RDI Eliot .................... 75%

[tealin]

This is the way the series ends,
This is the way the series ends,
This is the way the series ends,
Not with a bang but a whimper.



The whole thing was a poetic allusion! It all makes sense now!

Comments

[morbid-bunny.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

SPOILERS:

Although, if you want to be VERY technical, it did sort of end with a bang. Because had the harpoon gun not released the spores, Kit (and everyone else) wouldn't have fallen ill and baby Beatrice would have had a mummy and the kids wouldn't be parents etc., etc., and the series would have ended differently.

I do wonder, however, if perhaps Beatrice might get her own series. He left a LOT of things hanging, and the lovely art at the end suggests more of a story (note the question mark in the water).

Or, perhaps Mr. Snicket is just being sadistic and wants us all to go mad out of wonder. Who the hell knows.

[beyond-pale.livejournal.com]

Baby Beatrice HAS a story. It was published last month, and it's called The Beatrice Letters.

Just a warning, though: it raises far more questions than it provides answers to!

[smokingguncafe.livejournal.com]

I'm still rather sore about the whole thing. He is releasing more books in May 2007, and although I don't expect them to be filled with all the answers (since that would only start up new questions), I certainly expect more.

I mean, I went "*SPLUTTER* BUH WHA?!?!" at the relationship revelation at the end. (Come on, you can't just throw that at us and expect us to just DEAL WITH IT!)

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

I kind of liked it. I mean, at least we know who Beatrice was finally. That was starting to bug me.

[smokingguncafe.livejournal.com]

Ah haha, I just realized you were thinking of Beatrice and Lemony.

Nono, I meant O/K, to be vaguely non-spoilerish. I desperately want to know what THAT'S all about.

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

Here's a question for you:

How'd you like the image of the Incredibly Deadly Viper offering the kids an apple? Personally, I was insanely fond of that allusion. I mean, it's just way too good to be a coincidence, right?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, THAT was inspired. Brilliant. And hilarious.

I meant the 'whimper' thing as more of a reference to the overall plot structure and tension arc of the whole series, which is still sort of bemusing.