I keep thinking a "pannibal" ought to have something to do with bread

[cleolinda]

To begin, Miss Freddie has posted her interview with director/producer David Slade (pictured here with her business card. Nor is he the only one...). She was, in fact, my date to the Pannibal last night, in the sense that we sat on Skype all night on the other side of the country and laughed our asses off. ppyajunebug was actually there, liveblogging under

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[icprncs]

Know what looks even more like human ears? Thin slices of apple, sauteed, especially with raspberry sauce. My husband did a variation on this meal a few weeks ago and the apple thing was unsettling in a sort of hilarious way

[cleolinda]

Hee, yeah. I basically live for gag reels and behind-the-scenes stuff, so I really enjoy that kind of thing. Looking behind the curtain, as it were, actually highlights the hard work and talent involved, for me--to see how different it is to be on set with all the fake props and the flubs and laughing between the really great takes that actually get used. It's more impressive to me that you can watch that scene where Hugh Dancy looks like actual death warmed over, and then see him break out of it and then go right back into it. Also, I find it reassuring that he was not, in fact, like death warmed over. Like, intellectually we know it's just acting and makeup, but this show put us so thoroughly through the wringer that it's nice to see that it really was just pretend.

One of the things I like about the show, and about how a lot of the fandom has turned, is the acknowledgment that the artfulness of the violence and the grimdarkness doesn't necessarily mean we are celebrating or recommending itI am personally super relieved that this

[meleth]

I think part of that (although obviously only a part, since everything else about the show is also top-notch) is Mads' portrayal of Hannibal as Lucifer. He's not a gleeful sociopath, or a rudeness vigilante, or any of those other human kinds of monsters. He's so completely alien that we can't woobify him completely, can't side with him against all of his victims, can't justify his actions. Milton managed to give Satan a sympathetic backstory, but we never forgot that he was the Father of Lies. Mads makes Hannibal just repulsive enough to keep us aware of the fact that he's a terrifying predator.

Although I'm pretty sure I'm just re-stating conversations that have happened in the recap discussion threads. But I wanted to fangirl over Mads Mikkelsen again, because that's always a good life choice.

[encarmencita]

I love that the flower crowns represented in the audience. Did this show really not get an Emmy nomination?

[bienegold]

Not a single one. I knew the odds were pretty long on the acting front, but I was really, really hoping they'd get some tech nods. Fucking Hemlock Grove got two nominations.

[cleolinda]

Hold up, WTF?

[bienegold]

I'M SAYING.

Main title music and visual effects.

[cleolinda]

Oh! I did come up with the Dire Ravenstag name, yes. That's not the first time someone's credited "swiggity swag" to me, though, so I wanted to take the opportunity to make that clear.

I've come to love the flower crowns--they seem to represent how happy the show itself makes the fans, as opposed to the actual EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE tone of the show. What did I have at the beginning of the finale recap, something like *table flip* and then *hugs show forever*? That's what the flower crowns are, the way you feel about the show itself as opposed to the way the show makes you feel when it's putting you through the wringer.

[cleolinda]

ahahahaha yay

I'm clutching my pearls over the salad one, though (she said cheerfully). RUDE, SIR.

[apey1013]

I also kinda felt like the flower crowns popped up out of nowhere, but they've really come to represent why I love this fandom. I mean, half the reason I decided to give the show a try was seeing how much goofy fun the fandom was having with it. It's nice to get into how intense each episode is, delve into meta discussion, and then decompress with all of the silliness.

The gag reel. THE GAG REEL. XD

[cleolinda]

Hee, yeah--I kept seeing people reblog things on Tumblr and saying, "I don't even watch this show, but the fandom cracks me up." There's just something really sweet and affectionate about the flower crowns, I don't know.

[lenamoster]

Seriously, this show and the fandom for it encompass everything that is and can be absolutely amazing about TV today. So thank you for your recapping and linkspams because 1) they rock and are so well-thought-out and informative and 2) you're helping make the fandom as fabulous as it is!

[cleolinda]

Aw, thank you! I'm just lucky the fandom turned out to be so much fun. :)