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heeheehee gradients between colors instead of just white

also I realized the faces I draw with these silly little round eyes are kind of aspiring towards happy snake games (I know them for QT, which takes the base of the silent hills demo (PT) and puts their cute characters in it, but their other games look very cute too) who is not on tumblr but is on [twitter]

Hey, @expihelladopeness​! That’s a really good question. Some of the series’ mysteries are supposed to be left unanswered because Handler was making a point about the unknowable nature of the universe, the importance of doubting one’s conclusions and the crushing realization you can’t know everything when you reach adulthood. Part of the Baudelaire orphans’ character arc is the acceptance that they’re not going to make sense of it all and the world is extremely complex. So Handler were to reveal everything, it would just undo the moral themes of the last thirteen books.

That being said, he’s also said that the entire sugar bowl mystery is solvable and that some readers did guess the solution. So at this point maybe he should just make the explanation official in an interview or something. Less migraines for us!

On a more personal note, I’d say the mysteries which trouble me the most are the ones which affect the characters’ motivations and actions. It’s difficult to care about these people when you never hear WHY they do the things they do:

Why did Beatrice eventually choose not to marry Lemony?

What would drive Beatrice, Kit and Bertrand to assassinate Olaf’s parents?

Why does Esme care about getting the sugar bowl so much? Why does she feel it’s “hers” and not anyone else’s?

Why did Olaf and Kit’s relationship start? Why did it end?