#aperitif

[hughdancybabyface]

Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham —Back view

#hannibal lecter #will graham #hannigram #murder husbands #hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #mads mikkelsen #hugh dancy #madancy #hannibal gifs #hannibal edit #my gif #my edit #aperitif #sorbet #fromage #mizumono

[tethered-heartstrings]

hannibal nbc season 1 episode 1 "aperitif" // louie van patten // bree jonson // hannibal nbc season 2 episode 13 "mizumono"

#abigail hobbs #aperitif #mizumono #hannibal #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #hannibal comparatives #hannibal comparisons #hannibal edit #hannibaledit #the themed clown

[grahamdolce]

Hannibal 1.01 Apéritif | 2.13 Mizumono

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[mistikfir]

Happy 10th anniversary, NBC Hannibal!  

“I think I can help good Will see his face.”

#hannibal #hannibaledit #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #hannigram #tvedit #mads mikkelsen #hugh dancy #laurence fishburne #caroline dhavernas #hettienne park #hannibal lecter #will graham #Alana Bloom #Jack Crawford #beverly katz #aperitif #hannimake #mistikfiredit

[searchsystem]

Matthew Brannon / Aperitif / Painting / 2012

#matthew brannon #aperitif #painting #2012 #art

[snoweylily]

Isn't it about damn time we discuss whatever the hell Jack was doing in this scene?!

This man straight up said "I understand it’s not easy for you to be sociable" and then adjusted this poor boy's glasses while they were on his face and then asked "So, where do you fall on the spectrum?" If Will wasn't on it before, he sure as heck is on it now after that little interaction like Jack why?!?

#hannibal #will graham #jack crawford #aperitif #nbc hannibal

[fragile-teacup]

Love at first bite.

#hannibal #hannigram #aperitif

[fixedteacup]

"You never answered my question. How would killing me make you feel?" — "Righteous."

from: 1x01, 1x13, 3x03, 2x07, 2x08

#hannibal parallel #nbc hannibal #will graham #hannibal season 1 #aperitif #savoureux #hannibal season 2 #yakimono #su zakana #secondo #my post

[graciereadshannigram]

NBC's Hannibal really Did That and created the most compelling and beautiful allegory for coming out in a world that is inherently violent towards queerness and treats it as horrifying, disgusting, and psychotic.

top of mind right now is Will's Becoming, started in S01E01 and fully completed in S03E13. buckle in folks, this may end up being a long one.

following the allegory, both episodes feature Will and Hannibal sharing a queer experience with one another.

in the first, Will (at this point, deeply closeted and in denial) engages with GJH in an effort to protect Abigail. Hannibal (also closeted, but more out of self preservation, certainly not out of shame) isn't directly involved, merely a passive observer, but he did orchestrate the experience by calling GJH to warn him they were coming. obviously, his actions at this point are driven by curiosity. what will GJH do? and what about Will? clearly, Hannibal has clocked Will as similar to himself (aka queer), but can see that Will is in deep denial and terrified of his urges.

and it's just so powerful to see that Will's first explicitly queer experience is within the context of self sacrifice for the good of someone else. he wouldn't have chosen it, but he had to do it. at this point, this is the only way his psyche will accept his queerness. this scenario also gives him plausible deniabilty about his reasons for engaging GJH. it allows him to admit to Alana that he feels "good" after the whole event, claiming that he feels good because he saved Abigail. even though we know at least part of the reason he feels good is that he finally got to indulge this particular urge.

but even so, the whole point of season 1 is Will struggling with his guilt. he has nightmares. he thinks he's a monster.

(side note: i also think it is just so perfect that it takes Will ten shots to get GJH, like of course our sweet baby queer boy having his first queer experience isn't very experienced. i can hard relate)

fast forward to the series finale, we find Will and Hannibal having yet another queer experience with one another, but this time they are equal participants and it is Will, not Hannibal, who ultimately orchestrated this encounter.

and what is so wonderfully interesting to me is that a (very) small part of Will seems to remain conflicted about what his role will be in this scenario right up until it is actually happening. will he walk away, leaving Hannibal and the Red Dragon to their own devices, and return to his heteronormative family? will he be an active participant with Hannibal? will he simply be a passive observer? the moment Will decides he's going to participate is so clear and this is the moment he fully, 100% comes into himself and arrives at full self acceptance.

and then, when it's finally over, and Hannibal holds him while saying, "see? this is all i ever wanted for you. for both of us." and Will, his eyes quite literally shining with joy and love says, "it's beautiful" while clutching Hannibal and resting his head on his chest, enjoying the embrace (do NOT get me started on Hannibal's expression of pure ecstasy, i will explode).

and to wrap it all up, we see Will quite literally take a leap of faith in the arms of his most beloved before tumbling off the cliff. together.

like. that is so fucking beautiful???? and i don't think there is ANY piece of media that will ever have this type of impact on me again?

anyway. congrats if you made it this far and stay tuned for more ramblings as i get my thoughts in order lmao i just really fucking love this entire show.

#yes i watched hannibal for the first time in 2024 #i am literally a changed person #what the FUCK did i just experience #and im supposed to just move on with my life??? #big fucking ouch #coming out #hannibal #hannibal tv show #hannigram #mads mikkelsen #hugh dancy #hannibal lecter #will graham #s01e01 #aperitif #s03e13 #twotl #the wrath of the lamb #hannibal analysis

[kuroshika]

i have too many brain worms to actually make this make sense (i’ll reblog this with a fully fleshed analysis the next time i feel like being a human) but im thinking about the scene where abigail asks if they’re going to reenact the crime scene.

[to alana] “you be my mom” [to will] “you be my dad” [to hannibal] “and you be the man on the phone”.

i know this is abigail telling hannibal she knows who he was at the time of her parents’ deaths, but it also set up the reverse for mizumono.

will being the man on the phone, hannibal being her “father”, and alana being, in this instance, will (or who will was acting as when he arrived at the hobbs’ house).

which leaves abigail to act as mrs. hobbs — her mother — the woman killed before garret tried to kill abigail.

if you really want to get into the funky brain fuckery, that leaves will to shed his role as the man on the phone and take abigail’s role as the survivor- the one injured by the predator but ultimately surviving with the predator’s scar to bear. both abigail (in aperitif) and will (in mizumono) were killed out of love / fear by their respective would-be-killers.

it also serves to further sharpen the lines between hannibal and garret. if there were any doubts in will’s mind before about what he was to hannibal (probably wasn’t, given they were going to run away together), taking garret’s role and attempting to kill will for the sheer reason of keeping him out of prison and unquestioned about hannibal (and now, by extension, his involvement with abigail hobbs) wiped it out of his mind.

ough. brain worms are restless so im so sorry if this doesn’t make sense but there’s something here. ive just gotta find it.

#kallie disappears for a month then comes back and drops an incomprehensible piece of meta #and then she disappears again #missed y’all though #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #hannibal #hannibal lecter #will graham #mads mikkelsen #hugh dancy #hannigram #hannibal parallels #hannibal meta #meta #analysis #hannibal analysis #1x01 #aperitif #2x13 #mizumono #abigail hobbs #garret jacob hobbs #kacey rohl #kuroshika.txt

[part-time-zombie]

So I showed a new coworker the pilot of hannibal and she was really invested in it right off the bat but Then when we got to the last scene where it shows hannibal asleep by abigails bed like this:

She gasps for a moment and says, "Wait, is He secretly that girls dad? No hold on, i think he's actually going to kill her" ("He" being hannibal) and I just had to sit there vibrating in my seat like

#hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #will and hannibal #hannibal lecter #hannibal #abigail hobbs #aperitif #i cant

[hughdancybabyface]

Hannibal s1e1 "Apéritif" Happy 11th Anniversary to nbc Hannibal!

#hannibal lecter #will graham #hannigram #murder husbands #hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #mads mikkelsen #hugh dancy #madancy #jack crawford #alana bloom #abigail hobbs #winston #hannibal gifs #hannibal edit #my gif #my edit #aperitif

[tethered-heartstrings]

happy “mongoose I want under the house when the snakes slither by” monday

#the speaking clown #will graham #hannibal lecter #hannibal #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #aperitif #monday

[grahamdolce]

Hannibal 1.01 Apéritif

#hannibal #hannigram #will graham #hannibal lecter #madancy #hugh dancy #mads mikkelsen #hannibaledit #hannibal gifs #will graham edit #will graham gifs #my edit #my gifs #aperitif #murder husbands #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc

[mistikfir]

1X01 "Apéritif" ~ 3X05 "Contorno"

#hannibal #hannibaledit #mads mikkelsen #tvedit #nbc hannibal #hannibal lecter #obviously the scariest thing for Hannibal Lecter is to fall in love and run away with someone #oh yes they “ran away” to Europe together with Will #jack crawford #rinaldo pazzi #aperitif #contorno #hannimake #mistikfiredit

[clear-what-i-was-seeing]

love how apéritif is season 1 episode 1, and aperitivo is season 3 episode 4. BUT CHRONOLOGICALLY aperitivo takes place before season 3 episodes 1-3, making it the season's starting point too, in a way.

also, an apéritif/aperitivo is a drink you'd have at the start of a meal to whet your appetite, and a digestivo is a drink you'd finish with, to aid in digestion.

before you, and after you.

#hannibal #hannibal meta #hannibal episode titles #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #will graham #hannigram #hannibal lecter #hannibal parallels #aperitif #aperitivo #digestivo #hannibal series #hannibal textpost #hannibal analysis #clear posts