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ASOUE : The End

Is anyone else like kind of sad that they actually wrapped up a lot of stuff that was left unknown in the books? Like I’m upset about the contents of the sugar bowl for sure (more upset than I’d like to admit) and kind of annoyed that it’s so heavily implied that they get home safe after leaving the island. I really liked the ambiguity of the books and would have been perfectly satisfied with just a few lose strings being tied up, but I feel like wrapping the whole thing in a bow seemed too tidy. I’m just still wishing they would have shown a storm in the distance when they’re on the boat.

Hmmm, I feel like reading the Beatrice files made the End come off very differently for me. Because I already knew that the kids made it off the island, but then, when Beatrice Jr is older, they go missing (possibly on the boat, based on the “Beatrice sinks anagram”. Beatrice basically becomes an orphan, and that’s why she seeks out Lemony. And we know she finds Lemony, but that’s all. All the show filed in was the dialogue that was exchanged and the research timeline.

As for the sugar bowl, I feel like it’s another situation of it working together but not alone. Because the emptiness of the sugar bowl being unknown is an important part of the story. ASOUE is the kind of series that needs to end with and very emotional “huh” by the reader. The people who’ve only viewed the show don’t get that. The contents of the sugar bowl is an answer to the fandom. The game we’ve played for years isn’t fun if we never get an answer, in my mind. (and it’s funny how it is two separate common theories together)