Who Are Siblings?
There's a lot of sets of siblings in this series, and maybe one or two familial relations can help us figure some stuff out, so forthwith, a list of siblings.
Lemony, Jacques, and Kit.
Duncan, Isadora, and Quigley.
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny
The 2PFW, and their sibling.
Those are the hard and fast we-have-no-doubt sets of siblings, but there are other sets aren't there? Oh yes, there are. Let's take a look.
Arthur and Eleanora
Mr Baud and Elwyn (TAA, the Bauds go to see their Uncle Elwyn)
Fiona and Fernald
Gregor and Ike Anwhistle
Now, VFD, we know, likes siblings. The Snickets, the Quags, the Bauds... all have siblings. So who's in VFD that doesn't have a sibling?
Esmé Squalor
Olaf
Let's play a little mix and match here. Let's assume, for a minute, that there will always be a set of three, since that's the way things happen in Snicket's world. Let's also assume that Olaf s the youngest. Who could his siblings be? Two possibilities that spring to mind are The Man with a Beard but No Hair, and The Woman with Hair, but no Beard. That would explain a lot. Why Olaf is afraid of them, the air of menace, and why they would give Olaf the Snicket File.
Now, what about Esmé? I think it would be interesting if she were the missing sibling from Mr Baud and Elwyn, but that's probably not likely. The Bauds would have known her. Could she originally be a Poe? Squalor is her married name, so what's her maiden name? Poe? Quagmire? It's smudged in the program that Lemony has, so we don't even have any letters at which to guess.
It is, however, as Andrew points out, interesting to note that Esmé's last name, being unknown, and Fiona and Fernald's being unknown, they are possibly siblings as well. Which would explain neatly that Esmé was the swimming woman who went to the sub and spirited away Widdershins and Phil.
So, there's my take on that. Quick recap.
Lemony, Jacques and K
Violet Klaus and Sunny
Duncan Isadora and Quigley
2PFW and their Sibling
Arthur, Eleanora and Esme (?) or perhaps...
Fiona, Fernald and Esmé (?)
Mr Baud, Elwyn, and Josephine (?)
Olaf and TMWABBNH and TWWHBNB
Lemony, Jacques, and Kit.
Duncan, Isadora, and Quigley.
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny
The 2PFW, and their sibling.
Those are the hard and fast we-have-no-doubt sets of siblings, but there are other sets aren't there? Oh yes, there are. Let's take a look.
Arthur and Eleanora
Mr Baud and Elwyn (TAA, the Bauds go to see their Uncle Elwyn)
Fiona and Fernald
Gregor and Ike Anwhistle
Now, VFD, we know, likes siblings. The Snickets, the Quags, the Bauds... all have siblings. So who's in VFD that doesn't have a sibling?
Esmé Squalor
Olaf
Let's play a little mix and match here. Let's assume, for a minute, that there will always be a set of three, since that's the way things happen in Snicket's world. Let's also assume that Olaf s the youngest. Who could his siblings be? Two possibilities that spring to mind are The Man with a Beard but No Hair, and The Woman with Hair, but no Beard. That would explain a lot. Why Olaf is afraid of them, the air of menace, and why they would give Olaf the Snicket File.
Now, what about Esmé? I think it would be interesting if she were the missing sibling from Mr Baud and Elwyn, but that's probably not likely. The Bauds would have known her. Could she originally be a Poe? Squalor is her married name, so what's her maiden name? Poe? Quagmire? It's smudged in the program that Lemony has, so we don't even have any letters at which to guess.
It is, however, as Andrew points out, interesting to note that Esmé's last name, being unknown, and Fiona and Fernald's being unknown, they are possibly siblings as well. Which would explain neatly that Esmé was the swimming woman who went to the sub and spirited away Widdershins and Phil.
So, there's my take on that. Quick recap.
Lemony, Jacques and K
Violet Klaus and Sunny
Duncan Isadora and Quigley
2PFW and their Sibling
Arthur, Eleanora and Esme (?) or perhaps...
Fiona, Fernald and Esmé (?)
Mr Baud, Elwyn, and Josephine (?)
Olaf and TMWABBNH and TWWHBNB