Dear @snakefashion,

I am always happy to receive a healthy serving of scholarly criticism. While I wait for that, though, I’ll take the time to answer your message.

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nah like a series of unfortunate events is ableist

If you had read my message as well as the persons I reblogged more carefully (Link), you would have realized it dealt specifically with the V.F.D. organization featured in the novels, not on the thematical significance of the series as a whole. V.F.D. is only a small part of the entire affair.

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There is actually a lot to say about Arthur Poe’s ableism when he tells the Baudelaire orphans that children from broken homes are fated to become criminals, for example. Or the way the Freaks have completely internalized their ableist abuse to the point they believe that a career in criminality is a step-up from their situation. Then again, discussing the criticism of ableism in the series as a whole would probably require a great amount of research and analysis, which you have thankfully provided for our benefit.

the general sense literally anyone gets from reading the books is that good people read and bad people don’t

You’re right, maybe I should have written a good thousand words (Link) about the way the series’ antagonists are canonically stated to read/write quite a bit but put on a facade of anti-intellectualism, specifically for villainous purposes.

Maybe it would be different if the series’ entire point were that the line between good and evil is extremely blurred, I dunno. It’s not like we are repeatedly shown that the well-read higher-ups from the “noble” side of the Schism (Kit, Jacques, Dewey, etc.) do a lot of morally questionable things too. It’s not like the well-read Baudelaire orphans eventually end up living as escaped criminals themselves. It’s not like there are actually several well-meaning characters who don’t particularily enjoy books (Phil, Hal, etc.). It’s not like Fernald and Lemony repeatedly warn us against making generalizations.

you don’t get to be like “due to this close reading the ableism is actually criticized!” when the general sense literally anyone gets from reading the books…

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I do apologize. In the future, I will endeavour to skim through Wikipedia tidbits instead of perusing the canonical material for context. As we all know, most people would favor the “general sense” of snakefashion’s the audience’s reaction over a “close reading” of the published material.

It’s interesting that you would take your opinions as universals. I gather that people tend to find that tedious, in the general sense. Then again, it’s only my opinion.

you don’t get to be like “due to this close reading the ableism is actually criticized!” […] he did criticize it a bit but not enough imo

So the ableism is by your own admission criticized in the text itself but I don’t get to say it’s critized in the text itself? Oh, I get it. It’s only stupid when I say it.

With marshallow rainbows and sugar-coated little elves,your always devoted @snicketsleuth

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