Hannibal 1x07: "Sorbet"

[cleolinda]

So basically I'm dying of a sinus infection that's settled into my chest over here, which adds an extra layer of grossness to the proceedings in my head. My head, which is full of blarg.

@cleolinda: Recap gifs! Bless. RT @yesiac: came across this on Tumblr...it sounded familiar. and then I saw the caption. http://vorobey008.tumblr.com/post/

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[cleolinda]

Yeah, about Cleopatra thinking about haunting her brother? I think the Miriam thing is definitely there, now than you mention it. It just also seemed in line with the whole "woe is me, forever alone, unable to tell anyone what a terrible person I am" theme they had going. I think I was also coming to it with the movie scene in mind--I think in that one, Lecter says something like, "Would she see through the bars of his plight?" It's ~all about him,~ in other words.

[off_coloratura]

And that's not the best translation; I would translate it as:

But then, dead, at every turn,
the tyrant, day and night,
I will torment as a ghost.

[off_coloratura]

And while we're on the subject of opera, the Faust lyrics (sung by the Devil):

The calf of gold is still standing!
One adulates his power,
From one end of the world to the other!
To celebrate the infamous idol,
Kings and people mixed together,
To the somber sound of golden coins,
They dance a wild round
Around his pedestal
And Satan leads the dance.

The calf of gold is the victor over the gods!
In its absurd glory,
The abject monster insults heaven!
It contemplates, oh strange frenzy,
At his feet the human race,
Hurling itself about, iron in hand,
In blood and in the mire,
Where gleams the burning metal,
And Satan leads the dance.

[ztrellitaa]

I know I will have a lot of things to comment about the recap but that lady in the beginning insisting on a feast was one of Chuck's aunts in Pushing Daisies! I was so excited when I noticed it.

[cupcakery]

I shrieked "AUNT LILLIAN" at the screen.

[bienegold]

You've combined them into a single super-aunt!

[ruffwriter]

Maybe I'm just easily amused, but this made me laugh for about eight years, so thank you for that. XD

[bienegold]

1) I have never wanted someone to get murdered so much as Franklyn. I have to put the episode on mute during his scenes because he literally makes me feel sick to my stomach with unending Fremdschaemen. DIIIIIIEEEEEE.

2) Dear Hannibal fandom, do none of you watch Arrested Development? I am in dire need of a NO TOUCHING gif.

[cleolinda]

Heh, that's pretty much the word that came to me as well. I have a huge secondhand embarrassment squick, but somehow the actor's so likable that I've come to feel really sorry for Franklyn. Like, I didn't expect to be all "oh, honey, no, are you stalking him?" but suddenly I was.

Granted, I gave my TV a vehement side-eye when he started talking about Michael Jackson.

[bienegold]

I think the actor is really doing a hell of a job with it, but it turns out that my embarrassment squick transcends even eyescream.

And only on Hannibal would I have learned this crucial lesson.

[elbales]

Did they give you... the Clinda? I'm enjoying (as if) the Levofloxacin for my rampaging sinus infection. Bonus: it doesn't make me feel like I'm going to hurl. Aren't antibiotics fun?

Hope the blarg departs very soon.

[cleolinda]

Heh, not this time--I avoid antibiotics as much as I possibly can, particularly after our family doctor admitted that doctors throw them at people when they're not even necessary because it just makes people feel better to have a prescription. I mean, obviously I needed the Clinda when the cat bit me, but this time around, OTC cold medicine, rest and fluids seems to be doing the trick. I'm tired and not-quite-feverish, but the sore throat and the cough left after two days each, and now my voice is coming back.

[elbales]

Right on. Yeah, I had the full-on super-gross thing going. Glad to hear you're doing better, though. Colds suck.

[rufinia]

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Cannibal and his Rolodex of the The Rude.

all these months later, still reeling from the awesomeness of anglo-filles #13...

[vermouth1991]

...wait, so you're the one who coined the term "Rolodex of the Rude"? Kudos to you, lady!