#i hate when ppl are like ‘alana lost her best friends’ like erhm is the bestie in the room with us bc its not will fs

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so I’m working through the Hannibal rewatch right and it’s it’s just so crazy to see you like in the beginning how much will like either doesn’t talk about his feelings or lies to other people like alana.

in comparison to like how brutally honest he is with hannibal and to showcase how uncomfortable he is with her compared to his comfortableness with hannibal.

he has to be someone different around her in order for her to even have any sort of relationship with him. there early interactions are a bit… awkward? which makes sense, they’ve never been in a room together alone as per alana’s designs, but for all of alana’s talks about wanting to be will’s friend she rarely gives him support and space to feel safe with her.

which I feel is why hannibal snakes his way into will’s life so quickly, he very quickly asserts himself as a person of stability, safety, and support to will.

edit: theres also something to be said about the difference of alana’s “professional curiosity” vs hannibal’s “obsessive curiosity” and how it effects will and their actions towards will