as a long time fan of these books, this video was an absolutely delightful watch. on Mr. Poe, I know it's tempting to some to view his actions as nefarious and malicious, but as someone who read these books as an isolated kid whose suffering wasn't being listened to by unhelpful adults, I truly like the idea that Mr. Poe is just a buffoon. an idiot who keeps making dumb decisions, but refuses to take accountability for the harm they cause. some people put out fires, some people start them, but other people are just unhelpful in either capacity. the most realistic thing about this entire series is that sometimes, adults who *could* help children *don't* , and not because they want their fortune, but because they're just useless.
I think I probably agree, but there are little things that throw it into doubt sometimes, I could literally spiral on this for hours haha but I think at the end I probably would come right back to your point, he probably is just inept.
I agree in that this is my personal cannon and even if for some reason it was confirmed one way or the other I will always read his character as such. thank you for putting that to words! 🫶🏻
Agreed, and the reason why Mr. Poe didn't let Jerome take them initially is simple. He wasn't a relative. They were placed with Count Olaf because he was supposedly their "closest living relative". This only further conveys his stupidity and ability to be conned, proving that Mr. Poe is, in fact, not malicious.
Honestly I think a lot of things are better answered with more boring solutions like this. Like personally, I think the most likely person to cause the Baudelaire fire was nobody. It was just a completely mundane mishap. While there are strings tied up in almost all parts of the series, I think it's just more interesting if instead of an endless series of planned events, some of the orphans' misfortunes were just bad luck and nothing more. No conspiracy to be found, no mystery to be solved, just misery.
Regarding 34:16, and the possibility of a survivor; I've tried out all the other hospitalized names in book 8 the Hostile Hospital as anagrams, after Klaus stated “every single patient on the list looks like an anagram!" This fueled my belief that 'Carrie E. Abelabudite', Beatrice Baudelaire, was not only alive in book 8, but booked as a patient in the hospital. Potentially from her burns following the escape from the fire, post fountain? But 'Monty Kensicle', Lemony Snicket, was also there. Both in unknown wards, and likely aware of each other. As for the dedications, Beatrice died in a fire in the afternoon according to Lemony. But the Baudelaire mansion fire was in the morning. I'm certain she must've passed before the series conclusion, likely at the Duchess' party.
this series should honestly have the hype/status of something like harry potter! so underrated!!! i love when ppl do deepdives on it, there is so much to unpack!!
Thanks so much for checking it out, it's so cool other people out there are interested in a hour long theory dump of ASOUE, making up for all the times I didn't have anyone to talk to about this series when I was younger!
46:40 I truly believe that Violet is a bastard Snicket and I don't think that it was a coincidence Netflix chose to cast actors with blue eyes for Violet and Lemony while Klaus, Sunny, Bertrand, and Beatrice were all given brown eyes.
Oh! Like a vault of forgotten dreams this series comes back again; a vibrant festival of dread, all wrapped up for our young velvet-footed detectives, the many villains, fiends, and desperados they had to outwit and outrun... Then there was Count Olaf in his very fancy disguises, whom I saw nothing but a very fetid demeanor in the books, but loved in the TV show and movie. There are no viciously foul deceptions here, this is an excellent video, my friend! Have a very fine day. Brad, head of the Vanishing Families Department.
On Josephine's realtor fear is that Captain Widdershins of the Queequeg said he once had to fight off a band of realtors, so this, whilst he is completely batty, makes her fear even more rational. On the great unknown being the bombinating beast, in the netflix show, it makes a noise which one could call bombinating
ahhh I have so much nostalgia for this series. it is the first thing I remember reading that felt incredibly profound to me. even nearly two decades later, I still feel strangely strong, indescribable, emotion when recalling it. great video, thanks for reminding me of this series. :).
I can see Klaus and Violet being in love, a little flowers in the attic situation. But I always though Violet and Quigley/Duncan were a possible item. Also, I think it’d be very interesting to see the Quagmire triplets story in a similar way to a series of unfortunate events. “Another series of Unfortunate Events” lol
I love finding a channel on a whim. I was thinking about these books the other day and I was born in '91 so when I was starting to be a reader, these books came out and I can't even begin to tell you how crazy obsessed kids my age were about this series. You were either a Harry Potter kid or a Series of Unfortunate Events kid. I even remember one of our book orders came with a little phone number you could call to hear a message from Lemony Snicket! I'll take a look at your other videos and sub for sure!
Hey thanks so much for checking out the channel! I think if you were born around that time you'll find a ton of similar series I covered you might be interested in, didn't know about the number! Wish I included it! Do you remember what the message was?
After all the suffering that Olaf knows that the kids know he was responsible for inflicting upon them, he still neither confirms nor denies starting the fire.
@@exitsexamined So true. With the control he exuded over every situation, if he were to admit it to the Bauldelaires in some unexpected context, there’s not really much of a way they could use that knowledge for leverage against him. I’m sure whether or not he killed the parents that his choice to never admit to having done so was a deliberate choice.
@@exitsexamined Here’s a question. We know the series is ambiguous as to whether or not the children survived the events of “The End,” and the spinoff series don’t confirm their whereabouts either. It could be that they’re dead or alive, and Lemony Snicket might not know. But let’s say that he knows. If the children are dead, why might he not want to disclose that information? Why might he not want to do so if they are alive?
@@dorememe8548i like to think that lemony snicket truly lost track of them after the end, that they were able to form new identities and live a normal life after the books ended
I started listening to the audiobooks recently. I had been considering it for the better part of a year during a period of anticipatory grief and then actual grief from losing a loved one. I saw your first video recommended on my youtube homepage, watched it, and loved it so much!! Thank you x100 for making this one, too! It’s going to bring me many hours of joy, and thankful that the younger version of me can feel reignited!
I can absolutely relate to the feeling of finding comfort in audiobooks during a tough time. They're a great way to escape and find solace in stories. I'm so happy that my video could inspire you to give them a try. Enjoy the journey! And it was my pleasure making the iceberg!
The theory about Lemony stalking the Boudelaires during the first half of the saga at least also says the motive behind that was to see Beatrice since he knew she was alive and was trying to reunite whith her children.
Oh, you’re the one who made the eragon and warriors videos I’ve watched recently! Your content is really calming yet entertaining and makes me so nostalgic for my childhood. I look forward to more :)
Hey that's honestly one of the nicest ways someone has described my channel, thanks so much! I definitely have some good ones planned for the next couple weeks I think you'll like if you were into ASOUE
@@exitsexamined not sure of the scale, probably quite classified, but it can definitely see whales. If divers are too close to a sub when it pings..... It's not pretty.
@@exitsexaminedgoing to majorly simplify here: sonar detects things by bouncing sound waves off them. Think of it like echolocation. It can theoretically detect any solid object in its path, living or otherwise. Strong sound waves can disorient marine mammals but are not as menacing as parts of the internet would have you believe. Even humans are only fatally injured if it’s pointed directly at them and operated at a higher frequency and decibel. Fish seem to be completely unbothered. The real concern is that it causes whales to become disoriented and/or flee from their habitat. This might separate them from their pod or even cause them to accidentally beach themselves.
This was great! I feel so blessed that my kid self was drawn into this story and its bleakness, absurdism, and denseness. I liked many other books as a kid, bu this series was the one that undoubtedly shaped me the most. Thanks for breaking down all this lore and intrigue, I might need to reread the books or pick up All The Wrong Questions now.
Hey thanks so much for checking it out! I'd highly rec ALTWQ it's a much different vibe but really cool in it's own way! And I think the mainline series holds up really well on rereads!
the problem i have with the horseradish apple theory is that apple seeds' grow into genetically different apple trees that don't produce the same kind of apples, so to get a new hybrid producing tree they would need an already established cutting that they could graft which feels to large for any standard sugar bowl
Whoa, seriously impressive iceberg for your first one! This is your longest video you've done right? The editing was on point, can really see you improving keep it up!
you missed one thing: anytime someone asks Markson what the S stands for, her next sentence starts with an S. "Stop asking the wrong questions", "Standing next to me is my apprentice", "Silly boy"
Wow! Thank you for doing this! I've always been intrigued by all the mysteries of this series and you really dove into them! This is great! I don't even want to think about all the research you had to do 😅
It was alot haha but I had a ton of help from people on the Reddit and the Snicket Sleuth was kind of like a ready made template ready to go! Glad you enjoyed it!!
I always thought Sunny's baby talk was coded language because some of the words were regular words spelled backwards, and if you were to lay them all out you would get a secret message. I never followed through on that, maybe I should...
Thanks so much for checking it out, it's so cool other people out there are interested in a hour long theory dump of ASOUE, making up for all the times I didn't have anyone to talk to about this series when I was younger!
The books are so good because they’re so mysterious, I don’t mind that it doesn’t solve the mysteries because that leaves it open ended which I think is fun and unique for a children’s book series
I totally agree, I think a huge selling point of the series was how open ended and mysterious many things were, really let your imagination do the work, wish more series / video games trusted the readers enough for this!
As incredible as the Netflix series was, it always bothered me that Violet was either the same height or shorter than Klaus. She should tower over him like the illustrations, dangit
Wow high praise indeed! I appreciate but I still think there's alot of room for improvement, but thank you! Glad people out there are interested in this series as much as me haha
I haven't read the books in a while, so the answer might be in them, but I've always wondered what VFD does, why it exists and why it means so much to the characters.
Thanks for the video it's perfect timing. I was at the start of Carnivorous Carnival and got bored, your video might give me more to think about when I pick up the book again.
Oh I think you're right at the start of where it gets really interesting, the last few are my personal favorites! What did you think of the series on a reread so far?
I like the foreboding the author keeps putting in it. The "you *sure* you don't have anything else better to do?" vibe he does just-- speaks right at me. Also how he would write things *as* he's writing them, *while* he's writing about them y'know. Like how Klaus was reading the same line over and over, and he was reading the same line over and over - with the reader. It's just starting to feel a little "urgh. Lemme guess, the Baudelaires win and everyone else is silly" 😐 I dunno there's no stakes left. The more it goes on the more it feels like everyone is a red-shirt. He says I should put the book down because: misery misery misery. And yet they're still fine 😅
Hey thank you so much for the help! It was so fun going through the reddit for all the crazy theories, ASOUE has the best fans, did you comment on my post asking for theories??
AH this was such a joy !!! i always had such a hard time reading when i was younger and this series was the first books i could actually stick with and finish and i was so happy being brought back into the world with this !!! thank you for this video so interesting !!!
I like the literal/figurative motif, especially in regard to the fortune. It's a literal fortune (like money), but also a figurative one, in reference to the Baudelaire's (mis)fortune. Their fortune is a misfortune because it brings so much bad luck and treachery.
In the movie, they set the baudelaire mansion in Boston! The address is on the letter from their parents. Not canon to the books, but exciting for me (from Boston)
I think from what we got in the first series of ASOUE you're kind of right, most kids on the edges of VFD end up orphans, although potentially not Fiona
[Spoiler Alert] A thing that bother me SO MUCH in the Netflix adaptation was the optimistic view about the great fire in the hotel. Damm, I AWAYS believed that everybody dies in that event, ESPECIALLY Justice Strauss and Jerome (wich i cried a LOT when I was younger) (Sorry for any english mistakes, it's not my primarily language and I'm still practicing)
I've always been pretty disappointed with the Netflix series in general, mostly just from a lot of small things, but primarily the casting and acting in it. I loved the original movie's casting, even though the movie is of course highly condensed compared to the series, and still hate that they never got a chance to continue the series with that cast. It's just small things, like they made Poe cough too much in the Netflix series, to the point of becoming a distracting annoyance rather than simply him just having a cough. Or NPH I felt never really "acts as Olaf acting another character", it feels more like NPH directly acting as that character, whereas Jim Carrey to me feels more like him "acting as Olaf acting as Capt. Sham" (or whatever other character) - NPH always just feels to me as NPH acting as "Capt. Sham who is Olaf" directly. It's a very subtle difference and hard to really describe well.
With so many people dying, especially at the hotel if everyone were consumed by the fire, i'm still surprised the VFD hasn't been dismantle. (Haven't read the books so if it does happen you may correct me)
Could you do videos on the Sisters Grimm book series? Its also a dark kids book series I read when I was in 5th/6th grade, and the cover art shares a similar style imo. I remember enjoying them and would love recaps or icebergs delving into them!
I’ve had the theory that mrs. Poe (at least in the show) did know that the Baudelaires didn’t kill count Olaf and therefore changed the names in the newspaper, so they could still use their real names
My kids had the books, so I got the video. My oldest son & I loved the commentary part even more between Mr. Snicket & the director. 🎶"LEECHES! LEECHES!! DO NOT BELONG IN A SHOW!"
What about the fact that the mysterious girl, Ellington Feint, must retrieve the Bombinating Beast statue to the villain Hangfire if she wants to see her father again. Not that it’s ASOUE related.
Yeah this mostly ASOUE but I did sprinkle a few of the ALTQ in here! There are some interesting theories linking hangfire to some of the major players in ASOUE though!
I have a very formidable debate about this quote “When we grab you by the ankles where our mark is to be made. You’ll soon be doing Nobel work although you won’t be paid. When we drive away in secret you’ll be a volunteer.” So here’s my question is it “So don’t scream when we tell you” or “So don’t scream where we take you” “ the world is quite here” thanks for anyone who has a answer!
Im so glad this popped up on my home page! ASOUE were the first book series I read in elementary that spoke to me. Does anyone have a list of all the books discussed in the video (if it was in the video I missed it) ?
I’m so glad you made this, I loved these books when I was a kid!! Keep it up! If you want to keep in the children’s book idea definitely check out the City of Ember. A movie was made of it awhile back but I feel like no one knows about it!
Hey so glad you enjoyed it, thanks for checking it out! I'm actually a bit checked out on YA and kids for the moment haha, the next weeks I'm taking a break with a really lovely graphic novel series then a DnD setting. City of Ember looks really interesting though, I put it on the list and I'll give it a deep dive soon! How do you think it compares to ASOUE?
@@exitsexamined Gotcha, I totally understand. I look forward to the DnD video (as someone who used to play lol). As for how City of Ember compares to ASOUE...they're quite different genres, even though they're both middle grade/YA. City of Ember does not have nearly as many hidden details or extremely deep themes to it. It's more science fiction but the setting is what really made it stand out from other middle grade books of the time! :)
great video! always nice to seem fandom discussions revived. i met "snicket" a few months ago and he was perfect! i know you might be burnt out and you touched on it here, but it would be nice to see a whole video dedicated to All the Wrong Questions. i rarely see people talk about it, many dont even know it exists! and yet it's just as layered, with tons of juicy plot and implications, and in my eyes a worthy successor. title: "The Series Of Unfortunate Events Prequels You Didn't Know Existed" or something. just saying!
Hey thanks so much for the kind words! Super cool you met the man himself, I would love to one day. How was it? It's an interesting idea and I 100% might circle back to it especially if people tend to like this video, the next few weeks you're right I do need a break from YA and I'm covering some graphic novels and also a DnD setting. But if I start working on the ATWQ video maybe I'll reach out to you! You seem knowledgeable about it
@@exitsexamined he was as funny and poignant as he's always been. super charming. i really recommend meeting him if you can! if you're ever serious about the ATWQ video, by all means, feel free to reach out! thanks for keeping the fandom going 😸
Very Fine Documentary
(also fucking finally some asoue content that isn’t just about the show or movie)
I guess a ton of them are about the movie or shows, I never thought about it! And thanks for checking it out, glad you enjoyed!
Vfd
as a long time fan of these books, this video was an absolutely delightful watch. on Mr. Poe, I know it's tempting to some to view his actions as nefarious and malicious, but as someone who read these books as an isolated kid whose suffering wasn't being listened to by unhelpful adults, I truly like the idea that Mr. Poe is just a buffoon. an idiot who keeps making dumb decisions, but refuses to take accountability for the harm they cause. some people put out fires, some people start them, but other people are just unhelpful in either capacity. the most realistic thing about this entire series is that sometimes, adults who *could* help children *don't* , and not because they want their fortune, but because they're just useless.
I think I probably agree, but there are little things that throw it into doubt sometimes, I could literally spiral on this for hours haha but I think at the end I probably would come right back to your point, he probably is just inept.
I agree in that this is my personal cannon and even if for some reason it was confirmed one way or the other I will always read his character as such. thank you for putting that to words! 🫶🏻
Agreed, and the reason why Mr. Poe didn't let Jerome take them initially is simple. He wasn't a relative. They were placed with Count Olaf because he was supposedly their "closest living relative". This only further conveys his stupidity and ability to be conned, proving that Mr. Poe is, in fact, not malicious.
100% agree
Honestly I think a lot of things are better answered with more boring solutions like this. Like personally, I think the most likely person to cause the Baudelaire fire was nobody. It was just a completely mundane mishap. While there are strings tied up in almost all parts of the series, I think it's just more interesting if instead of an endless series of planned events, some of the orphans' misfortunes were just bad luck and nothing more. No conspiracy to be found, no mystery to be solved, just misery.
what a nice VFDeo
haha, now I'm wishing I stole that for the title
Regarding 34:16, and the possibility of a survivor; I've tried out all the other hospitalized names in book 8 the Hostile Hospital as anagrams, after Klaus stated “every single patient on the list looks like an anagram!" This fueled my belief that 'Carrie E. Abelabudite', Beatrice Baudelaire, was not only alive in book 8, but booked as a patient in the hospital. Potentially from her burns following the escape from the fire, post fountain? But 'Monty Kensicle', Lemony Snicket, was also there. Both in unknown wards, and likely aware of each other.
As for the dedications, Beatrice died in a fire in the afternoon according to Lemony. But the Baudelaire mansion fire was in the morning. I'm certain she must've passed before the series conclusion, likely at the Duchess' party.
This was actually something I wish I mentioned in this video and if I had more time I would have 100% spoken about it more, thanks for bringing it up!
I find the Baudalaire fortune actually being Olaf's adds an exciting and emotive layer to the series overall
I think it's totally one of my favorites, it 100% puts another spin on it!
A Series of Unfortunate Events takes place in the "don't ask questions" world.
unless they're the RIGHT questions
which never seems to happen oddly enough...
darn it, why are they always all the wrong questions?
this series should honestly have the hype/status of something like harry potter! so underrated!!! i love when ppl do deepdives on it, there is so much to unpack!!
Thanks so much for checking it out, it's so cool other people out there are interested in a hour long theory dump of ASOUE, making up for all the times I didn't have anyone to talk to about this series when I was younger!
On the one hand I agree but I also feel like if it had then corporate greed would of ruined the series eventually in some way.
It’s about time someone made an iceberg of this.
I can see why there wasn't one, there are many twists and turns to go into haha
@@exitsexamined what’s your favorite part in the bad beginning?
What a veritably fun dive into a virtueless, frivolous and depressing world
Sounds like Snicket himself is complimenting me haha
Aww I think Bertrand naming his youngest after his dead mentor is really sweet
46:40 I truly believe that Violet is a bastard Snicket and I don't think that it was a coincidence Netflix chose to cast actors with blue eyes for Violet and Lemony while Klaus, Sunny, Bertrand, and Beatrice were all given brown eyes.
Oh! Like a vault of forgotten dreams this series comes back again; a vibrant festival of dread, all wrapped up for our young velvet-footed detectives, the many villains, fiends, and desperados they had to outwit and outrun... Then there was Count Olaf in his very fancy disguises, whom I saw nothing but a very fetid demeanor in the books, but loved in the TV show and movie. There are no viciously foul deceptions here, this is an excellent video, my friend! Have a very fine day.
Brad, head of the Vanishing Families Department.
You seem like a vibing friendly dude
Very Facinating Description of the series
I'm sorry, with your profile picture, all I can think about is a Capybara chilling watching my video haha
I always thought Carmelita misheard her parents call someone “cokesniffer”
Woof haha that would be a spin
It would even track with the show's continuity, as she could have gotten curious and developed an addiction because she heard doing that is addictive
On Josephine's realtor fear is that Captain Widdershins of the Queequeg said he once had to fight off a band of realtors, so this, whilst he is completely batty, makes her fear even more rational.
On the great unknown being the bombinating beast, in the netflix show, it makes a noise which one could call bombinating
My kid self would have his mind blown by this, and even as an adult it’s super interesting
ahhh I have so much nostalgia for this series. it is the first thing I remember reading that felt incredibly profound to me. even nearly two decades later, I still feel strangely strong, indescribable, emotion when recalling it.
great video, thanks for reminding me of this series. :).
Hey it's my pleasure, so cool to find other people out there that this amazing serious had such a strong impact on
I can see Klaus and Violet being in love, a little flowers in the attic situation. But I always though Violet and Quigley/Duncan were a possible item.
Also, I think it’d be very interesting to see the Quagmire triplets story in a similar way to a series of unfortunate events. “Another series of Unfortunate Events” lol
I've been scouring TH-cam for a video on this series! Thanks for making one!
Hey it's my pleasure! I was kind of shocked no one did one before!
I love finding a channel on a whim. I was thinking about these books the other day and I was born in '91 so when I was starting to be a reader, these books came out and I can't even begin to tell you how crazy obsessed kids my age were about this series. You were either a Harry Potter kid or a Series of Unfortunate Events kid. I even remember one of our book orders came with a little phone number you could call to hear a message from Lemony Snicket! I'll take a look at your other videos and sub for sure!
Hey thanks so much for checking out the channel! I think if you were born around that time you'll find a ton of similar series I covered you might be interested in, didn't know about the number! Wish I included it! Do you remember what the message was?
Or you were both because you had dyslexia and had to read to try and fix it…
Doesn’t work btw
After all the suffering that Olaf knows that the kids know he was responsible for inflicting upon them, he still neither confirms nor denies starting the fire.
Exactly, I think it's super interesting - but maybe it was just him wanting them to suffer more, I could spiral on it for hours haha
@@exitsexamined So true. With the control he exuded over every situation, if he were to admit it to the Bauldelaires in some unexpected context, there’s not really much of a way they could use that knowledge for leverage against him. I’m sure whether or not he killed the parents that his choice to never admit to having done so was a deliberate choice.
@@exitsexamined Here’s a question. We know the series is ambiguous as to whether or not the children survived the events of “The End,” and the spinoff series don’t confirm their whereabouts either. It could be that they’re dead or alive, and Lemony Snicket might not know.
But let’s say that he knows. If the children are dead, why might he not want to disclose that information? Why might he not want to do so if they are alive?
@@dorememe8548i like to think that lemony snicket truly lost track of them after the end, that they were able to form new identities and live a normal life after the books ended
@@dorememe8548I think they truly got away, and even someone with the best intentions won't be able to find them.
I started listening to the audiobooks recently. I had been considering it for the better part of a year during a period of anticipatory grief and then actual grief from losing a loved one. I saw your first video recommended on my youtube homepage, watched it, and loved it so much!! Thank you x100 for making this one, too! It’s going to bring me many hours of joy, and thankful that the younger version of me can feel reignited!
I can absolutely relate to the feeling of finding comfort in audiobooks during a tough time. They're a great way to escape and find solace in stories. I'm so happy that my video could inspire you to give them a try. Enjoy the journey! And it was my pleasure making the iceberg!
This makes me want to go back and read these again, I haven't been through the books since I was a kid.
I'd highly recommend it actually, the books really hold up well on rereads, at least that's what I thought when I was going through them for this!
The theory about Lemony stalking the Boudelaires during the first half of the saga at least also says the motive behind that was to see Beatrice since he knew she was alive and was trying to reunite whith her children.
Oh, you’re the one who made the eragon and warriors videos I’ve watched recently! Your content is really calming yet entertaining and makes me so nostalgic for my childhood. I look forward to more :)
Hey that's honestly one of the nicest ways someone has described my channel, thanks so much! I definitely have some good ones planned for the next couple weeks I think you'll like if you were into ASOUE
Sonar can detect living things, it just might kill them if too powerful.
Nice vid though, brought me back!
Whoa really? Like small animals or big ones too? That's a bit sad :( hopefully it didn't kill the great unknown
@@exitsexamined not sure of the scale, probably quite classified, but it can definitely see whales. If divers are too close to a sub when it pings..... It's not pretty.
@@exitsexaminedgoing to majorly simplify here: sonar detects things by bouncing sound waves off them. Think of it like echolocation. It can theoretically detect any solid object in its path, living or otherwise. Strong sound waves can disorient marine mammals but are not as menacing as parts of the internet would have you believe. Even humans are only fatally injured if it’s pointed directly at them and operated at a higher frequency and decibel. Fish seem to be completely unbothered. The real concern is that it causes whales to become disoriented and/or flee from their habitat. This might separate them from their pod or even cause them to accidentally beach themselves.
@AC8X Of course, fish don't give a shit about sonar. Why am I surprised by that? It is such a fish thing to do.
This was great! I feel so blessed that my kid self was drawn into this story and its bleakness, absurdism, and denseness. I liked many other books as a kid, bu this series was the one that undoubtedly shaped me the most. Thanks for breaking down all this lore and intrigue, I might need to reread the books or pick up All The Wrong Questions now.
Hey thanks so much for checking it out! I'd highly rec ALTWQ it's a much different vibe but really cool in it's own way! And I think the mainline series holds up really well on rereads!
Thanks for this video!! I’ve been craving for an ASOUE’s iceberg video for ages!!!
Honestly it's my pleasure, just so cool there are people out there who are just as interested in ASOUE!
the problem i have with the horseradish apple theory is that apple seeds' grow into genetically different apple trees that don't produce the same kind of apples, so to get a new hybrid producing tree they would need an already established cutting that they could graft which feels to large for any standard sugar bowl
Whoa, seriously impressive iceberg for your first one! This is your longest video you've done right? The editing was on point, can really see you improving keep it up!
you missed one thing: anytime someone asks Markson what the S stands for, her next sentence starts with an S. "Stop asking the wrong questions", "Standing next to me is my apprentice", "Silly boy"
Yes! I was hoping you would do a video like this! I would wish for more iceberg videos from you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Was a bit scary to put together for my firs one haha. Any other series you'd want icebergs on?
I've been out-autismed
Would love to see the ice berg videos you make then haha
Very Fascinating Documentary!
Need as many VFD references in this comment section as possible lol
This was a very fitting distraction
As far as distractions go, obtuse unhinged VFD theories are probably the way to go
Love this video! Perfect timing because this Sept 30, ASOUE turns 25
No way!! I didn't know that, cool!
Wow! Thank you for doing this! I've always been intrigued by all the mysteries of this series and you really dove into them! This is great! I don't even want to think about all the research you had to do 😅
It was alot haha but I had a ton of help from people on the Reddit and the Snicket Sleuth was kind of like a ready made template ready to go! Glad you enjoyed it!!
i've been waiting on a really good deep dive on this series since i was a kid! definitely going back to reread them after this
Hey you 100% should! They really held up extremely well on rereads when I was researching for this video
I always thought Sunny's baby talk was coded language because some of the words were regular words spelled backwards, and if you were to lay them all out you would get a secret message. I never followed through on that, maybe I should...
Thank you for making this video, I used to reread these books so much as a kid and still love them to this day so this video was super entertaining.
Thanks so much for checking it out, it's so cool other people out there are interested in a hour long theory dump of ASOUE, making up for all the times I didn't have anyone to talk to about this series when I was younger!
Very Favorable Documentation, this is
WOOOOOO MY GOOD SIDE OF VFD KILLED THE BAUDELAIRE PARENTS THEORY MADE IT INTO THE VIDEO LETS GOOOOOOOO
The first names on the Snicket family tree are just the letters of the alphabet in order! Lemony Snicket got me again
The books are so good because they’re so mysterious, I don’t mind that it doesn’t solve the mysteries because that leaves it open ended which I think is fun and unique for a children’s book series
I totally agree, I think a huge selling point of the series was how open ended and mysterious many things were, really let your imagination do the work, wish more series / video games trusted the readers enough for this!
As incredible as the Netflix series was, it always bothered me that Violet was either the same height or shorter than Klaus. She should tower over him like the illustrations, dangit
19:25 Mr Poe was reportedly killed in a harpoon gun incident years later.
oh sources pleaseeee
This is so captivating, honestly I think this is as perfect a video as it can get, thank you for making this for us ❤❤❤
Wow high praise indeed! I appreciate but I still think there's alot of room for improvement, but thank you! Glad people out there are interested in this series as much as me haha
@@exitsexamined you make it interesting again :D I look forwards to watching more of your videos ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for this very thorough look at the facts and theories. I quite enjoyed it.
Thanks for checking it out! So cool to find other ASOUE fans out there
I haven't read the books in a while, so the answer might be in them, but I've always wondered what VFD does, why it exists and why it means so much to the characters.
Thanks for the video it's perfect timing. I was at the start of Carnivorous Carnival and got bored, your video might give me more to think about when I pick up the book again.
Oh I think you're right at the start of where it gets really interesting, the last few are my personal favorites! What did you think of the series on a reread so far?
I like the foreboding the author keeps putting in it. The "you *sure* you don't have anything else better to do?" vibe he does just-- speaks right at me.
Also how he would write things *as* he's writing them, *while* he's writing about them y'know. Like how Klaus was reading the same line over and over, and he was reading the same line over and over - with the reader.
It's just starting to feel a little "urgh. Lemme guess, the Baudelaires win and everyone else is silly" 😐 I dunno there's no stakes left. The more it goes on the more it feels like everyone is a red-shirt.
He says I should put the book down because: misery misery misery. And yet they're still fine 😅
I am 2 months late but I am sooo freaking happy this fandom is still alive
46:22 IM CRYING THIS SHOT IS SO FUNNY 😭😭 (also I’ve been waiting for someone to do an iceberg on ASOUE for the longest time tysm!)
hahaha I'm glad someone appreciated that, I had so much fun making that. Honestly I'll probably make a poster of it for my place haha
Came here from reddit - so glad I could help you and I can't wait to watch!
Hey thank you so much for the help! It was so fun going through the reddit for all the crazy theories, ASOUE has the best fans, did you comment on my post asking for theories??
I don't think so!! I'll go check it out!
Loved the books and movie as a kid! Going to enjoy this! Thanks for sharing!
Hey thanks so much for checking it out!
AH this was such a joy !!! i always had such a hard time reading when i was younger and this series was the first books i could actually stick with and finish and i was so happy being brought back into the world with this !!! thank you for this video so interesting !!!
Thanks for the effort!
It was a good amount of effort but really fun to see what people think of it!
I have been waiting for somebody to make this video for like fifteen years, god bless, the world is quiet here
I much prefer these longer videos than those in the vertical framing direction.
this is some very fun documentation!
I like the literal/figurative motif, especially in regard to the fortune. It's a literal fortune (like money), but also a figurative one, in reference to the Baudelaire's (mis)fortune. Their fortune is a misfortune because it brings so much bad luck and treachery.
Was so excited to see this video when I opened up youtube today!!!! This is exactly the content I'm looking for :) keep up the amazing work 🎉🎉🎉
Hey thanks so much! Really cool people out there are just as into ASOUE as I am haha. Really appreciate it!
In the movie, they set the baudelaire mansion in Boston! The address is on the letter from their parents. Not canon to the books, but exciting for me (from Boston)
My ASOUE hyperfixation has done me well - time to reread the books and watch the movie/series
And glad someone else has a hyperfixation on this series too haha
i don't care that it's canonically unlikely, moxie is the editor in my heart
I also thought that the whole series was VFD training since there seems to be too many orphans in VFD who lost their homes and/or families in fires.
I think from what we got in the first series of ASOUE you're kind of right, most kids on the edges of VFD end up orphans, although potentially not Fiona
[Spoiler Alert]
A thing that bother me SO MUCH in the Netflix adaptation was the optimistic view about the great fire in the hotel. Damm, I AWAYS believed that everybody dies in that event, ESPECIALLY Justice Strauss and Jerome (wich i cried a LOT when I was younger)
(Sorry for any english mistakes, it's not my primarily language and I'm still practicing)
I've always been pretty disappointed with the Netflix series in general, mostly just from a lot of small things, but primarily the casting and acting in it. I loved the original movie's casting, even though the movie is of course highly condensed compared to the series, and still hate that they never got a chance to continue the series with that cast. It's just small things, like they made Poe cough too much in the Netflix series, to the point of becoming a distracting annoyance rather than simply him just having a cough. Or NPH I felt never really "acts as Olaf acting another character", it feels more like NPH directly acting as that character, whereas Jim Carrey to me feels more like him "acting as Olaf acting as Capt. Sham" (or whatever other character) - NPH always just feels to me as NPH acting as "Capt. Sham who is Olaf" directly. It's a very subtle difference and hard to really describe well.
I always found it odd that the Baudelaire parents sent their kids out but they stayed at the house.
With so many people dying, especially at the hotel if everyone were consumed by the fire, i'm still surprised the VFD hasn't been dismantle. (Haven't read the books so if it does happen you may correct me)
Hard Boiled jumpscare 💥 💥 💥 anyways great video I thought it was very interesting
Could you do videos on the Sisters Grimm book series?
Its also a dark kids book series I read when I was in 5th/6th grade, and the cover art shares a similar style imo.
I remember enjoying them and would love recaps or icebergs delving into them!
Hey sounds super interesting! How would you say it compares to ASOUE? Is it similar tonally?
Oh my gosh i loved those books!
So happy you made this so quick !
Haha oh man it could easily have turned into 3 month project if I didn't cap it a hour, thanks for watching!
My aunt works at the same highschool lemony snicket/ handler went too! in, you guesed it san francisco!
Loved the video!
Hey thank you so much for the kinds words! It was a intense to do haha
this is a very fabulous documentary
Very Fantastic Details!
Omg I am soooo ready for this
What a Very Finely Detailed video
Omgomgomg, you did it! Commenting even before watching to say THANK YOU❤❤❤
Hey it was my pleasure! Thanks so much for watching it and being as into ASOUE as I am!
I’ve had the theory that mrs. Poe (at least in the show) did know that the Baudelaires didn’t kill count Olaf and therefore changed the names in the newspaper, so they could still use their real names
i feel so bad for the Baudelaires and Quagmires and other siblings in the book who all got there house burned
This popping up has been a Vaguely Fortuitous Discovery
In the show when Kit finds out that Dewey is dead she says “ my baby will never meet her father”
Very fun dive!
My kids had the books, so I got the video. My oldest son & I loved the commentary part even more between Mr. Snicket & the director.
🎶"LEECHES! LEECHES!! DO NOT BELONG IN A SHOW!"
I just can’t live with the fact that justice Strauss died in the fire
inside the sugar bowl, I would imagine, are the names that map to the family trees painted on the outside.
What about the fact that the mysterious girl, Ellington Feint, must retrieve the Bombinating Beast statue to the villain Hangfire if she wants to see her father again. Not that it’s ASOUE related.
Yeah this mostly ASOUE but I did sprinkle a few of the ALTQ in here! There are some interesting theories linking hangfire to some of the major players in ASOUE though!
Thanks for the video! :D
I have a very formidable debate about this quote “When we grab you by the ankles where our mark is to be made. You’ll soon be doing Nobel work although you won’t be paid. When we drive away in secret you’ll be a volunteer.” So here’s my question is it “So don’t scream when we tell you” or “So don’t scream where we take you” “ the world is quite here” thanks for anyone who has a answer!
Thank you for this video 🙂
Dammit. Time for a reread
Honestly it was a blast to read through again for this, it really holds up
I got an ad abt cake as soon as you said cakesniffer
A Series of Unfortunate Events is a very underated series.
Im so glad this popped up on my home page! ASOUE were the first book series I read in elementary that spoke to me. Does anyone have a list of all the books discussed in the video (if it was in the video I missed it) ?
AHHH this is so cool !! I fucking love ASOUE - thank you for making this !
haha it was my pleasure it was super fun to go through all of the theories!
I’m so glad you made this, I loved these books when I was a kid!! Keep it up! If you want to keep in the children’s book idea definitely check out the City of Ember. A movie was made of it awhile back but I feel like no one knows about it!
Hey so glad you enjoyed it, thanks for checking it out! I'm actually a bit checked out on YA and kids for the moment haha, the next weeks I'm taking a break with a really lovely graphic novel series then a DnD setting. City of Ember looks really interesting though, I put it on the list and I'll give it a deep dive soon! How do you think it compares to ASOUE?
@@exitsexamined Gotcha, I totally understand. I look forward to the DnD video (as someone who used to play lol). As for how City of Ember compares to ASOUE...they're quite different genres, even though they're both middle grade/YA. City of Ember does not have nearly as many hidden details or extremely deep themes to it. It's more science fiction but the setting is what really made it stand out from other middle grade books of the time! :)
i loved the series
does count olaf actually swear in the end with the poem reference? i dont remember
loveeeeed this!!!!
Thanks so much for checking it out! Super cool that other people out there are interested in ASOUE theories!
great video! always nice to seem fandom discussions revived. i met "snicket" a few months ago and he was perfect!
i know you might be burnt out and you touched on it here, but it would be nice to see a whole video dedicated to All the Wrong Questions. i rarely see people talk about it, many dont even know it exists! and yet it's just as layered, with tons of juicy plot and implications, and in my eyes a worthy successor. title: "The Series Of Unfortunate Events Prequels You Didn't Know Existed" or something. just saying!
Hey thanks so much for the kind words! Super cool you met the man himself, I would love to one day. How was it?
It's an interesting idea and I 100% might circle back to it especially if people tend to like this video, the next few weeks you're right I do need a break from YA and I'm covering some graphic novels and also a DnD setting. But if I start working on the ATWQ video maybe I'll reach out to you! You seem knowledgeable about it
@@exitsexamined he was as funny and poignant as he's always been. super charming. i really recommend meeting him if you can!
if you're ever serious about the ATWQ video, by all means, feel free to reach out! thanks for keeping the fandom going 😸