snicket. Sue is not a part of VFD but like Mr Helquist, Sue is involved with VFD.

I take the opportunity to say that Netflix's vision is very good, and it agrees a lot with my way of thinking. I just add that I believe Lemony had access to the island book before he wrote TBB, so he knew quite a bit about the island's events before publishing TBB, with the exception of what the Baudelaires themselves failed to write. Among these are facts that were revealed by Bestrice Jr when she finally met Lemony.

[R.]

I agree with Glittery666 that it’s Moxie, but I don’t think Lemony is aware of that, and I believe she might have some ulterior motives.

[Esmé's meme is meh]

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