Near the end of the saga, the Baudelaire children discover that Olaf was orphaned by their parents for something related to V. Furthermore, the schism which broke the organization is followed by several smaller, similar schisms: the separation of Klaus and Fiona, the mutiny of the Islanders, etc. Many events of the past and present are explicitly presented as parallel to each other. In many ways one would think that, the most logical way to uncover the truth about the Baudelaire fire is to compare it to a similar fire.
As the similarities pile up, it becomes clear that the set-up of the Baudelaire fire clearly mirrors the one which destroyed Hotel Denouement. The Baudelaire fire was a trial version of the Denouement fire. The Baudelaire parents made sure that Olaf knew that the sugar bowl was being kept there, to use his greed against him. Then they invited him into their home on a false pretext, knowing he would waste time trying to find the Vessel For Disaccharides.
In the meantime, Jacques was supposed to present the results of his investigation to the police. The authorities would then come to the Baudelaire mansion and arrest Olaf. Now, anyone who read the un-Authorized Autobiography can tell you that brandy is traditionally drunk at V. So the fact that the bottle is highlighted by Handler, and presented out of its liquor cabinet, must be significant.
Firstly, it reinforces the idea that some discussion related to V. J— Please pass the brandy. After the pudding, the older gentleman of my acquaintance and I retired to an enormous, imposing living room to enjoy and after-dinner brandy, and the arcane smile returned to his face as a number of older gentlemen not of my acquaintance joined us, clearly for some sort of meeting.
Secondly, however, it brings up a much more salient point: why was the bottle broken? Glass melts easily under fire, and in fact Daniel Handler makes a point of showing a glass instrument which has melted because of the damage caused by the heat.
Alcohol is flammable, so a brandy bottle should burn even more easily as the liquid ignited. How is this possible? The solution to this problem is that Olaf poured the brandy out of the bottle on a particularly flammable object a book? He then kept the empty bottle on his person as he ran to the other side of the house. This side of the house was less affected by the fire as the fire department had arrived by the time the flames caught up with him.
The entire house was engulfed in fire. It burned to the ground. It was the quickest, easiest way for Olaf to learn where it was hidden and to get his hands on it. The Baudelaire parents soon realized that a fire had started in their home and decided to split. Beatrice went to the library where she attempted to salvaged as many V.
The Baudelaire library indeed holds many documents precious to V. They were both remembering a time when the two of them got up early to make a special breakfast for their parents. Violet had burned the toast, and their parents, smelling smoke, had run downstairs to see what the matter was. When they saw Violet and Klaus, looking forlornly at pieces of pitch-black toast, they laughed and laughed, and then made pancakes for the whole family.
Olaf was apprehended by Bertrand but broke the empty brandy bottle to make a shiv, and stabbed him in debatable self-defense. Bertrand fell to the floor as he bled from the stab wounds and Olaf jumped out a window. His body would later be destroyed by the flames. Beatrice, meanwhile, got badly burned trying to secure the sugar bowl and her books and soon found herself trapped. Her only escape was the secret passageway under the house, where she remained for quite some time.
For more information on how Beatrice could have survived the fire, read this theory: Link. There is indeed reason to believe that the brandy was used to ignite the fire and that its broken pieces were used to create a shiv: the plot quite literally spells it out for us. Violet Baudelaire, in a typical display of thuggish swagger, suggests flaming alcohol and a shiv as an escape plan. And the Baudelaire fire happens in the same book, too! How fitting would it be for the Baudelaire children to re-enact the method that Olaf used to burn down their house… to burn down his own house?
How did Olaf light it, exactly? A burning book, right next to dangerous chemicals. The scene is described as unsettling. The paper caught on fire at once, and the book began to burn. So, to come back to our initial question… did Olaf burn down the Baudelaire mansion? Is he the one who made the Baudelaire children orphans in the first place? Then again, the murder and arson were a means to an end, not an end in itself. Mostly the culprit seems to have acted the way he always has: as a ruthless thief willing to destroy anything in its path to get the treasure he so desperately wants.
Yet in many ways, his behavior was that of a beast trapped in a cage, improvising a desperate escape. Besides, no one forced the Baudelaire parents to hatch a sinister plot to entrap Olaf in their home, or Beatrice to save the books instead of running outside to safety, or Bertrand to catch Olaf instead of helping his wife escape.
Keep reading. Hello, may I have permission to use some of your insights from several of your theories for my fanfiction? I'll give credit for the insights used. The fanfiction is set after 9 years of the events of "The End" and is a reader-insert type of story.
If it's not okay with you, it's totally understandable. Hello celestionyx, this blog is on indefinite hold due to other projects on my part. Thank you for your interest and good luck with writing your fanfic! Unfortunately, the tendency of some fans to accept the most obvious interpretation as the only possible interpretation has overshadowed the beauty of the work for many people.
The best known case of this is the question of whether the Baudelaires died shortly after leaving the island or not. Quigley and Jacques live in the Montgomery Mansion for a small amount of time, gathering information. Unfortunately the two are separated when Jacques leaves for Paltryville the town where The Miserable Mill takes place to find the Baudelaire orphans, and Dr.
Monty's house was set ablaze by an unknown assailant. Quigley goes to Paltryville, again arriving well after our the Baudelaires had left, and decided that the best course of action was to seek help at V. Sounds like it could be Quigley, right? It also seems significant, from a logistical perspective, that actor Dylan Kingwell plays both Duncan and Quigley Quagmire. There's no risk of the third sibling growing up and becoming unrecognizable between Season 1 and Season 3, because we see the actor in a different role during Season 2.
Of course, it is possible that the Netflix series is mixing it up. Are the quagmires alive? Does Violet kiss Quigley?
Why did OLAF turn evil? Is Sunny Baudelaire a boy or a girl? Who killed Baudelaire parents? Did Olaf start the fire? Who burned down Baudelaire mansion? Who did Olaf love? Where is the VFD tattoo? Is Sunny Baudelaire a real baby? Is Mr. Poe dying? What illness does Mr. Poe have? Is Count Olaf really related to the Baudelaires? This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. So, when season 2's "The Hostile Hospital" drops a bombshell that one of the Baudelaire parents really did survive the fire, it must surely be another false lead Well, yes.
That's exactly right. The show's not called A Series of Pleasant Revelations , after all. However, there is a survivor of the fire - just not the fire that consumed the Baudelaire home.
The fire that Jacques Snicket Nathan Fillion is referring to in the film that the Baudelaires watch is actually the Quagmire fire, and the survivor in question is the third Quagmire triplet, Quigley Quagmire Dylan Kingwell.
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