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Post by Sugary Snicket on Oct 29, 2005 9:53:18 GMT -5
I don't get it either.
It should be somewhere familiar; It IS the end of the series, after all...
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Post by 1fanbaudelaire on Oct 29, 2005 15:39:14 GMT -5
I hated the Baudelaire Orphans revisiting Briny Beach. It felt like the whole series was going to start again, but that was the general idea.
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Post by Antenora on Oct 29, 2005 18:42:32 GMT -5
Having them visit Briny Beach at the end of Book 13 would make the series nicely circular, but since they've also been there in the third-to-last book, the cycle is a little uneven.
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Post by MikeT on Oct 30, 2005 7:41:12 GMT -5
thats all very well and good but id at least like the mystery of v.f.d. sorted out. I mean...come on... its been, like 7 books later and it still hasnt been explained Actually, we know a lot, lot more about VFD than we did 7 books ago. 7 books ago, we only knew the term "VFD" ... now we know, what it stands for, who is a member, the schism, the safe places and a LOT more. |
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Post by eggman on Oct 30, 2005 7:44:03 GMT -5
I think he meant the whole thing hasn't been explained i.e. the reasons behind the schism etc. but yes, we're not going to know everything about them, that's deliberate, and complaining about it isn't going to change anything at all.
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Post by The World Is Quiet Here on Nov 22, 2005 3:38:54 GMT -5
I would really like the whole v.f.d thing cleared up but it's the most likely to remain shrouded in mystery, that and Beatrice. I think it's possible that book the thirteenth could be either somewhere new or somewhere old. Though if you look at it like an essay, you never introduce anything 'new' in the conclusion. By new I mean location, so maybe this will be the same...
<scratches her head in puzzlement>
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Post by time2waste on Nov 22, 2005 4:02:40 GMT -5
things that confuse me are and im sorry if this has already been mentioned
Where widdershins went and what was up the tunnel the baudelaires decided not to follow in TGG
does anyone reckon the unexplained Question Mark Submarine that was chasing Count Olaf in TGG will return in book the 13th?
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Post by Grace on Nov 23, 2005 17:10:35 GMT -5
Book 13 would be nice if it was put by Briny Beach, I agree.
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Post by LargeManFeOrMale on Nov 23, 2005 18:01:51 GMT -5
If we knew all the answers, what would we talk about?
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Nov 24, 2005 11:03:02 GMT -5
Nothing.
And, on a different note, I'd just like to say: THEY AREN'T GOING TO MEET THE PIRATES, People. Let it go. The pirates were in the 14th century (I believe it was implied somewhere), and if I'm correct about the story taking place in the 1900's, like I believe, then the pirates will obviously not appear. It's a compleatly rediculous theory to think that the Bauds and Olaf will meet pirates when this series PROBABLY takes place in a later time.
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Post by Antenora on Nov 24, 2005 11:40:58 GMT -5
Snicket said that the Devil's Tongue knot was invented by the FFP in the 15th century, but in the RE notes(the note to page 116) he mentions contacting current members of the FFP, and the possibility that Violet met them. While the series takes places long after the 15th century, it seems the pirates are still around.
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Post by Dante on Nov 24, 2005 11:50:17 GMT -5
Widdershins himself states in TGG that the Queequeg had been attacked by pirates. Since Kit helped build the submarine, then it's clearly not even a particularly old submarine - not more than thirty years, I should think.
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Post by hanzo on Nov 25, 2005 11:10:20 GMT -5
That Pirate's thing is so boring! The story should focus on VFD!
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