|
Post by lsandthebooks on Sept 12, 2019 20:03:45 GMT -5
Olaf must've taken the Quagmires out that way. What would be the point of locking it afterwards?
You could say that Olaf or Esme anticipated the kids escaping from the net, but if that were true, wouldn't they have left one of the henchmen in the passageway?
|
|
|
Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Sept 13, 2019 12:10:46 GMT -5
You are making the classic mistake of ancient ASOUE theorists. You are thinking that the world of ASOUE revolves around the Baudelaires. But that simple is not true, and that is what makes ASOUE so cool ... Olaf locked it so that other people would not inadvertently enter or open and leave it open. That tunnel was an achievement on the Incendiary side, which must be locked, just as you lock your door when you leave. After all, it is a secret passage in open ground.
|
|
|
Post by Dante on Sept 13, 2019 14:11:18 GMT -5
It's true that, logically, Olaf must have used that entrance to the passageway repeatedly in the story, as attested by the TEE postman. But the important point is that it can be locked from the inside at all.
|
|
|
Post by Foxy on Sept 17, 2019 12:21:38 GMT -5
I think Count Olaf definitely at this point in the series would assume the Baudelaires would be "lucky" enough to escape. They've proven themselves resourceful and able to get out of sinister situations time and time again, so Olaf is probably smart enough to figure they might escape.
|
|