spooooooooooileeeerrrrrrssssssssss / although i'm trying to not actually say what happened. maybe because i am partially in denial about IT ALL
so yes, i really liked how it ended, i think. that whole last scene (before the credits) was beautiful. how they hugged and then will you know. i mean i'm sad about it because i love love love love love will
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS POST IS ABOUT
THIS POST IS ABOUT BEDELIA
GILLIAN ANDERSON
I AM SCREAMING AND I HAVE NOWHERE TO SCREAM AND THEN I REALISED I AM IN THIS GUILD AND I CANT SCREAM ABOUT IT HERE
I THINK I'M IN SHOCK???? I DNT KNOW
I FIND IT FUNNY??? BUT I DIONT KNOW I DONT KNOW WHAT I FEEL I WANT TO LAUGH AND SCREAM AT THE SAME TIME I JUST REALLY WANT TO YELL ABOUT IT AT PEOPLE. GILLIAN WHY BEDIELEADPOKOFLMNB
WHY IM CRYING
I LIKED IT BUT W HY WHY
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:25 am
I know that gillian had mentioned that she doesn't watch Hannibal because she finds it scary but I wanna know SO BAD if she watched that scene or not hahahahahahahahahahah
GILLIAN ANDERSON WHY YOU TROLLIN WITH THE WORLD STOPIT
I loved how angry she was at Will earlier in the episode, when she heard his plans involving Hannibal. whee
I was shocked/crackling with laugher when I saw the leg on the table, it definitely looked to me like she had snapped and had prepared herself in anticipation of Hannibal's arrival. Rewatching it though, it's clear she's a little too drugged up to have done that herself, and it would be difficult to move considering how high up the leg was cut. Plus she grabs the fork and hides in under the table.
Gillian Anderson was so wonderful this season!
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:06 pm
I just read a great interview with Bryan that had a lot of stuff on Bedelia. I'll put the relevant bits under the spoiler. whee
Speaking of Bedelia, the series' final image isn't them going off the cliff, but Bedelia waiting to serve a guest who is never going to come. How did you decide that was the image you wanted to end it on?
Bryan Fuller: Well, that's a really interesting interpretation of the scene. You think she cut off her own leg and is going to serve it to somebody?
She seems as if she is throwing a dinner party.
Bryan Fuller: (laughs) No, that's our little nod to the audience that perhaps Hannibal could have survived that cliff dive. She's sitting at the table with her leg on the table and she's looking absolutely terrified, and she grabs the fork and hides it under her napkin and waits for whoever's going to return. This woman still has some fight in her. We don't know if Hannibal is indeed serving her her leg, or is it Hannibal's uncle Robertus, or Lady Murasaki, or is it Will Graham?
So it was just your tease for the possibility of more?
Bryan Fuller: Yes. But I love your interpretation! (laughs) I love the thought that she's thinking, "********! I cut off my leg for no reason!"
Well, you left a lot of ambiguity about how much control Hannibal did ultimately have over her, how much she had figured out how to survive being with him, whether she had been infected with his particular brand of madness.
Bryan Fuller: I love that you have that interpretation. Part of me doesn't want anybody to know my confirmation of that and just see what people would think in reaction to that interpretation.
For what it's worth, I spoke about this with another TV critic who had watched it with his wife. He agreed with me, she thought we were both insane. So she's on your side.
Bryan Fuller: That was the original intention. No, somebody has got her, and will she or will she not survive. And what's so fun is that on the song that Siouxsie Sioux wrote, we hear her say, "I will survive, I will survive," as we're pushing in on Bedelia, and that could mean she's singing from Hannibal's perspective and it means he has survived and will eat this woman now, or Bedelia's point of view that it's like, "You may have cut off this leg, but I've got this fork and I'm gonna do some damage before it's done."
I loved how angry she was at Will earlier in the episode, when she heard his plans involving Hannibal. whee
I was shocked/crackling with laugher when I saw the leg on the table, it definitely looked to me like she had snapped and had prepared herself in anticipation of Hannibal's arrival. Rewatching it though, it's clear she's a little too drugged up to have done that herself, and it would be difficult to move considering how high up the leg was cut. Plus she grabs the fork and hides in under the table.
Gillian Anderson was so wonderful this season!
She was so great this season! emotion_dowant and the whole part regarding hell! I read this beautifully constructed meta piece about it - http://after-the-ellipsis.tumblr.com/post/127575897244/meta-i-myself-am-hell
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I just read a great interview with Bryan that had a lot of stuff on Bedelia. I'll put the relevant bits under the spoiler. whee
Speaking of Bedelia, the series' final image isn't them going off the cliff, but Bedelia waiting to serve a guest who is never going to come. How did you decide that was the image you wanted to end it on?
Bryan Fuller: Well, that's a really interesting interpretation of the scene. You think she cut off her own leg and is going to serve it to somebody?
She seems as if she is throwing a dinner party.
Bryan Fuller: (laughs) No, that's our little nod to the audience that perhaps Hannibal could have survived that cliff dive. She's sitting at the table with her leg on the table and she's looking absolutely terrified, and she grabs the fork and hides it under her napkin and waits for whoever's going to return. This woman still has some fight in her. We don't know if Hannibal is indeed serving her her leg, or is it Hannibal's uncle Robertus, or Lady Murasaki, or is it Will Graham?
So it was just your tease for the possibility of more?
Bryan Fuller: Yes. But I love your interpretation! (laughs) I love the thought that she's thinking, "********! I cut off my leg for no reason!"
Well, you left a lot of ambiguity about how much control Hannibal did ultimately have over her, how much she had figured out how to survive being with him, whether she had been infected with his particular brand of madness.
Bryan Fuller: I love that you have that interpretation. Part of me doesn't want anybody to know my confirmation of that and just see what people would think in reaction to that interpretation.
For what it's worth, I spoke about this with another TV critic who had watched it with his wife. He agreed with me, she thought we were both insane. So she's on your side.
Bryan Fuller: That was the original intention. No, somebody has got her, and will she or will she not survive. And what's so fun is that on the song that Siouxsie Sioux wrote, we hear her say, "I will survive, I will survive," as we're pushing in on Bedelia, and that could mean she's singing from Hannibal's perspective and it means he has survived and will eat this woman now, or Bedelia's point of view that it's like, "You may have cut off this leg, but I've got this fork and I'm gonna do some damage before it's done."
Oh my goodness thanks for linking me to that! I'll have to get around to reading the rest but that was great! I realy need to watch it again and pay more attention - I did hear speculation over the fork and the song, but I was too shocked by what I was seeing to take it in completely.
At first I assumed that either Will or Hannibal or both survived because Bryan was planning on bringing Clarice into the mix at some point and I figured that even though the series was cancelled it still kinda needa to end with at least Hannibal alive. BUT THEN WHEN I SAW THAT LAST SCENE I JUST WAS A MESS HAHAH my brain was too full of WHAT IS GOING ON DID SHE DO THIS TO HERSELF? to notice the details with the fork and her fear. I kinda thought she looked more empowered than scared maybe? sweatdrop
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:25 pm
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She was so great this season! emotion_dowant and the whole part regarding hell! I read this beautifully constructed meta piece about it - http://after-the-ellipsis.tumblr.com/post/127575897244/meta-i-myself-am-hell
That was interesting to read, thanks for the link!
She was so great this season! emotion_dowant and the whole part regarding hell! I read this beautifully constructed meta piece about it - http://after-the-ellipsis.tumblr.com/post/127575897244/meta-i-myself-am-hell
That was interesting to read, thanks for the link!
