Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Jul 1, 2019 11:29:16 GMT -5
Something I really appreciate in my brain is the ability that it has to think things without my permission and then expose everything to me once and for all. Then, my brain once more did this to me. But it was something short, and yes, it has to do with the Great Unknown.
My most up-to-date theory about the Great Unknown indicates that there is at least one question mark form submarine at least one question-mark animal in the oceans of ASOUE. However, I just thought of something interesting.
Not necessarily the submarine that appears in the Queequeg sonar has literally the shape of a question mark. As Captain Windershins explained, what is seen in sonar is only a two-dimensional projection of something in three dimensions. He likened this to the shadow in a cave. We realize that this is exactly the case when we think again of the Carmelita submarine. The Carmelita appears on the sonar in the shape of an eye. This is because this is the two dimensional projection of the true shape of the Carmelita, which is a giant octopus.
Lemony had explained a little earlier in TGG Chapter 4:
"But this third underwater craft didn't look like a snake. "
And then:
"What was that third shape?" Violet asked.
The captain shook his head again. "Something very bad," he said. "Even worse than Olaf, probably. I told you Baudelaires that there is evil you cannot even imagine."
"We don't have to imagine it," Klaus said. "We saw it there on the screen."
"That screen is nothing," the captain said. "It's just a piece of equipment, aye? There was a philosopher who said that all of life is just shadows. He said that people were just sitting in a cave, watching shadows on the cave wall. Aye – shadows of something much bigger and grander than themselves. Well, that sonar detector is like our cave wall, showing us the shape of things much more powerful and terrifying."
Thus Captain Windershins' explanation is that what is seen in sonar is not necessarily equal to reality, and this fact is exemplified by the shape of the Carmelita being different from what is presented in sonar. Whatever the true shape of this submarine, it is more powerful than a simple gigantic question mark. Carmelita's tentacles made it possible for the submarine to be used as a weapon. Similarly, I believe the true shape of that secret submarine would allow the submarine itself to be used as a much more powerful weapon. Klaus said he did not need to imagine the true shape because he had seen it on the sonar. But according to Windershins, the format he saw was not to be regarded as true.
Anyway, what the Baudelaires saw through the Queequeg window, really had the shape of a giant question mark. What Kit described as having seen in TE also had the shape of a giant question mark. In order not to annoy my friend Dante, of course, I will say that Kit may not have seen the Great Unknown completely, and she may have seen only the projection of the TGU reflection on the surface of the water. This projection would also be in two dimensions, and might form a question mark when viewed from outside the water, especially if you take into account the effects of refraction. (Dante taught me not to be seduced so facilely by the ideas of my brain).
However, I can only say that it is unlikely that a submarine would cause the effect of making so many people disappear so suddenly. A submarine would have to open a hatch, and each of them would enter quietly through the hatch. According to Lemony, the Quaquimires entered a humid place. They were not destroyed by deadly devices without having entered the moist place. In addition, I use again the argument that Captain Windershins preferred to go to the question mark instead of running away from it. If Windershins believed that it could be the mortal submarine, it is unlikely that he would choose to go there rather than escape from there. Windershins was afraid of that submarine, for it represented something worse than Olaf, according to his own words.
If it was a soccer game, I would say it's 3 x 0 for what made Quaquimire and the others fade in the middle of the ocean was the ferocious animal. But what is strange, and coicide with my theory about the sugar bowl, is that being a ferocious animal, Windershins still preferred to go there. It is important to say that Windershins was not in a life-and-death situation. Running away was an option, and that's what Kit did. That's why I still believe that this question mark was an animal trained by VFD, like the eagles. An animal that could be used as a weapon and as a transport.
My most up-to-date theory about the Great Unknown indicates that there is at least one question mark form submarine at least one question-mark animal in the oceans of ASOUE. However, I just thought of something interesting.
Not necessarily the submarine that appears in the Queequeg sonar has literally the shape of a question mark. As Captain Windershins explained, what is seen in sonar is only a two-dimensional projection of something in three dimensions. He likened this to the shadow in a cave. We realize that this is exactly the case when we think again of the Carmelita submarine. The Carmelita appears on the sonar in the shape of an eye. This is because this is the two dimensional projection of the true shape of the Carmelita, which is a giant octopus.
Lemony had explained a little earlier in TGG Chapter 4:
"But this third underwater craft didn't look like a snake. "
And then:
"What was that third shape?" Violet asked.
The captain shook his head again. "Something very bad," he said. "Even worse than Olaf, probably. I told you Baudelaires that there is evil you cannot even imagine."
"We don't have to imagine it," Klaus said. "We saw it there on the screen."
"That screen is nothing," the captain said. "It's just a piece of equipment, aye? There was a philosopher who said that all of life is just shadows. He said that people were just sitting in a cave, watching shadows on the cave wall. Aye – shadows of something much bigger and grander than themselves. Well, that sonar detector is like our cave wall, showing us the shape of things much more powerful and terrifying."
Thus Captain Windershins' explanation is that what is seen in sonar is not necessarily equal to reality, and this fact is exemplified by the shape of the Carmelita being different from what is presented in sonar. Whatever the true shape of this submarine, it is more powerful than a simple gigantic question mark. Carmelita's tentacles made it possible for the submarine to be used as a weapon. Similarly, I believe the true shape of that secret submarine would allow the submarine itself to be used as a much more powerful weapon. Klaus said he did not need to imagine the true shape because he had seen it on the sonar. But according to Windershins, the format he saw was not to be regarded as true.
Anyway, what the Baudelaires saw through the Queequeg window, really had the shape of a giant question mark. What Kit described as having seen in TE also had the shape of a giant question mark. In order not to annoy my friend Dante, of course, I will say that Kit may not have seen the Great Unknown completely, and she may have seen only the projection of the TGU reflection on the surface of the water. This projection would also be in two dimensions, and might form a question mark when viewed from outside the water, especially if you take into account the effects of refraction. (Dante taught me not to be seduced so facilely by the ideas of my brain).
However, I can only say that it is unlikely that a submarine would cause the effect of making so many people disappear so suddenly. A submarine would have to open a hatch, and each of them would enter quietly through the hatch. According to Lemony, the Quaquimires entered a humid place. They were not destroyed by deadly devices without having entered the moist place. In addition, I use again the argument that Captain Windershins preferred to go to the question mark instead of running away from it. If Windershins believed that it could be the mortal submarine, it is unlikely that he would choose to go there rather than escape from there. Windershins was afraid of that submarine, for it represented something worse than Olaf, according to his own words.
If it was a soccer game, I would say it's 3 x 0 for what made Quaquimire and the others fade in the middle of the ocean was the ferocious animal. But what is strange, and coicide with my theory about the sugar bowl, is that being a ferocious animal, Windershins still preferred to go there. It is important to say that Windershins was not in a life-and-death situation. Running away was an option, and that's what Kit did. That's why I still believe that this question mark was an animal trained by VFD, like the eagles. An animal that could be used as a weapon and as a transport.
