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rhodrymavelyneIt’s December and I’m still in the grip of my Hannibal obsession. I contemplate some of the suggestions Bryan Fuller had for the future with Clarisse Starling. I think of Jodie Foster’s Clarisse, the one in Silence of the Lambs, how she had a friend in the F.B.I., another female trainee her age whom she’d bounce ideas off she’d gotten from Hannibal. I imagine the new Clarisse having a similar relationship with Miriam Lass (the closest thing to a Clarisse Starling which was on the TV show). This Clarisse was distressed and hurt by Miriam’s disappearance and abduction and may well have a bone to pick with the Chesapeake Ripper as a result. This new Clarisse is sent out by Jack Crawford to try to find out what happened to Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter. She does so by trying to get close to Will Graham as Will himself has to so many others, to retrace his steps. Only Clarisse gets drawn into Will’s dark mental landscape, his current state as Hannibal Lecter’s ‘bride’ in a terrifying, yet elegant dinner part involving Bedelia Du Maurier and the last scene of the third season. This leaves Clarisse not only baffled at Will Graham’s fate but doubting her own sanity. I picture Clarisse getting angry with Jack Crawford for both Miriam Lass and Will Graham’s sake, yet she would pick up on the guilt he feels over both of them. I imagine Clarisse reliving Will’s kiss with Chiya, Chiya’s advice, “There are other means of influence than violence” while glimpsing more of Will’s “marriage” to Hannibal, his struggle to hold onto himself, and keep Hannibal in check in an openly erotic fashion he hasn’t tried before. I envision a strange encounter with Dr. Frederick Chilton, who’s embarked on a sinister game of his own in order to live in another’s skin. I’ve got this visual of Freddie Lounds, having written a best-selling book called Murder Husbands, now wears a particularly obnoxious hat which symbolizes her wealth and ambition.
Yeah, I’ve got it bad. (wry grin) Nor is this the only flight of fancy this fandom has taken me on. I’ve got this bizarre notion of Hannibal for President kicking around where Hannibal tries to prove to Will that he doesn’t have to be destructive. He can accomplish a lot of good in the world, even with cannibalistic appetites. Hannibal would start an intricate dance of trying to accomplish that good, even while he terrifies his victims, leaving everyone bewildered as to how he morally weighs on the scales. One of his better moments would be talking to a key spokesperson in a GLBTQIA+ movement, where Hannibal wins that person over in an utterly sincere speech about loving another man and one of his goals as president is to prove to that man how good he can do, how much good the two of them can accomplish together. Only Hannibal will be scaring us the next moment with a reminder that he is still very much Hannibal the Cannibal, no matter what else he may try to be for Will’s sake.
I’ve had a lot of flights of fancy about this fandom. Many have involved Hannibal in Florence at the beginning of the third season, missing Will. Some of those have become fanfics and are now at Archive of Our Own. I keep getting obsessed and re-obsessed with this series, for I keep learning new things about it and the people involved with it. I recently got the soundtracks to Hannibal (I regret the lack of the operatic moment in the ambulance in Sorbet, but I adore the harpsichord in Futamono, along with Snake Charmer from Apertivo). I just saw Eddie Izzard’s Cake or Death skit. I’m only just becoming aware of how many other series Bryan Fuller has been involved with besides Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, and Heroes. I wonder how long it will be before I break down and buy his version of Carrie.
Eventually I’ll watch something else besides Hannibal. Eventually.
Yeah, I’ve got it bad. (wry grin) Nor is this the only flight of fancy this fandom has taken me on. I’ve got this bizarre notion of Hannibal for President kicking around where Hannibal tries to prove to Will that he doesn’t have to be destructive. He can accomplish a lot of good in the world, even with cannibalistic appetites. Hannibal would start an intricate dance of trying to accomplish that good, even while he terrifies his victims, leaving everyone bewildered as to how he morally weighs on the scales. One of his better moments would be talking to a key spokesperson in a GLBTQIA+ movement, where Hannibal wins that person over in an utterly sincere speech about loving another man and one of his goals as president is to prove to that man how good he can do, how much good the two of them can accomplish together. Only Hannibal will be scaring us the next moment with a reminder that he is still very much Hannibal the Cannibal, no matter what else he may try to be for Will’s sake.
I’ve had a lot of flights of fancy about this fandom. Many have involved Hannibal in Florence at the beginning of the third season, missing Will. Some of those have become fanfics and are now at Archive of Our Own. I keep getting obsessed and re-obsessed with this series, for I keep learning new things about it and the people involved with it. I recently got the soundtracks to Hannibal (I regret the lack of the operatic moment in the ambulance in Sorbet, but I adore the harpsichord in Futamono, along with Snake Charmer from Apertivo). I just saw Eddie Izzard’s Cake or Death skit. I’m only just becoming aware of how many other series Bryan Fuller has been involved with besides Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, and Heroes. I wonder how long it will be before I break down and buy his version of Carrie.
Eventually I’ll watch something else besides Hannibal. Eventually.
