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Nov 8, 2005 5:05:00 GMT -5
Post by volunteer on Nov 8, 2005 5:05:00 GMT -5
Speaking of J.S. why did mr Poe think it was geraldine juliennes (sp)? intials? hers are obiously G.J....
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Nov 8, 2005 5:47:04 GMT -5
Post by Dante on Nov 8, 2005 5:47:04 GMT -5
Because he's an idiot.
Seriously, that's the answer. Mr. Poe's a complete bungler, who can't get anything right. He's blind to what happens just under his nose.
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Nov 8, 2005 7:51:55 GMT -5
Post by volunteer on Nov 8, 2005 7:51:55 GMT -5
I thought of that too, but i wondered why there hadn't really been a adiquent explantaion of why he thought that, i didn't really want to put it down to that, but it seems the case
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Nov 8, 2005 14:47:44 GMT -5
Post by Grace on Nov 8, 2005 14:47:44 GMT -5
That's one of the most confusing things about the series. In a forum like this, with us researchers, it's often hard to tell (as I remember there was a thread on this) whether we're simply reading too much into it or it's a genuine clue.
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Nov 8, 2005 20:01:14 GMT -5
Post by jman on Nov 8, 2005 20:01:14 GMT -5
Yeah, Handler seems to enjoy messing around with our minds.  |
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Nov 14, 2005 16:38:44 GMT -5
Post by JAMtastically Jigam on Nov 14, 2005 16:38:44 GMT -5
Olaf and Esme invited them all to steal their valuables, yes. I think the key reason that all of the Bauds' past guardians are there is because they are all involved in VFD on one side of the schism or the other. They were all going to the hotel anyway for the Thursday meeting, and Eslaf was just using their cocktail party as a convenient way to have lots of people together and steal things. everyone wants to know the outcome for their favorite characters of the past. Answer: If they weren't dead already, they are now. Hahahaha. True. |
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Nov 17, 2005 22:18:11 GMT -5
Post by Nicky on Nov 17, 2005 22:18:11 GMT -5
Sir also received a letter from J.S., saying that there was a party on Thursday night he (J.S.) was hosting, and that he (Sir) should bring his valuables. I think Olaf wanted to steal their valuables, and then poison them all with the Mycelium. He'd become rich, and finish off everyone who has knowledge of his crimes. The question is: Who is J.S.? If Count Olaf was using that name, then Handler never actually said so. Indeed, J.S. was pretty much forgotten after about half of the book. I wouldn't have thought Olaf was a good enough flaneur to know what each of the Baudelaires' guardians would be interested in (particularly Bass and Remora). Doesn't J.S. refer to both Justice Strauss and Jerome Squalor??? |
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Nov 18, 2005 7:41:21 GMT -5
Post by Antenora on Nov 18, 2005 7:41:21 GMT -5
Whoever the JS at the hotel was, they invited both Strauss and Jerome. If it was Olaf, he must have gotten information about everyone's interests from his allies, although those henchmen of his who actually met the Baudelaire guardians are now dead.
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Nov 18, 2005 12:12:55 GMT -5
Post by Dante on Nov 18, 2005 12:12:55 GMT -5
Some of his other allies could have helped him, I suppose - perhaps Ivan Lachrymose, the Esmé Squalor Fan Club, or a man's life. Heh, the person who went to look for the reptiles researched them in TRR - maybe they found out about the guardians' interests by reading the relevent books.
Note: I'm only half-serious about this idea.
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