#carmen cygni

[manonamora-if-reviews]

Neo Twiny Jam - bite-sized review

The Neo Twiny Jam (@neo-twiny-jam) is an interactive fiction game unranked jam where participants could not write more than 500 words per entry.

You can find every submitted piece on the jam's Itch Page.

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carmen cygni by corvusasteris

Entry CW: grief, fire, death

A Retelling from a Different Perspective Son of Helios hurtling towards the ground, as his lover Cygnus cannot take her eyes away from the body about to disappear. After abandoning her kingdom for the one she loved, she is now abandoned herself... But the fates or the gods have other plans for her... It would have been nice to have a clearer indication the story ended. Because of how the previous passages were formatted, I was expecting a delayed text to appear...

[jetaloen]

the pinterest board of kato/rohan has always been called carmen cygni bc uhhh its awesome. and bc rohan speaks puerto rican spanish, i have had him call volo "nene" (baby) for like 1000 yrs. my surprise when i start learning about hawaiian pidgin, the most likely dialect a guy of super mixed japanese/latino heritage would speak, and the geese that live in hawaii are called nene. carmen cygni?? swan song??? nene??? BEING a goose???? this was crazy to me

[stimulatory]

carmen cygni (swan song)

[theforestdreaming]

Swan Song, 2025

Illustration by L A Winter

The swan song (Ancient Greek: κύκνειον ᾆσμα; Latin: carmen cygni) is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song just before their death.

[taschipp]

The swan song (Ancient Greek: κύκνειον ᾆσμα; Latin: carmen cygni) is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song just before their death while they have been silent (or alternatively not so musical) for most of their lifetime. The belief, whose basis has been long debated, had become proverbial in ancient Greece by the 3rd century BC and was reiterated many times in later Western poetry and art. Swans learn a variety of sounds throughout their lifetime. Their sounds are more distinguishable during courting rituals and not correlated with death. Source: Wikipedia Image: "The singing swan" (1655) by Reinier van Persijn

[the-house-of-oddities-love]

Title: The Swan Song, el canto del cisne, carmen cygni. Brooklyn NYC 2015.

https://www.etsy.com/CubanArtworks/listing/704752732

Color Medium Format Analogue Photography, Man Male Portraiture. Visual Poetry. Contemporary Conceptual Cuban Art, Arte Cubano Contemporaneo. Vintage Hasselblad 500CM, Conrado Maleta. Limited Edition Signed Numbered Art Prints for Allure Auctioneers. Digital Film Scans. This is an original artwork. Measure is all paper print including a white band at borders.

[fictionescapism]

Fanfic Rec #26 Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal) part 3

Starts Small by twoseas Hannibal and Will were together until a breach of trust ended things spectacularly. Brought back into Will's orbit, Hannibal fully intends to rectify the situation. Featuring bitter ex Will Graham, a regretful Hannibal, Alana being a far better friend than Hannibal deserves, and the casual presence of murder and cannibalism.

The Borderland State by nekosmuse Three years after Hannibal's arrest, Will Graham stands on the front porch of his Georgian seaside home and watches twin headlights navigate the winding stretch of his lane. There is only one reason Jack Crawford would travel all this way, in the rain: Hannibal Lecter has escaped from prison, and no one knows where he is. Written for the Hannibal Kink Meme prompt: Will figured out Hannibal was the Chesapeake ripper, resulting Hannibal's imprisonment and a complete breakdown for Will. A few years later, Hannibal escapes from prison. Despite the risk, the first thing he does is go after his Mongoose. Give me obsessive, possessive, creepy as hell Hannibal who still wants Will for his own.

Shinkon by iesika Courtship and marriage among killers and cannibals.

Redemption by houseofcannibals After very publicly (some would argue theatrically) losing his mind and murdering three young women in an unconscious state, FBI consultant Will Graham is sentenced to serve three consecutive life sentences in the notorious Shawshank State Prison. Upon arrival, he is unsettled to find himself in a cell neighbouring that of infamous serial killer Dr Hannibal Lecter. Having already spent twelve years incarcerated, Dr Lecter has established a fearful reputation for himself inside the prison walls, and amuses himself by dealing in fine contraband.

When Will approaches Lecter with an unusual request, the two gradually strike up a friendship which, over the years, develops into a powerful infatuation that will change them both irreversibly. But prison is no fairy-tale world, and there are dangers lurking around every corner - the violent captain of the guards, Jack Crawford; the scheming warden, Frederick Chilton; and the brutal gang known as the Sisters, led by the murderer Francis Dolarhyde.

And then there is the secret which Will is hiding in his cell. A secret which, sooner or later, will change everything.

Carmen Cygni by SLq Will Graham and Beverly Katz are partners running a Private Investigator bureau. Will Graham's reputation brings Agent Jack Crawford of the FBI to his door, seeking his professional touch in proving that Dr. Hannibal Lecter is the notorious Chesapeake Ripper. Apparently, that involves Will dating the man. Will is not thrilled, until he is. Then everything goes to hell in a handbasket.

[savventeen]

~ savv's writing masterlist ~

{ fic requests are currently on pause as i work on commissions ♡ }

key:

fic [☼] drabble [☽] smau [✧] other [✩] requests/commissions [🜲] ask game fills [♖] 'things you said' prompts [✑] fem!reader* [▽] masc!reader* [△] *all fics have a gender neutral reader unless otherwise indicated

♢ choi seungcheol ♢

[☼] our ending is made for each other ✑ 🜲 ⇰ 1.1k [fluff, humor] ⇰ while at their best friend's wedding, seungcheol brings up the fact that he wants to marry reader someday. reader proceeds to have a little bit of a breakdown (the mostly good kind)

[☼] carmen cygni ⇰ 1.7k [angst, mcd] ⇰ while out searching for supplies, you get bit trying to escape a small hoard of zombies. seungcheol is forced to do the unthinkable.

[☽] you've always had cold hands ⇰ 0.1k [fluff]

[☽] kintsugi ⇰ 0.4k [emotional h/c]

[☼] purple, white, grey, and black ⇰ 2.9k [emotional h/c] ⇰ you're asexual and proud, and have been for a while. so why does seeing ace pride posts sometimes churn something within you? or, the one where reader talks about where/if their asexuality and trauma intersect.

♢ yoon jeonghan ♢

[✩] mr. perfectly fine ♖ ⇰ 0.5k [angst]

[☽] until next time ⇰ 0.3k [emotional hurt/comfort] ⇰ you've never had to say goodbye like this before. jeonghan tells you that maybe you don't have to

♢ joshua hong ♢

[☽] can you guess why they call it fall? ⇰ 0.3k [fluff] ⇰ joshua loves fall and also the reader

[☼] heart is full of fairy lights 🜲 ⇰ 1.3k [fluff] ⇰ you finally return home to your apartment after studying abroad, and your roommate joshua can't seem to let you out of his sight. some potentially maybe-more-than-strictly-platonic feelings are had.

♢ wen junhui ♢

[☽] you haunt my melody ⇰ 0.9k [angst, past mcd] ⇰ once upon a time, wen junhui played the pipe organ for a traveling circus. once upon a time, you were an acrobat. once upon a time, he lost the love of his life in a tragic accident and let his grief consume him. now, you think it's time for him to let you go.

[☽] aye aye, captain ⇰ 0.4k [humor] ⇰ being in love with the captain has its perks, except when he sails the ship into a kraken. (it kind of still feels like a perk, tbh.)

♢ kwon soonyoung ♢

[☼] places we've been torn (i'm always, always yours) 🜲 ⇰ 1k [emotional hurt/comfort] ⇰ you and soonyoung have been lying together for who-knows how long now, going back and forth asking each other about the various scars you both have. the stories have been mostly silly or stupid (or both), but it's as the night is winding down that soonyoung asks about the one scar with a story you're not sure you're ready to share.

♢ jeon wonwoo ♢

[☽] i think i'm going deeper ⇰ 0.8k ⇰ wonwoo escapes his noisy, hectic life for a vacation full of solitude and quiet. it doesn’t go exactly as expected.

[☽] take it easy (slowly carve out my heart) 🜲 ⇰ 0.8k [angst, mcd] ⇰ wonwoo's assignment: become your husband and bide his time until given the command to kill you. a simple mission, really — one that shouldn't have been hard. except, he never accounted for the fact that he might actually fall in love with you. too bad he's the perfect little soldier.

[☽] everything but words ⇰ 0.3k [fluff] ⇰ wonwoo's actions have always spoken louder than words. you finally decide to do something about it.

♢ lee jihoon ♢

[☽] untitled woozi drabble ("jihoon is exhausted") ⇰ 0.5k [fluff]

[☽] mr. sandman, bring me a dream ⇰ 0.8k [emotional hurt/comfort] ⇰ jihoon overworks himself (again) and gets secretly cuddled by reader

[☼] to build a home ⇰ 3.7k [fluff, humor] ⇰ on the train ride back to meet jihoon's parents in person for the first time, you realize you don't really know what it's like to have a childhood home — at least, not in the sense that most people seem to have. but it's okay, because you've found a home in jihoon instead.

[☽] untitled jihoon love language drabble ⇰ 0.3k [fluff]

[✩] woozi + mutual pining (the mixtapes one) ♖ ⇰ 1k [fluff, mild emotional hurt/comfort]

♢ lee seokmin ♢

[☽] untitled dk imagine ⇰ 0.3k [fluff]

[☽] the D in DK stands for Dihydrogen monoxide ⇰ 0.5k [fluff] ⇰ seokmin just wants to make sure you stay hydrated :(

[☽] untitled dk smut [mdni] ⇰ 0.8k [smut] ⇰ you’ve always fallen in love with people’s laughter first.

♢ kim mingyu ♢

[☼] what dreams must feel like ⇰ 1k [emotional hurt/comfort] ⇰ mingyu comforts you after a nightmare

[☼] break the curse, break my heart ✑ 🜲 ⇰ 5.1k [angst, hurt/comfort] ⇰ what's supposed to be a simple hex job turns into something much deadlier, and suddenly the two of you are fighting just to stay alive

[☼] this sad ending needs a chaser ⇰ 1.5k [angst] ⇰ you and mingyu broke up. mingyu's having a hard time moving on.

♢ xu minghao ♢

[☼] you glow pink in the night ▽ ⇰ 1.7k [fluff] ⇰ you and minghao are in a long-distance relationship, and minghao returns to his apartment after meeting you in person for the first time. he finds a surprise you left for him in his luggage

[✧] pretty u ✑ 🜲 ⇰ 1 post (7ss) [fluff] ⇰ seungkwan asks minghao who he thinks the prettiest person in the world is and he answers: you. but how could he say that when he's never seen what you look like?

♢ boo seungkwan ♢

[☽] a rose that blooms in winter ⇰ 0.7k [fluff] ⇰ walking home with you on a snowy winter evening, seungkwan decides to be brave.

[☽] feelin' thorny ⇰ 0.4k [humor] ⇰ florist seungkwan receives a bouquet from his rival — emotions are had

[☼] you say the stupidest (sweetest) things ✑ 🜲 ⇰ 4.5k [fluff, humor] ⇰ you say stupid shit on the best of days, so when seungkwan comes over when you're having a bad bout of insomnia, the last thing he expects to hear from you is an accidental love confession

[✩] seungkwan + marriage of convenience ♖ ⇰ 0.5k [angst, humor]

♢ hansol vernon chwe ♢

[☽] take in the view ⇰ 0.9k [fluff] ⇰ vernon takes reader on a ride on his dragon; it ends up being pretty great

[✩] vernon + bad at art (the project partners one) ♖ ⇰ 0.6k [humor]

♢ lee chan ♢

[☼] got my heart in my feet ('cause they lead me to you) ✑ 🜲 ⇰ 2.4k [emotional hurt/comfort, fluff] ⇰ reader has a bad day, and they unintentionally find themselves falling apart at their best friend chan's door in desperate need of a hug

[✧] .|X| THANKS FOR PLAYING |X|. ⇰ 34 posts [angst, horror, (kinda) mcd] ⇰ finals are finally over, and all you want is to keep yourself entertained on the lonely train ride home since your best friend crush isn't coming with you. you don't expect to find yourself becoming the main character in a horror story.

♢ ot13 ♢

[✩] breviloquent masterlist 🜲 ♖ ⇰ my series of fics that are 50 words or less

[✩] svt as bits of my unfinished poetry ⇰ 0.7k

*updated 2023.09.03*

[revenantpoet]

- @RevenantPoet

Text Version:

Carmen Cygni

Love conquers all Love wins All you need is love

There are so many phrases Culminating in a single message That love is power Love is righteous Love always overcomes

I disagree

Not because I don’t want to agree Or that I don’t want to be able to open my heart And know it will be safe And happy And cared for and caring For forever and then some

Love sure feels like that, doesn’t it? In that moment of bliss Like a life raft in a storm A calm amidst the chaos Unsinkable Unknowable Unending

And in those quiet moments, maybe that’s true Maybe in those precious seconds Love is unshakable

But the waves around us are giants They are angry They are careless And they crush us Or at least Those like us

We who step outside the lines of the norm Who dare to love outside the boundaries To break that word That framed definition Of what “love” is And build it anew with our own hands Into something more beautiful than imaginable To love ourselves and others Fiercely Wholeheartedly With no shame

It’s the most powerful kind of love Those threads that connect the different The other The ones who shouldn’t love That should be hated That should fight and die Who deserve nothing When compared To those who are “normal”

And who desires that? Who wants this conditional love? This love tied in thorns Designed to bleed you dry If you try to escape

Our love isn’t pretty It isn’t kind Not to us The ones who invest everything in it Who are this love Embodiment of it and bathed in it Diverse and beautiful and ethereal Bathed in the color of life itself As varied as life itself As beautiful as life itself

It terrifies the others Our careless beauty A threat A whisper of change A fire to the thorns that control them Define them In pain and suffering

And they take those sharp edges Their own restraints And tear us apart In all of our splendor Destroying all that makes us Us

After all They want normalcy And we may love differently We love what they said is forbidden Rotten Wrong Lovely Colorful Different

But we All Bleed Red

Love is beautiful Love is patient and kind Love will show you things New things You never thought possible In yourself In the world In everything

But it is not a shield that will protect us

This beautiful love Cupped in my hands Is more fragile than any glass Even though it shines so brightly Refracting the world into a rainbow

It’s cracked And it’s been shattered Countless times Carefully pieced together again and again Not with glue Not with gold But my own blood and tears My own life not even enough to hold it together

I’ve almost given up— No I have given up Many times Hopeless and lifeless Not having the energy To care To destroy my own Fragile Foolish Heart

But I can’t do that And I don’t want to I never want to forget Even if it would hurt less Because love is weak But it is beautiful It is precious beyond compare It is worth saving

So, no Love does not fight for me Nor does it fight for you Love does not naturally overcome all Not when you’re different When you love wrong When you live wrong When you look wrong

But until my heart slows to a stop While there is still strength In these ancient, tired bones Until my last breath Escapes my lungs And my body collapses My life exhausted While my blood still flows I will fight For a love so beautiful So precious And priceless

It’s worth everything

My brain has been haunted by Vampire in the Garden since I saw it. The overarching themes spoke so deeply to the broken parts of me, so like... all of me lmao. A lot of people have gripes with it, and it's not perfect, but the messages and the earnestness of it spoke deeply to me. And I figured, before Pride's over, might as well try putting some of it to words? 
 I tried to make this split between both Momo and Fine, but man I relate to and love Fine on such a deep level and it definitely slipped through. Anyhow, if someone actually reads this far, I hope you enjoyed, and that all's well on your side of the screen!

[jetaloen]

carmen cygni

[hannigramficrecs]

AU

Carmen Cygni by SLq [words: 27,973]

Will Graham and Beverly Katz are partners running a Private Investigator bureau. Will Graham's reputation brings Agent Jack Crawford of the FBI to his door, seeking his professional touch in proving that Dr. Hannibal Lecter is the notorious Chesapeake Ripper. Apparently, that involves Will dating the man.

Hold for Release by cloudsarefluffy [words: 8,547]

“Will, I think you’re obsessed with the Chesapeake Ripper.” For a moment, Will just blinks at her, but after what she says sinks in, a chuckle starts building up in his chest until it grows into a laugh. He’s almost coming apart at the seams because of Beverly, but as he notices he’s the only one finding it funny, his giggling dies off into silence. “Oh… You’re serious.”

And Why The Sea is Boiling Hot by LydiaFearing [words: 12,034]

Hannibal is having a bad morning so he tries to cheer himself up with shopping at the farmers' market and ends up meeting an intriguing fisherman who is bad at eye contact.

Role Reversal by SLq for emungere [words: 2,743]

Will Graham is the Chesapeake Ripper. Hannibal Lecter is his therapist.

To Impress by Everett_Harte, sku7314977 [words: 12,099]

Chilton invites Matthew to a soiree after a work incident as his plus one to pay the orderly back for saving his life, Matt invites his new boyfriend Will and Hannibal decides that he would very much like to get to know Matt's boyfriend a little better.

In Sheep's Skin by SLq [words: 15,449]

Hannibal Lecter runs a small veterinarian clinic near Wolf Trap, Virginia. One day, a frantic Will Graham brings an injured dog to his door. He also asks him if he is a serial killer. Hannibal is intrigued, to put it mildly.

Cu Sith by SLq [words: 1,942]

Verger hires Will Graham, a professional killer, to murder Doctor Hannibal Lecter. Will gets a date with a serial killer instead.

A Fortunate Wound by starkaryen [words: 83,312]

Will Graham, a police officer in Baltimore, is shot while he’s on duty. The surgeon on call in the ER is Hannibal Lecter.

Oh, He's So Handsome (What's His Name?) by pensee [words: 1,748]

Will Graham is a college student with debt coming out of his ears. He accidentally becomes a social media phenomenon because he's got an Instagram influencer in his social circle, and meets Hot Dad Hannibal while he's at it.

Vena Amoris by PaperPlaneChemTrails [words: 55,596]

Will Graham is a producer on a Bachelor knock off reality TV show. Against his protests and better judgement, Dr. Hannibal Lecter is cast as the primary love interest on the show. Despite his many initial misgivings, Hannibal is a hit, and Will finds himself as drawn into the story Hannibal is creating as everyone watching at home. Everything is going well until Will becomes suspicious that he is the real object of Hannibal's affections, and all of a sudden contestants start to turn up murdered.

Beautiful All the Same by Watermelonsmellinfellon [words: 9,662]

If Will Graham's Encephalitis came upon him when he was younger, and he met Dr. Lecter earlier, what would happen? Will influences Dr. Lecter's decisions. Those decisions have lasting effects on both of them. Good or bad is for you to decide.

Lean On Me by OneWhoSitsWithTurtles [words: 2,205]

I fell asleep on your shoulder and you were too polite to move or wake me up AU

Murder Kitchen by DarkmoonSigel [words: 4,814]

A cooking show AU. Will is suckered in to judge a popular cooking show by Alana. He meets Hannibal there. Stuff happens. 

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Movt 1 by DarkmoonSigel [words: 4,916]

Restaurant AU with Will as a server lusting after a certain guest who's coming in to eat more and more. Not Beta Read

By Fire, By Thunder by HotMolasses [words: 13,442]

Hannibal and Will are both sent to the same camp for the summer, where they meet and romance blossoms. Then it turns serious. Then they share something much deeper and darker than normal teenagers, and it leads them into the storm that is each other.

If Only to be Remarkable by everybreathagift [words: 6,435]

Will doesn't fall for his johns. Will doesn't allow his johns close enough to fall for him. He provides companionship, they provide him a suitable income. It's his routine. Then, Hannibal Lecter came along and set fire to that routine. You know, as only Hannibal Lecter can do.

Grace Café by loghain [words: 19,943]

Hannibal Lecter is many things: the owner of the Grace Café, a diligent father to an adopted daughter, a formidable former psychiatrist and surgeon. He is talented and tasteful, and Will Graham falls in love with him for all of these reasons. He's also the man Will has been hunting for months, and yet even with his nose to the ground Will's never caught the scent of him - the Chesapeake Ripper. A gratuitous café AU, though maybe not so sweet as others.

Canvases by thatviciousvixen [words: 36,660]

When Hannibal meets a handsome artist with a keen interest in death he knows he's finally met a kindred spirit. All Will needs is a little push.

Patterson Park by KareliaSweet [words: 2,564]

A Hannigram recreation of the classic meet-cute from 101 Dalmatians, featuring Marlana Dalmatians. That's it.

Peachfire Whiskey by KareliaSweet [words: 22,076]

The Adventures of Professor Will Graham and His Terribly Naughty Omega Student, Hannibal Fucking Lecter.

Never Eat Alone by retroelectric [words: 20,603]

Will Graham is fostered by Hannibal Lecter, an organised crime ringleader, after his father was murdered. When he turns eighteen, he is obliged to repay the man's favour by being involved in the web of crime and corruption, but he never expects the turn of events that reveal how truly distorted Hannibal Lecter's moral compass is.

Before You And After You by ache_for_him, Breakmybones (CarterReid), CarterReid [words: 33,734]

Hannibal and Will had a past: a dirty, bloody, violent past. Will was sure he'd never see his own personal monster again - then he walked into Jack Crawford's office.

A Darkness Seen and Shared by voxofthevoid [words: 10,344]

What would have happened if Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter first met each other when they were both hunting the same man, for entirely different reasons Attracting the attention of one psychopath is bad enough. Attracting two and for entirely different reasons… now that was just bloody rotten luck.

Mischa Approves and Hannibal Couldn't Be Happier by Watermelonsmellinfellon [words: 7,590]

AU where Hannibal has a young daughter who is pretty picky about company and sort of just likes to be with her daddy most the time, but then in comes super awkward twitchy Will who she just takes a shine to and absolutely adores and she constantly wants will to hold her and Will is like??? and Hannibal is just like yeah same

Shadowing by stratumgermanitivum, YouAreMyDesign [words: 12,725]

“I’m very strict with my interns,��� the doctor says slowly, his eyes on Will’s, never drifting. “In fact, I had asked them not to assign me any more. Unfortunately, I was the only surgeon available to take on extra duties. My expectations for you and your behavior will be high. I have fired interns before, and while I didn’t relish the experience, I won’t hesitate to do so again.”

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[rwby-redux]

Content update.

The following species have been added to the Amendment post for the Creatures of Grimm: 

Bandersnatch, Ammognathus leo Basilisk, Maurosaurus aquacurrens Capyre, Photiachrios irruens Elegy, Carmen cygni Enfield, Ailuraetus lycipes Grendel, Aglaeca umbrambulans Hydra, Deronatrix polycephala Juggernaut, Canonautilus latens Lagartodile, Stipesuchus necis Lepice, Lagochion boreicola Long Tongue, Hastalingua aliena Nemagi, Dasyptoma mephitis Needleback, Echinaranea scrupulosa Peryton, Elaphopteryx borgesi Scapegoat, Tragos apopompaios Sphere Fisher, Velocentrus grex Tiamat, Lampsichthys dolichosomatus Tyrant, Hesperomyrmex purgamenticeps Userper, Ceratophion venans Warverine, Psychragrimion atrox Whisp, Phasmafax mendax

[cinnamaldeide]

Do you have any fic recs that are like heart wrenching? I'm talking like life destroyingly painful but absolutely gorgeous at the same time?

We both have been blessed with a fandom populated by talented, cruel writers, whose art can inflict as much pleasure as pain. I’m fascinated by the way the same author can move me to tears in both cases :) so to answer your question, I think I do have what you’re looking for, but before we begin, let me remind you to always. check. the. warnings. They are there for a reason and while I’m confidend you’re strong and ready, you may suffer a lot without even realising what’s happening if you don’t prepare yourself. Please, read responsibly.

A State of Constant Departure by @solitary-sister

Summary: Four years after the fall, Will leaves in hopes of growing into someone who can be with Hannibal.

Mature

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Will Graham, Hannibal Lecter

This is admittedly more nostalgic than heart-destroying, but I personally think there’s more than one way you can interpret the sounds that lets you presume your heart is in pieces. It can crash, of course, but it can also be slowly suffocated under a pillow, just to be rescued at the last moment, before the bitter end. In this case, I’d say the blissful sufferance is not fatal, but a sweet indulgence for your appetite of sorrow and ache.

Carmen Cygni by @slineq

Summary: Will Graham and Beverly Katz are partners running a Private Investigator bureau. Will Graham’s reputation brings Agent Jack Crawford of the FBI to his door, seeking his professional touch in proving that Dr. Hannibal Lecter is the notorious Chesapeake Ripper. Apparently, that involves Will dating the man. Will is not thrilled, until he is. Then everything goes to hell in a handbasket.

Explicit

Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Will Graham, Hannibal Lecter, Beverly Katz, Jack Crawford, Bedelia Du Maurier, Franklyn Froideveaux, Will Graham’s Dogs

This is not strictly going to tear your heart with a powerful move, like other works in this list will, but instead slowly reap your hopes until you think you and Will Graham both didn’t deserve this. It’s a very efficient revisitation of the first season in an alternate universe where Will is a private investigator and Hannibal is partnered with him in the capture of the Chesapeake Ripper. To be fair, you won’t have to worry about not having a happy ending.

Each man kills the thing he loves by @mazephoenix

Summary: Hannibal Lecter killed Will Graham, everyone knows that. Clarice Starling finds out why.

Mature

Major Character Death

Hannibal Lecter, Clarice Starling, Will Graham

This is a very excruciating story from a very interesting writer, who has the tendency to write short stories that leaves you wonder what they could have done to you if they produced more. Hannibal has to announce Will’s death to the rest of the world and to undergo the most terrible sentence: to once again survive his beloved and to live longer than his dear ones, like Mischa before anyone else. Their tags are not particularly specific, so the research might take a while, but this writer produced other works on the same sad lines, if you’re willing to delve in.

Enlightenment by @luvkurai

Summary: Hannibal Lecter claims Will—and broadcasts it to the FBI.

Explicit

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Jack Crawford, Brian Zeller, Beverly Katz

This work has a bit of the taste which I imagine the first works in this fandom shared. The thrill of Stockholm syndrome, so difficult to mask when you finish the first season and you want to see Hannibal and Will in a relationship. Fortunately we had the second to answer our necessities, but before we could enjoy that, I envision many writers creating works with this kind of atmosphere, where Hannibal is in control, Jack is powerless and Will is letting himself slowly transition from one man to the other, letting himself be controlled by a different manipulator. It’s a painful but necessary passage, an enlightening take on their twisted personalities.

Here With Me by @halotolerant

Summary: The little candles illuminating the bathroom are there because the power’s out. The scent of expensive perfume is because Hannibal can’t wash properly with the bandages still covering his healing wounds – or that’s what they’re saying, not that he won’t even begin to try - and his body odour has gone high and thick, past musk and into something rougher.

Teen And Up

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham

This is another kind of heart-shaking altogether. It keeps you still, fearful to even move, because you perceive the danger and you know better than to escape. The atmosphere is almost lazy, if not for the evident uneasiness in the air. As a reader, you’ll experience here a deluded heart not from the perspective of the sorrowful one, not experiencing first-hand, but instead witnessing the misery of someone affected by such emotion. It certainly is an experience to behold.

Housekeeping by @metaphorgoneawry

Summary: Marriage is a creature living separate from its components. Yet it requires attention, tolerance and care. Have you seen it? Could you recognize its deep wounds - and which one of you inflicted them? And are they ready to heal? What do you really know about this illusory animal?

Explicit

No Archive Warnings Apply

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Dr. Frederick Chilton, Kade Purnell, Beverly Katz, Jack Crawford, Bella Crawford, Brian Zeller, Jimmy Price, Freddie Lounds, Bedelia Du Maurier, Abel Gideon, Alana Bloom, Matthew Brown; Hannigraham, ChillyWilly

If you want to suffer, you can let this awesome writer tear your mind and soul apart with one of their works. One at random, they’re all valid alternatives. I arbitrarily choose this one because I always concentrate on Hannigraham works and this contains other interesting pairings as well, while still fundamentally remaining Hannigraham. This story treats the theme of conjugal infidelty with elegance and cruelty, in a small reality where marriage is maybe more important on a social status than it is in relationship to two persons loving and respecting each other. A work that makes you reflect on the true value of your everyday life, as you requested. I suggest you don’t seek salvation for your poor soul in other works of this author, once you finish this. I did and I lived to regret it.

if you will come all the way down with me by @coloredink

Summary: “This is important to me,” says Hannibal. “You will have to know how to do this, if we are to be together.”

Mature

Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Abigail Hobbs

This author uses the fanciful tag “Nothing is Beautiful and Everything Hurts,” which perfectly fulfills its task. You will cry so hard when you finish reading something tagged as such. But it’s ok, you’re here for this. In this very case, Will undergoes an interesting apprenticeship under Hannibal’s tutelage, which mostly envisions touching moments of intimacy and the experience of transforming something beautiful into something edible. An author I would recommend all-round, one of my favourites.

Je me souviens by @avegetariancannibal

Summary: If it meant keeping someone forever, how far would you go? How long would you live?

Explicit

Major Character Death

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham

I have fat tears and wavering lips while I type, after having finished reading it again, so when I say this is a very sad and realistic story I’m probably being reductive. Hannibal has great faith in his memory palace and this story challenges its limits. You may have recognized this author for their previous works, very crack, very funny, very hot. If you read this, you’ll know they’re capable of all that and so much more.

Kiss Me, Liar… by @phenobarbitalfiction

Summary: Hannibal would never again let Will see him, because ultimately, his ability to forgive was finite and he was, intrinsically, sociopathic.

Explicit

Major Character Death

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Jack Crawford

I started reading this without checking the tags and I certainly didn’t expect such a painfully plausible, vivid scenario, especially considering the other works of this very writer. And their personality. I was so shocked it took me some time to start speaking to them again, I’ll admit. This is short, compared to their normal wordcount, but heart-rendering none the same. Will and Hannibal have finally found their happiness far from Jack’s control, but if Will survived the fall, he didn’t his guilty feelings.

Mouth Guard by @cinnamaldeide​

Summary: There were technical devices to ensure the canine growth wouldn’t remain unnoticed in werecreatures and, specifically, werewolves. When their teeth would cyclical lengthen and sharpen, mouth guards were supposed to restrict them, as to give the nocturnal creature the chance to take precautions; one last glimmer of sanity before irredeemably losing control. Will Graham, at one point, lost his own.

Mature

No Archieve Warnings Apply

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Jack Crawford, Alana Bloom, Will Graham’s Dogs, Abigail Hobbs, Donald Sutcliffe

Because what’s the fun if you can’t sneak a self-rec in your own long multiple rec post? When you asked for painful yet beautiful stories, I admittedly didn’t think about mine, but this one in particular has been considered not entirely far from depressing, so I guess you can try and see if this is something you can enjoy. Will becomes a werewolf and Hannibal seems eager to help him settle in his new exciting life.

Time Has Told Me by @zigzag-wanderer

Summary: This was kind of for Halloween? Kind of a vampire fic? Maybe?

Explicit

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Jack Crawford, Alana Bloom

It would have been so hard to recover from this story if the ending hadn’t been so merciful, so sweet. An incredibly apt work for Halloween, it certainly gave me the chills. Of course, that didn’t stop me from reading, as it shouldn’t stop you. Hannibal has a mighty hunger, an unending crave, and only the suffering of other people seems to relieve it. Meeting Will is only slightly an improvement of the situation. You’ll love it, as you would the rest of this writer’s production.

Warrior by Becks

Summary: After the Minnesota Shrike, Will Graham needs someone to hold him together. Hannibal Lecter steps up for the job – with a few conditions.

Explicit

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Jack Crawford

This work is part of a two-works serie, which in its ensemble could probably stand as the missing connection between the cruel beast that is Hannibal in the books and the aesthetical creature we learned to love in the show. It’s both and the same, and it doesn’t leave you bleeding on the floor, but with an unrecovering mind and no desire to live the rest of your days, which is arguably worse. If you can manage the first work, you should already be craving for the second in any case, but if you still hunger for angst even after that you should start on their incomplete amnesia fic and receive my compliments if you survive.

We, the Common by @thelongcon23

Summary: Hannibal has several trains of thought regarding Will Graham – launched at different velocity - with alternate destinations in mind, and the longer he knows the man the greater the underground network becomes. He starts to regret the first hasty departure (the set-up) but he can’t bring himself to derail it – he’s curious to see how it will end, where those wheels will take him. Humiliation, friendship, matters of family, self-preservation, deception, knowing, acceptance, they all overtake each other - even the black thunder of sadism - but one carriage is light and airy in its tireless journey, always set to Hannibal’s amusement. Come hunt me, he cajoles, watching Will on the podium. Come find me, if you can.

Explicit

Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Jack Crawford, Alana Bloom

This work is not here because it’s omegaverse. It is here because it utterly destroyed me in the best way, because sex is here not an instrument of pleasure, but a means to torture, to exert your power on a vulnerable creature, to bare yourself in turn and see your efforts wasted, to humiliate and to submit. Hannibal is an indomitable omega, as expected of him, and Will is at his mercy as much as Hannibal should be at Will’s. Fortunately for my mental sanity, and probably your own once you finish the first chapter, there’s a second one waiting for you to get back up on your feet.

These are of course not all the authors capable of destroying you with their beautiful words, and I’d encourage you to explore their other productions to thoughfuly benefit from their potential. If you’re like me, you won’t be disappointed. Please remember you literally asked for all this beautiful suffering and don’t be mad at me. It’s all in the name of good reading.Don’t forget to leave kudos to every story you read and to comment them, since the authors very much deserve to know they’re profoundly loved for having decided to write their wonderful masterpieces, losing time and energy out of selfless masochism love for us readers.It has been a while since I last created a multiple fic rec, and this one in particular contains an impressive amount of Major Character Deaths and other interesting warnings. It has been unhealthily fun. I hope this is an adequate answer to your question ^^ thank you so much for asking your request, be sure to tell me if this post has been helpful to you! :*

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Hey you :)) I srsly love your blog and I wanted to know if you maybe could rec some good fantasy/fairy tales AUs?

Hey, dear anon!

Aw, thank you so much

a world above water by museaway

“Castiel’s hope for freedom is threatened by a chance encounter with the Crowned Prince of Lawrence, who is trying to avoid an arranged marriage.”

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See the Sunrise by Carver Edlund (goshcas), Zerda

“He didn’t know what he expected. Maybe piles and piles of gold and treasure, closely guarded by a massive scaly beast, red or blue or black and breathing fire. Maybe with wings, maybe not. Maybe it would have red eyes and maybe it would attack as soon as it saw Dean. He was expecting—well, he was expecting a dragon.

Not… this.

“This” being a young man with dark hair, too blue eyes, and a tilt to his head. He didn’t… look like a dragon. He just looked confused.”

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Castiel Enchanted by ANobleCompanion

“When Castiel was a baby, the angel Naomi blessed him with the gift of obedience. Despite the curse, Castiel grows up with a strong mind and heart. To keep people from discovering his secret, Castiel spends most of his childhood without a close friend - until he meets Dean, Prince of Fell. Together, they will learn about friendship, love and what it takes to find your own free will.”

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Happily Ever After by darkforetold

“Prince Dean lives in a world where princes can only marry princesses and live happily ever after. The problem is, he’s in love with Prince Castiel, his awkward (ridiculously handsome) best friend. Dean thinks it’s his destiny to settle down with a princess, but when Dean goes after the famed Sleeping Beauty, things change. Instead of facing off with villains, Prince Dean decides to fight social expectations and go after his one true love: Prince Castiel.”

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Catch a Fallen Star by the__magpie

“Dean Winchester would do anything to convince Lisa Braeden to marry him, even if it means venturing beyond the wall near his village to bring her a star that they watched fall from the sky. What he does not expect, though, is to end up dragging a grumpy, uncooperative star named Castiel through a strange land of faeries, magic, and flying pirates. Pursued by an ancient witch and two nobles vying for the throne, Dean and Castiel find themselves caught up in an adventure beyond what they could have ever imagined.”

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The Prince and the Pauper - but not really by Niitza

“It’s the classic fairytale: Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, there lived a beautiful Princess, beloved by her people. Unfortunately her Evil Stepmother, who desired the throne for herself, had her kidnapped on a moonless night and locked in the highest room of the highest tower of a lost castle. From then on the Princess’ only hope rested in the coming of her Prince Charming to the rescue…

Except for the fact that the beautiful Princess is actually a Prince who has better things to do than wait in that tower, the Evil Stepmother a bunch of Evil Conspirators who really haven’t thought things through, and the Prince Charming nothing but a Commoner hoping to make some money from grateful parents and ending up with something else entirely.”

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Carmen Cygni by amarillogrande

“The King of Daughton dies, without any heirs. According to local law, the law then passes to a blood relative, no matter how distant.

Uprooted from his home, Dean Winchester is given a crown and the task of finding a bride. He must marry before he comes of age.

Dean is on the eve of his 21st birthday, yet he cannot find love among the many that try to win his favor ...”

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