Post by Dante on Sept 7, 2019 4:14:37 GMT -5
V.F.D. also appear to have been dependent on Ink Inc. in Stain'd-by-the-Sea, at least according to peripheral promotional materials, and that company is hardly squeaky-clean either. My reading is that the organisation was completely desperate and simply couldn't afford to go out of their way to put Sir out of business (or look elsewhere for their ink). Quite frankly, I suspect that there are many tycoons like Sir in the Averse, petty dictators of a sort, and it wasn't necessarily within V.F.D.'s power to stop them; they seem to be more focussed on the mysterious, helping only when they can, which is not always.
As for the police, the authorities in the Averse are likely ruled by incompetence and corruption, occasionally enforcing justice but probably somewhat limited in their scope. Sir appears to have de facto rule over Paltryville, and it's not necessarily clear that outside forces are particularly aware of how he operates; given that Mr. Poe was surprised and unhappy to find Sunny employed as a receptionist in TAA, I doubt he expected the Baudelaires to be literally working in the lumbermill in TMM.
As for the police, the authorities in the Averse are likely ruled by incompetence and corruption, occasionally enforcing justice but probably somewhat limited in their scope. Sir appears to have de facto rule over Paltryville, and it's not necessarily clear that outside forces are particularly aware of how he operates; given that Mr. Poe was surprised and unhappy to find Sunny employed as a receptionist in TAA, I doubt he expected the Baudelaires to be literally working in the lumbermill in TMM.
