Incest tumblr10/4/2023 Obviously there is a taboo against murder but there is an even more severe taboo against cannibalism just as there is against incest (no one ever asks me why I choose to write about murder, whereas I get the incest question all the time, even though there is a lot more murder than incest in my books. Would Hannibal be such a popular and fascinating figure if he were just a serial killer who didn’t eat people? I would say no. But that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate what they’re doing there thematically. I find it very hard to watch (I’m talking about the TV show, though the movies and the books by Thomas Harris, also revel in the details of cannibalism) since the taboo against cannibalism is so strong. It does its best to make beet juice look like human blood. It delights in reminding you that pretty much any time anyone is eating anything, they’re eating PERSON. It rolls around joyfully in the visual representation and verbal discussion (“I guess he didn’t hop fast enough”) of cannibalism. It’s about life and death and loss and grief and rather a lot about psychoanalysis. I mean, Hannibal is about a lot of other things as well. Thank you for writing this series! Congratulations on finishing CoHF. I just think it’s interesting because in Game of Thrones, there’s motive for incest (like keeping bloodlines “pure” and “royal”) but in TMI it seems to be genuine “I’m in love/lust with my sibling” and I’d just like to know why you chose such a typically tabooed reoccurring theme for your books? Why is incest such a reoccurring theme in TMI? Please don’t think I’m criticising your work. I’m a huge fan of the mortal instruments! I absolutely adore your writing and your characters! I do have a genuine question though. Trigger warning for discussion of incest, sexual threat, and cannibalism.
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