Buildings from asoue

Honestly I don't have much to say about this one. I lik e madame lulu's character. I think its interesting and very sad how her life was cut so short after she just decided to make the change to become a better person. Im frankly devastated with how much they changed her in the show even though I still like her in the show as her own standalone thing. Other than that. Just being honest, this book is kind of boring. I really did enjoy reading it, but the stakes just didn't feel as high even when they were standing above the lions pit. Madame lulu's character is really this books saving grace. The freaks aren't that likeable and certainly aren't as interesting as the theatre troupe, the plot with esme being jealous of madame lulu is kind of interesting but it was still quite dull. The fact that the baudelaires aren't known in this book for most of it really makes olaf seem like less of a threat to be honest.

Definitely the start of books in this series getting darker. I mean, they were already dark but this is really the start. The baudelaires are on the run from both the police as well as count olaf and his dastardly crew of untalented actors, and they have no true allies but themselves. Sure, Hal is definitely something of an ally, but because they have to steal from him they can never truly form that relationship. I like how Mathias is only over the loud speakers. It give count olaf a looming presence over the story. And I just love esmes outfit. Very scary. Very cool. I wonder if they expected the hospital to bring in a town around it and thats why they built it in the middle of the hinterlands. Or maybe this is just the hospital for the various small communities in the hinterlands and its in the middle of nowhere so its not too far from any one community. Probably that. It's quite odd that they're building the building from left to right instead of bottom to top. But then again, this is an odd world. I think its very scary how close they got to removing violets head. But I think its almost scarier that nobody was smart enough to stop them. Nobody honorable enough. Nobody in this entire hospital with the nessesary wit to realize this obviously isnt professional. Most Vfd acronyms have some sort fo trace to the actual VFD, so maybe vollenteers fighting disease started off as a small branch of VFD, but during the schism they thought things got too unpleasant so they made their own path on the side of avoidance. Probably not, but what are theories but unlikely thinks to adapt into my already flawed worldview.

The village isnt vile in the context of disgust, but rather the fact that its an authoritarian wasteland where people are executed for minor infractions. The government is controlled by nearly senile greedy elders. The police are corrupt and would rather focus on punishing the people they hate rather than the genuinely bad people. Honorable people are considered criminals. Justice is dead. Anyway enough about real life let's start talking about this book. I honestly love detective dupin as a disguise. It's a completely ridiculous character and you can tell count olaf is running out of ideas for characters. I like how at first the town is just a stereotypical town with too many rules, but then they drop the bomb that they've been killing people for breaking them(still bummed out this wasnt included in the show). Its honestly a pretty big turning point in this series. Things get way less silly after this book. And I like how esme is a new addition to the cast of villains. It's a shame this is her only real disguise, but she still serves in the many other outfits throughout the books and show. I also like how they never really outright say Jacques snicket is lemony's brother, they just share the last name and nothing is really said about it. Hector is also a very good guardian, probably the best one they've had in a while, but his fatal flaw is his fear. His fear is understandable, and he still manages to be very courageous, and he almost rescues the baudelaires, but in the end it just couldn't be done and thats a shame. It's a shame he probably died along side the quagmires in the books. It's a shame. All of it.

I do like getting to see more of the city. And I really did enjoy the concept of darling avenue when the book fitst began. But then they cut down all those trees, and its just boring. Esme gigi Genevieve Squalor is a queen, and I like how she's kind of a twist villain in the books, even if she already kinda sucked beforehand. I feel like if Jerome just tried harder, he could've been a good parent to the baudelaires. I feel like he really wanted to be. But he didn't have it in him. He was weak compared to esme. He couldn't stand up for himself, let alone the baudelaires. I wonder if Cafe Salmonella has sushi on the menu. And if they're the innest place around town, they really should have parsley soda, which contains no fish at all. I also like this books critique of how culture is always moving onto the next arbitrarily big thing. I would also like to take this time to apologize for my abhorrent attempt at Cafe Salmonella I drew a while back. I sucked at perspective. Lol. In the album "the tragic treasury" by the Gothic archies, I like how in the song "This Abyss," which is the ertzats elevator song, you can hear elevator music as a motif and the sound of an elevator falling. Very cool. It would've been nice to explore the building some more. But that's fine. Its never very well described which is a bummer for me. Also, how did the quagmires last so long without water? Anyway that's about all I have to say

I've always liked the Austere Academy, but I've also found it odd that in the books, they think to send them to boarding school *after* they send them to the lumber mill. I know Mr. poe is a bumbling fool who takes everything at surface level, but I feel like you don't need to go beyond surface level to realize that a lumber mill is no place for children. But then again, a mmfisgustung mansion owned by a serial killer arsonist who wants the children's fortune is no place for children either. I like how in the show they imply that the quagmire went on their own dreadful journey similar to the baudelaires, and its nice seeing the baudelaires finally find some friends. I feel like in the show, they didn't really make all 3 quagmires identical though, it was very easy to tell Isadora and Duncan apart, which is kind of a shame. I do definitely feel like Count olaf wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the baudelaires and 2 entirely different orphans and a bag of flour. Carmelita really is just a kid. She was spoiled by her parents and got everything she wanted but still wanted more. She learned to get on top of bullying. I do really wish there could've been some hope for her. Perhaps she could've realized the error in her ways and joined the orphans in friendship. (Also, maybe carmadora could've been true. I ship that). But instead, she continued on that awful path, got adopted by some rather nasty people, and became nastier for it, then probably died in a fire. I like the implication that Count olaf didn't actually learn how to tie a turban beforehand, and that's why it came down so easy. In terms of architecture, I quite like the tombstone aethstetic, but I haven't really been able to put it on paper well yet. Also, the orphan shack is a very sad building, and I don't know how crabs are here, but its dreadful that they are. I personally headcanon that prufrock prep is in paltryville in the books timeliness. Also once again I would just like to say that isadora quagmire x carmelita spats is peak

Alright, seems were both a tad late lol. The miserable mill is a good book, i like all of the characters, I think the relationship between sir and Charles is very interesting but I wish ilwe got to see a bit more of it, im glad it got expanded upon a but a bit in the show but I wish they adapted their hotel room scene. I like Georgina Orwell, her name is a nice reference to 1984 (specifically 1984 because of eye symbolism) and I like how her feath was very gruesome in the books compared to other deaths. The concept of a sword fight with teeth is very weird, and I don't know how that would work visually, so I get why they left that out in the show, but it would've been cool to see it done somehow. I like the eye shaped building, its style is cool, and I like how it looks in the show too but I wish they'd kept the eye shape. If I were to adapt this book into a musical I feel like I'd take a lot of inspiration from railroad work songs. I also like Shirley St ives as a disguise, very funny to see olaf in drag. Sorry if this one feels a bit rushed, im a tad tied up at the moment. Unhappy snicket monday!

Within all fairness, we never get a good look at aunt Josephine in the book's art, so that widow might be wide and we just don't know. Anyway, Aunt Josephine as a character is really neat to me, but she's also absolutely my least favorite guardian. She's a stickler for grammar, her fear of everything just causes more suffering for her and The Baudelaires, and at the end of both the book and the movie she was willing to give the Baudelaires, i.e. the children put into her care, in the hands of count olaf, known serial killer, arsonist, untalented actor, ant burner, and possible predator(yk. Because of the child wedding). So yeah. My opinion of her isn't very great. At least in the show, she stands up for the orphans, but that's just in the show, in 2/3 adaptations she gives them up. Captain sham has always been a favorite disguise of mine, mostly because of the pun in the name, but I also just love the seacaptain look and personality he has. In the movie I'd say Jim Carrey really shined in this part. Im kind of bummed out that in the show and movie they left out the henchperson of indeterminate gender's shining scene, because I really like those adaptations of the character. I like the H.P.I.G. in the books, but nothing much was really done with their character other than being brute force. Now onto architecture. I like the fishing town esthetic the movie went for, and I like the way they designed the market in the show, but I feel like the real shining star of lake lachrymose is aunt Josephines house on the cliff. It kind of looks like an old wooden wild west church building and I like that. I imagine it would have such. Beautiful view if she were brave enough to look, or if she had eyes to see. What a shame. Anyway that's about it

Sorry I'm late on this one certainly a very good book.. uncle Monty is easily one of my favorite characters. I think this book does a good job at solidifying how horrible a person count olaf is due to his regular use of a knife to threaten the orphans. Alongside that i also think uncle Monty is a great contrast to count olaf, such a good guardian who genuinely cares for the Baudelaires compares to a genuinely cruel guardian who wants nothing but their money. It's very interesting. Additionally I like how Monty is able to see a little past count olafs disguise, just enough to know it's a disguise but still. In a better world perhaps he would've seen just a little further, Into the counts true, wicked nasty self. Then maybe we wouldn't be in this mess. But also the books wouldn't get finished so, what's the point really. Anyways, onto architecture. I really like the esthetic of Monty home, but my favorite version has got to be the movie version. Warm stained wood and curved ceilings that give a welcoming feeling. Gorgeous exterior, particularly those stained glass snakes, and overall it's just beautiful. Frankly I wish they'd used it more. I wish I had the skills to do that version of the house justice in art form. For now the book one will have to do. Anyway that's all I've got to say. Happy late snicket sunday!

I feel like for the start of the series this one does a really good job at establishing characters and setting in a pretty easy to understand way. You really got a feel for how nasty count olaf is. Since I am an architecture focused account I can't help but mention the buildings and places described in this book. Count olafs looming mansion with haunting 1984 esque eye symbolism covering the walls, making the Baudelaire feel watched, cornered, and even more anguished than they would've been otherwise. The contrast with justice Strauss' house is also very interesting. We have a great many drawings of the interior of his home but frankly the exterior is surprisingly underrepresented, only in a few international covers do we ever receive a look at the outside. It is very well described though. Also, as an enjoyed of theatre I've always thought the concept of the marvelous marriage was a tad peculiar, a word which here means not something the average theatre goer would partake in. It's a new stage play performed by an unsuccessful acting troupe, an actual real life judge, (who reportedly cannot act) and the orphaned children of a local wealthy couple. The plot consists of what seems to be a stereotypical legal definition of the marriage, which is in this case between an adult man and a 13 year old girl, and it includes a scene that is just dedicated to signing marriage papers. How did this sell to an audience. Who saw this in the ad section of the daily punctillio and said "ah yes, what a fine play to bring my niblings to. It seems like it would be a solid form of entertainment and not a quasi-pedophillic plot to gain the Baudelaire fortune". Anyways, that's most of what I have to say. Happy snicket sunday

Well, I was about 12 when I first watched the show, and since then I've read the main 13 books and atwq. I've had this Tumblr account where I've on and off posted mid art of characters and buildings. And thats about it.

I also have ideas for staging and props so if this does well ill post those