a family is like a fire exit

thinking about vfd's understanding of family particularly re: the snickets because like. lemony & kit are taught not to recognize each other. kit hasn't seen either of her brothers in years. but also we snickets take care of our own. how much of the relationship is in spite of vfd and how much is because of it. or is it impossible to tell because it's all mixed up in a family business sort of way. much 2 think about

also thinking about "we snickets take care of our own" alongside b&b telling violet "as the eldest, it's your responsibility to look after your siblings." the rot spreads across multiple families and generations and no one realizes it

the Relationship Ambiguity Zone™️ is a beautiful place to be. safe place to put your characters. put all characters into Relationship Ambiguity Zone. is that guy your mentor or your dad? Ambiguous!!! are you friends or enemies? Ambiguous!!! is it romantic? is it platonic? is it sexual? Ambiguous!!!!!!! never categorize anything ever in the Relationship Ambiguity Zone. just make them fucking weird about each other.

morose code I communicate in short and long sighs

nothing hits quite like tragic doomed estranged sibling characters

ugh we need more manipulative characters that aren’t evil. lie and cheat and steal for a good cause. control every narrative. use narcissism for justice. ruin all of your personal relationships for the good of the mission.

I have incurable Woman In The Margins Of The Story disorder.

She’s dead she’s immortal she’s haunting you she doesn’t care about you she’s muzzled she’s screaming at the top of her lungs she’s unnoticed she’s unforgettable she doesn’t have control over the story she doesn’t have control over her body she doesn’t even have control over her voice. And I’m obsessed with her.

This story isn’t about her but there would be no story without her. She’ll never get out of it and she’ll never die.

straight up 'unforchin it'. and by 'it', haha, well. let's justr say. my circumstants

asoue is a really weird thing to be like... extremely into cause its not even particularly niche like everyone knows what a lemony snicket is but i cant start talking about vfd being a cult to a casual fan or else i sound fucking insane

the enormous man who stands across the street from my apartment with the long bony fingers and bloodshot eyes and too wide smile seems like he's just phoning it in this month. his smile was almost normal width last saturday honestly. i taped a single lexapro to the lamppost and left it for him and it was gone in the morning. i hope it helps. you never know what someone else is going through #kind

hmm. you know how some people say, if you’re addicted to something and you want to quit, you should be careful about maintaining friendships with people who are also addicted to that same thing? because they might cause you to fall back into old habits again, and you both might not ever want to or be able to get better at the same time. yeah well that’s esme and olaf and they’re not addicted to anything normal, they’re addicted to hating beatrice. in this essay i will

further consideration: each of them tried moving on with their lives and ceasing their revenge obsession multiple times but the other one sabotaged their efforts because they didn’t want to be left alone/see the other one move on when they can’t