#hannibal and will

[that-void-boy]

her calling them both out on their gay shit is so iconic idc

Hannibal 2.01 Kaiseki | 3.10 And the Woman Clothed in Sun

[stag-hearted]

[muttsona]

you would deny me my life.

and like its just that if you think about it hannibal already denied will his life. he denied will a life of normalcy. you can say will chose that life, or you can say hannibal made it the only choice.

not your life.

i think when will looks at hannibal - at least at this point in the show - he sees a monster but he also sees the life he couldve had. he cant deny hannibal his life because that would be denying himself of another life.

my freedom, then. youd take that from me. confine me to a basement cell. do you believe you could change me the way ive changed you?

i think you could argue that hannibal sees his freedom as equivalent to his life. he loses everything important to him. namely will. locked in that basement cell would he ever see will again? then you think about the "do you believe you could change me the way ive changed you?" and it is so glaringly obvious that hannibal was looking to change will like this the whole time. and maybe that wording is a little extra interesting because of how, later in the show, they will use changed to mean killed. maybe hannibal kills the will that previously inhabited his body and raised a new one.

i already have.

because will shows hannibal a side of himself that he didnt know was still there. cause like they both didnt know how lonely they were until they met each other.

hannibal studies will a moment, realizing hes right.

hannibal was so focused on molding will into the killer he wanted that he didnt, until now, realize just how much will had changed him. he didnt think anyone had the capability.

fate and circumstance has returned us to the moment the teacup shatters. i forgive you, will.

hannibal cant go back in time, and he cant stop the teacup from shattering. all he can do is forgive and hope will forgives back.

[set-the-table-hannibal]

Real and Hannibal’s always smirking like he’s so proud of himself.

Video from tiktok @ ashling

[thewritingramblingsofstacey]

I would read the fuck outta this story!

Vulnerable Hannibal in any form is my bread and butter. But traumatized Hannibal is my precious little pumpkin and I can never cease to ramble and theorize about how that would impact Will and Hannibal's relationship. I think it would be monumental if Hannibal wasn't even able to make it to the gates of the Lecter estate at all during a post-fall visit to Lithuania.

Imagine all the trauma that the simple act of walking through those woods would unearth for Hannibal. How it would revive his fear of succumbing to the elements.

My headcanon is Hannibal was in fact traumatized by everything he went through as a child. He just lives in denial and repression until it's brought to the forefront of his mind while in a situation he can't escape. I know it might seem ooc to many people, but Hannibal losing composure is my fave thing ever; epecially when it's in relation to his childhood trauma.

Will takes Hannibal to Lithuania. Before the next step of their relationship can develop any further, Will wants to learn every part of Hannibal. Both past and present. He's aware of Hannibal's persisting reluctance on the matter. He's aware Hannibal is doing this for him; but also for himself.

Hannibal's words have dwindled into monosyllabic responses the moment they stepped foot in Lithuania. It's late spring; so the weather shouldn't be a problem. He knows. It's only the slightest bit chilly; a bite laced in the wind that seeps into his bones and leaves his mouth and throat dry; parched with apprehension. He's one step behind Will. Two Steps. Three steps. Four...

Will's heart plummets the moment he turns around to glance at Hannibal. He's been periodically checking in throughout their journey toward the estate. Not rushing Hannibal along is imperative.

This isn't at all how Will envisioned it would turn out: Hannibal frozen in place, both eyes clenched shut against an onslaught of unspeakable memories, arms wrapped around his own torso in the form of a subconscious, self-soothing hug, while one hand creeps higher and higher towards his throat. He's sucking in shallow, whistling breaths and clawing at his neck with trembling fingers; skin itching and tingling from the phantom sensation of a chain-link collar he remembers all too well.

Will calls out his name, soft and cautious, because Hannibal is somewhere else entirely. Lost inside his mind. Will's hand clutches and stills Hannibal's frantic moving fingertips; the pressure gentle yet insistent. "Stop that," is what Will intends to say, but Hannibal's reaction leaves him speechless.

Hannibal flinches, releasing a frail, tearful whimper (the closest sound to a sob Will's ever heard Hannibal utter), and soon enough there's a visible wet patch staining the front of his pants. Will pulls Hannibal into an embrace, uncaring of the putrid stench of urine.

Imagine poor Will being blindsided by it all. Especially the act of Hannibal soiling himself in response to his re-emerging PTSD. Imagine if Hannibal clung to Will with the desperation of a scared child, head tucked underneath Will's chin so he wouldn't have to catch a glimpse of the woods that have haunted his dreams since he was eight years old. Imagine if he could only muster a rasped whisper of one word ("home" in his native tongue), begging for Will to take him far away from here.

Imagine if this moment was the first time Will ever used a term of endearment (darlin', sweetheart, or baby) in reference to Hannibal + the first time Will pressed a grounding kiss into Hannibal's hair + the first time Hannibal experienced any semblance of Will's affection post-fall.

[bajaho]

[ioannushka-2]

Pages for the Hannigram zine🔪❤️💔🩸

[illsayprettyplease]

Replacing kill with boop ~ Part 1 🐾

Hannibal boop memes

[deathation]

[lawlsv]

[lovegrahams]

we don’t talk enough about why it was so easy for hannibal to love will. why it was so easy to surrender all of himself to him. will graham collects strays; he would pick up a wounded wolf right out of its den. he’d wash it, brush it, nurse it with all the love in his heart. he is willing to forgive the gnashing of teeth that bite and the blood that comes from claws that tear. he is willing to forgive the fear of a pained animal. the fact is, no matter how untamed a wild beast may be, with time they will roll on their back and wait for the gentle touch they’ve received thus far to then be placed upon their underbelly. hannibal, if he is absolutely anything at all, is an untamed beast. he awaits will’s hand on his underbelly. he awaits his love. patiently. and, by the end, by every end possible, he receives it.

[agathah]

Will as Clarice!

PRINTS on my bio!

[muttsona]

[set-the-table-hannibal]

"You and I have begun to blur."

The amount of parallels with these two is crazy.

[chrischannibal]

I finally just finished Hannibal. Are you fucking kidding me? that was the gayest ending of a show I have seen in my LIFE

they could have been full on raw dogging on screen and it would have been less gay and intimate than what just happened