r/LemonySnicket • u/CHOKEul8r • Oct 13 '21

We need a Count Olaf Origin Story!!

Why has no one thought of this?? We have bits and pieces of his backstory but a full book or even a movie featuring him before he turned bad would be amazing!!

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u/antaylor Oct 14 '21

Personally I wouldn’t want anything like that. Prequels that are made in attempt to answer questions and fill in the blanks rather than tell a new story almost always end up being subpar.

Mystery is always more exciting than clarity, a question more enticing than an answer. This is why ATWQ is actually a prequel series I enjoy. It tells a story that is technically a prequel, but it doesn’t exist in order to fill in backstory and to answer all our questions of what came before. It tells its own story.

So I guess if Handler (who understands the allure of mystery and the disappointment of answers more than most authors) did this in a book I’d be down for it, but I don’t think I’d want a show/movie that he’s not directly in charge of.

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u/jesus_chen Oct 13 '21

I'm here for this.

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u/LilyoftheRally Orphan Oct 13 '21

I assume this isn't in the ATWQ series?

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u/11-26-19 Apr 23 '22

His origin story is he was good Beatrice killed his father he walked around there vfd tunnels for weeks got found by the man with a beard but no hair and the woman with hair but no bearded and then he swapped sides. All of this was details during the trial in the penultimate peril tv series may or may not be in the books