Honestly the first scene In Hannibal that I was left thinking “are they actually about to kiss??” Was in season 2, episode 7 when Will holds Hannibal at gun point. I could not stop imagining will dropping the gun, slamming Hannibal into the wall like he was gonna kill him but just smashing their faces together instead. Raw, angry, messy. Then I think he would just push away and walk out. the rest of the show would carry on like normal and will would ignore it.
Until the cliff scene when they kiss again
The sexual tension between me and the man holding a gun to my head
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(Please read the whole post and maybe my thoughts will form into coherency)
Hopefully I don’t get flack for this and word this correctly:
But I love Wyll’s story, just not his character direction, if that makes sense? (I’m still setting up to romance him tho) he had SUCH good setup for being a really nuanced character among the cast that we have and I think that’s partly due to all of the content he got cut from his story
Can you imagine how much people would crawl over Wyll if he was mother gothel’d? If he totally leaned into Mizora after ten years of isolation? ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING SCORNED BY HIS FATHER?? Bro was 17(?) and impressionable as fuck after a traumatic experience
Also I understand Wyll’s like “my dad had every right to exile me! Mizora covered her tracks!” But you can understand why someone hurt you and be pissed off and doesn’t mean that you have no right to be upset. I’D be upset if my parent left me (a literal child in this situation) in charge of protecting a whole city, then shunned me after I made the only decision that would make sure I could fulfill my city and make them proud! Wyll’s dad literally turned his back on his own son just like that, little to no questions asked, and Wyll has no?? Resentment? AT ALL?? HUH
(Imagine, pray tell, Mizora telling a young, impressionable Wyll that his father must have never truly loved him if he was willing to get rid of him so easily? Wyll hoping that his father would one day forgive him only to lose hope and return to Mizora once more??? You’re telling me that wouldn’t make the lads and ladies swoon?! Especially after learning that Wyll was a total daddy’s boy??)
And the TAV/PC had to go through the slow burn of proving to Wyll that she’s the bitch she is and is only using him? Or push him further into his mindset that Mizora cares for him, even if she hurts him? And Mizora slowly growing more and more desperate to keep her claws in him if you start pulling him away? Until the final thing she does in act 3- it would be so much more powerful and less than a “GOTCHA!”
You don’t even have to make Wyll neutral or evil! He just thinks Mizora has his best interests at heart (when she obvi doesn’t to anyone but him, as if the case with abusive relationships) The first crack would obviously be Karlach, since even Wyll states that Mizora never sent him to hunt tiefling’s, and he literally would’ve killed Karlach if TAV/PC wasn’t there (or the tadpoles) and it would’ve been so heart breaking and interesting for him to be the goodest boy with such a bad person as his “bestie”, all because of the manipulation and abuse she puts him through to keep his expectations and even self esteem low, pushed further by turning him into a DEMON.
(Judging by his dialogue I genuinely wonder if Larian intended for Wyll to have an arc like this, because it would fit a lot better into the general theme of breaking abuse cycles that the game pushes so hard. Especially from the interaction you can have with him at the tiefling party when he *ahem* ISOLATES HIMSELF FROM OTHERS)
A change in how he reacts to his trauma and abuse would’ve set him more apart too, since pretty much everyone except for Shart and Lae’zel aren’t particularly big fans of their abusers (except Gale, but I wouldn’t say he totally embraced Mystra at the time we meet, and if you romance him he throws her to wall p fast). And his abuser isn’t religious at all, it’s more personal since Mizora is literally right in his ear, it’s much more personal ig?
It also would’ve really pushed his thematic parallel to Karlach who H A T ES the devil who forced her into servitude. Can u imagine if she met Wyll, and he’s like “yeah Mizora’s the ONLY ONE looking out for me! ☝️She helps me protect the sword coast! She’s my HOMIE!” She would be so angry and sad for him, because his desperation for connection drove him to connect with a BITCH of a devil
Mizora is just the cookie-cutter narcissist abuser, she isolates her victim and makes (Wyll) rely on only her. It’s honestly more confusing that Wyll isn’t more with her, that he rejects her so vehemently after a decade with essentially only her at his side. I legit don’t understand why Wyll and Mizora weren’t dialed up to 10+ like all the other companions and their abusers are
Anyway these are my sad, slightly disappointed thoughts on Wyll, I just wish he had a lot more content in general but also his own personal journey throughout the game, but maybe it will change when I romance him
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ㅤㅤㅤ𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐩, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐩, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐩. the sound of water on a cave floor, the symphonic descent of liquid as it splashes against age old rock. it grates at his mind - his senses, stabbing into the mara that swirls about his skull, the miasma of shuhu's voice and the taint of abomination that runs through his veins. he's followed him here - a bloodhound, on a trail, but with the fire of madness licking at his heels. he can feel himself - slipping off that edge, teetering upon a cliff of oblivion. one push and he might fall into that mad haze. perhaps that was why he sought out imbibitor lunae - for dan heng could either be the balm to his mental wound, or would only make it worse. it would be interesting to see which it might be tonight.
ㅤㅤㅤwithin the cave swirled a warm pool - devoid of fish and so transparent, it's like looking through a mirror. it's shallow, too, and that is where he finds his query, beautiful as moon-kissed night and ensconced in the water that held him so dear. in some ways, it made blade sick. he's not being sneaky about it - the way his sword drags across stone, scrapping loudly before clattering to the floor without a thought. maybe he'd leave it at the bottom of the pool this time - but it would always come back. that heated red gaze trains upon the living embodiment of his madness, and blade bares his teeth, not unlike a wild animal scenting it's prey. vengeance, the mara whispers. peace, says another voice, and blade has to let those remarkable hues drift shut for a moment - has to recenter himself before he is pulled under.
ㅤㅤㅤgaze filled with familiar intensity, he steps, fully clothed - into the water. stiff fingertips fidget with the clasp of his coat, before it falls away as he advances upon dan heng, disappearing into the water with nary a thought on the hunter's behalf. beneath the fabric lay a familiar swell of bandages - but bloodied, fresh, and still leaking. yet, he moves forward, his gaze never leaving the visage of his nightmares, until he has dan heng cornered against the far wall and -
ㅤㅤㅤa hand darts down, closing around the vidyadhara's own. up, he pulls it, placing long fingers upon the bloodied expanse of bandages and letting out a hiss. despite the violence brewing in his gaze, the former craftsman's touch is gentle, even if he's gritting his teeth. ❝ fix it. ❞ comes his low growl, squeezing lightly at a finely boned wrist. it hurts. but he won't say that aloud. not now. not yet. // @cloudhymn
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