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Post by Alfred is Present on Dec 21, 2006 1:35:03 GMT -5
AT LAST! I FINISHED THE END!
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*Is breathless*
Words cannot express how GREAT the ending was. I mean I stayed up to 11:30, or 12:30 (I don't know how to look at clocks.) because everything was so gripping, thrilling, and all the positive verbals ever thought of in the English language! Hah! *still breathless*
I mean, like, two months of waiting for The End (and also for the Beatrice letters) really paid off! (BTW, there wasn't a single letter coming from Beatrice, The Adult wasn't there?)
My goodness! AAAAH!
Another BTW: Are ther literary allusions to the ame of the islanders?
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Post by Dante on Dec 21, 2006 4:31:15 GMT -5
(BTW, there wasn't a single letter coming from Beatrice, The Adult wasn't there?) I don't believe so, but my interpretation of TBL isn't the only one. You might be interested in the views expressed in TBL's Official Discussion Thread. Aye, every islander's name is an allusion. Quidditch.com has a good list, and is a good resource on all the allusions of the series, too. |
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Post by RockSunner on Dec 21, 2006 22:42:23 GMT -5
I mean, like, two months of waiting for The End (and also for the Beatrice letters) really paid off! (BTW, there wasn't a single letter coming from Beatrice, The Adult wasn't there?) There was one item from the adult Beatrice: a "coded sonnet" we have not yet cracked. |
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Post by Alfred is Present on Dec 26, 2006 9:46:27 GMT -5
You mean, the last entry of the TBL book?
But there is no "BB to LS # (insert number)" which was written by Momma Beatrice, right?
Or will anybody throw root beer floats at me?
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Post by kindofmonday on Dec 31, 2006 16:21:11 GMT -5
Did anyone else notice...Odious Lusting After Finance...OLAF...I thought that was kind of neat, it was small but still kind of intereseting.
Also another question. In The Series of Unfornate Events underneath the bitter apple tree there is a log from the Baudlaire Mother saying something along the lines of "a postcard washed up on shore today addressed to Olivia Caliban from Kit"...Do you think it is possible that Olivia Caliban is Madame Lulu (oliiva was her real name).
that is also very minor detail but I thought it was interesting.
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Post by RockSunner on Dec 31, 2006 23:58:19 GMT -5
Did anyone else notice...Odious Lusting After Finance...OLAF...I thought that was kind of neat, it was small but still kind of intereseting. I noticed the acronym and thought Jerome did it deliberately; so that Olaf would be singled out as an especially bad example of an unjust person. |
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Post by Alfred is Present on Jan 2, 2007 9:19:22 GMT -5
So, the there is really no letter from Beatrice the Mom like BB to LS # [insert #] except for the sonnet? Please answer me! Pleeease?
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Post by Dante on Jan 2, 2007 13:52:03 GMT -5
No, there is not. All letters from BB to LS are from Kit's daughter.
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Post by Alfred is Present on Jan 4, 2007 5:54:08 GMT -5
Ok, thank you. So, presumably, the poster in TBL (the shipwreck one) was assumed to be what happened next after the Baudelaires left the island?
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Post by Dante on Jan 4, 2007 6:11:40 GMT -5
Since the broken nameplate on the poster showed the name Beatrice, whereas in the book that nameplate wasn't uncovered until Chapter Fourteen and wasn't broken, then we presume so. It also adds more significance to the anagram of BEATRICE SANK, as it tells us something we couldn't learn just by reading The End.
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Post by korovamilkbar14 on Jan 19, 2007 16:14:07 GMT -5
Wow, I’ve been away too long.
On the Snicket File – I was looking through the UA and I noticed that some pages have “Notes to File” written on top of the page. That could be something that was in the Snicket File, but I’m not sure.
On the Quagmires – There is no fairness left in the world, so using that argument is futile about the Quagmire deaths.
You should give a prize to the person who figures out Beatrice's sonnet.
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Post by raindrop on Jan 19, 2007 18:42:12 GMT -5
In my opinion, The End was done very well. It certainly kept me reading it until I was done. To me, it had a very different feel than the other books. A sense of ending... and some sadness mixed in with it. The death of Olaf surprised me slightly, but not as much as Kit's. I found both depressing, which surprised me, since I didn't think I would care if someone as evil as Olaf died. Then, the book showed he had some good in him, too. The Baudelaires matured greatly through the adventure they had on this island, and I'm assuming they learned all their unanswered questions. We may have not, but that doesn't bother me. Some things just aren't meant to be known. Even though a part of me craves these secrets, the logical part has to realize that it wouldn't be right, and if they were solved, I wouldn't be at this site, because all my interest in this series would have declined. Overall, I would give this book a true, deserving 10/10.
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Post by fionaandklaus on Jan 20, 2007 16:28:44 GMT -5
i loved the end!!!!  i cried while i was reading chapter 14 |
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Post by mulletman20 on Feb 12, 2007 8:15:57 GMT -5
Do you think that lemony snicket was wise in his decision to leave us with more questions than answers. It would prove that the secrets were meant to be kept.
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Post by Dante on Feb 12, 2007 12:58:09 GMT -5
Do you think that lemony snicket was wise in his decision to leave us with more questions than answers. It would prove that the secrets were meant to be kept. Exactly. Snicket's been building up to a no-questions-answered conclusion for a while, and I'd certainly prefer it to a conclusion with lots of crammed-in answers that might disappoint us. |
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