God, these recaps are a lot of work. But I really appreciate them because they help me navigate all the layers which the show loves to pile one on top of each other.
I also appreciated what you had to say about Clarice not appearing in this version of the Hannibal story. I don't know if it entirely reconciles me to the fact that her story isn't centered here (I love SotL Clarice so, so much) but it would indeed be weird to see her story changed as it would have to be in the show. So she's sort of standing one universe over, and I can pretend the rest of the Hannibal books don't happen to her.
The only bunny I think I won't follow down the same path is Clarice Orsini - I guess there could be a "If Hannibal is Lorenzo than he needs a Clarice" thing, but unless I'm forgetting stuff she's just not a woman I'd point to first if I were going to highlight interesting, dynamic, forceful women of the Italian Renaissance. She's strong, but in ways that seemingly are tied up in motherhood and being a Good Wife and that doesn't seem like same sort of strength as Hannibal-Clarice.
Yeah. I've had a really tough time accepting that someone so important to me isn't even on the show, much less important TO the show. But we're at a point where I don't think I'd want them to try to cram her into what tiny space might be left over. It's tough to reconcile.
Oh, I absolutely don't think she was personally based on Clarice Orsini (what I read of the article sounded vastly un-Clarice); it felt more like a name Harris might have grabbed while he was in the neighborhood, so to speak.
I also appreciated what you had to say about Clarice not appearing in this version of the Hannibal story. I don't know if it entirely reconciles me to the fact that her story isn't centered here (I love SotL Clarice so, so much) but it would indeed be weird to see her story changed as it would have to be in the show. So she's sort of standing one universe over, and I can pretend the rest of the Hannibal books don't happen to her.
The only bunny I think I won't follow down the same path is Clarice Orsini - I guess there could be a "If Hannibal is Lorenzo than he needs a Clarice" thing, but unless I'm forgetting stuff she's just not a woman I'd point to first if I were going to highlight interesting, dynamic, forceful women of the Italian Renaissance. She's strong, but in ways that seemingly are tied up in motherhood and being a Good Wife and that doesn't seem like same sort of strength as Hannibal-Clarice.
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Oh, I absolutely don't think she was personally based on Clarice Orsini (what I read of the article sounded vastly un-Clarice); it felt more like a name Harris might have grabbed while he was in the neighborhood, so to speak.
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