#so yeah like no shade to my main man hannibal

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HANNIBAL SPOILERS S01E11

RARA CHILTON LETS GOOOOOO

There’s so much symbolism in this fuxking show - is Will’s tsunami dream supposed to be linked to the conversation that Hannibal and baby girl sad lil chilton we’re having about not pushing their patients too hard?

Ah the ol’ senator Kelly melting into the bed trick, huh? God, I’m starting to hate Will’s nightmares so much because I’ve had similar ones and they’re hitting too close to home.

Eddie izzard gives good serial killer

Look at the ragamuffin baby girl go, his head movements are giving bratty cheerleader 😂 and he’s all puppy with his tail between his legs in front of Hannibal and then all proud and gloaty with Gideon and Alana

I know I’m supposed to be on Will and Alana’s side here but alas, I’m on the foghorn leghorn baby girl’s side.

Ooh antler room

This show reads like Hannibal fan fiction because there’s inklings of what happens in the books like the way Hannibal is treating Will is a lot like the way that he manipulates Clarice. What I don’t get is does Hannibal want a killing partner? like does he see a killer in Will and wants him for that or is he legit taken in by Will’s main character of an anime energy and just wants him because he’s complex and pretty? Or both?

Yeah Alana is getting a bit on my nerves - like the dude is sick and she’s sending him mixed messages galore.

Boo Freddie lounds

Oooh Dr Gideon got her… 🤷🏻‍♀️

Booo she’s still alive

Ah that reminds me, I gotta donate blood soon

Oh no Gideon has Chilton… I’m not too worried because I’m pretty sure rara is in this all three seasons but nope don’t like that.

Also Anna chlumsky who plays Miriam in this appeared in the first episode that rara appeared in on hannibal which is funny because they both are in the their first appearances on SVU, the episode based on fifty shades.

NOOOO WHAY THE FUCK GET OUT OF RARA’S GUTS JESUS CHRIST OH BABY GIRL NO WTF

Finally they make Will stay behind in The car, I’m almost surprised Jack didn’t walk into the conservatory with Will as a shield.

Aaaaaand of course he got out of the car.

Oh Rara - hold on to those guts my little dude.

Oof Will is losing it. Man, Hugh Dancy plays distraught and disturbed so well.

Of course Will takes Gideon to Hannibal.

So Will has a seizure and then just stands there while Hannibal and Gideon have a chat? Alrighty then 🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh shit he’s offering Gideon Alana

Gideon mutilated Dr Chilton 😭

“I’m worried about Alana” he says 😂 as he very pointedly leaves a gun and his keys for Will. Why not a map to Alana’s house l too?

So I don’t get the whole Will seeing Garrett Jacob Hobbs instead of Gideon thing. Like is it because it’s Will’s first kill? Did he actually enjoy killing GJH and that’s why he hallucinated the corpse saying “see” and now he’s haunted by that because it might prove that he actually enjoys killing? I don’t know if I’m pulling stuff out of my ass at this point. Oh yeah and what’s with the stag all the time? It can’t be a good thing because it always leads will to bad places. Is it like the representation of the serial killer inside Will?

Babygirl DID NOT have a good time this episode.

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Hannibal let Jack beat him up - it's there in the script he didn't try to fight back. Sorry but Will is no match for Hannibal all he can do is jump at people like a rabid dog you're right. He has no technique nor tactics nor finesse etc while Hannibal moves like a dancer and can take down multiple people in seconds

okay, I was giving a joking answer before, but let me say this:

on paper, in season 3- i agree with you. Will would absolutely lose. that being said:

I'm assuming this is regarding my pitch for s4 and the whole like, thesis of that pitch is that Will is coming into his own as a killer rapidly. now that he's not hiding behind excuses he's taking to it like a fish to water, so im imagining he's a better fighter now. i'll also mention that Hannibal would DEFINITELY train Will to fight better post-fall.

the other thing I'll bring up is the emotional aspect- Hannibal *loves* will. I've written about this before but if Will suddenly decided to attack Hannibal post-fall I'm not entirely convinced that he wouldn't pull his punches. (In the version of events I put in my post you could say the same about Will, but Hannibal has always been the more reverent of the two of them)

here's the main thing I'll say tho: when I said I wanted Will to beat Hannibal, I was saying it with a lot of gravity. I recognize that Hannibal is an INCREDIBLE fighter. I'm saying that Will winning that fight would be a DEFINING moment for Will. a huge turning point of his arc and their relationship. I mentioned it in that post because I think it would be that important. wills arc can't conclude how I hope it would without it.

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What are your favorite movies and TV shows outside of SW? I’m looking for new things to watch since SW was so disappointing

My tastes are pretty eclectic, so I will stick to just things that are either similar to sw or are in the reylo-esque romance wheelhouse and have happy endings:

Chuck. It is a goofy, light-hearted action-adventure show with extremely endearing characters and a very prominent central romance (seriously, heavy romance and there is a lot of payoff for it, you will be FED- it's kind of slow burn but also shockingly NOT slow burn, they are deep into it pretty much immediately). The main couple is the classic Stoic Badass gradually softened by an innocent they have to protect who is a liability in battle but full of the Power of Heart. Chuck is The Heart btw. He is of that vanishingly rare male Beauty (of B&tB) type. He's incredibly generous and open, Sarah is prickly and closed-off. It is Quality. Very much a gender-swap of your typical cliche anime couple lol. I would recommend stopping at the mid-season finale in season 4, because it's downhill from there. The beginning of season 3 is very rough, but it's definitely worth it to stay for the back half, imo. There are several great endings to choose from before things go to shit, so we don't need to talk about the finale. Probably the most tonally similar to SW thing possible without being high/space fantasy. More humour, more silly, but definitely has a spiritual kinship. Has the best THE BEST 'secret revealed' scenes I have ever seen in anything. If you're into that and were hoping for that in ep IX, you need to watch Chuck.

The Shop Around the Corner. 1940 romance/drama film. You've Got Mail is a remake of it. Jimmy Stewart being profoundly adorable, Frank Morgan (aka the Wizard of Oz), various amusing side characters, and an absolutely deathless double blind 'secretly in love with the workplace nemesis' plot that can and probably has been a great reylo AU.

Mirromask. Fantasy/coming-of-age film. Touted as a 'spiritual successor' to Labyrinth by the filmmakers (one of whom is Neil Gaiman) and let me tell you, that is extremely apt. Beautiful, magical, laden with symbolism and Mask Discourse, and has a great ship. I quote it regularly.

Speaking of which, I'm sure you've seen Labyrinth? If you haven't seen Labyrinth, drop everything and watch Labyrinth.

Legend (the Ridley Scott director's cut, not the theatrical cut). Sumptuous fairy tale, runs on proper fairy tale logic, stunning to look at and overall captivating. Tim Curry. Tim Curry as a lonely tragic lord of darkness who tries to seduce the heroine and has drippingly overwrought monologues.

Howl's Moving Castle. Fairy tale adventure/romance film. Beautifully animated, has the ending you want.

The Silence of the Lambs. Thriller/drama film. Actual masterpiece. Use it as a gateway drug to read the books and rejoice that Clannibal is canon and it is spectacular. Just SotL and Hannibal, you don't need to read the other two. Stan Clarice Starling and revel in that ending. Most triumphant 'villain'/heroine ship of all time (he is not technically a villain but for shorthand's sake).

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Terry Gilliam 1988 fantasy/adventure film. THE TRIUMPH OF IDEALISM OVER CYNICS I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW HEALING IT WAS TO WATCH AFTER THE TROS BULLSHIT HIT. Jonathan Pryce's spiritual villain is basically Chris Terrio and it is cathartic to see imagination and sentiment conquer him.

Sabrina. 1995 romance film. Modern fairy tale with Harrison Ford. Rejecting what you thought you wanted all your life for the thing you actually need, growing up but still believing in magic, beautiful character development across all the leads. Could be (and is irrc) a fantastic reylo AU.

The Scarlet Pimpernel. 1934 adventure film. High romance, secret identities, play-acting, people who aren't at all what they appear to be, falling in love with your own spouse, Big Heroism, guile and wit and audacity. It makes me do little kicks like a happy baby. This is one of the 3-5 films constantly tied for my favourite film of all time. There is a good quality rip free on youtube. Watch it and fall in love with Leslie Howard (this is possibly my favourite acting performance of all time).

Oh, related note. Pygmalion 1938 or My Fair Lady. (The musical is based on this film and borrows from it heavily, including its much more romantic ending compared to the original play.)

The Mummy. 1999 action/adventure/romance film. Very tonally similar to sw. A fucking great time, A+ characters.

EVER AFTER. 1998 romance film. The flawless and perfect and best ever Cinderella adaptation. This is the most satisfying film in history, maybe, the ending is so good it is amazing it exists. Also, it has Richard O'Brien being slimy. Huge selling point. Grapples with identity and stewardship, is brilliant.

Fruits Basket. drama/romance anime. I haven't watched the new version yet, but it's following the manga so I know the story. The original anime didn't do the whole plot (because they caught up with the source material) but it's wonderful and I still recommend it. The central ship is (spoiler.........) a B&tB type where we eventually discover the main love interest both feels like a figurative monster and turns into a literal monster. He has an incredible speech about his relationship with people's fear, it makes me weep. I called the endgame from the first episode and always thought it was obvious, but there is a red herring love triangle dynamic. It's really not annoying, though, because it is a red herring. (I hate love triangles)

I am Dragon. Russian monster romance film. Beautiful, simple fable with a really great heroine.

Jane Eyre. 1943 Gothic Romance film. It's Jane Eyre, byronic hero x sensible heroine love story with much atmosphere and Gothic drama. I stan this version because I am an Orson Welles fangirl and I'm also not convinced it can be improved upon. Elizabeth Taylor's film debut btw.

Hellboy. 2004 action/adventure/romance film. Defying destiny, reconciling identity, monster romance. The complete package and a great time. Tonally similar to SW and probably thematically closest to it out of this whole list. Don't watch the sequel.

Beauty and the Beast 1987 tv series. Exactly what it says on the tin. Deals with the classic B&tB themes, but in a different way. He's not cursed and will never transform into an ordinary man. The first season is very episodic and 'case of the week', but the second season gets more into character drama. It's dated, but if you give it a chance you can get past some of the cheese factor and it's really a unique experience. Its concerns are SO atypical that it feels like something fandom would make rather than a mainstream network show. It was so massively, insanely popular with women at the time that a record of Vincent (the beast) reading poetry topped the album charts. Also Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton. Stop at season two. Point of interest: George RR Martin wrote for this show.

Stargate (the movie not the series) sci-fi fantasy about a nerdy guy who accidentally a hero.

Possession. 2009... mystery/supernatural/romance. Okay. This is a whole thing. Lee Pace and Sarah Michelle Gellar. It's based on a Korean film I've never been able to find for some reason, but being Hollywood they ruined the romanticism and nuance of the original in the theatrical cut to make a shitty punative ending. However. If you buy it on dvd and go to the alternate ending (which follows the original story) with around 20 minutes left (scene after Lee Pace's character wakes from a bad dream-go to deleted scenes and select the alternate ending), you will get a very, very interesting character study/thriller/redemption about sincerity within deception, compassion, and a major question about second chances with a positive answer. It's kind of dark and kind of astonishingly idealistic at the same time. The heroine makes a very powerful choice, twice over. It's fascinating. If you're into the conflicted and uncertain period in reylo, the part where he is most ambiguous, and you wanted more of that and much darker shades to it, you might be really into this. Also, it should be noted, there is a MASSIVE height difference and they show it off. The film is flawed (and the seams show on the Hollywood rewrite) but idk, it's fascinating. Shocking to me that they even got to shoot the original ending. It is pretty balls to the wall with its themes on forgiveness.

I would recommend getting into kdramas because there is a wealth of female-gaze tropey amazing content, but always check the ending before getting invested. My all-time fave is the 1st Shop of Coffee Prince, but it's not sw related at all lmao. It has a happy ending with all the elements you'd want, but it's not satisfying in execution, so that's it's major flaw and I find that pretty common with kdramas. One that is maybe more relevant is My Love from Another Star, which has a hero who is a little bit like Ben in personality. The heroine isn't my favourite, though. It does have a decent ending.

Oh yeah- brain fart. Kurosawa films and classic westerns were both very influential on SW. Or you can combine both and watch The Magnificent Seven.

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1. Favorite childhood book? >> (Three hundred surveys posted to this blog, wow. --I mean, over the course of nearly a decade I’ve probably filled out at least ten thousand, but.) I think that distinction would have to go to The Phantom Tollbooth. It’s one of the only books I remember owning, probably because I’d paged through it so many times. I also modified all the illustrations with pen so that Milo looked like a woman. 2. What are you reading right now? >> Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine -- more like limping through it, because I stopped setting aside time specifically for reading so I just end up grabbing a half a chapter here and there. I’ll have to do something about that. I’d started The Poisonwood Bible a while ago, too, but I keep forgetting to continue it. 3. What books do you have on request at the library? >> I rarely borrow books from the library unless they’re e-books because of my tendency to have to repeatedly renew and eventually take it back before I’m finished because I ran out of renews. 4. Bad book habit? >> Not reading. 5. What do you currently have checked out at the library? >> I don’t, for the reasons stated above. But for all the shit I talk about Grand Rapids, it has a lovely main branch, so I’ll probably end up stopping in again soon, maybe spending a few hours there for a change of scenery.

6. Do you have an e-reader? >> I have a phone, which functions as my e-reader. I also have a Kindle, but between its wack amount of storage space and its quick-draining battery, it’s been relegated to the position of glorified mousepad at this point. (It’s too bad, because I like the screen size.) 7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once? >> Two or three at once. I think it’s interesting to see if/how they subconsciously weave themselves together in my imagination, even if -- especially if -- they’re about completely unrelated things. 8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog? >> It’s the internet in general that interferes with my reading habits, not just tumblr, but tumblr obviously plays a part. 9. Least favorite book you read this year (so far?) >> I quit on Cormac McCarthy’s The Road like 10 pages in, and I don’t usually do that but for some reason I got bored really quickly and couldn’t see the point in pushing through. That’s not a total vote in its disfavour because I didn’t actually form a full opinion. Sometimes I just pick up a book at the wrong time and have to wait until I reach the point in my life when I’ll need it. I’ll probably try again in a couple of years. 10. Favorite book you’ve read this year? >> I really enjoyed Reincarnation Blues, I thought it was an amazing story. I also got a lot out of M. K. Asante Jr’s It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop. When the Stars Are Right by Scott R Jones was fascinating as hell, and then of course there was my long-overdue (or maybe right-on-time, considering...) American Gods reread... 11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone? >> Occasionally. The thing is, there are so many books in my comfort zone that I want to read... 12. What is your reading comfort zone? >> I don’t know if it’s quantifiable. I like a lot of different kinds of books. I usually know within 10-15 pages of a book if I’m going to like it or not -- I try not to judge books by their covers, but I definitely judge them by their first chapter. 13. Can you read on the bus? >> Sometimes, but I generally prefer to listen to music and look out the window.

14. Favorite place to read? >> In bed. 15. What is your policy on book lending? >> I’ll give books away. Just take it, read it. Pay it forward. I don’t like to hoard books. 16. Do you ever dog-ear books? >> Hell yes, I do. They’re not a sacred object to me; their contents may well be sacred, but their contents already exist in me because I ate them.  17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books? >> Nah. 18. Not even with text books? >> I don’t use textbooks. 19. What is your favorite language to read in? >> I can only read in English. 20. What makes you love a book? >> It’s a very visceral and subconscious thing, and it’s not dependent on genre or the politics of the author or any of that as much as it’s dependent on who I am at that moment in time, what story I need to hear, and how lovingly the author told it. That sounds like it only applies to fiction books, but it really doesn’t.  21. What will inspire you to recommend a book? >> Some level of understanding of the person I’m recommending it to. 22. Favorite genre? >> I don’t know, honestly. 23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did?) >> I wish I read more science fiction. The thing is, most of the scifi stories I love I kind of stumbled into accidentally. Whenever I go looking for scifi specifically, I run into a lot of duds (not that they’re badly written or anything, just that they’re bad for me). I’m going to try Philip K Dick soon and I hope that works out okay. 24. Favorite biography? >> I don’t have one. 25. Have you ever read a self-help book? >> Sure, but I don’t make a habit of it.

26. Favorite cookbook? >> I don’t have one. Well, okay, Feeding Hannibal is pretty cool, ngl, but mostly for the information rather than the actual recipes. We can’t afford to (or don’t have the room/appliances to) make most of that stuff. 27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)? >> Definitely American Gods, but that’s a hard-to-explain thing, lol. The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are is a good runner-up, because as far as inspiration is concerned, Alan Watts probably had more than his fair share of it. (Do comic books count, because if so I’d like to also add in Promethea.) 28. Favorite reading snack? >> Alcohol. (But also anything I can eat with one hand, or doesn’t require a lot of, like, attention.) 29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience. >> I don’t think that’s ever happened. 30. How often do you agree with critics about a book? >> I don’t read critic reviews often enough to know what the ratio of agreement to disagreement would even be like. 31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews? >> A negative review is just as valuable as a positive review. I’d prefer people not be nasty in their negative reviews, but like... I also don’t have to read their review if I don’t like it. It’s not that big of a deal to me. 32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose? >> Russian, probably. I imagine untranslated Russian lit would be amazing to read. 33. Most intimidating book you’ve ever read? >> And actually finished? Ha! Let’s see... as far as length, I’d probably pick whatever the longest Stephen King book that I’ve read is. (He meanders, man. He fucking meanders. It’s great, but dear god.) As far as content, I’m probably gonna go with Atlas Shrugged. For, I mean, obvious reasons, really. 34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin? >> That doesn’t really happen to me. If I want to read something, I’ll start reading it. If it proves prohibitive to my limited ability to understand shit, then I’ll put it down and move on. 35. Favorite poet? >> I don’t have one. 36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time? >> Zero. When I do check out from the library, I stick to three books max. 37. How often have you returned book to the library unread? >> Quite often. Usually because I ran out of time. 38. Favorite fictional character? >> YEAH, OKAY. 39. Favorite fictional villain? >> Actually that is almost impossible for me to determine because I don’t even put the ��villain” flag on characters unless it’s super fucking obvious (like in a comic book) that they’re supposed to be the Token Bad Guy. I just don’t even think in those terms. -- Now that I say that, though, I remembered that Stephen King characters are written very polarised despite my personal interpretations of them, so I suppose my favourite villain is Walter O’Dim. 40. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation? >> I don’t know, I don’t usually have time to read on vacation. Unless it’s on the plane or something, in which case I just bring whatever I happen to be reading at the time. It’s usually on my phone, anyway. 41. The longest I’ve gone without reading. >> I mean, I don’t go a day without reading something, even if it’s just articles I saw on my facebook feed. 42. Name a book that you could/would not finish. >> Fifty Shades of Grey. (I did try. I wrote detailed posts about my thoughts during my attempt to read it. They’re still on my old blog.) 43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading? >> Everything. It’s just hard for me to turn the “noise” (literal and figurative noise) of the world off in general, which is why I like it quiet when I’m trying to focus. 44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel? >> Well, LOTR. I was going to say Predestination but All You Zombies isn’t a novel. Uhh.... :/ 45. Most disappointing film adaptation? >> Good god, so many. 46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time? >> Around $100, I guess. I don’t have much money in general so I try to just... avoid bookstores. 47. How often do you skim a book before reading it? >> I don’t. The first-chapter test usually works just fine. 48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through? >> Boredom. 49. Do you like to keep your books organized? >> Well, we don’t own enough for a complex system to be required. 50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them? >> I really prefer to give them away. It’s just... I’m not a hoarder (I don’t even mean that in the negative sense, I just mean I don’t like hanging onto stuff I’m not actively using). I spent just about all of my adult life up until 2 years ago homeless or some version of transient and having to be ruthlessly exacting about how many belongings I had at any given time really changed the way my brain works regarding material items. I love being able to own things now, but it’s... hard to enjoy having too many objects. I get tetchy. It feels inorganic. Maybe that’ll change in the future (these things often do), but for now owning more than 20 or so books feels like an overindulgence. 51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding? >> I don’t think so. 52. Name a book that made you angry. >> I can’t think of one right now. 53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did? >> The Fountainhead. Any Rand book, actually, because Vlad couldn’t stand her and we had such similar tastes in media that I figured I wouldn’t either. But the immense amount of annoying peer pressure from Sigma eventually got me to pick it up just to get them off my back, and..... well, the rest is hilarious “I’m in love with a crazy Russian woman who makes me want to yell at her constantly” history. 54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t? >> I don’t know. That doesn’t happen very often. 55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading? >> All of it? I don’t feel guilty about anything I read.

[wyrm-wolf]

Snow White

Ah yeah! Another day for @thesilverqueenlady Hannibal Ever After calendar. Today's even is....Snow White. Which I mainly went with the movie Show White and the Huntsmen because it had such a good twist. Enjoy ~ "One more. One more, person or monster who calls me Snow White, and I swear to whatever God is put there. That they're going to regret they were ever born...or I could just kill everyone who dare so glances towards my path." Will fumes, riding on his old brown mare down a snowy path. There's a soft huff of laughter that comes next to him, and a warm accented voice speaks up. "Ah, but you see my dear, I do so love that little nickname of yours. It is quit fetching and easily catches onto ones tounge." Hannibal muses, riding his own black war horse which puffs of great mist leave it's snout. Will reaches over to punch Hannibal in the arm. Hard. "Rude." "Shut up. Hannibal we hunt monsters for a living, if you can't rake a single punching from me then this job is obviously not for you." Will growls. "Seeing as how I've been doing it longer than you? I think some respect is in order." "Bite me." "Only if you ask nicely." And well, Will has to groan at that. Hannibal, for all his cruel training and words, how he would kill both man and beast for being rude, he can be the absolute most ridiculous man in the world. Will rolls his eyes, and stares blankly at the road ahead. Two days. Two days they've been on the road towards the cave of some fearsome ice bear that has taken to ransacking a nearby village. So they called upon the help of Hannibal and Will, mainly know for their vast knowledge of monsters and how they also are called Monster Hunters. Or Neely named by some fake witch named Freddie Lounds, Snow White and the Huntsmen. At first it was funny to guess which was which, then there was that shocking reality where Will was apparently named Snow White. 'For his curly hair as black as a ravens feather. Skin white as snow, and red as blood after a fresh kill. Will Graham may have the appearance of a young lost doe, but don't let that fool you, for once you really see what he's capable of you can see that he's a murderer.' Will dis not take kindly to this, and had hunted down the witch, until finding out she had ran off somewhere and vowed to kill her the next chance he got. Meanwhile, Hannibal wore his title proudly yet in disdain from the witches notes about him. 'More of a beast than he is of a man. Hannibal Lecter, is a man who can charm anyone into spilling their secrets to him, but he is also someone who is hiding skeletons in his closet. Yet, with that arm he is constantly hiding from anyone's view, makes you question what his main purpose is.' Hannibal had frowned at the paper, before tossing it in the fire for added fuel. Now with each and every new town that came upon to aid, some citizens would cower in their sight and kids would stare at Hannibal's right arm in awe and question. At first they rode down the street silently, until they walked into an Inn, and some one made the grave mistake of calling Will, Snow White. Hannibal didn't even try to stop him from beating the man with a bar stool, he just smiled and offered a drink when Will finished. "How was the brawl, dear?" Hannibal asked, watching as Will downed the entire whiskey. "Terrible. The fool couldn't even lift a hand up to me, not even a finger." Will smiled, before pulling Hannibal up to their room to have a little more privacy. Now two days later, and Will was freezing and grumpy. He snapped at anything that chose to move in his peripheral vision, and threw a fit once in a while. Hannibal stayed calm throughout the whole ordeal, and would wrap his strong arms around Will before calming him down. And kissed at those lovely dark curls he adored so much, before releasing Will. "How much farther did you day we had?" Will asked, breaking the thin cold air of silence which settled between the two hunters. Hannibal hummed, closing his eyes for a minute to think then answered, "Not too far, love. Just up that hill, see that cave entrance over there. That's where the beast is hiding." "I see....last one there is a rotten witch, and has to do the cleaning for the next week." Will yelled, kicking his mare into a gallop, running down the road towards the monsters cave. "Childish." Hannibal tsk, kicking his own horse into a gallop. Will smiles at the fun of the chase, he's always been the one to start games with Hannibal. Granted that sometimes he never wins some, but he also never looses all the time. He looks back to see Hannibal catching up with him. Leaning forward, Will whispers softly into Winston's ears for her to go faster, and as always the mare complies to his soft words. And soon he's loosing sight of Hannibal's horse. Will leans back and laughs, throwing his hands up in triumph when he reaches the caves entrance. Only to have the victory live shortly, when he sees Hannibal standing next to his horse in front of the entrance. Will's hands drop to his side, as he frowns deeply. Hannibal smirks while Will jumps off his trusted mare, and ties the rope for her. He continues to smirk when Will stomps over and shoves him a little, before pouting a bit. "You know I think you're absolutely charming when you pout, or when you get angry. Maybe one day you'll beat me at these silly games of yours, Will." Hannibal pecks Will's forehead, before pulling off the hatchet that rest on his back. Will grumbles something incoherently, as he pulls his own weapon of choice from where it rest at his side. Hannibal smiles down at his lover, and turns towards the mouth of the cave. There is no light ahead of them, only empty darkness which consumes any fleeting shade of light that tries to settle near. Winds howl through and fro of the cave, as it moans with age. "Are you ready?" "You know, every time you ask that you know I have the same answer. Just as I know every time you ask that question, we'll walk into the cave and right in the middle of battle, one of us remember that we forgot a main ingredient in fighting the monster, and it'll take longer than it should." Will's snarky response earns him a chuckle, and a kiss. "Whenever you are ready." "Always." Well, maybe he should have said in a bit, because first we need to retrieve the fire knife from Winston's pouches, because apparently they really needed that to kill the ice bear. And they of course, forgot that they needed it. So right after Hannibal had cut off a couple of  the bears right paws toe, it grew angry and irritated of the two hunters before roaring and chasing them. "I told you we would forget the most important item!" Will yelled, sliding down the icey slopes of the caves. "I know, and I apologies for my mistake." Hannibal answered, ducking from a bloody paw, and jumping over another iceberg. Will tosses back a couple of small nuts from a pouch on his hip, and find wicker when the nuts exploded as they touch the ground. The bear helps, and turns back before chasing them again. And it's right when they exit the cave, does Hannibal have the fire blade in his grasp. The bear rears back on it's back legs, and comes down upon Hannibal with a roar. Will watches as the bear falls on top the blade, and Hannibal. It's white fur engulfs the hunter until he is nothing but a pile of white mass, with blood leaking from the bottom of the fur. Crying out, Will runs over to the pile, and pushes with all his strength for the bears corpse to roll of Hannibal. It doesn't budge. "Han...Hannibal!" Will cried out, tears beginning to form in his eyes. He falls backwards onto his ass, and stares at the pile. "Oh...oh god, Hannibal...I..." His face falls into the cradling hold of his hands, as sobs begin to rack his body. He never expected his lovers life to end like this, always expected them to live long until they died of old age. Or maybe from fighting a dragon or God. But never this, never from am easy to conquer mission. "Why are you crying, Snow White?" A voice questions. Wait, he knows that voice. He's heard that voice for 10 years, each morning he woke and every night hid eyes shut to sleep he's heard that voice. "Hannibal!!" Will cries out, jumping to his feet to tackle the hunter to the ground. "It's amusing how you believe one simple ice bear could be my demise. Silly Snow White, it'd take more than an army to keep me from." Hannibal mused as Will peppered his face with kisses. "I hate you, and that stupid nickname." Will snaps, before melting into the man's arms. "Why would you scare me like that, Huntsmen?" "I did not mean to scare you, love. Come let's take what we need, and rest for the night at an Inn." Hannibal sighs, before hauling the both of them back on there feet. When they get back to town there is high praise for them, and a celebration in order. The townsfolk dance around the ice bears head, which had been skewered onto a steak in the middle of the town. Will stays for about a few minutes, before everyone's cheerfulness and happy-go-lucky looks start to annoy him. Hannibal lingers by, before the women in the town start giving him wandering looks. He smiles and leaves without a word, following Will back to their room. Will is the first to fall on the bed, Hannibal taking longer to remove the armoured sleeve he made for his right arm. The arm in which everyone's eyes linger on with questioning looks, and spread false rumors. Beneath the armour is not burns or an ugly scar from his past, it is however a curse. From the tips of his fingers, which have formed into claws, the his right shoulder the skin is ebony black. So dark it absorbs any fleeting light around it, like a phantom limb it is an apparatus of what once was a human arm. "The wrath of a God is not one to be taking with a grain of sand." Was what Hannibal first told him when Will asked. It wasn't until later in their relationship did Hannibal finally tell him the story of his arm. When he was a child he his family was murdered by monsters, and Hannibal killed the monster in revenge. And ate their corpses. Angry were the God's that a foolish mortal child had killed their children, they cursed Hannibal to be a monster himself. But they did not know that a monster was already growing inside him. Years later when he was older did he fain control over the curse, and was able to hide into a human body with only one remain of what he truly was. When he told Will that he had certain cravings for meat, mainly human, Will handed him a dagger and told him "If it is human you crave, then I am happy to oblige." Hannibal had taken the dagger and tossed to the side, taking Will right where he sat that night. Covering them in diet, snow, and blood. That was then that he found a new way to sate his everyday hunger. "Are you hungry tonight?" Will asked, when Hannibal snaked his way under the shears with him. The man hummed, starting to kiss along Will's neck and chin. "For you, I am always hungry." Hannibal purred, clawed finger runs up Will's chest. Will gasped as his chin was gripped tightly, and his mouth found it was being attacked with Hannibal's own mouth. "My little Snow White." "Annnnnd you I just lost my appetite." Will groaned, pushing away to roll over, having his back face Hannibal. The man behind him began to laugh uproariously, then tried to coax Will back into his arms with sweet words. "You had one chance Hannibal, one chance. And you just threw out the window, well I hope you enjoy the cold side of the bed, because I'm not sleeping with you." "Will, please do not act so childish, you know I would never degraded you to such a false nickname. Please love, come back to bed with me." Hannibal called out as Will pulled his pants back on. Will glared at the man, and fasten the ties. "I have information on where the witch Freddie is currently hiding." "I'm listening." Will said, climbing back into the bed with the hunter, wrapping long warm arms around his waist. Hannibal chuckles a little, and kisses at Will's lovely curls. "I knew that would hook you into coming back." He sighed, trailing fingers through Will's scalp. "Yeah, well don't expect it to happen again." "As you wish." Hannibal all but purrs as his hands start trailing downwards of Will's body. Lips pressing trails against his pale chest, and deep rumbles erupt from his own throat. "As you wish." The next day, Will wakes up sore but more than happier to be awake. After their coupling, Will had been able to extract some sentences about Freddie before both Hannibal and him were able to fall asleep. Now he stands in the room dressed in the clothing he wore yesterday ready to leave, while Hannibal snores into the pillow that his face has drowned itself in. It was times like this when the cursed monster looked more human than what he actually was, his hair wildly tossed about, with red scratch marks that hover actual scars on his body. But this is no time for Will to be gawking over his lover, they have a witch to hunt. Will huffs and starts shaking the man awake. "Yes. Yes. I'm up, I'm up." Hannibal groans, as he practically falls out of the bed, and starts moving around the room like a slug. Will snickers but helps him with his clothes, and his arm cover. The village doesn't even boric their disappearance, but that's also probably because Will woke up at the ass crack of dawn and wanted to leave in a rush. So off they go, again, through the dark woods and down stoney paths to find another monster to kill, or in this case a witch who has ruined Will's reputation. "Where is it that we shall ride today, Hannibal?" Will asked, resting his mare into a pleasing trot. "Riversdale, a quiet little town most recognized for the selkies that live near it, and the few witches who come around for gossip." Hannibal yawns, still trying to rub sleep from his eyes. "Are trying to tell me, we might have to fight more than one witch?" Will smirks, knowing he'll somehow change the fighting into a little game. He feels Hannibal's knowing smirk play out next to him, and soon there both smiling like love sick fools. "Perhaps." He says. "Perhaps." Will grins at this, leaning over to pull Hannibal into a kiss, before letting the man go. But not without a couple more specks to the lips. "You always know how to brighten my mood, don't you love." Will sighs. "Anything for you, my Snow White." Haha, tomorrow is Cinderella, can't wait to see how that goes