I never thought Lecter's feelings for Starling were love, it was a more complex feeling, it was admiration, praise, pity, a feeling that was difficult to express in words, but it was never love, nor should it be is love. Do you develop a love for your food? Will not. Lecter thinks that he has surpassed the world, so he regards human beings as food, and Starling is also in his recipe, but she is an extremely precious food, and there is only one in the world, so Lecter is reluctant to eat it, and he can't bear to eat it.
But this movie completely distorted Lecter's feelings for Starling. Starling is a smart and interesting pet to him. He will take care of her and use her, and he will protect her when the mood comes, but he will never sacrifice because of her. Own. Just like humans don't cut off their hands to protect monkeys.
In "Silence of the Lambs", after Starling told Lecter the story of the Lambs, Lecter said "Thank you, Starling", why did he say thank you? Because for humans, lamb is food, but Starling pity food, she gave up herself to protect food. This touched Lecter's mind. Lecter was very disappointed with his food (that is, human beings), and he disdained to be in the company of those ignorant people, but Starling's story touched him and gave him a glimmer of hope for human beings. So Starling isn't just food, she's more of a pet. But if there is a crisis and lack of food, he will still eat his pets.
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