Oh, I can see the other side of this, yes. I was just being facetious.

“I know he hurt a lot of women, but he would never hurt me” ...

This troll was too obvious. Next time, aim for subtlety the first few posts and start pouring on the vitriolic misogyny once you have a few civil replies. You might consider a “concerned” tone for extra points when replying to future posts, perhaps citing worries about the autonomy of grown women in a dangerous world.…

Heh, most people I know who’ve read Hannibal definitely see the ending as completely dark, so can I just say how fantastic it is to have long, multi-paragraph conversations on this show with you? Because it is fantastic.

And yet still utterly terrifying.

That is peak pop culture right there. Niiiice.

Yeah, the book’s ending is one of those that deserves the label “controversial,” to say the least. It’s written with ambiguity too, with all the mind games and altered states going on. That whole “what is this?” is pretty entertaining to me since it leaves space for so many different viewpoints.

Ah, fantastic link! I forgot to bookmark that when I saw it a few weeks back.

Book/movie spoilers here.

Yessss. I’m stoked to see Hannibal getting reviews here. It’s one of those liminal works that’s on the cusp of “genre” and “serious fiction,” so I can understand why it wasn’t here before, but it’s awesome to have it now — the more coverage for this excellent show, the better. I lift my gif glass to i09.

I think she cut his tongue off and stuffed it down his throat. Maybe to make it look like he bit it off and killed himself after her self-defense went too far. There’s been mention of “my crazy patient attacked me and swallowed his tongue” thing before as part of her backstory, although the details have been sparse.

As much as I love historical accuracy, depicting people of certain eras well on screen or stage would turn a lot of dramatic productions into comedies purely because the things people wore look hilarious now. And the costumes can literally get in the way of the acting, so there’s a need for simplification, ease of…

Pretty sure that

Really dig all the curved aesthetics here. Blows my mind how much detail there is in so-called “background” stuff like this.

Crooked teeth are a thing in Japan for some folks.

So very, very bullshitty:

Eh, I’d buy it.

Crossing my fingers over here.

Anytime someone starts snobbing about graphics, my eyes roll back into my skull and I start chanting in Latin for a few seconds. This is a new Fallout; the graphics are not the point and they look fine anyway.

God, I know that feeling exactly.