#also the first time margo and alana did it

[neurotic-sinkhole]

thinking about how the reason i started watching hannibal was because i thought it was gay. i was under the impression that hannibal and the other dude i hadn't come to know yet were goin at it raw. and 17 year old, stuck in the incredibly unqueer south me was FOAMING at the mouth to watch it.

so when the show starts, i clock the vibe. i see myself in the scrungly, mentally ill man. particularly when mads mikkelson walks in and hes shakes like a little wet dog. it's like looking in a mirror.

but then the seasons go on, and i started to wonder... when do they kiss? when do they slam down, big style? will figuresbout hannibal is the chesapeake ripper and i'm like yes yes yes! gay evil men. but nooo, send him to the psych ward for your crimes. you could go to pound town, freak style, but neither of you can get your head of your asses long enough. hannibal stabs will and the music swells and im like oh!!! now!!! but no. rain and running away.

and then people are running away to italy, drawing gay fanart of each other old timey wimey. turning yourself in, within reach of one another. running away, refusing to face the truth.

when will went to break him out i was like GOOD! FINALLY! SOME ACTION! but nooo. then they're tumbling ass over tea kettle inti the damn ocean. to avoid their big, deep, gay feelings for one another.

when the series ended i was so pissed. i signed up for homo activity and while yes, there were two hot lesbians that honestly made me cement my personal queerness, i was bamboozled! this was the gay people show. supernatural was for emo girls, doctor who was for freaks, hannibal was for gays!

[i-arch-my-backula]

Hi!! Can I request any kind of fluff about being in a poly relationship with Hannibal and Will Graham? (Fic or headcanons, whichever you prefer ☺️)

Oh I'm totally down for writing this. I am an avid fluff lover so I'll happily write this for you. And because the holidays are coming up I'm going to make this holiday themed but not explicitly Christmas because I know not everyone celebrates. So this is just gonna be more like a holiday gift giving thing. Vague I know but I try to make sure a lot of people can enjoy my writing. I also threw in some of my own head cannons for Will and Hannibal because I can.

Happy holidays: Hannigram x gn reader

It's a cold and snowy day in December. You'd just finished a lovely dinner made by Hannibal. You'd tried to help him in the kitchen but he insisted you go spend time with Will. So you did. While Hannibal cooked you cuddled with Will on the couch, his cold hands pressed against your belly making you laugh. You knew that they were planning on giving gifts soon. Each of you got each other three gifts. After dinner, while Hannibal is taking away the plates you head over to the living room with Will.

Because the fireplace was rarely used in the living room you'd set all the presents there. Hannibal wrapped his in black wrapping paper perfectly. He used twine instead of ribbon and you couldn't help but admire how stunning it looked. Will used blue wrapping paper and you could tell he tried wrapping them the best he could but it just turned out messy, but it got the job done. You'd used some wrapping paper with a scene of a snowy house at night. You loved the winter so it only made sense that you used this wrapping paper. While your wrapping wasn't as neat as Hannibal's you still did a decent job.

You two sat on the couch waiting for Hannibal to join you.

"I'm a little surprised you didn't wrap some gifts in their exact shape Will," You tease, "Although I doubt I could actually tell what it would have been if you did." You chuckle and Will rolls his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, well for your information I tried my damn best to do this ok? I should have just used bags." You smile at him and pull him into a hug.

"I love spending winter nights with you Will. And not just because you keep me extra warm."

"I love being with you in general Y/n. I just love you."

"I love you too Will." You hear Hannibal enter the room and you sit back up. He's got a slight smile on his face.

"Well we should get to unwrapping." He picks up one box for you and one for Will, handing them both to you. Will unwraps his first to find a beautiful painting of his dogs. He did have to give them up, but it was to Alana and Margo who are taking great care of them now. Will smiles and runs a thumb over the frame the paining is in.

"Thank you so much Hannibal." He says.

"Of course Will." He replies. They look to you and you open your smaller box. You're careful not to tear open the wrapping paper because it just looks to beautiful to ruin. You find a small velvet ring box underneath the black paper. You open it to find the most beautiful ruby ring. Knowing Hannibal it has to be real and probably very old. You carefully take it out of it's box and slide it on your ring finger.

"Oh Hannibal. It's so beautiful."

"I bought it back in Italy many years ago. I'm lucky it's your size." A big stupid smile spreads across your face as you look over at him.

"Thank you so much Hannibal. I love it." You can't help but keep staring at it. How the red gem catches in the light so beautifully. It really is just too much, but you know Hannibal has amazing taste. Will gets up and grabs two of his gifts. He hands one to you then one to Hannibal.

"I'm sorry it's so poorly wrapped. I'm not good with wrapping gifts." Hannibal opens his first and finds a bottle of wine with a label written in a language you don't speak. But he smiles at this.

"Sternenklarer Himmel," He says, "German for Starry sky. 2018, very finely aged I must say Will."

"Well I flew it all the way over here From Germany just for you. With how much it cost I hope it's worth the money." Will replies. You open your gift to find a small cardboard box. You open the box to see three tickets. When you pick them up you read it's three tickets to a concert coming up for your favorite band.

"Oh Will!" You shout unable to hold back another huge dorky smile, "These must have cost so much! But I can't believe I get to see my favorite band live!" You have to throw your arms around him while he hugs you back.

"Well I had to get you something super special, because I know Hannibal is going to get you something even better."

"Oh Will don't lie! This is so amazing! Thank you so much!" You let go of the hug and get up to grab their gifts. You hand one to Will and one to Hannibal, "Now I'm not sure these will be as good as the ones that you two have gotten for me but I hope you still like them." Hannibal opens his first. In it he finds dried pressed flowers.

"These are the flowers I bought you when we first met." He says with a smile.

"They are! I dried and pressed them then put them in the frame so you could keep them forever!" You say beaming.

"Well thank you very much Y/n. These will be going into my office very soon." Hannibal looks over the flowers in the frame while Will opens his gift. Inside he finds a cassette tape decorated with paint. The word, "For Will, love Y/n" are written on it too.

"I made a tape to add to your collection. I put all of the songs that remind me of you on it." Will smiles and takes your hand.

"Thank you very much honey, I'll give this a listen as soon as I can." He sets it on the coffee table and Hannibal gets up to grab the next two gifts for you and Will. Over the next couple of hours the three of you talk and open gifts from each other.

You beam and hug both of them for the thoughtful gifts that they have given you. They hug you back for the gifts that you had gotten for them. But as the night winds down you feel yourself begin to fall asleep on the couch. Soon enough you're fully asleep. Hannibal carefully picks you up and carries you to your shared bedroom, Will following behind. Hannibal sets you in bed and him and Will soon join you under the covers.

Will cuddles up to you and Hannibal watches, soon also joining in. The three of you lay together on a snowy night. Warm in bed and full of love.

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This is me reminding you to talk about hannibal and fruit in the near future

okay i am far more able to explain now!! this will super duper have spoilers!! so the very first time hannibal appears, the shot begins by the camera panning up and showing his set table as he eats. the first thing you see is a platter of fruit. specifically, figs, a pomegranate, and a strawberry. given how much hannibal is absolutely dripping in allusions to the bible, homeric lit, dante, etc. these are super not an accident.

first off, figs are SO associated with achilles and patroclus (and kind of greek heroes in general). unequivocally, hannibal is achilles and will is patroclus. this is drilled into you time and again as you watch hannibal commit such profound acts of brutality and cruelty and come back to will for validation. hannibal and will also draw direct parallels between themselves and achilles and patroclus.

Hannibal Lecter: Achilles, lamenting the death of Patroclus. Whenever he’s mentioned in the Iliad, Patroclus seems to be defined by his empathy.

Will Graham: He became Achilles on the field of war. He died for him there, wearing his armor.

Hannibal Lecter: He did. Hiding and revealing identity is a constant theme throughout the Greek epics.

Will Graham: As are battle-tested friendships.

Hannibal Lecter: Achilles wished all Greeks would die, so that he and Patroclus could conquer Troy alone. Took divine intervention to bring them down.

Will being framed as the Ripper and Hannibal killing the Red Dragon (Hector) are also very Achilles and Patroclus.

figs are also super duper about consumption. like, the very nature of them is about something being consumed. figs need wasps to become fruit and the wasp will die because of that. for will to become something that hannibal can consume, he must kill. tbh, if i had to pick one word to describe will and hannibal, it would be consumption, or maybe even fig. 

pomegranates! so super associated with hades and persephone but the gist of it is about marriage and consent. will is irrevocably tied to hannibal from episode one but he did not choose that. in episode two (maybe three) hannibal feeds will and from that point on, there was no chance of will escaping. they’re also super duper associated with empathy (will fucking graham) and fertility which is like,,, such a thing. both with abigail being a pseudo daughter for will and hannibal (and she’s also introduced in episode one) but also the shifting dynamics between will, hannibal, alana, and margo. also the way that abigail is not always there and dies multiple times is super significant to the cyclical nature of the fertility that’s implied through pomegranates. in ancient rome, pomegranates were given to brides as a blessing to be fruitful. however, because of the figs, it could also be argued that it isn’t actual children being sought but just the act of being fruitful. for will to be fruitful, to be the fig, he must kill. it’s hannibal tying will to him and making his descent into murder a product of that marriage.

and strawberries… oh boy strawberries. they are about sensuality, the ephemeral, and righteousness. it is the earned pleasure after labor, something that is meant, inarguably, to be eaten. more so, it is something that cannot last. a reward whose end begins the moment it is received. for will and hannibal to have their reward, to achieve such righteous pleasure, they are also agreeing to the end. if you’ve seen the last episode of hannibal… oh my god. as they kill the red dragon and stand on the edge, will not only understands but chooses to partake in the pleasure of the consumption. he sees the beauty in it and he wants it. strawberries have this air of carnality because of how visceral it is to experience them, and that tone is just screaming in all of the last episode.

basically, the platter of fruit depicts will and hannibal’s entire relationship with will being both the consumer and the consumed. more so, having it be fruit rather than meat implies a level of respect and care that hannibal feels for will that he does not feel for the people he eats. hannibal wants to consume will, not just eat him, and that can only be accomplished through fruit.

[ursie]

Do you have any folk song recs? I’ve been trying to get into the genre more

yeah!! I will be honest I conflate Folk/Country/Blues a bit so...may not be exact if you ask everyone but! general recs

basic "iconic" (may vary) folk artist recs :

Peter, Paul, & Mary

Pete Seeger

Peggy Seeger (also her wikipedia...genuinely she has lived a wild life)

Joni Mitchell

Bob Dylan

Leonard Cohen

Tracy Chapman

Simon & Garfunkel

John Denver

Odettta

Lead Belly

Johnny Cash

Don Mclean

The Mamas & The Papas

The Kingston Trio

John Prine

Paul Robeson

Crosby,Stills,Nash, & Young

Phil Ochs

Utah Phillips

The Weavers

Woody Guthrie

ok other folk recs other than the basics <3 :

The Decemberists (personal fav of theirs is "The Mariners Revenge")

Alison Russel

Emily Scott Robinson

The Lumineers

The Longest Johns

Valerie June (personal fav is "Call me a fool")

Rayland Baxter

The Mountain Goats

The Secret Sisters (personal fav is I've got a feeling)

Mumford & Sons

Justin Townes Earle (he tragically passed but he really was a genius of the blues and folk)

Brandi Carlile (LOVE LOVE HER GENUINELY IF YOU WANT EVERY EMOTION. SHE NEVER MISSES) *also she's part of a supergroup The Highwomen

Yola (CRIMINALLY. CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED)

Hozier (yes that's folk, lotta blues, but also def folk)

Trixie Mattel

ok random mostly modern folk songs from my like playlist from spotify (if these aren't actually folk. blame spotify)

Bottom of The River-Delta Rae

Iowa-Dar Williams

Wax & Wane-Alana Henderson

Capable-The Wild Reeds

Tomorrow-Shakey Graves

Making Do-Lake Street Drive

Hot Scary Summer-Villagers (this is on repeat all the time. I'm fine :)))

Thoughts & Prayers-Drive-By Truckers

Home-Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Hurtin' (On the bottle)-Margo Price

At The Purchasers Option-Rhiannon Giddens

Dream in Blue-The Stray Birds

Hard Times-Gillian Welch

Graveclothes-Birdtalker

The Girl-City & Color

First Day of my Life-Bright Eyes

Can't Cheat Death-The Ballroom Thieves

Count on Me-The Lone Below

Empress-Morningsiders

Lay by Me-Firekid

Bloom-The Paper Kites

Undertow-Lisa Hannigan

Front Porch-Joy Williams

People Get Old-Lori McKenna

In The Aeroplane Over the Sea-Neutral Milk Hotel

Wolf-First Aid Kit

The Garden-The Crane Wives

From Afar-Vance Joy

Fuck in I'm a Flower-Crying Day Care Choir

Never Did no Wanderin'-The New Main Street Singers