The worst thing about Fullerās Hannibal is that they replaced Clarice with Will. Will, ultimately, isnāt very important to Dr. Lecter. Clarice is. And they took all of the lines that Lecter says about Clarice and had him say those things to Will.
Yes. And anyone whoās read Red Dragon or seen Manhunter/Red Dragon ought to know that the character dynamics are extremely different.
(This got longer than I meant it to, oops, and I know Iām preaching to the choir anyway, so Iām gonna put it under a cut.)
Also, a somewhat related post from my H/C blog.
I look at it this way: Red Dragon was, clearly, not necessarily meant to be part of a series when Harris published it. Itās a pretty good thriller, but nothing remarkable; in it, Hannibal is absolutely not a central character, and a lot of his backstory was later abandoned by Harris after he decided that he wanted to make Hannibal a recurring, better-developed character.
Harris also clearly thought that Will Graham was a solid, interesting MC...but by the time he published Silence, he realized that Clarice Starling was a far more interesting (and important) MC than Will could ever have been, especially since her relationship with Lecter was less hostile, more dynamic. Even if that wasnāt obvious from the different ways that Harris writes about the two of them (Will and Clarice, that is), itās clear from the way that Will gets a very dark, closed ending in Red Dragon--though possibly because Harris just wasnāt planning on a series back then--whereas Clariceās story in Silence ends on a very optimistic, open note.
tl;dr In the end, Harris threw his lot in with Clarice (and Hannibal of couse), not Will;Ā with Clarice and her story, not Willās, Harris makes a number of sociopolicial observations and arguments; and itās Clarice, not Will, that drives Hannibalās development into more than just some smart-mouthed boogeyman, which is basically what he is in Red Dragon. Hannibal loathes Will Graham, full stop. Hannibal attempts to kill Will twice--the second time, he doesnāt even care that Willās family is collateral damage. Hannibal and Will canāt even really have witty banter, because Hannibal views Will with disdain above all else. And again, Clariceās character has a lot of symbolic sociopolitical significance that Willās lacks--youād think that that would be appealing to a showrunner in this day and age.Ā
But no--instead, they chose to erase Clarice, replace her with a male character, and then steal her dialogue so that they could so a little queerbaiting while they were at it (thus basically erasing both Willās and Hannibalās canon relationship while they were at it--I know Molly was in the show in some capacity, but Will as heās writtenĀ is a straight, horny-but-faithful husband to Molly, and Hannibal, of course, āmakes a girlās fur crackleā and is solely focused on Clarice).
Why they thought they could or should tease a homosexual relationship between two demonstrably heterosexual characters who hate each other, I donāt know. Iāve heard that they couldnāt buy the rights to Clariceās character. But despite the dumpster fire that NBC Hannibal turned out to be and the skin-crawlingly bad āHannigrahamā ship...Iām honestly glad they didnāt get their hands on her.
From what little Iāve seen over the years, they completely failed to portray either Will or Hannibal accurately, anyway. So idk why any of the rest surprises me at all.
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Hi David! I apologize if you've already posted this, but what is the translation for the funeral spell in episode 2 of Emerald City? Thanks!
Yeah, I posted all the dialogue I did for every episode of Emerald CityĀ here on Tumblr. You can search for it (e.g. for the witch language, just search my tumblr tagged inha-grammar). Also, since the show has been canceled, Iāve also put up all the dialogue and extra bits on my work page (the Emerald City stuff is here).
Did you do the Verbis Diablo for the Penny Dreadful sequel comic series that Chris King wrote? Or did they just use what you had already written for the TV show?
If thereās something in it, I donāt know anything about. I never actually once talked to or exchanged emails with Chris King. Had no idea there was a comic book coming out.
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Marc would hold it over you. I would just ask for your soul in return. And between your pride and your soul, we all know which is more valuable to you.