Love Is A Downfall (and Yet,)

he was so fine if he didn't turn out to be eternal

Modern young Ouken 🖤

Stay.

If that's what you expect me to say, you're wrong.

Our relationship meant nothing to me.

I can't say that,

I loved you.

And to be honest,

I hated you.

I would be lying to myself if I said,

I want to talk to you.

Why is everything so different now?

You might have an answer to share.

But before you do,

Leave.

now read it up from bottom to top.

- Jason R. M.

I don't like it about Beverly either and Miriam Lass is actually Clarice too. And I hate the fact that the show make Hannibal like unstoppable, he got caught only because he let the police catch him because Will reject him. It's felt abdurd to me. They show us that police in there is stupid.

And I like the book one it's show that Will is smart enough to catch Hannibal despite him got stabbed. Both of them actually.

It’s a well worn trope at this point: a woman, her gun, and the killer. There’s nothing wrong with that, really - but how a thing is done matters as much as what is done.

So let’s compare and contrast. Beverly’s discovery of Hannibal’s nightmare basement is a clear homage to Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs. But there are a few important differences.

I think people forget that the situation in Silence of the Lambs was out of Starling’s control. She didn’t run in half-cocked trying to cowboy her way into a serial killer’s den - she shows up to ask him routine questions and he runs off. Her choices make sense in context. She has to pursue him, both as an officer of the law and because she knows the clock is ticking on Catherine Martin’s life. So she does, and she emerges a triumphant hero. She descends into hell and walks right back out again. 

On Hannibal, however, Beverly Katz is not behaving in a way that makes sense. Katz - who has been shown to be both brilliant and level-headed - goes to a suspected serial killer’s house in the middle of the night, by herself, and breaks in. She doesn’t tell anyone where she’s going. She dies trying to get evidence that she couldn’t even use because it was obtained illegally. 

It’s absurd. Are we really to believe that rational, calm Beverly Katz would behave like this? It disrespects both the intelligence of the character and of the audience. 

The saddest thing is that Katz could have easily been Hannibal’s Clarice Starling. She was the perfect candidate to take Hannibal Lecter down - uninvolved in his bullshit, clear-eyed, and formidable. Instead her arc has been cut off right as it was getting good. She was thrown away for a cheap shock that wasn’t actually a shock at all. What a waste.

Me starting to like this baby T_T he's so cute

I would lay my life down for this Green Baby to have a good day

The little boy, although injured and covered in blood, smiling and said, "This is a test from Allah , Allah wants to forgive our sins because He loves us, we will be cleansed and go to heaven." It teaches us an important lesson. 😭

Hannibal: If I promised you to go vegetarian from today on, would you promise me in return never to keep your feelings towards me under lock and key again?

Clarice: Feelings that you only imagine, Dr. Lecter...

Hannibal: Feelings you haven't been able to explain since we first met. Let me explain. Your voice changes when you speak to me, Clarice. It becomes rough and deep with desire, your breathing is faster than usual. An inexperienced psychologist like Chilton would say it's pure fear. I know better. You want me here and now. Just a promise. A word that stands between us.

Clarice: Allright. Promise.

I think Hannibal and Clarice would end up as a normal couple with secret that you shouldn't know about it.

I think I’m one of those weirdos that actually think Clarice and Hannibal do not become a murder couple at the end of Hannibal the novel. If Hannibal murders, I don’ think Clarice is included. They are both perfectly willing to kill, but will not engage in murdering the rude.

I also don’t think they’re engaging in cannibalism. In fact I’m sure of it.

I read the book. They have servants. They allow people into their home. Someone else cooks for them. The only place servant are forbidden to enter is the top floor of the house before noon because Starling and Lecter are lazy asses.

Note, I do not expect this from my RP partners. If I wanted everything exactly as canon, I would re-read the book.

You literally give me anxiety before my bed time

Patrick Nunn, from "The stories of oral societies aren't "myths"; they're records", pub. Aeon

Eid Mubarak to all of you who are celebrating. I know it's hard to get in the spirit this year as so many Palestinians spend their Eid starving and in tents but I hope your Eid is full of peace and love. May we see a free Palestine by next Eid.