Comments | cleolinda: Hannibal 1x08: "Fromage"

cleolinda

Hannibal 1x08: "Fromage"

May 18, 2013 22:13

To begin: The problem with "I just really want to be your friend," the kind of philosophical rambling you have come to expect from Cleolinda Industries; I am officially threatening NBC with my wrath. Also, here's some fan street art that turned out really, really well.

Also, yes. Korea is very, very excited about this show.

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demonqueen666 May 19 2013, 05:03:35 UTC

They smile at each other. And then, somewhere, a hurt/comfort fic breaks out.

Oh my god, totally. I keep not wanting to ship Hannibal/Will because it is legit straight up horrible (in a textbook definition of what could only be a manipulative, unhealthy, damaging relationship, I mean) and yet the show itself keeps making it SO HARD NOT TO SHIP THEM. I mean, that look on Hannibal's face when Will came in all not-dead and he just...smiled? GOD DAMN.

darksidhe May 19 2013, 05:23:17 UTC

*laughs* I feel the exact same away. It's wrong and bad on so many levels, but the show is doing it for us! But hey, Fuller himself has said that the story between Will and Hannibal is a "love story" of sorts... so I mean, it's not like it's a stretch.

I just want to take Will home and pet him (well, to start anyway *chuckles*)

cleolinda May 19 2013, 05:28:02 UTC

Heeeee. Like, that was the moment the show got me, the smile. Although it's kind of like Tony and Bruce being Science Bros in The Avengers for me. HE'S NEVER HAD A REAL FRIEND BEFORE, YOU GUYS. Is friendshipping a thing?

(Now think about how it's all destined to go horribly, horribly wrong.)

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thebratqueen May 19 2013, 05:07:02 UTC

I think the "can't help feeling responsible for Franklyn" was one of those classic "lie with the truth" sort of moments. Of course he can't help but feel responsible for Franklyn since he killed the guy, but he also knows that survivor guilt is something that's expected of him.

I put it up there with all of his cannibal puns, and even his comment that learning about the FBI tracking ambulances was very educational.

cleolinda May 19 2013, 05:32:22 UTC

Yeah, I did wonder if it was sort of "I can't help but feel responsible, since I am, after all, the one who killed him. I mean. What." He just mixes in "sincere" emotional displays so often that I can't tell what's going with him on half the time (which is the fun of it). Like, he genuinely seemed kind of traumatized during the whole "You killed him?"/"Yes" exchange, except that WE KNOW BETTER.

uldihaa May 19 2013, 05:11:20 UTC

I'm also a little unnerved now that I kept saying the "Entrée" episode "played me like a violin."

So, would that make that comment a funny aneurysm moment or just hilariously foresightful?

I have to admit to cheering just a little with those kisses. They've been teasing that at least since Alana discovered the answer to 'Boxers or Briefs' in relation to Will. So, are we seeing a bizarre love-triangle forming?

Lecter to Franklyn: OH SNAP!

I have to admit that poor Franklyn just got more and more creepy. Also, nine times!? Seriously, NINE TIMES?

Serial Killer MMA!

That final scene in the BOE between Hannibal and Will...Awww. Followed immediately by, "RUN, Will".

And the theme of connections again. Damn I love this show.

cleolinda May 19 2013, 06:17:48 UTC

So, would that make that comment a funny aneurysm moment or just hilariously foresightful?

I'm gonna go with Hilarious in Hindsight, maybe?

I have to admit to cheering just a little with those kisses. They've been teasing that at least since Alana discovered the answer to 'Boxers or Briefs' in relation to Will. So, are we seeing a bizarre love-triangle forming?

I just want someone to DO SOMETHING at this point, ACT ON SOMETHING for God's sake. Although, they may be a little busy dealing with Will's brain raccoons, judging by the preview for next week.

And DID he restring the harpsichord? serizawa3000 May 19 2013, 05:15:27 UTC

"Let's be entirely clear about this: Hannibal Lecter is the absolute worst. BUT HE IS OUR ABSOLUTE WORST, GODDAMMIT ( ... )

Re: And DID he restring the harpsichord? darksidhe May 19 2013, 05:25:29 UTC

Was briefly a little concerned that Lecter might be as useless in a fight as Fox Mulder. Unless maybe Lecter was deliberately holding back so he would look a little beat up afterwards, because how would it look for a psychiatrist to easily dispatch someone who just took down a couple police officers?

This. I think if he was putting on a show and dragging it out, this is why. He needed to win (so as not to get deaded) but he couldn't make it look easy. It needed to look like a pitched battle where his life was actually in danger.

Re: And DID he restring the harpsichord? kittyfu May 19 2013, 05:30:26 UTC

Was briefly a little concerned that Lecter might be as useless in a fight as Fox Mulder.

Heck yes. (I could try to expand on my agreement, but my mind's jello at this time) :/

Re: And DID he restring the harpsichord? serizawa3000 May 20 2013, 03:50:57 UTC

I guess maybe because (1) It's Mads Mikkelsen! (considering the only thing I know him from was Casino Royale... yeah, just give him a rope with some knots in it!) and (2) while there are some things the show seems to be able to get away with, it's still a network show and it's not going to be like Roy Scheider in Marathon Man (let alone Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises).

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friggeng May 19 2013, 05:30:24 UTC

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK ( ... )

friggeng May 19 2013, 05:35:29 UTC

*while

Also, forgot to say - excellent and lolarious recap as always!

cleolinda May 19 2013, 05:54:53 UTC

I thought Franklyn's speech came off as ... incredibly cowardly, actually, like he was desperate to impress Hannibal. Especially after the comment where he worried Hannibal was disappointed he didn't turn Tobias in.

I don't know, I didn't read it as cowardly so much as "This is how heroes talk in movies and this will totally work." Like a really false, naive "heroism."

Lastly: I just saw Silence of the Lambs for the first time, motivated by the show and your recommendation. (My mom insisted on watching it with me, because this is apparently a prime mother-daughter bonding moment.) And now I TOTALLY understand your reaction to Entree - and why you started freaking out the minute Will entered the Creepy Murder Basement Cave here, because DEAR GOD.Yeah, about the basement in the movie--it's actually pretty easy to miss, but if you're looking closely, you'll see a corpse in a bathtub of sludge right before the lights go out, I think? I didn't even realize what I was looking at the first time I saw the movie, which made it even more ( ... )

friggeng May 19 2013, 06:07:21 UTC

While I can see that, he seemed so desperate to correct himself with Hannibal - like he was afraid he upset him by not telling the police about Tobias. Like, "look, i'm a hero!" He didn't do it for the good of everyone, he did it for HANNIBAL. Or at least, that's the impression I got ( ... )

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