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A few disjointed thoughts on Hannibal
Spoilers through 2x05.
# I had honey on my yogurt this morning, and it's true, I did not look at that jar of honey the same way that I did before I watched 2x04.
# Correct me if I'm wrong, but Kade Prurnell is the only character we've seen be physically nauseated by any of the murders thus far, correct? (The judge in 2x03.) I just think that's really interesting--a mark of how she's an outsider to the BAU. Everyone else is always warning people that what they're about to see is super grisly, and it is, but if anything the only thing those warnings do is to ratchet up the audience's tension, because the actual investigators are never phased. It's not that they're hardened, necessarily--witness their reactions to working on Beverly's remains, and their reactions to her death--but they're professionals, and they're used to it.
# I was really annoyed, and impressed, that the last two episodes made me find Freddie and Chilton about 5% sympathetic, each. I loathe Chilton, and Freddie's not my favorite either--although 2x05 does seem to make it clear that she genuinely believes Will is a psychopath, that doesn't make perjury okay. But I think, given that Hannibal explicitly told her she was rude, and because her website directly facilitated Hannibal being crucified, that Freddie is probably not going to make it much longer. And Chilton's usefulness to Hannibal will end eventually; sooner, probably, if he continues to deny Hannibal access to Will.
# Speaking of Hannibal and Will…apparently next week we are going to get Hannibal/Alana. Why now and not two years ago (or last season when he was hitting on her)? Well, because when she told Will she wanted to save him, that was taking herself squarely out of the romantic prospects field, and I think she knows that. I hope she knows that, because wanting to save someone is not really a feature of a healthy relationship. But if she's put Will behind her romantically, then Hannibal is fair game. Oh god.
# Really the only people I would bet are going to survive this season are Hannibal and Will. Everyone else is evidently fair game.
# I'm impressed at the way that this season has managed to be even more intense than S1. But if the murders keep up this grisly I'm not sure I'll be able to handle it--I had to watch the beginning of 2x02 through my fingers, and ditto the lobotomy scene in 2x04.
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longwhitecoats' meta on Hannibal is really good.
# This show has to be some of the best TV I've seen, period.
# I had honey on my yogurt this morning, and it's true, I did not look at that jar of honey the same way that I did before I watched 2x04.
# Correct me if I'm wrong, but Kade Prurnell is the only character we've seen be physically nauseated by any of the murders thus far, correct? (The judge in 2x03.) I just think that's really interesting--a mark of how she's an outsider to the BAU. Everyone else is always warning people that what they're about to see is super grisly, and it is, but if anything the only thing those warnings do is to ratchet up the audience's tension, because the actual investigators are never phased. It's not that they're hardened, necessarily--witness their reactions to working on Beverly's remains, and their reactions to her death--but they're professionals, and they're used to it.
# I was really annoyed, and impressed, that the last two episodes made me find Freddie and Chilton about 5% sympathetic, each. I loathe Chilton, and Freddie's not my favorite either--although 2x05 does seem to make it clear that she genuinely believes Will is a psychopath, that doesn't make perjury okay. But I think, given that Hannibal explicitly told her she was rude, and because her website directly facilitated Hannibal being crucified, that Freddie is probably not going to make it much longer. And Chilton's usefulness to Hannibal will end eventually; sooner, probably, if he continues to deny Hannibal access to Will.
# Speaking of Hannibal and Will…apparently next week we are going to get Hannibal/Alana. Why now and not two years ago (or last season when he was hitting on her)? Well, because when she told Will she wanted to save him, that was taking herself squarely out of the romantic prospects field, and I think she knows that. I hope she knows that, because wanting to save someone is not really a feature of a healthy relationship. But if she's put Will behind her romantically, then Hannibal is fair game. Oh god.
# Really the only people I would bet are going to survive this season are Hannibal and Will. Everyone else is evidently fair game.
# I'm impressed at the way that this season has managed to be even more intense than S1. But if the murders keep up this grisly I'm not sure I'll be able to handle it--I had to watch the beginning of 2x02 through my fingers, and ditto the lobotomy scene in 2x04.
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longwhitecoats' meta on Hannibal is really good. # This show has to be some of the best TV I've seen, period.
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Re: Hannibal/Alana, also because I think Hannibal is still happily on the mission to become Will, yeah? Or at least to fully experience being in Will's shoes, only better, because he can embrace everything Will's weaknesses kept out of his reach.