#great unknown

In order to understand this post, it's important to understand the Verifiable Former Discussion on the subject: (https://www.tumblr.com/unfortunatetheorist/758787979321950208/what-happened-to-the-statue-of-the-bombinating?source=share)

At the end of Part 1, we come to the ultimate conclusion that the statue of The Bombinating Beast ends up on the island, by the time the events of ASOUE are over.

We know that Lemony is narrating this story in the present, and that ASOUE occurred in the past. From this - in addition to the information in TBL - we know that Lemony went to the island after the events, and stayed long enough to gather fragments of what once belonged to the Baudelaires.

I think that it is not guaranteed, but entirely possible, that Lemony discovered the statue on the island. He is then direly haunted of his tragic past, and his usage of it to kill Hangfire/Armstrong Feint.

Then, Lemony makes the ultimate decision, and he is the only one on the island, so he can.

Everyone is free by the time Lemony meets Beatrice II at Old Ed's Soda Shop:

• Lemony is free from the authorities, else he would have told Beatrice to be quiet when referring to him as "Mr Snicket"... unless he poses as Jacques... (again...)

• The Baudelaires are not free, but safe, in the same way Lemony was when he was on the lam.

• Beatrice II is free (well, as far as we know) from the banking authorities; no-one is trying to force her to be with a guardian, as Mr Poe was with the Baudelaires.

• The volunteers and villains alike from the Hotel Denouement are (presumably) free from life itself.

• Ink and the other animals are free from being used by either side of the V.F.D. schism. Apart from, perhaps, the eagles when one assumes The Sinister Duo to be alive.

(• Even The Daily Punctilio is free from corruption, as Eleanora Poe has been jailed and the paper discontinued.)

The only thing that isn't free is The Bombinating Beast.

I think Lemony decides to change that - he irreversibly breaks the statue on the island, setting the animal free, and leaving the submarine to perish, just as so many other people, animals and objects have done in this miserably lonely universe.

Open to interpretation,

Love Cup - Great Unknown

Lyrics (partial)

I can't go on anymore, I think my time has finally come

All my reasons to be here are gone..

(better quality on ao3 here)

One step, two step, three, and four.

Beware the path beyond your door.

Let no footstep go beyond the stone.

Great unknown: Paris.

Six weeks ago I was walking the streets of one of the most beautiful cities on this planet.

So what did Paris do to me? There is no real explanation, I’m not even sure if it’s a permanent change in my mind but I felt at ease. With me, the world, the people around me. Somehow I realized that I fit into this city just fine. I knew I would fall for it, but bloody hell I didn’t know how much I would.

I wandered these streets with an expression of wonder in my eyes. I saw the wonder of this city around every corner, in every building, in every tree. I tried to soak it all in, and I’ll try to hold on to these feelings for as long as I can. Even though our stay was over way too fast, I still have the memories captured and treasured inside of me. I will never let them go, because right now they are what I hold on to. Memories always helped me to cope, always put me at ease.

As I want to be truly honest in this blog, I have to admit that at the beginning of our stay the events that happened in 2015 and also the events that happened afterwards, came to my mind pretty often. I was scared but as soon as I realized how much I enjoyed this city, it faded. Paris is just magical and you can feel every bit of it as soon as you realize the magic. I didn’t tell my friends with whom I’ve stayed because I decided that I should not let fear define my actions and thoughts.

Also “Great Unknown” by William Ryan Key helped me a lot during that weekend. I was listening nonstop to it and I can’t think of a better song to describe my feelings during that visit right now because I got really thoughtful during our stay from time to time.

“Will I ever stop imagining, what if I have done things differently? And will you find it? A corner in your heart for me long after we part? Long after we part. Funny how time doesn’t care who we love and

Does anybody see beyond the trees? Does anybody get across the sea? I was travelling to where I can’t recall. I can’t get back to you now.”