tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966820934800710975.post7291990931443109690..comments2023-03-24T18:43:31.111-07:00Comments on Lupus in Fabula: Unwinding the Tension in Red DragonR. D. DeMosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02546143361312014124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966820934800710975.post-4637133333532586822012-10-13T01:22:53.059-07:002012-10-13T01:22:53.059-07:00Thanks, Will. I need to look at the text again, b...Thanks, Will. I need to look at the text again, but I seem to remember the Dragon not wanting D to kill Reba but to give her up. In doing so, he is a true anti-hero, giving up everything for what he truly wants above all else, which was to bring pain to Graham. In that case, D did die willingly in order to become the Dragon,R. D. DeMosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02546143361312014124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966820934800710975.post-3677750721095190962012-10-13T00:08:10.322-07:002012-10-13T00:08:10.322-07:00Great post, Ryan, but but I'm going question a...Great post, Ryan, but but I'm going question a bit the tail end of your look of the motivation between the Dragon and Dolarhyde. If Dolarhyde became the Dragon because he couldn't control the Dragon, Reba would have been killed. The Dragon wanted her to die. I don't think the Dragon took over until after the fire when he attacked Will since that was the next act the Dragon was going to do before the the trick with the newspaper. You could then make a phoenix metaphor if you wanted in the Dolarhyde did die in the fire and from the ashes the Dragon was born.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966820934800710975.post-14108411166517529802012-10-05T09:30:00.843-07:002012-10-05T09:30:00.843-07:00Good point on the separate goals of Dolorhyde and ...Good point on the separate goals of Dolorhyde and the Red Dragon. If Dolorhyde's goal had simply been to kill, the staff at the museum wouldn't have survived. Their deaths weren't necessary for Dolorhyde's Becoming, and they lived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966820934800710975.post-72198258417560575292012-09-27T12:29:54.691-07:002012-09-27T12:29:54.691-07:00"The majority of the tension wasn't creat..."The majority of the tension wasn't created with horror or gore, either; the tension came from character interactions, and mainly from Hannibal, Graham, and Dolarhyde/the Dragon." That is exactly what I loved most about this. There is just enough gore to ram home the severity of the crimes but it wasn't excessive. I haven't seen any of the movies so I don't know if Hollywood shows more gore. But, man, that personal interaction tension is gripping. I think that's why the story does so well especially, as you said with people who don't normally read this genre. We can all relate to personal interactions so having the tension and fright come from that was really fun to experience. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05175251214596666441noreply@blogger.com