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Post by cwm on Mar 5, 2009 11:55:38 GMT -5
It's definitely a sugar bowl - we have that confirmed in the text of TGG and TPP several times. It's a sugar bowl with something important inside it.
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Post by julia3160 on Mar 9, 2009 20:31:51 GMT -5
I totally agree with you, the Sugar Bowl was only there to move the story to an end.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Apr 12, 2009 14:48:06 GMT -5
Probably. In THE END, though, I think he's trying to say that the sugar bowl is "over" whether it was destroyed, or discovered, or still sitting in the bottom of that pond, he's probably saying "Yes the Baudalaire's went back to the world, yes they uncovered more mysteries, but the sugar bowl is- for lack of a better word- done"
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Post by justice on Jun 21, 2009 14:22:39 GMT -5
I agree its been leaving me under great stress
I think he'll make money on it from all the people
who have read the series and are also under great
stress. I sure hope lemony sees this
justice
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Post by drugqueen on Aug 25, 2009 5:48:28 GMT -5
Even now, after years of reading the whole series, when I think about it, it haunts me--it even bothers me..i am very eager to know the whereabouts of the survivors including the baudelaire children and the quagmire triplets. i also want to know the answers about the sugar bowl and other stuff that are considered as 'clues' to the whole series.
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Post by Invisible on Aug 25, 2009 6:13:20 GMT -5
The question I want answering is, who is R? Why do I get the feeling that Beatrice and R are the same person?
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Post by cwm on Aug 25, 2009 9:01:55 GMT -5
R is the Duchess of Winnipeg. Or a Duchess of Winnipeg. Or several Duchesses of Winnipeg. But not Beatrice, since she outlives Beatrice as per TUA - 'is this letter authentic'?
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Post by Invisible on Aug 25, 2009 10:25:33 GMT -5
I know that, but maybe she IS R but didn't wany anyone else to know?
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Post by cwm on Aug 25, 2009 12:22:01 GMT -5
She can't possibly be any R. For one thing, her name doesn't begin with R.
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Post by Invisible on Aug 25, 2009 12:39:49 GMT -5
But Al Funcoot doesn't begin with Count Olaf  |
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Post by Hermes on Aug 25, 2009 13:23:54 GMT -5
I'm not sure the initial is proof: Beatrice, living in disguise, might have adopted another name that begins with R.
But I still don't think the theory can work. In TBL there are lots of references to Beatrice and R as two different people who know each other; they are mountain-climbing partners; Lemony plays cards with R while Beatrice is away; he even suggests she might marry R (though unfortunately it will be quite some time before this is allowed). If they were the saem person I don't see how the deception could be kept up.
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Post by Dante on Aug 29, 2009 3:07:21 GMT -5
On the other hand, if they were such good friends it's just about plausible that the death of R. might lead B. to take up her role in tribute... but that'd need a lot of narrative justification that just isn't in the series; that is, it'd be an important story that would need to be told, as well as a crucial plot point potentially affecting the thematic outcome of the series, and we just don't get any of that. Might make a good fanfic, though.
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matthew
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Post by matthew on Oct 3, 2009 12:22:37 GMT -5
I don't think he should answer all the questions. Places like this are made to enjoy what COULD be!
But some of the answers are just too vague.
What is The Great Unkonwn? YOu say it's "death" but Olaf didn't want to be seen on their radar, so it isn't "death". It's a submarine. In which case, who is IN the submarine? MOre questions!
Does V.F.D. really mean Volunteer Fire Department?
What happened to the quagmires?
To the Baudelaires?
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Post by Dante on Oct 3, 2009 15:57:11 GMT -5
What is The Great Unkonwn? YOu say it's "death" but Olaf didn't want to be seen on their radar, so it isn't "death". It's a submarine. In which case, who is IN the submarine? MOre questions! Sometimes, the literal interpretation doesn't make any sense. The figurative interpretation is much more meaningful. We know practically everything about V.F.D. I don't think there's really any reason for its name to be something different to what Lemony outright stated, given how well it fits V.F.D.'s actions and principles. I think a more open-ended conclusion rather than a blanket statement about what happened to them is probably more satisfying, and makes more sense with the kind of world the series is set in. It's a choice between what we got, and the characters dying, frankly - just like Count Olaf. "And they never did anything interesting for the rest of their lives" was never really an option. |
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Post by matthew on Oct 4, 2009 4:56:59 GMT -5
I think it was a good idea to have an openending.
The only problem is, you get tonnes of fanfics. Mostly pretty rubbish. I've seen some good ones though.
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