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#becauss obviously he can we saw him survive it in the show
ssaseaprince · 9 months
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As much as I do genuinely understand why Hannibal did the things he did and why the events of the show unfolded the way they did, my hearts breaks at the knowledge that Will never got a loving partner to gently coax him out of the closet and teach him to embrace his nature. Hannibal took his morals and goals and dreams and stomped on them, greedily reaching into Will's chest and forcing out his darkness and violently initiating his becoming. I imagine Will with a partner who isn't as selfish, who kisses him softly and reassures him, who validates his fears and runs their hands through his hair and supports him. Who teaches him to embrace his nature with loving hands and sharp teeth and the good kind of pain. Who puts Will first. Hannibal wasn't capable of giving him that, so he loved Will the only way he knew how. But I like to think that when Hannibal wrote down his equations and fantasized about turning back time, he imagined giving Will that.
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