For The Character Opinion Bingo Thingy:

for the character opinion bingo thingy:

ornette lost?

Ornette Lost was a character with enough potential in her skills, backstory and potential VFD involvement to become a main character on the same level as Moxie or Ellington, but it seems Daniel Handler thought her up a bit too late so she ended up just sort of decorating the story without much room for character development. I don’t even have many headcanons about her. The only thing that stood out to me about her is how much more Daniel Handler could have done.

I saw it in a vision once. Scaldingly hot, dry and dusty in the summer, grey and cloudy in the winter. Throughout the year, occasionally interrupted by the occasional rainstorm or burst of fog drifting in from the now distant sea. The buildings are grand and beautiful, but they are almost all now abandoned, and the ornate stone carvings on the façades are chipping away. The town centre is paved with uneven cobblestones, while the pale concrete pavement on the outskirts of town is covered in old chewing gum and bird droppings. Occasionally there is a dead tree, with even deader leaves blowing about in the almost perennial strong winds, which do nothing to cool down the blazing summer sun. Mice can often be seen scurrying along the gutters or raiding the cupboards of the few remaining buildings. Everything smells of a mix of smoke, petrol and the indescribable, sinister Earthy scent of the Clusterous Forest, which is visible from nearly everywhere and looms ominously over the town. It’s in a kind of horseshoe shape, with the Sallis mansion and the lighthouse being at the ends. For specific buildings: the library is a cluttered Dark Academia paradise, Hungry’s has a very vintage, 50s feel, and Black Cat Coffee is decorated in a somewhat industrial style.

i want to hear everyones extremely detailed hc's of what they think staind-by-the-sea looks like

for character bingo: hangfire

Ok. Most of the fandom might cancel me over this but with the exception of kidnapping random children and neglecting his daughter, I view him as a very likeable, cool villain of the kind who makes me want to join forces with him. I see a lot of people talking about being confused about his motives, but I feel I understand them quite clearly. (Might make a post about that one day) He is still terrifying though and what he did to Ellington cannot be forgiven, perfectly justified environmental motives or not.

Snicketcore + aesthetics #1: Dark Academia

Typewriters, sinister boarding schools, eye decorations, vast private libraries, secret organisations, urgent meetings over cups of bitter tea, leafing desperately through books in the hope of finding the one bit of information that will save you.

ellington lied & manipulated lemony for 4 books but afterwards he murdered her dad in cold blood so WHOS the worst here

A page for my current third favourite ATWQ character, Moxie Mallahan.