A Series of Unfortunate Events and Other Books

or Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's VFD intense training
by Vaya

For those who are not familiar with this, A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 13-book series about the adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus and Sunny, as they find out things about the evil in the world and also about their own family. The narrator is Lemony Snicket, which is the nickname Daniel Handler uses to publish the books.
There are three things I love the most about this series and the rest of the books concerning VFD and Lemony Snicket as a character (All The Wrong Questions, 13 Words, The Beatrice Letters...). 
The first one is that the characters are not superheroes who save the world. The concept that "good always wins over evil" is not valid in this series. Sure, the good nature of the volunteers is mentioned a lot, however the "good guys" hardly ever prevail over the vilains. Best case scenario, they come out of the situation alive and contact their allies. They are in a constant war with evil, which they do not seem to win. Why? Because they are good and sensible and sensitive. The vilains will do anything to win, thinking only about themselves. The volunteers will even sacrifice themeselves for a good cause, but in those books, their sacrifice doesn't bring victory. It gives more time to the rest of the volunteers of the world to gather a Thursday in a safe place and talk.
The second thing is that any of the characters isn't born too smart, too beautiful, too evil, too skilled, too anything. They gained that knowledge and skill. They trained since they were young, and read books and books and books and books. (VFD is basically an organisation of really nice nerds, come to think of it). I mean, sure, Sunny is a toddler and knows how to cook and bites too hard, but she had to do something but stand in a corner and still, isn't a perfect cook, she just knows how to use wasabi is and some other stuff. However, Claus has read a lot of books from their library and Lemony Snicket himself has been trained until he was thirteen years old and still not as skilled as he was when he was older. The conclusion is that every great skill is acquiered after practice and practice and practice. There isn't any Harry who's a wizard, or a Percy who's a halfblood, or a Carrie who's a witch or a Stefan who's a vampire. All those heroes are born with it. Lemony Snicket was trained. The Baudelaires had their sort of training, in the really bad way, but they learned from experience. The rest I mentioned weren't trained to fly with a broomstick or control water. They just thought of it and ta-daa, there it is. (I'm not saying that those characters aren't good role models or that they didn't get better with practice. However, even at the beginning, they had something more than sharp teeth). I don't know how Violet became so skilled with machines, but I guess she wasn't born with gears in her brain (metaphorically speaking of course.)

The third and last thing I like is that we will never know the whole truth. Unless Daniel Handler wakes up one morning and writes a full explanation of everything and the answer to every question, from "What happened to the Baudelaires and Beatrice II after The End?" to "Who are/were Fiona's parents?" to "What does the S stand for in S. Theodora Markson?" to "Are the Quagmire triplets alive?" to "What does the sugar bowl have inside?" to "Why is the statue of the Bombinating Beast so important?" to "What is the Great Unknown?" to "Why is the Snicket File so important?" to...you get the point.(What if all those are all the wrong questions? 0_0) Actually it is really obvious that the information known to us are less than the information we do not about VFD. You can say "Sure, but the Harry Potter fans do now know the whole history of Hogwarts!". True, but the whole history of Hogwarts is not needed. In ASOUE, we need to know ten things, and we know the three.

So, that was it. That's why I love A Series of Unfortunate Events so much.

The World Is Quiet Here,
Vaya
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Tokyo Ghoul Review

by Zoey
Greetings, little butterflies. This time, as you’ve realized from the title, I’ll write a review on an anime I really love, Tokyo Ghoul. Actually, it doesn’t have such a great storyline-it’s really, really slow.

Kaneki Ken.

I’ll tell you the story from my point of view and you’ll understand what I’m talking about. Basically, the main character, Kaneki, such a sweet little peasant boy-he is not a peasant , I just wanted to say that- is being a sweet little thing, which is why it’s annoying. We see him with his best friend who happens to be really hot, sitting on a café. And than some chick comes in and she wants to eat him-literally- and then a piano falls on her head, like we’re in some cheap cartoon on the 1980s. It wasn’t really a piano, but you get my point. And then they take her organs in that other little crap (Kaneki) which happen to be a main character.

That's Uta.

\And then goes the adventure, with some other hot characters like Uta and Ayato, who both happen to be really hot, and so happens to be the main character in the end of the series, which is probably what the producers and betting on to even be watched by anybody but 13 year old who love one direction.

And here's Ayato.

I really do love it, but I just think the anime is focusing on bullshit, like the looks of a pixilated character. It is basically the journey of the ghoul who doesn’t want to eat people. Sounds like bullshit, doesn’t it?
Any of the fangirls who want to talk about Uta, I have a huge crush on him, shut up.

See you around,
Zoey

That sweet little boy on the top? Yea that's him.

Scott Pilgrim is the Answer to Everything

   Scott Pilgrim VS Kuroshitsuji

           

Scott Pilgrim VS Charlie mcDonnell


 

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Scott Pilgrim VS Game of Thrones





 


Scott Pilgrim VS Friends with Benefits







Scott Pilgrim VS Death Note






Scott Pilgrim VS Pretty Little Liars



Scott Pilgrim VS Pacman




Scott Pilgrim VS Powerpuff Girls


 



Scott Pilgrim VS Big Bang Theory







Scott Pilgrim vs Vegans



 

Scott Pilgrim vs Meat Eaters

American Horror Story Stuff

Because I have become an American Horror Story trash lately. Enjoy.











   


               

       

       

  

 

    

      

  

THE CHARACTERISTIS OF A HOUSE IDEAL FOR A HORROR MOVIE NO3

Do you even remember this thing? Oh well, here is No3 anyway!

No wonder the word for hallway in french is "le tortoir".

1.Tips for the hallway. The best kind of hallway is the one that has a number of doors from the left and the same number of doors from the right and in the end there is either an older bigger door that leads to an old living room (you know the ones in which you are certain someone has been murdered in) or a wall with a creepy old painting, or a mirror maybe.




2. Tips for the bathroom. There must be a bathtub. The tub must be broken so you will hear the drops falling on the sink in the middle of the night( it's bad for the enviornment though; so don't do it) The mirror above it must be one of those who open and there are small shelves behind of him. You know what I'm talking about there is one like that in every horror movie.







3. Tips for the bedroom. The bedrooms must be big rooms with a lot of windows. Even though it would be cool, a balcony is not preferred in my opinion. The walls must be decorated with either family pictures or with the creepy decoration I explained in the No1 of this series of posts. There must be a big BIG clock somewhere in the room. As I said before, a mirror in the opposite of the bed is a must. The older the furniture the better. There must be a double bed.




4. A library. I mentioned books in No2 but now I'm being a bit more specific. A room full of shelves full of books full of dust is a great plus. For some reason I believe the temperature in this room must be lower, even if the rest of the house is already close to the Ice Age. There must be a photo album of the old family somewhere in the library, along with other mysterious papers, like the letters of the previous head of the house to the Queen of England (LONG LIVE THE QUEEN) or a private detective or an experienced murderer or his prostitute girlfriend or to his prostitute girlfriend who is an experienced murderer and a private detective at the same time. The library is the place in which you will find out that the previous owner cursed whoever dared to take her land (Yes I was watching The Conjuring).



5. About the neighbors. You cannot always avoid having neighbors, but here are some characteristics of the best ones: First of all, an old grumpy widower who mumbles stuff about the house that seem important but you wont understand(like Jessina Lange American Horror Story). An old lady who is ver y cheerful and gives you cookies but when you say you just moved next door she frows, gets inside and starts praying. A newly married couple who dont believe in anything the othes say about the house and at first start hanging out with you but then they eithet get mysteriously murdered or something like that.


6. Buildings near the house. A church (the priest will hate you) a school (just imagine children passing from your house every day) and a hotel. Because hotels are creepy anyway.


EXTRA TIP 7. Nothing needs to be fixed. The tubes? The lamps? The table? If something broke it broke for a reason. It was ment to be. Don't ask from anyone to fix it and try to lessen the damage (for example by putting buckets down the flour so the carpets wont get wet because the roof leaks.)

So yeah this is way smaller than the other ones. I'm probably updating them at some point.

Hacuna Matata,

Vcay
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