That was me! (and many others, but me too!)

I like that there are three animals in your first sentence! I would love to watch this show in a theatre with other fans - how amazeballs would that be? I used to go a pub to watch Buffy back in the day, I wonder how Hannibal would translate.

I don't think it is sorta sexual - it is as sexual as in the novels, just muted in its depiction. I mean you know what he does right? It was established in the pilot that Dolarhyde is focussed on the mothers in the family. Why do we then the need graphic depictions?

Thanks. Rape shouldn't be used as a trope.

I haven't read the book, but I think Fuller's rationale is that we can appreciate that Dolarhyde is monstrous without having to be shown the rapes. It isn't erased from his crimes, it is just muted in the show. The murder of the children I think ably sets the tone - the man is brutal and deranged. I don't think we…

Please clarify for me - I may have made this mistake before: Isn't it okay to ask? Not to feel entitled to the date, or harass but simply to ask, and then slink away at the inevitable rejection? (Will I always be alone?)

Amen.

Ha! I never made that connection. He was good in that too (so was she) and no one wanted to murder him. Though I kind of did during his press tour for AoU.
Thanks for the correction, I'm terrible with episode names.

Is 'Benediction' the one with Jeremy Renner in it? You could tell he would be star almost immediately.

I love Buffy but I always felt like it wasn't really about people like me - whereas Angel was messier and monsteryier and I felt like it was more about me. Also Angel is a show about loneliness (I always remember the s1 ep with he succubus) and making family, and eventually breaking family.

Which is why with all the brouhaha over the Black Widow story in AoU, I was like 'yeah what did you expect?'. And everyone who denies that Whedon has a weird idea of feminism (white, thin, small women) is blinded to an extent by love for his shows (which I also love deeply, even Dollhouse).
And I can't excuse his…

Man, I am sad. But happy that the world isn't quite as weird as all of us.

But not Alien Jesus?

Oh my. So much tall, beautiful paleness.

Thanks for that.
As sad as I am that Hannibal didn't rate well, I am comforted that the wider population of Western Earth didn't find the show appealing. I know that is super contradictory and condescending, ah what are you gonna do?

You've said this already?

What does four quadrant appeal mean? Is it a ratings term?

Yes Voldemort certainly does kill a boner!

What about The English Patient (pre-immolation) or Quiz Show? What is wrong with you!?
*whispers* Or even the Nazi from Schindler's List. Fat Fiennes is a fine Fiennes.

Am also a woman and that has never happened to me, even once. Sorry for your experiences.
On the question of consent and boundaries though, she doesn't have to lock the door or not tell him she'll be in the toilet to expect a level of privacy and safety. That the character then seemed to invite further intrusion is…