2. I thought it was just ep 2? The youtube tagline thingy said Sleepy Hollow 1x02 Promo "Blood Moon". Anyway, the show-trailer was just scenes from the pilot! I think it's very possible it's that packed. The show seems to be fond of the show and tell ALL THE THINGS IMMEDIATELY form of storytelling, and I can't say I mind? I mean, imagine if we'd had to sit through like six episodes of "is Crane lying? Is there a Headless Horseman?" vacillating.
4. Yes, funny too, and in a less, um, bitchy way than Ben and Hannibal. Or a less gossipy way anyway.
He definitely wants to be Hannibal, yes, I think that right there's your appeal in using that name for his thought processes. I mean, you are the narrator, if you say he's Hannibal, he damn well is, and that's kind of gratifying? Like, remember when GRRM used Theon as a chapter title after all the depressing Reekness? It was really glorious. And it wasn't just that Theon started thinking of himself that way, it was that his story was now Theon's story again. Character naming is not just about a character's self-imagine, I think, but also about the author's intent.
As for Hannibal/Ben/Rose - YES THE INFORMATION FLOW IS WEIRD AND CONFUSING. I think she'd know about Hannibal, because, like, what else would have explained his behavior? I mean, if she didn't know, I don't know if she'd have forgiven him for not going with Ben when Ben asked. I guess she'd have guessed, like Ben did, and later, like, checked with either Ben or Hannibal via sly classical allusions to grownup sons not knowing their fathers. (But, um, more in a Telemakhos way than an Oidipus one, thankfully.) (though didn't Telemakhos ultimately kill Odysseus?) (oh greeks)
But does Hannibal know she was raped? I don't knowww. Maybe she told him. I can imagine her being more open with people she thinks will never want to court her (ie. women and consumptive white men who never ever flirt with her) than men she thinks might be interested in her romantically. On the other hand, why DOESN'T Hannibal flirt with her? Maybe he tried once and she was all very obviously uncomfortable and he stopped forever, because he knew it meant that she really isn't interested and/or has man-related trauma.
I'd prefer it if Rose had been the one who told either Minou or Olympe (or both!). Unfortunately, I can see Ben talking to his sisters about it, because he'd just have all these feelings. Now, I don't think that's very wrong - both his sisters can keep secrets, and they'd have helped him process it without his manly avengery protectory feelings ruining the compassion - but it is going against Rose's privacy. I don't think he'd have told Hannibal before he got together with Rose, since he doesn't consider Hannibal very trustworthy at this point. I don't knowwww. On the other hand, he wouldn't have to say much at all - he could just say something like "Rose has reason to mistrust men" and everyone would know what he meant. So. Ahhh. I don't know.
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Date: 2013-09-22 12:28 am (UTC)2. I thought it was just ep 2? The youtube tagline thingy said Sleepy Hollow 1x02 Promo "Blood Moon". Anyway, the show-trailer was just scenes from the pilot! I think it's very possible it's that packed. The show seems to be fond of the show and tell ALL THE THINGS IMMEDIATELY form of storytelling, and I can't say I mind? I mean, imagine if we'd had to sit through like six episodes of "is Crane lying? Is there a Headless Horseman?" vacillating.
4. Yes, funny too, and in a less, um, bitchy way than Ben and Hannibal. Or a less gossipy way anyway.
He definitely wants to be Hannibal, yes, I think that right there's your appeal in using that name for his thought processes. I mean, you are the narrator, if you say he's Hannibal, he damn well is, and that's kind of gratifying? Like, remember when GRRM used Theon as a chapter title after all the depressing Reekness? It was really glorious. And it wasn't just that Theon started thinking of himself that way, it was that his story was now Theon's story again. Character naming is not just about a character's self-imagine, I think, but also about the author's intent.
As for Hannibal/Ben/Rose - YES THE INFORMATION FLOW IS WEIRD AND CONFUSING. I think she'd know about Hannibal, because, like, what else would have explained his behavior? I mean, if she didn't know, I don't know if she'd have forgiven him for not going with Ben when Ben asked. I guess she'd have guessed, like Ben did, and later, like, checked with either Ben or Hannibal via sly classical allusions to grownup sons not knowing their fathers. (But, um, more in a Telemakhos way than an Oidipus one, thankfully.) (though didn't Telemakhos ultimately kill Odysseus?) (oh greeks)
But does Hannibal know she was raped? I don't knowww. Maybe she told him. I can imagine her being more open with people she thinks will never want to court her (ie. women and consumptive white men who never ever flirt with her) than men she thinks might be interested in her romantically. On the other hand, why DOESN'T Hannibal flirt with her? Maybe he tried once and she was all very obviously uncomfortable and he stopped forever, because he knew it meant that she really isn't interested and/or has man-related trauma.
I'd prefer it if Rose had been the one who told either Minou or Olympe (or both!). Unfortunately, I can see Ben talking to his sisters about it, because he'd just have all these feelings. Now, I don't think that's very wrong - both his sisters can keep secrets, and they'd have helped him process it without his manly avengery protectory feelings ruining the compassion - but it is going against Rose's privacy. I don't think he'd have told Hannibal before he got together with Rose, since he doesn't consider Hannibal very trustworthy at this point. I don't knowwww. On the other hand, he wouldn't have to say much at all - he could just say something like "Rose has reason to mistrust men" and everyone would know what he meant. So. Ahhh. I don't know.