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[dear_tiger]

I almost finished the last season of The Killing finally, and it sucked. I love that show and I love that they quit once they were done telling the story, but damn, that last season. Can they possibly drop any more parallels, subtle as an anvil? Suddenly everyone was having the exact same melodrama, everyone wanted to coddle that kid, and half the

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[tsuki_no_bara]

i think there's a point past which the author's (or showrunner's) intent doesn't matter - like, if the author intends for the serial killer to be witty and cultured and highly educated and a horrible person and NOT someone you should ever sympathize with, and everyone reading the book goes "oh, poor serial killer, what a woobie, let me slash you with this person here", then the author's intent doesn't matter because it has FAILED. but at the same time, like amberdreams said, sometimes some of your readers will see something you didn't intend, just because everyone's different and reads through their own filters and their own experiences. i mean, you write something and put it out in the world, and after that you don't have a lot of control over how people see it

[dear_tiger]

Hehehe, good point. I think this is exactly what happened with Hannibal :D Oh poor woobie serial killer! But I respect the author for not writing him like some daring and special hero who is so much better than the rest of us because he's so witty (I'm looking at you, House).

And thank you for the vote of confidence!

[tsuki_no_bara]

you said silence of the lambs and i immediately thought of hannibal, because a. i think fans do tend to occasionally woobify the guy, but also b. there are some scenes in the show that really do look deliberately seductive, like the ptb want us to think he's trying to seduce will. but at the same time, we're never really allowed to forget that hannibal cooks and serves people to his dinner guests. i don't think the ptb intend for us to see him as a sympathetic character, but they do want us to be fascinated by him and interested in him despite the really horrifying things that he does. i've never read the books, so i don't know how different he is on paper, but on screen he's, well, he's not house. he's not an asshole, for one thing. well, if you can get past the fact that he's a serial killer who eats the rude....

[dear_tiger]

I did read the book, though I remember that it didn't strike me as particularly remarkable. I never tried the show because I don't enjoy his character, but I can appreciate what the show's creators are doing by making him simultaneously horrible and disgusting but also seductive and fascinating. House, on the other hand - it's such a riot how he abuses vulnerable people who come to him for help.