#clarice (have the lambs stopped screaming?)

[hvbris]

@threecardtrick liked for a starter

Clarice walked into Thomas Cromwell's office, offering him her hand to shake. She had a firm handshake, the handshake of a woman who worked in a world of men. "You are Dr. Lecter's lawyer," she said once the usual pleasantries were done and out of the way, "you represented him during his trials. I was hoping to ask you a few questions."

[fictionalmenmistress]

I too, am waiting for the lambs to stop screaming.

[brandonlees]

Well, Clarice… have the lambs stopped screaming? THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) dir, Jonathan Demme

[honeygrahambitch]

What if Will had Clarice's background? What if he was traumatized by the way his dad would slaughter the lambs? What if one day he just ran away from home?

I always believed that when Will was hallucinating the howl of hurt dogs when he had encephalitis it was actually a metaphor for "Have the lambs stopped screaming?"

[chickengeak]

“… well Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?”

[hvbris]

𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 & 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐄 @intcthatgoodnight

Clarice took notes as her old teacher talked about the case, and she would have felt like she was back at the Academy, listening to his classes, if it wasn't for the grim backdrop. The BSHCI was a gloomy place, with sad, grey cells.

When he asked for her opinion, she almost jolted and was immediately mortified about it. This isn't class, she told herself, I'm here as an agent, not a student. "He doesn't skin them entirely," she replied, "he just takes... pieces." She paused, looking at the words scribbled on her notebook. "They're trophies?" Clarice wished she could have sounded more assured.

Will hummed lowly in acknowledgment but otherwise didn’t reply. If he was remembering correctly then Jack was right, still it was a desperate move. The idea of Jack bringing a student in on a case bothered him, but he knew that his opinion on the matter would hardly change anything.

He turned his full attention back to the case file, quickly but carefully scanning through it. Buffalo Bill. He frowned at the pseudonym. Bad taste. “The cuts were all done post-mortem and they’re too precise to be random. His intent wasn’t to cause the victims pain or even death really, that was just … a necessary outcome. It’s the skin he’s after.” He looked back up at Clarice. “What do you think?”

[adam-stanheights-right-hip-bone]

something something Adam as the sacrificial lamb, Lawrence’s Gordon immeasurable guilt post-bathroom trap, Clarice Starling + “have the lambs stopped screaming”

[bobowbeau]

“Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?”

[sealrock]

sea's all saints wake gpose challenge—cinema

"Well, Clarice - have the lambs stopped screaming?"

[hvbris]

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐄 & 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐄: @imjustanauthor​ from: you’re not gonna tell me where we’re going ?

Really, it was debatable whether Charlie should be driving at all. The doctor had given him the all clear but, well, it would hardly be the first thing the medical professionals had been wrong about. So far, at least, he had managed to get back to it without incident, and therefore he was not worried as he dragged Clarice out in the car with him.

"Does it matter where we're going?" That was a stupid question. Of course it mattered. If the shoe were on the other foot, Charlie would be asking the exact same question.

The problem was, he wasn't taking her anywhere important. It wasn't work-related at all. Charlie didn't think that he was wasting her time, though! After all, what else would she be doing with her weekend? Tracking down her vanishing cannibal? That could wait for a day. In fact, he'd even repay her for her time by helping her with it, if she wanted!

"Okay, so you're a girl, right? My ex-wife, Amy - lovely lady, really - has finally agreed to let me have Tilly - that's my daughter - stay with me overnight for the first time since, you know." He motioned to the scar on his forehead with one hand. "Now Tilly, she wants to do all the girly sleepover stuff. Hair, nails, movie - that sort of thing. So! We're going shopping! I need nail polish, and pretty hair accessories, and I don't know what else. You can help, right?"

Charlie was rambling, but he was clearly excited. He really wanted to ensure that his daughter had a good time and, in his wisdom, he'd decided that Clarice was the best person to help him with that.

Girly sleepover stuff? Clarice looked at Charlie, blinking silently. She wasn’t exactly aware of whatever meant “girly sleepover stuff”. Growing up in an orphanage didn't offer many opportunities for sleepovers. Besides, what did girls enjoy doing nowadays? She had no idea! Clarice lived in cheap off the rack power suits in the desperate hope of pretending she wasn’t some hick from the depth of Virginia. 

“Yes, Charlie,” she articulated slowly, “I suppose I’m a girl. A 30 year old girl.” Eyebrows were raised to punctuate her words. A 30 years old girl who bought cheap perfume and second-hand shoes and mall makeup. Even now, that she made a decent living. Force of habits.

“Don’t worry, I’ll help,” she still replied. Charlie was just trying to be a good dad, and that brought up strange and painful emotions in her. For a short second, she thought of her dad, whose face had slowly faded away from her memory. Nothing but a tall silhouette in a cowboy’s hat.

He sounded so excited, she ended up cracking a smile herself. “Back home, I’d have taken you to the mall,” she said, “but here, you’re gonna have to take me to whatever pink sparkly store you can find. We can get some makeup and hair accessories, yes.” Truth was, she was going to be improvising as much as him, but that was alright. It could only be fun, right? 

[yuikomorihotline]

ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔇𝔩 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔰

*Descriptions from Letterboxt and quotes from IMDb

Yui: Phantom of the Opera (2004)

The waiting is over...let the fantasy begin.

Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love.

Shuu: Goldfinger (1964)

Do you expect me to talk?

No, I expect you to die!

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox – and obliterate the world’s economy.

Reiji: The Seventh Seal (1957)

My body is ready, but I am not.

When disillusioned Swedish knight, Antonius Block, returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

Laito: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI’s training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

Kanato: Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart (2013)

The torment of love can transform people into wretched monsters.

In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh finds a way to save him by replacing his heart with a clock. So he lives and remains under the midwife’s protective care. But he must not get angry or excited because that endangers his life by causing his clock to stop working. Worse than that, when he grows up, he has to face the fact he cannot fall in love because that too could stop his delicate heart.

Ayato: Pulp Fiction (1994)

You won't know the facts until you've seen the fiction.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster’s moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Subaru: The Crow (1994)

And I say, "I'm dead," and I move.

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven – watched over by a hypnotic crow – returns from the grave to exact revenge.

Ruki: Eyes Without a Face (1960)

A new face, a new identity.

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane’s.

Yuuma: Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together!

Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.

Kou: The Menu (2022)

You will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve.

A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Azusa: Parasite (2019)

You know what kind of plan never fails? No plan. No plan at all.

All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

[marias-wonderland]

Hannibal: Have the lambs stop screaming Cla- Clarice: YES THEY HAVE!

[chaoticbeimg]

Well, Clarice, have the lambs stop screaming?

[yoursicklilbaby]

– Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?

– Never.

[briarpatch-kids]

Every time I wear a sheet mask I feel like Hannibal Lechter. Like "oh have the Lambs stopped screaming yet, Clarice?"

[honeygrahambitch]

You know how Will keeps hearing dog whimpers or barking in the first season? I realized that's probably a parallel to the "Well, Clarice...have the lambs stopped screaming?" from The Silence of the Lambs.