Soooo, has everyone seen Hannibal 3×11? I trembled. I cried. I drooled. I giggled. And I was inspired to make another Red Dragon shrine. Like the last three weeks, I am raffling off today’s shrine on Twitter again. Instructions follow at the end of this post.
GRD. Great Red Dragon. Whose side are you on? Homely Francis, or terrifying Dragon?
Check what Francis is seeing in the mirror shards…
And when the full moon comes out, he spreads his wings and flies away…
Howl, great tail-wagger, howl!
And here’s the full shrine:
(BTW, the Red Dragon sign was made by sinnamin, she of the irresistible plushies…)
Like before, I am raffling off this shrine over on my Twitter. If you would like to win this (D)RAPS, these are the instructions:
Go to my Twitter @GuyltyPleasure. I have tweeted six shrine-related tweets, indicated by numbering (1/6, 2/6…). Quote (which is a kind of RT) my tweet number 6/6, making sure you include the hashtags #Hannibal #AteItUp. And you are in. RT open until Monday, 17 August 2015, 8am GMT.
The shrine will be sent anywhere in the world, free of charge! I only have one favour to ask: Please allow another two weeks before I send it because I would like to hold on to all six final shrines til then in order to take a ‘group shot’ of them for my archive.
Guylty Pleasure 
The wings… the wings…. the wings….
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Fairy wings, I know… because I am not really enamored with the beast… Had to make it a bit more harmless…
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The beast is heartbreaking. To watch him struggle to contain the beast and to protect Reba from the beast and I don’t know if she ever knew that.
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No, she doesn’t. I think she believes he’s just looking for excuses when he says he is afraid he is going to hurt her. Well, we have all heard it before, haven’t we? It’s the classic break-up line, just after “It’s not you, it’s me”.
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I don’t think even in the book, she realized that. Or at least, it wasn’t mentioned in the book…
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He scared my pants off in this episode! I most definitely prefer Homely Francis! I must ask, though… when did you giggle? I was too scared to giggle. =)
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Homely Francis was nicer in episode 3×10… this one was creepy, too, watching sinister footage unbeknownst to the lovely, trusting woman who is cuddling up to him.
As for giggles – two things, and it wasn’t really intentional stuff. I just had to laugh at Mr A’s hourglass figure when he was seen in silhouette as he was breaking into Molly’s house. Plus – the boots just looked like RA’s own, as did the Belstaff jacket. A bit too fancy for Dolly…?
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I thought the same thing. Did the wardrobe department have the day /night off? Or did they blow the budget on the dragon costume?
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Die Flügel sind der Hammer! Überraschend anders, fast Tinkerbell-mäßig 😉
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bisschen nackisch fur Tinkerbell, oder? 😉
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Die haben mir auch am meisten Spaß gemacht. Irgendwie muss man sich den Drachen ja kuschelig machen…
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Another gem of a shrine. Francis is losing and it’s so sad, yet we still root for a miracle.
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Yes, I am completely ignoring desaster in my shrines. I am rooting for Francis. He deserves a chance at happiness. (Ever the romantic here…)
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Lovely job. He looks like he could just fly away on his gossamer wings, his lovely tail bringing up the rear.
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Oh, don’t mention the tail, Kathy. That awful thing was meant to be less visible than it actually is…
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I saw it on Friday evening before I went to sleep. Was having hand in my mouth almost all the time and saying ”Oh, no no,.. gosh! OMG.. he is amazing… oh no.. the pain..poor Francis.. etc..”
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Oh, the same here, Andrea. I was cursing when he broke up with Reba in the darkroom. Silly bugger.
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I love the wings, and that amazing, long, muscular leg… torso and thighs worthy of a Greek god… he ought to grow a beard and play Zeus 🙂
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i’m so on board with this king of gods idea! and Zeus must be Greek for John then ;-))) ( i know it’s not ;-))) but it would be funny ;-))
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Well, he would be in good company (Laurence Olivier and Liam Neeson), and unlike them he could actually reveal his beautiful, divine torso, just like Pheidias’ Zeus enthroned at Olympia:
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Convincing argument. Hollywood, hark up!
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i wonder of it is proper to be drooling like this on a Sunday .. i am due some serious Hail Marys 😉 But really, they have just done the Iliad in London this weekend live for 15 h straight read live, and i would love some of that material to be made into a serious movie and with him in it… a girl can dream = antique literature stuff with all the emotional depth + RA= heaven!
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I am completely behind you on this. I’d love to see RA act in a Greek play. They wouldn’t even need a deus ex machina with him on stage… Explains everything…
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Oh yes, he would make a much more convincing Achilles than Brad Pitt. Kudos for those who organized the Iliad reading. They always say the Iliad is “unfilmable,” but I would like to see more attempts 🙂
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OTT for everyone, in case you want to listen to a bit of the Iliad reading 🙂 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31pc7h_bertie-carvel-reading-from-the-iliad_creation
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Wonderful stuff! Whilst there I ran across another vid by Tobias Menzies. He gave his trademark sniff before starting to read. Priceless 🙂
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Hehe, focussing on the best bits… the leg and that whole side was very nice to look at. I think there is a peach in there, somewhere, too… Oh, and he has the beard, so we just have to wait until someone offers him the role of a Greek god.
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I’ll pour a libation to that!!
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What Linnetmoss said 🙂 Haven’t seen 3.11 yet but this is my favourite FD shrine so far! 🙂
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Despite the mirror shards? I was wondering whether I was pushing it with that. Too much of a reminder that the Dragon is a beast… But very glad if you like it!!
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Including the mirror shards (and the tail!) Yes, the dragon is a beast but I will never believe a beast is irredeemable…
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those wings just… i just want to touch them gently.. and they look so dainty… i will be forgiven if my finger slips along his thigh.. ‘ggg’
But otherwise no, no, no, the evil dragon needs to leave poor Francis alone, he looks so distressed in the upper pic, i just want to cure his boo-boos
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Hehe, the wings are meant to draw you eye (and your finger) to the really interesting bits…
And yes, that dragon either becomes a pet or it has to go. Really, I hate that Francis is so under his spell.
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it so makes me wish for a story where he could be helped by a good and honest psychologist.. and the love of a good woman, of course 🙂 Where is the fanfic when we need it????
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Haha, well, I am sure it’ll be there, soon… because that’s what we *all* want to read. “Save Francis, Kill the Red Dragon”.
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