#Bryan Fuller

[trashwithvariety]

so this has probably already been talked about in great detail since the end of the show (hannibal) but I just did a rewatch and I can't shut up about it. the incredible level of subtle details in this show is already insane but I noticed it much clearer in my rewatch during season 3 part two how quickly we see Will change.

during *The Great Red Dragon*, Will is back to mostly his pre-Hannibal self. We see him married with a family out in the country with his dogs and more specifically his clothes (I am going to be very specific about what he wears in this because it's these details that are so subtle but make his change so much more crispy). He's wearing very practical, warm weather clothes, looks like an outdoorsman.

like, reminder that this ↓

is how he shows up to meet Hannibal again for the first time in years. Glasses, coat, clearly clothes he would not think twice about wearing anywhere, kind of like how he dresses in season one. It's also in his expression and his stature (which bless Hugh Dancy for his portrayal of Will because I don't know who else could have done the subtle changes so eloquently)

now let me take you to the episode directly after (And the Woman Clothed with the Sun) he first sees Hannibal and has to come back to talk to him

i'm sorry??? Immediately with the crisp button down, tucked in, with the top buttons undone, hair slicked back, NO GLASSES and look. Look at how he stands and his expression and how comfortable he is, hands in pockets.

okay further evidence. And honestly arguably the scariest piece

it's the dead-eyed stare for me. We all know what happened to Chilton after this, and it's the fact that he knew what he was doing. God, Will was never more like Hannibal than he was at the end of season three. Clothes are not much different on purpose because he's playing the game now.

Sidebar that in almost all the scenes that he's bitchily talking to Bedelia, he's also very well dressed as if he's taking Hannibal's place in his manipulation of her.

By the time we see him in The Wrath of the Lamb, he has already decided that he wants Hannibal back. Vaguely suggesting to Jack to use Hannibal as bait for the Dragon, as if he didn't very well consider all the outcomes would likely lead to Hannibal escaping. The way they're looking conspiratorially at each other in the back of the van. How Will isn't even remotely surprised he walks out unscathed or how he doesn't question letting him drive them to wherever they're going to meet the dragon.

And once they get to the cliffside house, and they get settled and Will?

His shirt is tight, his expression is the SAME as the one Hannibal had in episode ONE season ONE, as he watches Hannibal BLEED OUT and wonders probably what they will do.

There are plenty of ways everyone that worked on this show displayed how Will was changing but I loved how they used his clothes to do it and how Hugh used his expressions to differentiate pre-Hannibal and post-Hannibal Will.

I could write a dissertation on this show it's insane and I will never shut up about my murderous gay husbands.

[imagopersonal]

Can you see it

[maned-wo1f]

We are so back

[neitherofusideal]

bryan fuller saying hannibal lecter is very much alive and hungry in 2024... well where is he? can we like- see him again pls? 👉🏻👈🏻

[jay-wasstuff]

[pesky--dust]

[ickachris]

i’ve only been drawing Hannibal shit— I have a problem.

(I have 3 more Hannibal WIPS currently.)

[newvision]

“Maddeningly polite” is one of my favourite expressions from the show tbh. Cause Hannibal is soooo fixated on politeness himself, killing people because they’re rude, his entire person suit being the embodiment of “polite”. “When life becomes maddeningly polite, think about me, Will” ??????? He’s saying the politeness he forced down everybody’s throats maddens him. He’s hinting at taking off the person suit with/for Will. He’s ready to stop the polite charade

[starkira42]

Bitches are like "omg I love this scene from Hannibal. Bryan Fuller is a genius!" and this is the scene in question:

[thecoolestcowboy]

will literally had a gun on him in this scene but still let himself get stabbed because hannibal was finally holding him, albeit while driving a knife into his stomach. he only really starts crying in pain when hannibal lets him go and calls abigail over. 😭

[know-me-see-me]

no wonder why Hannibal loves him

Will Graham and David of Michelangelo

[sillylittleg00ber]

AWWWW WHY R THEY SO SCRUMDILLYUMPTIOUS 🥹

[hannibal-is-my-comfort-show]

[hannibard]

This is the best take on hannigram I've ever seen.

[neitherofusideal]

Something something about Will's line "I don't intend Hannibal to be caught a second time," which could mean one of two things: that Will doesn't intend Hannibal to be caught the second time because he will make sure he won't escape the first time around, or, that he would let him escape and then ensure he's never going to be captured again.

It's just so on-brand and such a Will Graham thing to say because as often noted throughout the show, you'd never really figure out what that man is actually going to do.

[emiliosandozsequence]

hannibal (2013-2015) dv. bryan fuller / saints pierced by thorns (c. 1450)