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kuroshika · 1 year

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[ sorbet, 01×07 - long analysis below the cut. ] || [ tags: @lesbian-hannibal @shatteredlesbian @7x16pm ] || [ tumblr has refused to post this twice now and im giving up after this attempt. ]

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this episode, we're introduced to franklyn. he seems like a one-off side character who introduces us to the next villain, but his character seems to be a little bit more than that. he's eager to be hannibal's friend, and the rejection he feels when hannibal pushes those professional boundaries is a reflection of hannibal's actions towards will.

franklyn finds hannibal interesting. he thinks they'd be great friends, and is actively trying to form a relationship. this is a direct mirror of how hannibal feels about will — he finds will interesting, and thinks they'd be great friends, so he's actively trying to push will's professional boundaries. this rejection that franklyn feels is the same that hannibal feels.

hannibal's pause and redirection here is interesting. though he may not be getting paid for will's visits, it definitely might be sad to think that will is only seeing him as mandated - it makes hannibal upset that will sees him only because he has to (as shown when poor hannibal sits in his office and pouts when will is late for his session near the end of the episode).

he has intimate knowledge of will, and wants to be his friend because of it - an opposite (but reflection) of franklyn's attempts to be his friend. looking at franklyn, speaking to him, is sort of like speaking to himself. franklyn seems to be a less fine-tuned version of hannibal.

"tobias is my best friend, but i am not tobias's best friend". this sounds pretty similar to our weak relationship with will — hannibal sees will as his friend, will doesn't see hannibal as his friend, and will did take a higher interest in the ripper (and by extension, hannibal). i think here is where hannibal begins to realize the parallel between franklyn and tobias's relationship, and his and will's, as observed by the question he asks. "have you put him on a pedestal?"

in recognizing the reflection of the relationship he's chasing with will, hannibal is using his own therapy for himself - things make more sense when you tell someone else about them, out loud. he can help himself under the guise of helping franklyn if all goes to plan - and it does. franklyn agrees that he does, but also that he (and tobias) hold hannibal on a higher pedestal.

"i am a source of stability and clarity, franklyn, not your friend". this is the first time in the show hannibal adamantly refuses that he's someone's friend. he does the chasing, not the running. having such a reflection approach him to further their already precarious relationship is nothing but a problem.

franklyn assures him that he'd be a great friend, before swiftly changing the subject. the michael jackson tangent seems kinda kooky, and i skipped over it on my first watch-through, but i think i can make some deeper connections now. "you know what i think makes me the most sad about him dying? i will never get to meet him". ever since hannibal was introduced to will (or, rather, the exterior of his mental curtains), he's known there was something lurking beneath the surface. he's taken it as his mission to draw whatever will hides behind those curtains out, to see underneath his mask — to show him his becoming (as referenced in 1×05 "coquilles", when the angel maker tells will "i couldn't bring it out of you," to which will agrees "not all the way" (which feels like a callback to 1×02 "amuse-bouche", when hannibal only manages to draw will out half-way and have him admit that he enjoyed killing hobbs), and the angel maker offers "i can give you your becoming".). hannibal knows that the longer he waits to approach will, the closer the shadow behind the curtains comes to being repressed completely — the closer it comes to dying, in hannibal's mind, dying before he can meet him.

franklyn obviously has a savior complex, yet another reflection of hannibal — as shown in his prolific identity as a surgeon, and his tableaus as the ripper. his words are very familiar to hannibal, who feels that if will allows him to be his friend, he could stop him from killing part of himself. hannibal can see the correlation and prompts him on gently — how is franklyn's efforts returned? how will his own be returned?

franklyn's fantasy ends with him being the one to touch greatness, very much how hannibal's ends with him getting close to will — whom he already knows is great. he gets to be the one who draws will out into the light, he gets to be the one who sees will for who he truly is. he gets to touch greatness.

skipping over bedelia and hannibal's visit (mostly because i have a longer analysis for that scene and im already rambling), we cut to hannibal and will.

here we have hannibal, yet again, asking if they're friends. usually, will is unhesitant in assuring him they aren't, but here, it's a little different. he's gotten too familiar with whatever relationship he and hannibal have, and that part of him behind the curtains strains for more. if he says they are, there's a sense of intimacy that will isn't prepared for (especially not with someone he can't feel). if he says they aren't, however, he feels like he'll lose that sense of codependency they have. hannibal won't need him, won't want his company any longer (though it's reassured in 1×08 "fromage" that he appreciates his company). he'll be a professional curiosity— the same thing he is to alana (as, again, instated in 1×08).

so, instead he says yes to both. in agreeing that their relationship is not professional (and establishing their friendship), will is avoiding that sense of intimacy that comes with being someone's friend while still profiting off of their codependent relationship.

will reasserts control of the conversation by assuring that they're just having conversations. hannibal has been established as will's friend, and asserts himself as will's friend here — by repeating that he is a friend, and reminding will that the two share an intimate bond that has begun to blur the line between friendship and family.

whether will likes it or not, he's established that he's hannibal's friend. he's already intertwined with hannibal in a way that no one else is — he can feel the ripper strain under hannibal's person suit (or, as bedelia more aptly calls it this episode, his veil). he can sense what hannibal is, and part of him wants to get closer and wrap itself around whatever lays beyond the veil. i think this scene also offers the tipping point for hannibal's qualms about murdering franklyn — they are nothing alike anymore. will is his friend. the chase is over. he cannot help himself by helping franklyn - his death will be no loss.

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flashygirlfromflushing · 30 days

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LAUREN LANE as C.C. BABCOCK in The Nanny (1993)

#the nanny #c.c. babcock #lauren lane #1990s #outfit inspo #1×07

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docpiplup · 1 year

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#isabel tve #season 1 #polls #episodes #isabel la reina #campanas de boda #la negociación #tragedia en la corte #el pacto de guisando #la figura del rey #la reina puesta #1×01 #1×02 #1×03 #1×04 #1×05 #1×06 #1×07

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kitapvesayre · 4 months

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Ömer 1.07

#ömer #ömer dizi #ömgam #dizi #1×07

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cleaningbones · 2 years

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rewatching psych and i love regina so much

#1×07 #she was problematic but she deserves so much ♥️♥️#SHE WAS SO SWEET TO BOTH GUS AND SHAWN I LOVE HER SO MUCH </3 #SHE ♥️♥️#psych

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bigmilkagenda · 2 months

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Celia: hey is there a way to get all the ones about being buried alive or whatever?

Chester, a good boy screaming to be heard: hello 👋 here is a statement about being buried under the weight of countless artifacts 🪔👗📔🐻🪴🗣️🕰️ at the Hilltop Centre branch of the Oxford Peoples Trust 🕸️🕳️😣

(or, you know. It's a warning. For her, or for the listener. Time will tell, babes!)

#tmagp spoilers #the magnus protocol #tmagp #magp 1 07 #how many spiders can u fit in a celia?#or it could be just as it appears! or a secret third thing!

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alienssstufff · 10 months

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super cutes bbh stream with charlie today ^_^

#stufffsart #badboyhalo #bbh #badboyhalo fanart #slimecicle #slimecicle fanart #qsmp #qsmp fanart #qsmpblr #mcyt fanart #mcytblr #its at the 4:36:00 hour mark in 1/07/2023 BBH stream if anyone looking

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surroundedbyconfusion · 2 years

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That scene where Megamind and Minion fight and minion says “good luck on your date”

“I will”

“That doesn’t even make sense!”

“I know!”

This is so much more than I thought and I fucking love DreamWorks

Throughout the movie Megamind values wit - tries to train Titan to have witty comebacks, provokes and asks for it in their first battle, fuck that fantastic “oh you’re a villain alright, just not a super one”

He’s so good at bantering but it all crumbles when he’s actually, truly fighting with someone he cares about rather than views as a game partner

Anyways I’ve been trying to sleep for 3 hours and am about to rewind Megamind again. We’ll see if I notice anything else again.

#shoutout to the billboard at 1:02:07 #favorite little guy.#Megamind #sleep claim me please #guys I have shit to do tomorrow #;-;#Megamind got that reader’s accent and vibes #stubborn even when corrected #I may be projecting #(I am projecting)#but hc he’s stubborn because all he had as a kid was books #he didn’t even get to fucking learn with all those kids #maybe overheard pronunciations but was never taught #so fuck you and your shool #this is metrocity and he is self-taught for so much and he gets to be stubborn and proud of how much he’s done for himself

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correct-hermitcraft-quotes · 27 days

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Ren: I think everyone had too much coffee today

TFC: I didn't had any coffee that's part of my problem

#hermitcraft #a quote #rendog #TFC #TFC Hermitcraft season 5 Episode 1 Time Stamp 22:07 #You know what?#Yeah #Posting this at 3am my time #I wish I had coffee #or sleep #Mod Evil Rat

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justformula1 · 19 days

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