The Other Thing About A Series Of Unfortunate Events Ive Been Thinking About Is How Obedience And Decorum

The other thing about A Series of Unfortunate Events I’ve been thinking about is how obedience and decorum is weaponized against the children constantly and their greatest weakness is that they let adults run their lives even after learning that they’re mostly dipshits and can’t be relied upon.

They are constantly told not to interrupt, not to complain, to be grateful for every new guardian and every new living situation no matter how bad they are, to not be rude or impolite or hurt the feelings of the nice stranger who definitely isn’t Count Olaf by constantly accusing him of being Count Olaf. And so far (I’ve only just finished book 4) they’ve pretty much given in every time. They stop interrupting when the adults don’t want to hear them even when they say it’s an emergency. They play along with Olaf’s disguise when an adult tells them to drop the subject of them not being who they say they are. They go back to their deplorable conditions when their complaints aren’t taken seriously. And it’s all because if they don’t some dipshit adult won’t think they’re “nice” or “respectable” or “well-behaved” anymore.

I think these books actually make for a great conversation starter for parents to explain to their kids that it’s okay to break the rules sometimes. When you or someone you love is in imminent danger, you can do whatever it takes to make people listen to you and get you the help you need. You can yell and scream and interrupt, throw a tantrum, be rude, be annoying, be a giant pain in the ass. Fuck politeness, fuck respectability, fuck obedience and compliance and everything else adults want children to be for their own comfort and convenience. You don’t owe anyone civility at your own expense. If you’re trying to tell an adult that you’re being hurt or endangered and they don’t want to listen, you be as obnoxious and incessant as you have to until they do listen. Be like the kids who barricaded themselves in their home and refused to come out until the court order that would force them back into the custody of their abusive father was rescinded.

not to be dramatic but we desperately need a punk movement to come in and wash away this Instagram model airbrushed picture perfect trend. it’s so damaging……teens, young adults, kids, the Grown….all of us need to just. we need to be sweaty again. we deserve it smeared eyeliner…..idk just. it’s okay if ur hair is greasy please just relax & then get mad about stuff that’s important to you.

WHY THE FUCK DID NOBODY TELL ME ABOUT THIS

Have you guys ever made up a scenario where Snicket never came to Stain'd because VFD didn't interfere with his fragmentary plot with his sister and Hangfire succeeded in his plans

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