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No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight In the shadow of your heart - Hannigram fic inspired by Hades & Persephone

Hannibal Lecter x Will Graham Hades and Persephone inspired ficlet

Set around S3 E7 - Hannibal is in BSHCI

Word Count: 1840

TW: canon-typical violence, canon-typical sexual tension and euphemisms, blood described!!!

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I sprang up for joy, but he, stealthily, put into my hand the berry of the pomegranate, that honey-sweet food, and he compelled me by biâ[force] to eat of it. As for how it was that he [Hadês] snatched me away, through the mêtis[cunning wisdom] of the son of Kronos, my father, and how he took me down beneath the depths of the earth, — Homeric Hymn to Demeter

Will Graham feels the pressure of the earth around him, choking on the dirt and soil as it scratches his throat and eyes and buries beneath his bitten and broken nails. But Will feels no fear; as the cold, indifferent soil invades his senses, and he finds himself drawn into the bowels of the Earth, he feels blinded and at peace.

Will’s mind wanders briefly to Stammets, and he finds himself settling into the mind of a man who craves and desires connection and understanding above all else - Will thinks of him as he feels the tendrils of the Earth surround and claw into his skin, roots digging and boring into his bones and muscles and flowing through his veins; the earth becoming one with blood and tears. Will feels the earth around him, he feels the plants that sprout and grow above him, and feels the gentle flap of wings brushing against the undergrowth high above his corpse. Will feels the gentle footsteps of hooves that tread gently, compassionately, through the leaf-carpeted ground. Antlers stretch skywards, mimicking the roots that coil and curl in his brain and bloodstream, taking their place in his spinal cord. The inky coat swirls like the waves of bottomless oceans; shifting between barbed fur and dishevelled feathers

The deer pauses in the vegetation, breath fogging and growing into a heavy mist, it’s ears twitch and dark chocolate eyes stare with cold indifference and a small, subtle spark of morbid curiosity. The Stag slowly lowers its head, antlers stretching and curving into the earth, reaching for Will as he lays in the earth, at peace and silent.

The sharp bone presses into Will's abdomen, penetrating the pale skin and forcing the roots and life from his body. Will feels his weathered body pulled from the Earth, ripped from the roots and dirt that anchored him, connected him to life around him. Will is torn from the womb of the land and as the proud, curious Stag rears its head, Will is left decorated on its antlers - blood dripping and swirling among the feathers. Will - now alone, disconnected and isolated - lays upon the pyre of bone and stolen unions and feels light claw its way into his mind and pierce his thin, translucent eyelids that he stubbornly forces closed.

Adorned with Will’s blood, holding him as both offering and prey, the Stag drags the Sun beneath the Horizon, and in the light forsaken landscape, the Stag speaks with Hannibal’s voice: “One does not become enlightened by closing their eyes and imagining figures of light, but by facing the darkness before them, allowing it to take corporal form and meet your gaze. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Your visions will become clear only when you can tear open your ribcage, and hear your own voice echoed in the steady beat of your heart.”

When Will Graham awakes, he is cold. The feather light whispers that brush against his nape and ears have Hannibal’s voice and mimic his inflections. The cold sweat that drips down his spine and brow remind him too much of Hannibal’s gentle, poisonous touch. Will breathes deeply, rubbing a weathered palm over his pallid face and kneads his eyes a little too harshly - the dull stab of pain making him feel alive for a brief moment.

He refuses to look at the taunting alarm clock that he knows lies a few feet away, dented and facing away from the bed after numerous sleepless nights and restless dreams. He doesn’t want to know how little he has slept, he doesn’t dare to calculate exactly how many hours, minutes, seconds that Hannibal has stolen from him. Doesn’t dare consider the power Hannibal holds over Will’s mind; the vice-like grip with which he holds Will’s fragile mind, as he shatters and rebuilds it to his design.

Will Graham doesn’t want to admit that despite the physical distance between, Hannibal is no more than a hair-width away, looming over Will as he wrestles with sleep, hiding in the shadows that plague the corner of Will’s eyes, slipping into his mind and whispering prayers of devotion and wrath into Will’s ear.

Will Graham does not want to think of Hannibal’s control over him; even miles away, behind glass and concrete, Hannibal’s words crawl and swirl inside his brain, staining his peaceful stream with blood and ink, scarlet strings taut around his throat and wrists as Will moves in accordance to Hannibal's design. He doesn’t want to think of Hannibal, holding out his hand to Will, offering him a place of belonging, somewhere he can be seen. He doesn’t want to think of Hannibal’s gentle, cautious infiltration of Will’s life, of his curious, cat-like stare that pieces through lies and masks, of his callous, firm hands wrenching Will from the fragile comfort of his dogs and teaching and deception.

But he does.

Oh, how he does.

Will sits and for every moment he tries to wrangle his thoughts away from Hannibal, the more they twist and take root inside his mind, carving open and infecting any thought that isn’t centred on that icy smile.

He sees himself sat at Hannibal’s table, in his mind it stretches far beyond his sight, adorned with antlers and mushrooms and flowers in hues of crimson and embers. Despite the miles of mahogany strewn before him, Will sits on Hannibal’s right, legs brushing together as Will perches besides Hannibal’s throne.

Will watches as Hannibal leans forward, eyes empty and dark, his hands - more talons in Will’s mind - reach forward to the spread and pluck a round, dark pink fruit from the centre. He pulls the pomegranate to eye level, and as his dark eyes stare at the fruit, it begins to split and fracture, torn in half by his sharp gaze, the crimson blood dripping down Hannibal’s hands and fingers as the fruit splits. He finally reaches up to pull the two halves apart and sets them down gently on a cracked china plate, fractured pieces held together with gold and Hannibal’s will, he plucks one crystalline seed from the rind and turns to his right hand companion and gently, softly, presses the rouge gem against his lips. Will tastes the sweet sugars of the fruit and metallic copper of blood - as he swallows he can taste faint lingering sweat on the pads of his host’s fingers. Hannibal’s hands retreat, and Will fights the urge to chase them. Suddenly, as Hannibal turns away from him, Will feels a cold chill down his spine, and senses a warm presence to his left.

Hannibal’s eyes meet the uninvited, welcome, guest. The corners of his eyes crinkle with a cold smile, blood still spilling from the broken fruit below him. Slowly, Will clenches his jaw and turns to meet his daughter’s eyes.

Abigail smiles gently at Will and shakes his head “You’re not meant to be here”. She grins, blood blooming in her scarf, staining the pale plum fabric, as Hannibal answers for her: “Wherever we meet, she’ll be at those crossroads - tying us together, her fate forever entwined with ours. She is an undeniable part of our history, it is with her blood that we write the Iliad of our future.” The blood begins to pour, coursing down her neck and chest like the stained streams that invaded his sleeping mind. “You can’t keep blaming yourself Will.” She tilts her head. “I was destined to die there, on my father’s kitchen floor - my blood was always going to stain those tiles, the end of my thread was always tied to that cabin. All you ever did was” she shrugs indifferently, “postpone the inevitable”.

Will sighs, his breath stuttering, as Abigail’s eyes go glassy and he feels Hannibal’s claws reach for his stubbled jaw and turn his face back to the head of the table. Another ruby seed is held to his lips, thumb and forefinger brushing his teeth as it is pushed onto his tongue. As Will swallows, he feels the small pit shift and grow, a metallic, bitter taste chases down his throat as the fruit transforms to a rubbery lump in his throat. Will feels it drag down his trachea, choking and coughing. Bile burns his chest and fills his lungs. He coughs sharply, slicing at the muscles of his throat. He shudders and chokes, wrenching his eyes shut and forcing the not-seed from his mouth. He feels Hannibal's hand gently brush his sweat soaked curls from his face and when he opens his eyes he sees a bloody ear on a pile of shattered china, disfigured and broken - unrepairable, to Hannibal's despair, but no amount of glue and gold to force dust together again.

Saliva and blood drip from his mouth, the bitter taste of acid on his tongue as Hannibal pushes his head up and forces another seed against his lips. In a moment of desperation; a blinding need for control, Will makes the decision to bite. Hard Pressing sharp canid teeth into Hannibal’s hand, he swallows the seed, the tender sweetness drowned by the bitter copper. Will feels flesh and muscle tear under his teeth as he rips his mouth away. The brief moment of self satisfaction and pride fades as he meets Hannibal’s gaze.

Darkened eyes sparkle with satisfaction, a cruel smile twists his features as he leans forwards. “Do you know how butterflies are made, Will? Do you understand what happens inside of a cocoon? The weak and fragile caterpillar digests itself, releasing acid into its own skin and dissolving into nothingness, ready to be reborn and rebuilt into something beautiful. It is only through the thorough and complete self destruction, that they can truly Become”

Will snaps open his eyes. Shaking. The taste of blood stains his tongue as he sits on his bed in a cold sweat - Winston nudges and licks gently at his hand, when he looks down, he swears - just for a moment - he sees blood coating his fingers.

Will Graham does not want to think of Hannibal’s control over him; but he is slowly losing the battle of denial, and soon he will be forced to admit exactly how tightly Hannibal’s grip is on his very heart - claws digging deep into his ribcage and clutching at his beating organ - controlling his vitality.

He does not want to admit that Hannibal has taken control. And he most certainly does not want to face the part of his mind, that corner of shadows and eternal twilight, that craves to taste the metallic life force of the other man and let himself be seen.

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k-s-morgan · 3 years

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When Will asks Alana ‘save Hannibal from me or for you?’ after she tells him to stay away from Hannibal doesn’t that show that Will knew or at least suspected that Hannibal was in love and wanted to be with him?

and Alana knew that too so that’s why she’s warning him off Hannibal? I interpreted Will’s “save him for you” as “I won’t date him so you can carry on dating him even though you know it’s me he loves”.

I know she was also talking about the destructive aspect of their relationship but that dialogue was smthing out of a rom-com, where the girl who knows the boy she’s dating is in love with another girl and she goes to tell her off 😂

Will is just as possessive towards Hannibal as Hannibal is towards him and that line shows that (IMO)

IMO by the end of S2 Will was already in love with Hannibal and he must have known Hannibal loved him too at least subconsciously?

Oh, Will definitely knew by the end of S2 that Hannibal lvoes him! I think his subconscious was trying to tell him this throughout all season, but it became especially loud by the middle of it.

At first, when he's still in prison, Will seems increasingly confused by Hannibal. He knows Hannibal betrayed and set him up, and yet he also feels like Hannibal is being genuine when he talks about their friendship. He sees how Hannibal tries to protect him during the trial; he listens to how Hannibal urges him to use the available defense and mentions how he doesn't want Will to be in prison. As a result, Will's mind gives him a dream where one version of Hannibal is letting him out of his cell while the other one is trying to lock him back in.

After Hannibal does free him, Will has a dream where Hannibal calls him a beloved repeatedly, talking about love and his definition of it. So, Will might be confused here still, but the knowledge that Hannibal loves him and wants him to Become is there.

During the conversation about "imago", "loved one," and "an ideal", Will also understands it's about him, and when he sees Abigail and realizes that Hannibal really wanted a family with him, this knowledge becomes very solid. We can see its echoes throughout the first few episodes of S3.

As for his own feelings... With Will, it's difficult to say. I'm not sure he bothered to define any of it up until the very end of S3 - he seems to dislike labels in general. He knew he wants to be with Hannibal, he knew he hates the idea of being replaced, he knew he wnats to be Hannibal's priority, but whether he called it being in love... Probably not. I agree with Hugh Dancy in that Will applied these words only after asking Bedelia if Hannibal is in love with him.

Now, as for that scene with Alana: in E7, I think they are talking about only the physical danger Will poses, with Will figuring out that Alana and Hannibal's relationship has taken on another level.

Alana: Are you going to try to hurt Hannibal again? Is he safe?

Since Alana's major problem was Will sending Matthew, I believe she's talking solely about the physical threat. After what happened, it's unlikely that she thinks Will and Hannibal might ever reunite.

Will: From me? Or for you?

Will is answering in a similar way: he acknowledges the physical threat he might pose and questions whether Alana is worried about Hannibal in general or if her concern is more personal.

But in E11? Oh yes, I fully agree with your take here. Alana has seen how Will and Hannibal act already, she noticed the glances, the tension, and the intimacy. Partly, it's about darkness, but it's also clearly about possessiveness.

Alana: I don't think Hannibal is good for you and I think your relationship is destructive.

Will: Hannibal's good enough for you!

This is definitely rom-com territory, just like that dinner they shared. I remember describing it before:

"Alana is disturbed after her meeting with Freddie and she tells Will and Hannibal about how strange they come across together . She adds that Freddie “sees what no one else sees”. Will doesn’t like to hear it because it hits too close to home. He almost throws a quick glance at Hannibal, as if for guidance, and then avoids looking at Alana as he asks, “And what is that?” After her reply (that according to Freddie, Will and Hannibal might be the killer everyone’s looking for), Will stares at Hannibal in grim, somewhat panicked wariness. He does feel guilty, and I’d say, it’s not just about his darkness. He’s guilty of the growing closeness and intimacy between them.

Will and Hannibal’s eyes meet, hold, and Will looks at Alana again. Eventually, he tries to push the negative attention to Freddie by comparing her to a psychopath. His initial tension is gone, he is looking at Alana in subtle amusement. She holds his gaze for quite long, and I assume she caught the challenge in his behavior because she outright says that “Freddie isn’t the only one without boundaries” as she continues staring at Will. This is likely a more romantic-colored tension — Alana is no longer concerned about the killers, and the way she targets Will in particular in front of Hannibal feels territorial to me. In fact, she stares at Will for so long that Hannibal finally reacts, and only then does she turn away. However, she then questions the nature of Will and Hannibal’s relationship by focusing on Will again. Note how she doesn’t look at Hannibal during this — no, she feels threatened by Will in particular. When she does glance at Hannibal, it’s at the word “enemy”, as if she’s reminding him that Will tried to kill him and thus cannot be trusted.

Will also stares at Hannibal now, the wary look is back. He’s waiting to hear what Hannibal says, and Hannibal defends their relationship by saying that “crossing boundaries is different from violating them.” He directly emphasizes that his and Will’s relationship, whatever it is, is mutual. Will turns to see Alana’s reaction. Alana is clearly displeased. Another long look at Will, and she refuses to give up by saying, “It’s just difficult to know where you are with each other,” her eyes going between Hannibal and Will, stopping at Will.

Will finally regains his voice properly, so he answers, “We know where we are with each other, Shouldn’t that be enough?” His smile at Alana is fake as hell and jerky. Hannibal is the one amused now, looking between them, first listening to Will’s reply very attentively and then turning to Alana, as if asking, “Well? What do you say now?” Alana says nothing and just goes on looking at them both.

This scene is really framed like a lover and a wife fighting over their man, with Hannibal in the middle of it."

#hannibal #hannigram #will graham #alana bloom #jealousy

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mirclealignr · 2 years

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ೃ⁀➷ watch list

[feel free to recommend things!]

currently watching;

the queen’s gambit - S1:E3

hannibal - S1:E7

medici - S1:E2

the witcher - S2:E4

criminal minds - S8:E10

leonardo - S1:E5

dark - S1:E9

downton abbey - S5:E5

teen wolf - S2:E1

peaky blinders - S3:E1

gilmore girls S1:E12 (rewatch)

riverdale - S1:E2 (for shits and giggles)

pretty little liars - S4:E9 (rewatch)

recently watched;

jennifer’s body

a rainy day in new york

the lighthouse

tell it to the bees

outlaw king

dead poets society

movies to watch;

dead poets society

little women 1994

brokeback mountain

tell it to the bees

dark shadows

black swan

four weddings and a funeral

the loft

chaos walking

jennifer’s body

fight club

oceans 11 / 12 / 13

what’s eating gilbert grape

aeornauts

joker

ammonite

beautiful boy

gone girl

the green knight

outlaw king

the power of the dog

the great gatsby

tick tick boom

emma 2020

silver linings playbook

midsommar

the pianist

hot summer nights

the imitation game

suffragette

just like heaven

1917

van helsing

the conjuring

tinker tailor solider spy

the lighthouse

ghost busters

the dig

the iron lady

silver skates

nowhere boy

eternals

encanto

the spectacular now

little miss sunshine

pretty woman

the rocky horror picture show

tolkien

the gentlemen

forest gump

don’t look up

tv shows;

godless

his dark materials

the crown

punisher

haunting of hill house

the frankenstein chronicles

this is us

derry girls

sex education

queens gambit

brooklyn nine nine

poldark

the chilling adventures of sabrina

my mad fat diary

loki

the falcon and the winter soldier

clique

mrs wilson

good omens

#watchlist #mirclealignr #navigation

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rafomcm · 2 years

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Este post es un ejercicio para documentar todo el material audiovisual que pude ver a lo largo del 2021. Sin fines de nada, agregué todas las series y películas que pude ver como un intento de aprendizaje. A continuación la lista:

Títulos vistos en el 2021.

1 de enero: Cobra Kai S3-E1-8, Euphoria S1-E5-8

2 de enero: Cobra Kai S1-E9-10

3 de enero: song exploder: How Music Gets Made: S2-E2-3

4 de enero: Clone Wars S3-1-2

5 de enero: Crimson’s Peak

6 de enero: Arrival

7 de Enero: Pieces of a Women

8 de Enero: Pretend it’s a City: S1-E1-4

The World End

The Third Day: S1-E3

9 de enero: ROOM, The Dark Knight

10 de enero: Pretend it’s a City: S1-E5-6, No necesitan presentación con David Letterman S3-E2, Tin Tin y El secreto del unicornio

11 de enero: 30 Monedas S1-E3

El mundo oculto de Sabrina: S3-E1-2, No Necesitan Presentación David Letterman: S3-E3

12 de enero: Star Wars III: Revenge

Of the Sith, Pretend it’s a City: S1-E7, Misterios sin Resolver: S2-E4

13 de enero: Yo, Christina F.

Night Stalker: S1-E1-2

14 de enero: Night Stalker S1-E3-4

15 de enero: WandaVision S1-E1-2

Star Wars VI: The Empire Strikes Back

Servant: S2-E1

19 de enero: Lupin S1-E1-2

20 de enero: Servant S2-E1

Lupin S1-E3-4

21 de enero: 30 Monedas: S1-E4-5

War Dogs

22 de enero: WandaVision S1-E3

30 Monedas: S1-E6

The Boys S2-E8

23 de enero: 30 Monedas: S1-E7

Snowpiecer: S1-E1-3

24 de enero:

Kong Skull Island

25 de enero: RocknRolla

King Kong

27 de enero: White Tiger

Lupin S1-E5

28 de enero: The Midnight Sky

29 de enero: Wandavision S1-E4

New Girl S1-E1

Bajo Cero

30 de enero: In Brudges

7 psicopatas

31 de enero: The Dig, 12 Monkeys, Quémese Después de Leerse, Hannibal

1 de febrero: The Little Things

Promising Young Woman

Mátalos Suavemente, ROMA

2 de febrero: The Way Back

3 de febrero: Marie Antoinette

4 de febrero: Biutiful

5 de febrero: The Man Who Wasn’t There, WandaVision S1-E5

6 de febrero: Doctor Strange

7 de Febrero: Malcolm y Marie

Monarca S1-E1-2

Rogué One

Ya no estoy aquí

10: Escena de un crimen: S1-E1-2

11: Escena de un crimen: S1-E3-4

12: WandaVision S1-E6

16: Your Honor S1-E1-2

18: Judas and the Black Messiah

Freaky

Tropa Elite

19/ WandaVision S1-E7

I Care a Lot

21: mission imposible 6

El ciudadano ilustre

22: El Agente Topo

25: Gravedad

26: WandaVision

28: Free Fire

1 de marzo: Beginning

2: Captain America: Civil War.

3: The Knick S1-E1

4: The Knick S1-E2-5

5: WandaVision S1-E9

8: The King of Comedy

9: Fight Club, Amour, Carol

10: Doctor Sueño, La gran belleza

11: “Antes de que el diablo sepa que has muerto”. Luce

12: Dave Chapelle Show: S1-E1

Train to Busai

13: You Were Never Here.

14: Drácula

15: I May Destroy You: S1-E1-

Modern Family: S11-E1-3

16: The Wolf of Wall Street

20: Zack Snyder Justice League

21: The Town

22: Servant S2-E2

The Disaster Artist

25: The Knick S1-E6-8

26: The Knick S1-E9

27: Bad Lieuteinent, The Knick S1-E10, Cherry, Servant S2-E3

28: Ted Lasso S1-E2-5

29: Ted Lasso: S1-E6-10

30: Mythic Quest: S1-E1

31: Haunted: Latinoamerica S1-E1

Abril

1: Captain Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1-E1-2

7: Captain Falcon and the Winter Soldier: S1-E3

10: Silver Lining Playbook

11: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier/: S1-E4

Damn of the Dead, El Discípulo, arrástrame al infierno

12: Godzilla Vs Kong, Better Call Saul S1-E1-4, La forma del agua

13: Better Call Saul: S1-E5-10, S2-E1-2

First Man

14: Better Call Saul: S2-E3-7, Rudo y Cursi

15: Better Call Saul: S2-E8-10, S3-E1-2

16: Better Call Saul: S3-E3-5

17: Better Call Saul: S3-E6-10, The Revenant

18: Inherent Vice, Luis Miguel S2-E1-2, Blade Runner 2049, Mare and eastwood S1-E1

19: Mythic Quest: S1-E2-5, Invincible S1-E1-3, Better Call Saul: S4-E1-3

20: South Park: S24-E0, Invincible S1-E4, Nobody, Better Call Saul S4-E4-6

21: Better Call Saul: S4-E7

22: Better Call Saul: S4-E8-10

23: Better Call Saul: S5-E1-2

24: Better Call Saul: S5-E3, Mortal Kombat

25: Luis Miguel: S2-E3, Mythic Quest S1-E7-8

26: Invincible S1-E5, The Father, Parasite, Mythic Quest: S1-E9

27: Tropic Thunder, Mythic Quest S1-E10-11, Mare and the Eastwood S1-E2, Better Call Saul: S5-E4,

28: The Walking Dead S1-E1

29: La Costa de los Mosquitos: S1-E1-2

Mayo

2: I See You

3: Invincible S1-E6-8, Luis Miguel S2-E4, Nuevo Orden

4: Overlord, The Mitchells vs the machines.

5: Better Call Saul S5-E5,

6: Better Call Saul: S5-E6-8

7: Jupiter Legacy, Mythic Quest S2-E1-2, La Costa de los Mosquitos S1-E3, Better Call Saul S5-9-10

11: Love + Death + Robots: S1-E8

15: La Costa de los Mosquitos: S1-E4

Mythic Quest S2-E3

18: Mare of Easttown: S1-E3-5

19; The Current War

20: Luis Miguel S2-E5-6, Halston S1-E1

21: Army of the Dead. Kick-Ass 2, Mythic Quest; S2-E3, Ls Costa de los Mosquitos S1-E5, Shrek 3

22: Halston s1-e2, Ex-Machina

23: Mare of Easttown S1-E6

24: Malcolm in the middle S7-E1-3, Quien te cantará

25: Malcolm in the middle: S7-E4-7, Sound of Metal

26: American Gods S1-E2-3, Master of None S3-E1

27: Friends The Reunión,

Junio

1: Mare of Easttown S1-E7

2: Wrath of Man

3: La Costa de los Mosquitos: S1-E6-7

9: Loki S1-E1

15: Mythic Quest S2-E4-5

16: Loki S1-E2, Mythic Quest S2-E6-7

20: Elite S4-E1

22: Rick and Morty S5-E1

23: Loki S1-E3

29: Rick and Morty S5-E2

30: The Flickr Attendant S1-E1-3, Loki S1-E4,

Julio

4: No Sudden Move, Harley Quinn S1-1, Rick and Morty S5-E3

5: Elite S4-E2, Harley Quinn S1-E2-3, Nightcrawler,

8: Loki S1-E5

9: The Tomorrow War

10: Black Widow

11: Resident Evil: S1-E1-2

12: Monsters At Work: S1-E1

13: Rick and Morty S5-E4

14: Veneno S1-E1, Loki S1-E6

19: Space Jam 2, The Hitmans Wifes Bodyguard, Calle del Terror: Parte 1, Rick and Morty S5-E5

20: Good Time,

21: The Village

25: Rick and Morty S5-E6

26: Ted Lasso: S2-E1

27: The movie that nade us: S2-E1-3

1 agosto: Jungle Cruise

3: The Sopranos S1-e1, Rick and Morty S5-E7, the movie that made us: S5-E4, Bo Burnham: Inside,

5: El Infierno.

7: Made for Love S1-E1

8: The Departed, The Suicide Squad

10: Sicario

15: The White Lotus S1-E1

16: The White Lotus S1-E2-5

17: The White Lotus S1-E6, Laberinto del Fauno

22: Todo va a estar bien S1-E1-2, The Irishman

30: 30 Monedas S1-E8, Spiderman 3, Jiro Dreams of Sushi

31: What if: S1-E3

Septiembre:

5: La Casa de Papel S5-E1-2, Rick and Morty S5-E9-10

6: La Casa de Papel: S5-E4-5, Todo Va a Estar Bien: S1-E4-7

7: Another Round. Chernobyl S1-E2, What if S1-E2 y 4.

8: Chernobyl S1-E3, what if S1-E5

9: Matrix: Realoded

10: Matrix: Revolutions, Life itself

11: Billions S5-E3,

13: Brooklyn Nine-Nine: S7-E1-2

16: Brooklyn Nine-Nine: S7-E3-5

17: Brooklyn Nine-Nine: S7-E6-110

19: Sex Education S3-E1

20: Sex Education S3-E2-3

21: Ted Lasso: S2-E3-7

22:Ted Lasso S2-E8-9

23: The Morning Show S2-E2

25: Midnight Mass S1-E1-2

26: Midnight Mass S1-E3

27: El Juego del Calamar: S1-E1-4

28: Free Guy

Octubre

2: Seinfeld: S2-E1-5, The Office S2-E1, The Guilt,

3: Seinfeld S2-E6-8, The Morning Show S2-E3, Scenes from a Marriage

4: Seinfeld S2-E9-10, What if S1-E8, Old, Star Wars Visions S1-E1-3

5: Dave Chapelle: The Closer

6: What if: S1-E9, Spiderman S5-E1

7: Seinfeld S2-E11-12

8: Seinfeld S3-E1-4

9: Seinfeld S3-E5-10

10: Seinfeld S3-E11

11: Seinfeld S3-E12-15, Venom 2

13: Sex Education S3-E4

14: Sex Education S3-E5-6, Seinfeld S3-E16-17

15: Seinfeld: S3-E18-22, Sex Education S3-E7-8, El Juego del Calamar S1-E5

16; The Morning Show S2-E4, El Juego del Calamar S1-E6-8,

17: El Juego del Calamar S1-E9, Succession S3-E1, Scenes from a Marriage S1-E2-3

18: Mr Robot S1-E1-2

19: Mr Robot S1-E3, Midnight Mass S1-E4

20: Mr Robot S1-E4-E5, Midnight Mass S1-E5,

21: Mr Robot: S1-E6, Midnight Mass S1-E6

22: Seinfeld S4-E1-3, Midnight Mass S1-E7

24: Dune

25: Seinfeld S4-E4

26: Succession S3-E2

27: Curb Your Enthusiasm S11-E1, Seinfeld S4-E5-7, Scenes from a Marriage S1-E3

28: Seinfeld S4-E8-10, Güeros

29: Seinfeld S4-E11-13

Noviembre

2: The Girl in the Spiderman Web, Mother!

3: Curb Your Enthusiasm S11-E2

7: Narcos S3-E1

8: Dexter S9-E1, Narcos S3-E2, Una Película de Policías, Curb Your Enthusiasm S11-E3,

11: Shang-Chi

12: Red Notice

14: Knives Out, Dexter S9-E2,

15: only the Lovers left Alive,

16: Love Hard

18: Goodfellas, The Suicide Squad

19: Tick Tick Boom

20: The Square

21: The Last Night in Soho

22: Finch, Annette, No Time to Die, Noche de Fuego

23: rocketman, Curb Your Enthusiasm S11-E5

24: Hawkeye S1-E1, Cronos

28: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, Match Point, Hawkeye S1-E2, South Park S24-E2

29: Dexter S9-E3, Cassandra’s Dream,

30: The Last Duel

Diciwmbre

1: The Power of the Dog,

2: Narcos S3-E3

4: Casa de Papel S5-E6-7

5: Casa de Papel S5-E8

6: Casa de Papel S5-E9-10, Dexter S10-E4-5,

7: Succession S3-E3-4

8: Succession S3-E5

9: Succession S3-E6-7

10: Hawkeye S1-E3-4, LOL S3-E1-2

11: Curb Your Enthusiasm S11-E6,

Sucession S3-E8, Daddy’s Home 2,

12: Succession S3-E9

13: Curb Your Enthusiasm S11-E7-8

14: El Ilusionista,

16: Fue la Mano de Dios

22: Hawkeye S1-E5-6, LOL S3-E3-4

23: Being the Ricardos, Don’t Look Up

25: Matrix Resurrections, Resident Evil : Welcome to Raccoon City,

26: Dexter S9-E6-8

27: LOL s3-E5-6, Crimen Ferpecto, Curb Your Enthusiasm S11-E9

28: Jimmy Carr His Dark Material, Curb Your Enthusiasm S11-E10

29: Modern Family: S11-E6-7, The Book of Boba Fett S1-E1, The Card Counter

30: Cobra Kai S4-E1

31: Cobra Kai S4-E2-10

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bergsbergcountysheriff · 3 years

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so ive been watcging hannibal & i just finished s3 e7 . in which hannibal ... Surrenders. and . im screaming

#hannibal #my posts

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hannigrammest · 4 years

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A Collection of Some 'Hannibal' Metas/Analysis

I've seen a thread yesterday where OP asked for some analysis on the show but it seems to be deleted now. Anyway, I think it's a good idea to collect some detailed posts/metas on 'Hannibal'. I have some that I personally consider very insightful, as well as some I've written myself, so here they are. Feel free to add some other ones in the comments!

Relationship meta

Will and Hannibal's relationship: How Hannigram Became Canon

Hannibalstan's Hannibal loved Will since S1

EasyStrain2's Hannibal and Will's Conjugal Life & Intimacy Discussion

Uno_nothing's Alana and Hannibal

Uno_nothing's Parallels between the replacement-lives Hannibal and Will tried (covering S3)

K_S_Morgan's Will's Sexuality analysis

K_S_Morgan's Francis' Feelings for Hannibal, Jealousy to Will, and the Way it Shapes His Actions

Will and Hannibal as a family analysis: Is there a child in your life, Will?

Hannibal, Homoeroticism, and When it’s Not Queerbaiting

General and characters meta

Xenya's Hannibal Murder Map. S1. Real locations of murders

Uno_nothing's Hannibal's and Will's kill lists

K_S_Morgan's Hannibal Is Not a Psychopath: Criteria and Examples

SirIan's Will's True Motivations analysis

Wellntruly's Will's touch issues: Touching in Hannibal with addition.

SirIan's The Different Versions of Hannibal Lecter analysis

Interior design analysis by beatricenius

Cinematography and Lighting Techniques

Idontfindyouthatinteresting's sexuality and women analysis

Uno_nothing's Morality, Cannibalism, Denial and the big elephant in the room

Hannibalstan's Will Graham: No Free Will. Behaviorism

Alloymiracle's The revelation of Will Graham's standpoint on violence

Hannibalstan's Hannibal didn't mind Will killing him from the start

Axmxz's Hannibal as Female Power Fantasy analysis

Hannibal and texting

Women and appeal to viewers

Conspicuous Consumption: The Socioeconomics of Hannibal

Cinematography

[Alana and mismanagement by Auden93] (https://www.reddit.com/r/HannibalTV/comments/ct079i/spoilers_total_mismanagement_and_alana/)

Alana's judgement

The Evil Minds Museum, Exhibit A: Inside the mind of an Alana Bloom hater

Bryan Fuller on Devil's seduction

Some interesting reads: God, Devil - discourses on symbolisms, religion and the nature of evil in Hannibal

Divine Punishment inflicted by Will

S1 metas (possible spoilers to other seasons, too, so proceed carefully)

SirIan's Will's Instability at the Beginning of the Show aka Is Will Better With or Without Hannibal.

Uno_nothing's Season 1 - Episode names and murders of the week - symbolic and thematic significance

Uno_nothing's Flow of events from Sorbet to Trou Normand : Introspection, insights, developing relationship and foreshadowing

The meaning of a painting with a dog hanging in Hannibal's kitchen

Hannibal's plan in S1: Who did he intend to frame?

Xenya's Hannibal planned to frame Will

Hannibalstan's Hannibal planned to frame Chilton

Guyisgame's Hannibal planned to frame Jack

S2 metas

Uno_nothing's Will's doubts, insecurity and dark prompts - analyzing season 2E-08/09/10 - Early stages of becoming

K_S_Morgan's Will, Hannibal, and Alana in S2: Changing Dynamics, a Sex Scene, and a Gun

Why Hannibal didn't want Will to kill Ingram

Sex scene and its meaning

Does Alana Have Any Reason To Suspect Hannibal?

Hannibalstan's Aesthetics become Ethics analysis of Will and Hannibal

Hannibalstan's Will and Margot’s Baby arc analysis

Hannibalstan's Whose side is Will in Mizumono?

Hannibalstan's Fostering Codependence: how true is Will's accusation?

A bit from Bryan Fuller's interview on how much Jack knew in S2 about Will

S3 meta

Pre S3 meta. The BAU is the real Murder Family: Hannibal and Bateson’s Double Bind

Hannibalstan's Hannibal didn't plan to kill Will in Dolce

Mads and Hugh's interview: Why Hannibal frames Will and why Will abandons Molly and Walter

SirIan's Hannibal, Molly, and Will's Dogs analysis

EasyStrain's Analysis of the Meetings, Molly and Dragon aka Will's Plan Throughout The Second Half of S3

Short Love=God/Religion: S3 parallels analysis

Uno_nothing's "Compassionate toward a cow" and Will's thoughts about watching Hannibal die, his final transformation

Hannibalstan's The Structure of Hannibal Finales: No Contradictions aka the faked Fall in TWOTL

‘Hannibal’ Finale: A Planned Fake-Out Or Murder/Suicide?

TWOTL Fall didn't really happen

Post-canon metas

Will and Hannibal's future house design analysis

Will, Hannibal, and Real Family

Discussion of Will and Hannibal's life post-canon based on Bryan Fuller's hints

Metas & discussions on specific episodes

Wellntruly's S1 E7: enthusiastic reflection, some analysis, and mirroring

Analysis of E1 of S3: Antipasto: Hannibal’s Perfect Break from the Mainstream by Liz Baessler

Analysis of E2 of S3: Primavera: Coming to Terms with Divinity in Hannibal by Liz Baessler

Analysis of E3 of S3: Secondo: Transformation and Influence in Hannibal by Liz Baessler

Analysis of E4 of S3: Aperitivo: A New Kind of Persuasion in Hannibal by Liz Baessler

Analysis of E13 of S3 (finale): The Wrath of the Lamb by Liz Baessler

And these are just some interesting moments from the scripts that didn't get into the show. S1, S2, S3.

source: https://www.reddit.com/r/HannibalTV/comments/atitg4/a_collection_of_some_hannibal_metasanalysis/

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frankcula · 4 years

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Hannibal Promo

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman

Hannibal, S3 E7: Digestivo

#hannibal #eat ur heart out #this is literally just to appease my urge to put that art piece next to those photos

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amy-the-nightingale · 7 years

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I did not see that coming

Hannibal s3 e7 Did he just give himself up in the name of love?

#Hannibal #murder husbands #hannigram #s3

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Will’s vs. Hannibal’s Ways of Expressing Love

The fact that Hannibal loves Will and is in love with him is openly stated in the show several times. Will’s feelings, on the other hand, are more ambiguous, which is why some viewers often doubt whether Hannibal’s love is reciprocated. I think that exploring the ways these two men experience and react to love can explain the varying degrees of their openness about it.

I’ll put TLDR right here: Hannibal is more open about himself and his feelings, including love, hence he doesn’t have many challenges with admitting it. Will is closed off, stiff, and emotionally repressed, so he expresses his feelings in a much more subtle way.

Let’s start with Hannibal. Details about his past are scarce, but we know that he admits to loving two people throughout his life, his sister and Will.

E3 of S3.

*Bedelia: What your sister made you feel was beyond your conscious ability to control or predict … I would suggest what Will Graham makes you feel is not dissimilar. A force of mind and circumstance.*

*Hannibal: Love.*

Undoubtedly, Hannibal’s love for Mischa was traumatic and unhealthy. He loved her so much that he ate a part of her body after she was killed, devastated by this loss. But it was still love that made him feel all the related emotions, so Hannibal has some experience with it. From what we know of him, he has a very broad mind. He despises limitations and overcomes them, and he is not ashamed of who he is. He isn’t embarrassed to cry in the opera or to be the first to stand up and applaud; he delights in stereotypically ‘feminine’ hobbies like cooking and clothes selection; he draws fan-art and openly expresses his admiration when it’s due. For this reason, Hannibal doesn’t have many problems with expressing love either.

Upon meeting Will, he is immediately drawn to him. He sees him as his potential partner and decides he wants to try and build a family with him as early as E2 of S1. That’s when he starts planting the idea of Abigail being their shared daughter in Will’s mind. He does the same to Abigail, urging her to see him and Will as her parents, even giving her shrooms to evoke the desired associations (unsuccessfully since Will doesn’t come to dinner). So, Hannibal acknowledged his pull/infatuation with Will from the very start, and he acted on it right away.

It’s not 100% love at this point, but Hannibal still easily follows his emotions. He doesn’t stop to consider how strange it is to want a family with a man he just met; he doesn’t agonize over the idea of how his life has more risks now that he allows another human being to know him. When these feelings progress at the end of S1/start of S2, Hannibal is finally taken aback. While he never planned to leave Will in prison and it was a part of his plan, he still didn’t expect to miss him so much — he admits it to Bedelia, looking forlorn, in E1 of S2. He repeatedly pines for Will by sitting in front of his chair at the time of his supposed appointment, glancing at the clock despite knowing Will is not going to come. This is a shift to an actual love, but Hannibal still doesn’t fight it. On the contrary, he embraces it, and he spends the entire S2 doing repeatedly romantic gestures for Will. Namely:

1) Protects Abigail to reunite Will with her later.

2) Shares a part of himself he doesn’t seem to have ever shared with anyone else. He talks to Will about Mischa, reveals his views on murder and God, acknowledges he cared about Abigail, and shows vulnerability. He shares his teacup ritual with him, which is something precious and deeply personal.

3) He digs up fake Freddie’s corpse and decorates it as a way of courting Will (as directly said by Alana).

4) He draws a fan-art of himself and Will as Achilles and Patroclus.

5) He is ready to abandon his well-established life in Baltimore and reputation to run away with Will. In Hannibal’s view, no one truly suspects him and there is no evidence against him, but Will is in danger. So he’s willing to discard everything he’s been building for 20 years for him.

Finally, he calls Will a loved one more or less directly in E13 of S2 (in fact, he implies that they both love each other).

*Hannibal: Do you know what an imago is, Will? … An imago is an image of a loved one buried in the unconscious, carried with us all our lives.*

*Will: An ideal.*

*Hannibal: The concept of an ideal... I have a concept of you, just as you have a concept of me.*

Will hurts him with his betrayal, and Hannibal still finds himself unable to kill him. He is openly crying in the finale, admitting how Will hurt him, breaks his (and his own) heart by killing Abigail, and flees to Europe to start a new life. But things don’t go as he hoped they would. Bedelia is not a worthy substitute, and Hannibal is increasingly slipping into a self-destructive state because of his love for Will. He kills Anthony, who was an improved copy of Will, and turns him into a Valentine heart for him. Again, this is a very explicit and open emotional action. Hannibal doesn’t hide his feelings. He’s an emotional wreck with Bedelia in E3, and as they are talking about Will, he admits he’s in love with him.

*Hannibal: You cannot control with respect to whom you fall in love.*

Bedelia points out his self-destructiveness.

*Bedelia: You're going to get caught. It's already been set into motion … I know exactly how I will be navigating my way out of whatever it is I’ve gotten myself into. Do you?*

After Hannibal keeps spiraling and kills Sogliato, she adds: *You're drawing them to you, aren't you? All of them.*

Hannibal gets so self-destructive over Will that he lets Jack beat himself almost to death, not even attempting to fight him. The first words he says to Will after they reunite in E6 are:

*Hannibal: If I saw you every day forever, Will, I would remember this time.*

He’s a romantic. The courtship, the Valentine heart, the romance — Hannibal did have some struggles, but overall, he accepts these feelings and isn’t afraid to act on them.

When Will pulls a knife in E6, Hannibal classifies it as another betrayal. This is where he decides to kill and eat him in the hope to put an end to this misery (which is what he and Bedelia discussed back in E3). However, even blinded by another heartbreak, Hannibal tries to save Will at the same time. He knows the police are coming and he puts off the moment of sawing for as long as he can, first fussing over Will and his wound, then waiting for Jack, then doing everything slowly as hell.

Everything changes in E7, when Hannibal faces the real risk of losing Will and comes to terms with the fact that a hope of life with him is better than life without him. So Hannibal carries Will home bridal-style, takes care of him, waits for him to wake up and writes formulas to reverse time. He directly tells Will that Will won, and that he, Hannibal, is at Will’s mercy.

*Hannibal: Your memory palace is building. It's full of new things. It shares some rooms with my own. I've discovered you there. Victorious.*

He gives himself up, sacrificing the freedom he’s been fighting for back in E2 finale, in the hope that one day, Will is going to come back to him. After this, Hannibal is all about Will, with all his heart. Throughout the second half of S3, he says things like, *“I gave you a child. You are family, Will. Was it good to see me?”*, etc. He agrees to risk his life by agreeing to Will’s plan, knowing he’s planning something but not knowing what and if he’d die in the process. In E13, Hannibal says:

*Hannibal: "No greater love hath man than to lay down his life for a friend"* and shields Will from the bullet. Later, he allows Will to push them both down, and he stays with him afterward.

Conclusion: Hannibal is very accepting of himself, so he doesn’t undergo severe challenges on the path to acknowledging what he feels for Will. He knows what love feels like because he felt it for Mischa before, so he embraces loving Will pretty quickly, even though he doesn’t know how to best approach it at times. That’s why we get direct and explicit confirmation of his feelings several times.

Now, on to Will.

Unlike with Hannibal, there is no evidence that Will has ever experienced love before (at least love for people). We know he had a father and was lonely as a child.

E4 of S1.

*Will: We were poor. I followed my father from the boat yards in Biloxi and Greenville to lake boats on Erie.*

*Hannibal: Always the new boy at school? Always the stranger?*

*Will: Always.*

His choice of words indicates that his relationship with his father wasn’t all that good (for instance, *I followed my father* instead of *My father and I had to…*). So, it doesn’t look like Will ever had meaningful connections. More than that, he says:

*Will: There’s something so foreign about family. Like an ill-fitting suit. Never connected to the concept.*

We can suggest that he doesn’t know what love is or how it feels like. From E1, we know he isolates himself because he hates himself for who he is: he understands he’s different, that there is darkness in him, but he desperately tries to subdue it and deny this fact. He’s rude, twitchy, and unhappy, but like Hannibal, he understands the extent of his loneliness only upon meeting him. That’s when he tries forming relationships with others.

Will’s relationships with Alana and Abigail are a good indication of his problems with love. He wants to be with Alana because he needs to feel normal. In 99% of cases, he remembers about her only when she comes to seek him out first. He kisses her for the first time at the moment of particular vulnerability, fearing that he’s finally losing his mind (in E8). When Hannibal calls him out on it, Will doesn’t deny it and semi-nods. He actually had to agree with it verbally according to the script.

*Will: I feel unstable.*

*Hannibal: That’s why you kissed her. A clutch for balance.*

*Will: Because I’m losing mine.*

So, it’s not that Will feels romantic love for Alana — he uses her because he desperately needs to feel like everyone else. Alana is a pretty, smart, normal woman who fits this goal perfectly. He doesn’t allow himself to be genuine with her unlike he does with Hannibal, to whom he opens up.

Will confesses to Hannibal that he loved killing Hobbs in E2, which got him down and made him panic. Hannibal supports him, and Will keeps coming back to him. He talks about everything important with Hannibal, opening parts of himself that he guards from everyone else. Will asks Hannibal to look after his dogs as early as E4 — he doesn’t have other friends, and he’s already focused on Hannibal. He buys into an idea of having a family with him and Abigail, which is amazing for Will, who has just said he could never relate to the concept of family.

When Will buys a gift for Abigail in the same E4 and freaks out, Hannibal asks him:

*Hannibal: Feeling paternal, Will?*

Will’s reaction is instant and defensive:

*Will: Aren’t you?*

Hannibal easily says “yes”, which disarms Will. This is a great contrast between them: Hannibal isn’t afraid to talk and acknowledge his feelings while Will is embarrassed of them and shies away from them. In fact, this is a repeat of their conversation in E2.

*Hannibal: You saved Abigail Hobbs' life. You also orphaned her. It comes with certain emotional obligations.*

*Will: You were there. You saved her life, too. Do you feel obligated?*

Again, Will deflects. He’s wary of emotions, especially of admitting them out loud.

Will shows a hint of romantic interest in Hannibal in E7. He brings him a bottle of wine out of blue, but unfortunately, he stumbles upon the party Hannibal is preparing. Hannibal invites him to stay, but Will says he won’t be good company. He’s shy and awkward, smiling nervously and dropping his gaze in embarrassment. Then we have this lovely line:

*Will: I’ve got a date with the Chesapeake Ripper.*

So, in S1, Will makes considerable emotional progress. He realizes he wants a family after all, and while he makes several half-hearted attempts to court Alana, he’s mostly focused on Hannibal and Abigail. He opens himself up to Hannibal, receives official guardianship over Abigail with him, arguably flirts with Hannibal (like in the wine scene above), and covers up murder to protect their family. But then Hannibal betrays him. Will doesn’t know his reasons yet, but this betrayal plunged him into darkness, bitterness, and new stage of emotional repression. It’s worth mentioning another point of Abigail here: in the end, Will doesn’t know her. He spoke to her only several times, and even fewer times were genuine. He loves the idea of her, and this idea was introduced by Hannibal, not by Abigail’s presence. It’s Hannibal who forced Will to confront his need to love and be loved.

In S2, Will is incredibly conflicted. He acknowledges to Hannibal that he hurt him, tries to kill him via Matthew, but when he recognizes that Hannibal wants him as a friend (as spoken in E7), his attitude changes. Will doesn’t plan to forgive him, he’s still angry at Hannibal for killing Abigail (which is his biggest conflict, as evident from his talks with Hannibal himself and Freddie), but now, he can’t bring himself to harm or betray Hannibal.

He gets his first chance in E7, after being released from prison. He threatens Hannibal with a gun and has a perfect chance to make him pay, but he doesn’t. Instead, he conspires with Jack and decides to cultivate co-dependency, creating an environment where only he “and the fish exist” (E8). What does Will do to start? He makes himself physically attractive, grooming and dressing prettily. It’s a seduction on all levels, and Will plans to use emotions to hurt Hannibal back. At the same time, Will admits to being confused over what he feels for Hannibal.

E8 of S2.

*Will: I envy you your hate. Makes it much easier when you know how to feel.*

E9 of S2 (talking about trying to kill Hannibal with Margot).

*Margot: Did he have it coming?*

*Will: What do you think?*

*Margot: I can't say that I know.*

*Will: Neither can I.*

He spends the rest of the season lying to both Hannibal and Jack, unsure whose side to choose, too lost in his own feelings to make sense of them. At the same time, he has a dream where Hannibal calls him beloved in E9. It shows that Will contemplates the idea of love in relation to Hannibal. In E10, Will tries to fantasize about Alana as he’s having sex with Margot. However, he sees the image of Wendigo near the fireplace, Wendigo who he’s used to associating with Hannibal. Two interesting things (copied from my other meta): first, Will actually sees Hannibal’s room and consequently, he sees himself in it (or he sees their rooms united). Second, he sees the Wendigo near Hannibal’s fireplace. Fireplace has many meanings, including passion, sexuality, home, family, and resurrection. It emphasizes the sexual and romantic subtext of this uniquely shot scene, where people destined to be together have sex with the wrong partners. Will’s vision begins to contract, focusing on Wendigo: he is having an orgasm at this very moment, imagining the Wendigo’s face very close, approaching him. Still through the misty eyes, he tries to focus on Alana again, but his gaze moves up to Wendigo above her, as if he can’t help himself. He and Hannibal reach orgasm first, with Alana and Margot following them. So, Will dragged Hannibal into his sex fantasy. It’s both symbolic and physical: he tried to imagine Alana just like he tried to have a relationship with her before, in S1, out of his desire to be normal. But his attention is inevitably drawn to Hannibal, who’s his “real deal”.

Based on this scene, it’s underlined once again how Will struggles with emotions. Even in the safety of his own mind, in his own fantasy, he tries to think of Alana but still ends up with Hannibal. Will is always fighting himself and who he is. He refuses to accept his darkness just as he refuses to admit he loves Hannibal. It’s the essence of who he is, denial is his second name.

Among the important moments, there are Will’s words to Hannibal:

*Will: You are right. We are just alike. You are as alone as I am. And we are both alone without each other.*

So, Will accepts the bond with Hannibal, and at this stage, he even has the courage to voice some of his emotional thoughts. His progress is slow, but it’s there.

In E11, Will has a nightmare. He sees a burning corpse of ‘Freddie’ in a wheelchair, a symbol of his betrayal of Hannibal, and he hears his own increasing screaming. It’s easy to interpret, knowing the context: Will feels guilty for lying to Hannibal.

When Margot loses her child, Will feels renewed anger at Hannibal. He fantasizes about killing him and gets to realize his fantasy with Mason’s help in E12. But at the last moment, Will changes his mind and chooses Hannibal. He does the same thing in E13 by calling him. When he sees him, he doesn’t even try to point a gun at him: he asks why he didn’t leave as he was supposed to, and he even leans forward to accept the knife, accept the punishment for betrayal.

So, Will chooses Hannibal over Abigail, for whom he wanted justice; over his and Margot’s child, for whom he wanted revenge; over Jack and Alana, who were his only semblance of friends; over his own confusion and desire to be normal. For someone as emotionally stunted as Will, it’s huge. It proves that he loves Hannibal and is willing to compromise all other relationships he has formed as well his own beliefs for him (while Will is dark, he tries to fight it because he doesn’t think people like them are normal). Is it romantic? Will’s dream with the word “beloved” and his sex fantasy, as well as his acceptance of the idea that he and Hannibal were Abigail’s fathers (which makes them partners) imply that yes, romantic feeling is a part of it.

Hannibal’s romantic feelings became explicit in S3, and so did Will’s. But since Hannibal is more open and self-accepting, his were discussed out loud while Will’s were mostly portrayed silently, implied, and alluded to.

Will builds a boat to sail and find Hannibal, which is pretty romantic by itself. He spends his time in Hannibal’s house, in the kitchen where their bloody break-up happened, imagining Abigail near him. When Alana comes to find him, he asks her to leave. He’s cold and indifferent toward her — she’s not what he wants, and he’s not interested in even friendship with her. All he wants is to mourn his lost family with Hannibal and Abigail. Again, Hannibal is Will’s priority.

Will imagines his perfect world as the one where he and Hannibal killed Jack together. This scene is intercut with his Mizumono memories, namely, with Hannibal's face that emerges every time he moves yet another part of the engine. This is a vivid demonstration of Will trying to repair what is now broken. When Jack asks him why he called him, Will is indifferent and genuine:

*Will: I wasn't decided when I called him. I just called him. I deliberated while the phone rang. I decided when I heard his voice … I told him to leave. I wanted him to run … Because he was my friend. And because I wanted to run away with him.*

That’s a big admission for Will. This is the first time he openly acknowledges Hannibal as his friend in front of another person. Chilton calls Will and Hannibal’s interactions a “flirtation” in this episode, which once again points us in the romantic direction.

The entire E2 of S3 is dedicated to Will’s love for Hannibal, where he argues about it with himself in the form of imaginary Abigail. This is another proof of Will’s problem with emotions in general and emotions for Hannibal in particular. He can’t just think to himself as normal people do — no, he can’t admit how much he loves Hannibal this. Instead, he imagines Abigail and talks to himself through her to make it easier. He berates himself for lying.

*Will/Abigail: We were all supposed to leave together. He made a place for us. Why did you lie to him? He gave you a chance to take it all back, and you just kept lying.*

Will is reverent about Hannibal; he keeps talking about him over and over again.

*Will: This isn't Hannibal, it's just where he begins. Beyond this, far and complex, light and dark, is the vast structure of his mind. A thousand rooms, miles of corridors. Everything he remembers, wonderfully and fearfully reconstructed.*

Will goes as far as lies at the place where Hannibal’s Valentine heart for him was, reconstructing this image and trying to feel close to him. The heart comes to life the moment Will touches it, which is romantic. Will says:

*Will: A valentine written on a broken man … I do feel closer to Hannibal here. God only knows where I would be without him … He left us his broken heart … He misses us.*

He looks on the verge of tears, so Hannibal’s gift touched him. Will is overcome by emotions. At this very moment, his more frightened side suggests that Hannibal is also playing with him.

*Will: Hannibal follows several trains of thought at once without distraction from any, and one of the trains is always for his own amusement.*

We know it’s not the case, especially here, but Will has trust issues and a low self-esteem. He’s worried that Hannibal’s feelings for him aren’t as strong as he thinks they are, which is why he’s not sure how to react himself. He asks himself, *“You still want to go with him?”* and replies, *“Yes.” He wonders about what life they’d have if they left.

*Will: What if no one died? What if we all left together? Like we were supposed to. After he served the lamb. Where would we have gone? … In some other world.*

Pazzi comes and tells Will that he hopes they’ll catch Hannibal together.

*Will: What makes you think I want to catch him?*

Later, Pazzi says:

*Pazzi: He let you know him. He sent you his heart.*

E2 ends with Will scaring Pazzi and telling him, *“You don’t know whose side I’m on.* Then he tells Hannibal he forgives him, which is also a huge step in his direction.

This entire episode proves that yes, Will loves Hannibal. Considering how he isn’t awkward from receiving a Valentine or hearing that Hannibal gave him his heart, Will shares the romantic aspect of Hannibal’s feelings for him. He regrets not running away with him and their daughter, he places himself on the floor where the heart was to feel closer to him — this is such a rich romantic subtext that it’s practically text. Especially for Will, who remains so conflicted and emotionally restrained all the time.

Will’s attitude changes after seeing Chiyoh. He becomes more bitter. Considering how dark he is in these scenes and how he constantly compares himself and Chiyoh, he likely sees her as someone Hannibal was supposed to love but easily abandoned. It makes Will draw the parallels between them, and he starts to doubt that Hannibal loves him, that his “broken heart” has any authentic meaning. That’s where he starts thinking about killing Hannibal again. He still says:

*Will: I’ve never known myself as well as I know myself when I’m with him.*

This line also speaks volumes. Hannibal gave Will a precious gift of understanding himself; he showed that he could accept him, and Will is drawn to it. Will admits the depth of their connection to yet another person. Then he makes a firefly from Chiyoh’s prisoner, a tribute that is clearly done with Hannibal in his mind, considering the style and the central topic.

Chiyoh sees right through Will’s emotional constipation. She implies that he should “kiss” Hannibal rather than keep being “violent”:

*Chiyoh: I told you, there are means of influence other than violence.*

She kisses Will then, thus showing him what others means exist. He doesn’t get it, though, since he responds to her kiss despite not feeling anything for her, and she pushes him off the train, likely admitting he’s a hopeless case.

Meeting Jack, Will tells him that a part of him will always want to leave with Hannibal. This is yet another declaration from him. Will isn’t scared of the consequences — he speaks of his feelings openly now. It’s a great development of his character.

But the feeling of doubt about Hannibal likely resurfaces further after Will sees that Hannibal replaced him and Abigail with Bedelia in E6 (hence his hatred for her since that moment). He mocks her alibi and then leaves to reunite with Hannibal. The following moment was deleted, but it still discloses some of Will’s romantic feelings:

*Will: I looked up at the night sky there. Orion above the horizon and, near it, Jupiter. I wondered if you could see it, too. I wondered if our stars were the same.*

From the words that did get into the episode:

*Will: You and I have begun to blur ... We're conjoined. Curious if either of us can survive separation.*

Will doesn’t just admit the bond between them, he elevates it the level of soulmates, implying they are one and the same. It’s also a declaration of love in his language. But love doesn’t stop Will from being vindictive, hurt, and angry, so after meetings with Chiyoh and Bedelia that affected his perception, he pulls out a knife as he and Hannibal are walking together.

There is a brain-sawing disaster after this and E7, where Will looks done and tired from the madness and his constant attempts to figure Hannibal out. He does bite Cordell before looking at Hannibal, seeking his approval; he uses “we” pronouns when speaking about Hannibal with Alana. One example:

*Will: You helped Mason Verger find us.*

So, he still sees himself and Hannibal as a team, but he’s still tired and bitter, so after everything is over, he hurts Hannibal by saying he doesn’t share his appetite and by attacking him emotionally.

*Will: I miss my dogs. I'm not going to miss you. I'm not going to find you. I'm not going to look for you. I don't want to know where you are or what you do. I don't want to think about you anymore.*

This is all personal and emotional. It sounds like a break-up, which is exactly how Bryan Fuller and others referred to it. When Hannibal leaves and Jacks arrives, Will puts on his glasses, an indication that he’s hiding again.

Fast-forward 3 years. Will is married now, but from the very start, we see that this marriage isn’t all people usually expect it to be. The first scene shows the family apart. Molly and Walter have gone fishing, which is something Will loves. He had dreams about teaching Abigail how to fish, but he doesn’t go to do that with his family, preferring to stay alone instead. It’s the first hint that his heart isn’t in this relationship, that he’s too hung up on the past to move forward and make new happy memories.

Jack came to drag him to Dragon’s case, and Will makes it look like he’s reluctant. At the same time, he doesn’t send Jack away, even though we know from the past that he has no qualms being frank when he wants to. More than that, he asks him not to show pics to Molly, but when they have dinner, Will deliberately leaves the house with Walter, leaving Jack and Molly together. At night, when Molly’s asleep, he crawls out of bed and goes to read Hannibal’s letter. He doesn’t tell the truth to Molly about himself and his dark urges, about everything he has done – Molly clearly has no idea who he truly is, considering how she jokes about his ‘criminal mind’ in later episodes and how Will immediately closes himself off from her. He never initiates physical touches with her; he doesn’t return her “I love you”, which is an even bigger indication of his lack of commitment. Will is emotionally stiff with Molly for the most part, and the only times he laughs with her or shows any emotion is when they are talking about superficial stuff in the former case and when he’s furious after Francis’ attack in the latter one. Other than that, there is no closeness or honesty.

Another point of Will’s inability to express or even give his love to someone is in his scene with Walter in E11. This child, his step-son, has just been attacked by a serial killer with his mother. His mother was hurt and they barely escaped. Will doesn’t hug him or offer him paternal emotional comfort; he’s very awkward. All he says is, “You're both safe here,” which is something an officer might say but not a father. Will was much more emotional in his fantasies about Abigail.

This is what Will says about Walter’s reaction to Jack:

*Will: He read about me in a Freddie Lounds article. I had to justify myself to an eleven year old.*

He’s resentful and not emotional. He doesn’t say, “I had to justify myself to my son!” – he distances himself from him. Will is cold. He has expressed his feelings for Hannibal at this point in rather poetic ways, but he can’t be bothered to do this for his wife and his son.

He treats Hannibal in a very reserved fashion too, in comparison to how he acted 3 years ago. However: first, there is the fact that he came to visit him in the first place. Will didn’t need his help, we saw very clearly how he managed to easily reconstruct the crime scene the night before. It proved that his mindset is in a good shape, so he didn’t need Hannibal’s assistance. But it’s Hannibal he requested to see right away.

Will distances himself from him by calling him “Doctor Lecter” and insisting that he’s more comfortable the less personal they are. His eyes glisten, though, and he can’t look away from Hannibal. The impersonal approach doesn’t last very long, too, and soon, they are talking like they always did. Hannibal accuses Will of marrying for false reasons.

*Hannibal: How did you choose yours? Readymade wife and child to serve your needs. A stepson or daughter. A stepson absolves you of any biological blame. You know better than to breed. Can't pass on those terrible traits you fear the most.*

Will doesn’t bother to deny it, though any man would have been offended, particularly if he truly loved his family. In Will’s case, from the experience and all the precedents, silence = agreement.

In E10, Will seeks Bedelia out. He acts catty and jealous, targeting her personal connection with Hannibal.

*Will: You didn't lose yourself, Bedelia, you just crawled so far up his ass you couldn't be bothered.* - personal, targeted against Bedelia's attachment to Hannibal.

*Will: You hitched your star to a man commonly known as a monster. You're the Bride of Frankenstein.* - personal, attack with romantic connotation. Bedelia catches up on it and mocks him:

*Bedelia: We've both been his bride. Have you been to see him?*

*Will: Yes.*

*Bedelia: Haven't learned anything, have you? Or did you just miss him that much?*

*Will: Have you been to see him?* - personal again. Will wants to know if Bedelia is keeping contact with Hannibal.

*Bedelia: I've seen enough of him. I was with him behind the veil. You were always on the other side.*

*Will: Something we should talk about.* - again, personal. It's all personal, which is why Bryan and Hugh called them Hannibal's jealous bitchy exes. Will is palpably jealous and he shows his resentment to Bedelia openly.

Later, we have some more romantic references.

*Bedelia: My relationship with Hannibal is not as passionate as yours. You are here visiting old flame. Is your wife aware of how intimately you and Hannibal know each other? … Your experience of Hannibal’s attention is so profoundly harmful yet so irresistible, it undermines your ability to think rationally.*

So, there is romantic text, parallels between Hannibal and Will’s wife, and Will doesn’t deny any of this again. He keeps coming to Bedelia because she’s the only person he can talk about Hannibal to without being watched.

After Hannibal sends Francis after Molly and Walter, Will spends about a minute being angry with him. Then he accuses Hannibal of staging a competition between him and Francis. It is startling: Will spent months, years mourning the loss of Abigail who he didn’t even really know personally, yet he forgets the gravity of what happened to his wife and won very quickly. He leaves Molly and Walter and tells Bedelia that they are finished. One traumatic event, and Will left. It coincides with something very important that happened here: after this, Will finally figures out Hannibal is truly in love with him. So he goes to Bedelia to discuss it with her.

*Will: Is Hannibal in love with me?*

*Bedelia: Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for you, and find nourishment at the very sight of you? Yes. But do you ache for him?*

Will is predictably silent. Obviously, if the answer was no, he would have said no. But he struggles because like we established, he has issues with expressing emotions. He only managed to start referring to Hannibal as his friend openly in this season, opening up about some of his feelings, but he’s not ready to go this far. It would be absolutely out of character for Will to say, “Yes, you know, I’m in love with him! Thanks for helping me see it.” Every confession Will makes is preceded by struggles and heartbreak. But he’s going to reply to Bedelia’s question, only not explicitly-verbally.

Will sets up Chilton and then comes to allegedly say good-bye to Hannibal. He lies several times in their conversation (about Chilton and Molly with Walter), so all his words are automatically suspicious. Regardless, he destroys Hannibal emotionally and walks away. Personally, I believe he was already planning to break him out, so he was playing it up for cameras and also taking a chance to hurt Hannibal for everything again. But whatever his plan was, what happens next is that Will conspires with Francis against Jack, Alana, and the FBI. They agree to break Hannibal out together. Will lies to Jack and then gets to ask Hannibal for help. He’s being flirty and manipulative in this scene.

*Will: I need you, Hannibal … You're our best shot, Hannibal. Please.*

He’s smirking, he leans close to Hannibal, he sends him a flirty look from under his eyelashes. Will is thoroughly enjoying himself, and he does it best when he has some excuse to hide behind.

Later, he lies to Jack and Alana again, leaks info to Francis (who nearly killed his wife and son), and gets many officers killed by proxy. He tells Bedelia the truth that he doesn’t “intend Hannibal to be caught a second time.” He also implies that he’s going to let him go free, which is why Bedelia should pack her bags.

*Bedelia: Can't live with him. Can't live without him. Is that what this is?*

This time, Will agrees, although in his way.

*Will: I guess this is my Becoming.*

For Will, Becoming was always connected to his feelings for Hannibal because accepting himself and his darkness meant being free to escape with Hannibal.

*Bedelia: You found religion. Nothing more dangerous than that.*

In E3, it was stated that love is a God (you can find more here https://www.reddit.com/r/HannibalTV/comments/7w54dg/lovegodreligion_s3_parallels/), so it’s possible to say that religion = love in this context. It certainly makes sense. Will is accepting himself and his emotions, and the trigger was establishing for sure that Hannibal is in love with him.

Will and Hannibal drive to the cliff house. When Hannibal asks Will if he intends to save himself by killing them both (Hannibal and Francis), Will replies:

*Will: I don't know if I can save myself. And maybe that's just fine.*

This is the first time he confesses that he might be incapable of killing Hannibal. Predictably, when Francis comes, Will can’t handle seeing Hannibal killed, so he reaches for his gun.

Will and Hannibal work as a unit and protect each other. Hannibal is shot, nearly strangled, thrown onto the ground, and he is still weakly holding on Francis' leg to prevent him from going after Will, even though it leaves him in an open and vulnerable position — Francis does kick him in the face with his other leg. There is fierce determination on Will's face as he stands up despite the pain and runs to save Hannibal. They act in synch, consummating their relationship.

Then, Will admires how blood looks on his hand and repeats Hannibal’s words:

*Will: It really does look black in the moonlight.*

He remembers the words Hannibal said to him weeks ago in one of their endless interactions. A bit earlier, he perfectly recalled the words Hannibal told him *years* ago, back in the middle of S2.

*Will: I understand that “blood and breath are only elements undergoing change to fuel your Radiance." Hannibal said those words. To me.*

So, Will remembers everything Hannibal told him. He stores these memories. It’s a small but still important proof how important Hannibal is for him.

At the cliff, Will finally accepts the truth.

*Hannibal: See. This is all I ever wanted for you, Will. For both of us.*

We know what Hannibal wanted: a Murder Husband. What does Will say to this?

*Will: It’s beautiful.*

This is a loud “yes” to Bedelia’s question about his feelings. Will acknowledges, accepts, and admires them. He doesn’t feel awkward, as he would if he knew Hannibal is in love with him but didn’t feel the same. No, he reaches forward to embrace him, and such physical contact from Will is mind-blowing because he almost never does it. He clings to Hannibal, puts his head on his shoulder, touches him as if he wants to melt with him. Then he gives the fate a chance to stop both of them or to set them free. They fall into the ocean under the Love Crime song, another romantic element.

Water symbolizes reborn, and post-credits scene indicates that Will and Hannibal have paid a visit to Bedelia and are in the process of eating her while she’s hiding the fork to stab one of them as he approaches. The deleted epilogue to the series shows that they are in perfect harmony now.

**Conclusion**: Will has passed through a long, painful journey. He went from hiding from emotions and deflecting to not denying and carefully acknowledging them. We don’t hear words “love” or “in love” from him in relation to Hannibal because Will is not that kind of person. He doesn’t use these words freely, and for him, every small emotional step is a struggle. He tried to deceive himself and other numerous times; he tied to deny the truth and manipulate his own mind, but with each season, his feelings for Hannibal became more and more explicit. Will reaching out for physical contact, Will saying “It’s beautiful” are his way of saying, “I ached for you. I love you.”

This is a story of mutual love and obsession, about soulmates, about unique type of connection that few people share. It’s not about Hannibal falling in love and Will not feeling the same. Their feelings are equally strong, but they express them differently, particularly as Will’s are tied to the acceptance of his own darkness.

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Hello I have recently discovered your blog very deep analysis of scenes and characters ! Can you tell me about the empathy Will has. Is it the visions he has when he goes to murder cases

Hi! Thank you - and sure! I’ll mix some of my previous answers here. Basically, I have two views on it, and none of them is about Will being a good empath.

Version 1: Will has deep understanding of killers only because he is one

To me, Will’s empathy is one of the most contradictory things in the show because what ended up on screen differs from what I’m sure Bryan had in mind. Will doesn’t have a good empathy in ‘Hannibal’ - in fact, I’d argue that he has a rather limited capacity for it, considering how he can’t relate to most people and fails to read their emotions even on a basic level from time to time.

In the books, Will does have an empathy disorder: he mirrors people, often without noticing it, and it makes him a better profiler. In the show, what Will has is an almost supernatural ability to connect with exclusively killers on some dark mind level. In E1 of S1, Jack says that Will makes leaps no one can explain, and Will tries to argue that the evidence explains it. But it really, really doesn’t. He doesn’t just make good guesses, he determines what the killer is thinking with 100% accuracy, sometimes to the point of voicing their literal thoughts aloud. He doesn’t mirror them like he does in the books: he retreats into his imagination and sees himself in their place physically, hearing their thoughts and repeating their actions. That’s not empathy, exactly - he’s more of a medium in these scenes.

Will doesn’t mirror people in general in the show. He does acquire some new traits - like he begins to do some sophisticated Hannibal-gestures eventually, but it isn’t presented as anything more but typical human behavior. Many of us develop new habits after being in close contact with another person. Will has a dominating range of his own unique habits - again, like most of us do. He can apply the killers’ perspective with starling clarity, but he’s in perfect control over it. He doesn’t get lost in there like it happens in the books. The only exceptions are when he’s very sick in S1 (with Tobias’ and Gideon’s two kills) and when he’s gone too long subduing his real self in S3 (when he gets angry with Alana and Jack and his vision blurs with Francis’). Other than that, Will decides when to switch his ability on and off. That doesn’t fit with empathy disorder.

Will feels sorry for some people (mostly murderers and those he can relate to in other respects, like Reba), but he remains calm and logical in other instances. For example, let’s take E1 of S1 again. Elise’s parents are emotional wrecks, but Will remains collected and asks a very logical question about the cat that Jack overlooked. In E5, he notices that Jack is shaken and talks to Mrs. Buddish, who is consumed by guilt and sorrow, himself. These are scenes where people are emotional and Will isn’t affected by it - well, he does react in certain ways, but he doesn’t mirror them. Same principle applies over and over again throughout the entire show. Will remains ‘himself’ at all times.

If the plan was to demonstrate he’s in control of his empathy for the most part, then it doesn’t work as well because Will is never shown doing his trick with other people. For example, at the times when the darkness grows overwhelming and Will understands he begins to slip, why not 'hide’ in the heads of normal people like Alana? It could give Will the strength to fight his dark impulses, to let some light and normality into his mind. Since he doesn’t do it, he likely just cannot relate to them properly. His gift works only on killers.

More than that, Will is bad at deciphering simple emotional language. In E7 of S2, he’s released from prison and Alana greets him. Will doesn’t register her coldness and the obvious hard undertones of her questions, he remains oblivious and thinks she’s come with good intentions. He misunderstands the reason for Peter’s feelings in E8 because he’s too focused on his own emotions - he thinks about killing Hannibal, so he assumes Peter also killed Ingram. He falls for Margot’s obvious lies, even though it’s very clear from her body language that she’s not in a mood to have sex, especially with a man. He spends ages figuring out whether Hannibal is capable of love. He misunderstands Abigail for a long time and ends up alienating her because he thinks she’s scared of darkness while in fact she’s scared because of her enjoyment of some of it. And there are endless examples like this.

Now, Hannibal says Will has “pure empathy” in E1, but he doesn’t know him at this point and can only make guesses. Also, anything he says to Jack is automatically subject to suspicion since he’s unlikely to be 100% truthful, especially when it comes to Will’s assessment. We also can’t rely on Will to tell the truth, considering how terrified he is of anyone finding out the reason for his seclusion.

I don’t think it was actually planned like this, but in the show as it ended up, there is no evidence of Will having some huge and unique universal empathy. He connects only with killers and even then, it’s more of a supernatural mind link rather than empathy. He understands them because, like Freddie says, he is a killer himself. He doesn’t show the same deep understanding for non-dark people, he makes huge mistakes in emotional judgement, and he doesn’t engage in mirroring more than most of us do. So yes, like you, I don’t think Will is a good empath.

Version 2: Will has a gift that’s centered on the presence of a murder victim’s body

We can see that Will reconstructs crimes and understands killers as they commit them, but he doesn’t get them in all other situations not related to murder. From major examples: Will often doesn't understand what Hannibal feels for him. He has no idea how to connect to Abigail correctly. He misunderstands Chiyoh. He can’t say much about Francis other than figure out his mindset during murders. If he really had killer-oriented empathy, he wouldn't have so many problems. So, maybe Will’s gift is not really about killers either? Maybe it’s about death?

Every time Will reconstructs the crimes, his visions revolve around the victim’s body. When he analyzes the scenes without the bodies, he just imagines them there, like with the Dragon: they were already removed, but he envisioned them after reading the report. The only interesting exceptions happen when Will gets into the Ripper's head in S2 to see what he did with Miriam, but there is still a body of a politician involved. The second instance is when Will analyzes Sarah’s body in E8 of S2: he gets into Peter's mind almost by accident, and while this mind is twisted, it doesn't belong to a killer. Peter is the only non-killer we see Will ever connect with, but he's still a person heavily involved with a body - he tried to give it a new life. When Will looked at the scene, he was supposed to get into Ingram’s head, but instead, he got into Peter’s. So it seems like a body is an important component of Will's gift, a catalyzer he needs to turn it on.

And finally, there are two instances in which Will loses control over himself in terms of this ability. Both happen in S1, when he’s physically ill. The first time, he speaks like Tobias - and he’s staring at the body directly when it happens. The second time, he speaks like Gideon - and once again, he’s staring at the corpse of his doctor. I feel like it’s a big indication of Will having not an empathy, but an actual half-supernatural gift that is activated once he sees/senses the body.

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