#hannibal meta

[lunaelume-n]

i know that there is a sadness in the way abigail dies because she isn’t honored, but i think in a way, she is. for once, she gets to be like a normal person and die. nothing odd has to happen to her post mortem. not that her death itself was normal, but that she wasn’t consumed. she got to just die, have a funeral, and that was it. she wasn’t anybody’s anything anymore, and in a way, that is an honor when you’re someone who is never quite sure who they are, and who to trust. she can just be, just rest.

#hannibal meta #hanniblogging #abigail hobbs #i can’t explain exactly what i mean but here u go

[pesky--dust]

the "diagnosis" Chilton gave Will during his trial was the one closest to the truth ("Will Graham has never been diagnosed. He won't allow anyone to test him. He has carefully constructed a persona to hide his real nature from the world. He wears it so well, even Jack Crawford couldn't see past it. (...) There is not yet a name for whatever Will Graham is.")

unlike Alana Bloom or Jack Crawford, he saw what a manipulator Will was and that in front of them he played a poor, confused, wounded bird ("(...) A particularly-manipulative one at that. Poor, confused, wounded bird for Agent Crawford and Doctors Lecter and Bloom. And for me, well, I get the psychopath's triumvirate: charm, focus and ruthlessness. The charm, of course, being debateable.")

he believed Will that Hannibal may be the Chesapeake Ripper and said Jack Crawford: "Hannibal once served me tongue and made a joke about eating mine. It's hard not to at least consider it.". Jack ignored him. (I think Jack was already planning some large-scale action against Hannibal, but that's a topic for another post)

he called Dr Lecter "Hannibal the Cannibal"

he understood that Will Graham was alive because Hannibal Lecter liked him that way

criticized Jack for letting Will and Hannibal get closer to each other and then leaving Will alone ("You dangle Will Graham and now you cut bait. You are letting Hannibal have him hook, line and sinker.")

when Jack expressed hope that the relationship between Hannibal and Will was one of those friendships that ends after the disemboweling, Chilton told him: "I would argue, with these two, that's tantamount to flirtation. Will is going to lead you right to him." and let's be real, he was right.

#hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #will graham #hannibal lecter #hannigram #murder husbands #jack crawford #frederick chilton #my dumb-dumb babygirl is actually always right #i love him #hannibal meme #hannibal memes #hannibal shitpost #hannibal crack #hannibal meta #hannibal analysis #i guess #character meta #character analysis #frederick chilton meta #frederick chilton analysis #pesky--dust crack #pesky dust thoughts #pesky--dust analysis

[tayasui-mono]

Sick of the socially anxious, shy Will Graham retoric; this guy's anti-social and is a mistrustful prick. He sucks. He's rude on purpose. He barks. He bites. He spreads rabies.

"How does that make you feel?"

*scoff, "How does that make you feel?"

?????

"Tell me about your mother."

"Some lazy psychiatry, Dr. Lecter."

???????????

"Let's keep it professional." "I don't find you that interesting." "You could wreck some foster homes and torment some children. . ." "The light of friendship won't reach us for a million years, that's how faraway from friendship we are" "There will be a reckoning." "You didn't die enough." "Soup isn't very good."

Brother is so soft-spoken to his doggie children. Then he meets a human being and cringes like he can't wait to go home and wash his eyes with soap.

#hannibal #hannigram #will graham #will graham meta #hannibal meta

[ghostdrinkssoup]

“could he daily feel a stab of hunger for you and find nourishment at the very sight of you?” is such a romantic line because despite cannibalism sustaining the illusion that hannibal can control everything and determine outcomes and reverse time, loving will has changed him so drastically that instead of consuming will, will consumes him. and hannibal hungers for him, yearns and aches for him, but is content to just exist near him. to stay in his orbit somehow, if only will allows it. hannibal, who needs to cannibalise others to stay in power, finds nourishment just by looking at will. he loves him so profoundly that he could be imprisoned forever and still it would be better than knowing he might never see will again. it sates him more than eating the pigs beneath him. in will, he finds religion

#no wonder will broke him out of prison #if he was uncertain before he wasn’t after hearing that #and for some reason people tend to edit that line out so that bedelia just answers yes?? #like I know it’s because it’s a roundabout way of saying he’s in love with you #and vague enough to be debatable #EXCEPT IT ISN’T #IT’S SO MUCH MORE ROMANTIC THAN SIMPLY SAYING YES #CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS #losing my goddamn MIND #nbc hannibal #hannibal #will graham #hannigram #hannibal meta #ghost speaks

[vvulcanprince]

hannibal shooting locations in florence with screencaps from the show part 2 :3

if you want to repost, please CREDIT!

and responding to a reblog on the first part, i infact made my friend wander the locations with me and compare them with the scenes from the show haha

#hannibal edit #hannibal s3 #hannibal season three #nbc hannibal #hannibal the cannibal #hannibal lecter #hannibal fanart #hannibal nbc #hannibal fan art #hannibal #hannibal meta #hannibal tv #hannibaledit #hannigram #hannibal au #hannibal and will #hannibal parallels #firenze #florence #florence italy #hannibal florence

[thedarkmongoose]

it's interesting that it pans to will fishing in the stream when chilton says "he likes to play god" bc speaking of religious allegories, will graham is a fisherman and a "fisher of men." both in the profiler sense (he catches criminals), and in the sense that he captures men's hearts (jesus urged his followers to be fishers of men to the gospel). except will's gospel is darkness, and while he doesn't forcibly push people towards it like hannibal, anyone involved with will gets dragged down into the inferno. for he is a fisher of (damned) men. subsequently, the "saving lives is just as arousing as ending them" bit could be said about god, which is a sentiment hannibal shares throughout the series.

#will has a major god AND savior complex #also funny that everything chilton says could be said about himself/hannibal #hannibal meta #hannibal memes #meta #nbc hannibal #hannibal #will graham #jack crawford #frederick chilton #hannigram #hassun

[morningstarbee]

i was looking up the driving time in Savoureax for a fic i'm writing and

Hannibal drives Will 18 hours from Baltimore to Duluth ???? What the fuck were they doing in the car that entire time??? And 18 hours is without breaks. Hannibal drove Will 18 hours and wasn't even getting dick, that's crazy, he was so whipped

All those posts going "aww Will fell asleep in the car with him he must trust him <3". No mfer he fell asleep because it was an 18 hour drive

#hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannibal lecter #hannigram #murder husbands #will graham #hannibal meta

[undercovercannibal]

Hannibal 2.01 “Kaiseki” | 1.03 “Potage” | 1.08 “Fromage” | 1.09 “Trou Normand1” | 1.10 “Buffet Froid” | 1.12 “Relevés” | 1.11 “Rôti” | 2.08 “Su-zakana”

+ Will using Hannibal's assessment of him to lie to and deceive him

2.10 “Naka-choko”

#m* #hannibal lecter #mads mikkelsen #will graham #hugh dancy #hannibal #hannibaledit #hannibal meta #horror #horroredit #crimeshowsource #tvedit #dailyflicks #cinemapix #uservici #userrlaura #tuserhan #userelio #usermelanie #userdiana #long post

[gothicwill]

My absolute favorite parallel in the entire show is wills response to “do you think you can change me? The way I’ve changed you?”

I see the first one as how it actually happened. Will is in pain but still delivers the line with this cutting smugness and self assuredness. His tone is even slightly playful despite the situation.

The second one is how Hannibal remembers/perceived it. Like a nail in a coffin. Will is looking at him with clear distain, even disgust. His tone is hollow and empty. Even the lighting is colder.

Hannibal remembers this moment as a tragedy while Will sees it as a triumph.

#In reality Hugh just wanted to reshoot the scene but hey I like to be delusional lol #Hannibal meta #hannibal #nbc hannibal #will graham #hannibal lecter #hannigram #nbc hannigram #hugh dancy #mads mikkelsen #mizumono

[kuroshika]

hey. *reaches for your face without warning and adjusts your glasses* where do you fall on the spectrum?

#jack was the master of rizz in the first episode fr #it’s kallies annual rewatch time #and she just finished the first episode #so get ready for some incoherent kallie brainworms #we’re back in business baby #hannibal nbc #hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannigram #hannibal lecter #will graham #mads mikkelsen #hugh dancy #hannibal parallels #jack crawford #hannibal meta #hannibal shitpost #kalypso shut the fuck up #kuroshika.txt

[honeygrahambitch]

Can we talk about how Hannibal knew from the very start that Will would be the one to figure out he was the Chesapeake Ripper.

"I don't find you that interesting."

"You will."

Not "you might", it's "you will".

He was 100% sure Will would discover him the way no one ever has. Will would see him and his darkness and his demons and he would find everything interesting, not horrible, not disgusting.

And not only does this show that Hannibal knows that Will is smart enough to put the pieces together but it also shows that he was willing to open up for Will to see the real him. Sort of "You will find me that interesting, I guarantee that, I will make sure you do."

#hannibal meta #hannibal #hannigram #hannibal lecter #will graham #hannibal nbc #hannibal series

[pesky--dust]

You have no idea how big supporter of the theory that the fall from the cliff never happened I am.

Like— The first scene of the series didn't even happen because Will was so immersed in the story he was telling during the lecture. It was only his imagination; at the crime scene Will quickly receives confirmation of all his conclusions, such as the fact that the marriage was tapped and I truly doubt electricians would have been called immediately to the crime scene along with the police, ambulance and FBI. And then he is suddenly “magically” back in the classroom from the house of the victims, when he says, “Everyone has thought about killing someone one way or another. Be it your own hands or the hand of God”.

And since the first scene of the series didn't take place at all, why wouldn't it be the same with the ending? During the battle with Francis Dolarhyde, Will sees him with the wings of a red dragon, something that is unreal. He is also only imagining that.

And the fall is also from Will's perspective, so did it really happen? Or is this only a metaphor for his fall as a human being? He genuinely felt that the brutal pack hunting he shared with Hannibal was beautiful, so he finally accepts his dark nature — he falls as a good and moral man, descending into the depths of crime (ocean).

I love it so much. I'm sorry.

#hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #will graham #hannibal lecter #hannigram #murder husbands #hannibal shitpost #pesky--dust shitpost #hannibal s03e13 #the wrath of the lamb #hannibal the wrath of the lamb #cliff #hannibal meta #hannibal analysis #i guess #episode meta #episode analysis #the wrath of the lamb meta #the wrath of the lamb analysis

[tayasui-mono]

Can we please not write Will Graham like he's a rat living in the NY city subways 😭 LOOK at his drawer, it is filled with colgate white organized shirts. That takes balls and dedication and a little bit of hyperfixating. He is comfy, not dirty! I know he smells like laundry detergent and dog shampoo.

#hannigram #hannibal #will graham #hannibal lecter #hannibal meta

[classicpalladium]

So in love with how NBC Hannibal clearly references the Hannibal films but instead of taking them as an inspiration for Hannibal’s character, the parallels between the movies and the series always depict Will instead.

Like this scene. This is a visual reference to Hannibal Rising (2007), where Hannibal kills one of the men that ate his sister.

In the show it’s WILL taking Hannibal’s place.

After this scene in Hannibal Rising, Hannibal continues to eat the man’s cheeks.

Sounds familiar?

Also, Will’s whole prison setup is a mirror of the setup in Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Hannibal in SOTL vs Will at the end of season 1/beginning of season 2:

They could have done the obvious, which is link the tv show Hannibal to the movie Hannibals (which, to be fair, they did in S3b; Hannibal’s prison chic minimalism was very much inspired by Manhunter (1986)). But I find it so interesting that they chose to visually mirror Hannibal’s development in Will’s storyline!! They’re the same. Will is following in Hannibal’s footsteps, he’s tracing it back to where it all began to become him. Ugh

#hannibal #hannibal meta #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #will graham #hannibal lecter #hannibal rising #manhunter 1986 #the silence of the lambs

[tethered-heartstrings]

If Will dies first, it is obvious Hannibal would cannibalize Will’s flesh. Hannibal mourned Mischa by eating her, and he would do the same for Will; to consume and eat and incorporate is part of grieving. But what would Hannibal do with Will’s bones? He’d eat the marrow, maybe make soup from them, but what of the calcified parts that remain, the parts that can’t be eaten?

I don’t really see him just keeping them around or displaying them, something stagnant and to be ogled. Burying them in the family plot in Lithuania makes sense because Will is family, but it also requires Hannibal to go back to a place he can’t go. Hannibal could cremate the bones, but then what? Spreading the ashes doesn’t seem like something he would do; he can’t know what happens to them. Keeping Will in an urn on his desk or a shelf also feels out of character, a memory collecting dust.

What if Hannibal had Will’s ashes pressed into pencil lead? There are ways to compress ashes into something that could be written with or drawn. What if Hannibal draws Will with his own ashes, commemorating him in a completed cycle. Sketching the man with his own remains. Remembering Will as he saw him, recreating moments they shared from Hannibal’s mind palace. Having Will live forever in depictions of himself. Hannibal would never be truly left behind. And Hannibal would sharpen the pencils as he always had; he isn’t unfamiliar with taking a blade to Will. Shaving off a layer but keeping him sharp.

Displaying and keeping art made from Will’s ashes would mean so much more than a reconstructed skeleton or an urn on a shelf or a plot that would become overgrown with weeds. He could draw Will in motion, alive, as he wished to remember him, and create moments and memories they didn’t get to experience together.

#yes ik bones are only like 15% carbon but let's live in the camp word that ignores logistics for 2 seconds #will graham #hannibal lecter #hannibal #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #hannibal meta #i guess? #hannigram #the speaking clown #maybe he pulls a dolarhyde and eats the drawings jk. unless? #also ty but fuck you spoon for this <3333 you are genius

[thedarkmongoose]

they shot these scenes in the funniest ways imaginable lol. also the music playing in the bg is tragically (and hilariously) on point.

Faust, Act II: Le veau d'or: "The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroads, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust and the adjective Faustian imply sacrificing spiritual values for power, knowledge, or material gain. Along the seductive path to riches and power, Faust realizes his salvation is tragically bound to others, including those he loves most."

#i could prob do a whole series just on the music in hannibal #hannibal #hannibal memes #hannibal meta #hannibal shitpost #hannibal crack #hannibal lecter #hannigram #music #nbc hannibal #sorbet #memes #meta #faust #media analysis #kennedy center #wikipedia