#technically a hallucination but 🤷‍♀️

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If you prick us, don't it sting If you kick us, won't it hurt I am wrapped in scraps of linen and pieces of people's old shirts But way way underneath all these sticky bands I hold all my dreams right here in my hands -The Mummy’s Hand, The Mountain Goats

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How many times do Will and Hannibal say each other's names?

I have had this data sitting around finished for over a year (and started collecting it three years ago) and have finally decided to just share it! I’m splitting it up into three posts, this one is about how many times Will and Hannibal say each other’s names, the next adds in Jack and Alana, and the third is a bit of a departure as it’s about the gender split of the murder victims in the show!! 

Very quickly I’ll go over the format! I was particularly interested in what form of name people used so it’s split into first name, title, and full name (slightly varying depending on the needs of each table) as well as whether the character is speaking directly to the person whose name they are saying or if it’s to someone else!

Adding a disclaimer that I did this for fun so I haven’t double checked it meaning there may be some mistakes, but I tried my best! 😌

Getting into the data itself: first of all, Will says Hannibal’s name 109 times throughout the entire series, 29 of them are while talking to Hannibal himself and 80 are while talking to others. Will only uses Hannibal’s first name 48 times with none of them occurring in s1 and only 6 being while talking TO Hannibal himself… (Though the s2 one is in conversation with both Jack and Hannibal being more directed towards the former but Hannibal is present so it counts babeyy!!) He likes calling him just “Dr.” doing so 5 times but the majority of the time he uses “Dr. Lecter” when speaking to Hannibal making up the remaining 17 times! When talking about Hannibal he uses his name the most in s2 at 42 times but only 14 of those are his first name. He prefers to use a more impersonal form in s2 as opposed to s3 where he uses Hannibal’s name 34 times in conversation but a whole 28 of them are his first name!! He really said I’m on intimate terms with Hannibal now 😌. (Especially if we remember this is the season where he addressed Hannibal by his first name 5 times too….) 

Hannibal on the other hand uses Will’s name almost double the amount of times that Will uses his! Hannibal’s total comes to 204! Most of them are in s1&2 at 88 and 75 respectively, before dropping down to 41 times in s3 (2 times less than Will that season!) He also uses Will’s first name Significantly More at 184 times, in fact he only full names him 20 times! The only two times he uses Will’s full name while talking to him are in 1.11 when Will has a seizure in his living room and he’s doing the “It is [time], I am in [place] and my name is Will Graham” routine. Interestingly he uses Will’s full name 9 times while talking to others in s2 but they are exclusively in s2a, once Will got out of prison he went all in on ‘Will is my best friend’. Although I want to note that in 2.1 he uses Will’s first name while talking to others 10 times during the episode…… There are only three episodes in the entire show where he doesn’t use Will’s name and they are all in s3 (3.3, 3.4, and 3.7) he really tried to have his Hot Girl Summer and forget about his ex though luckily (for him and us) it did not last. And in 3.9 he uses Will’s name 15 times that episode and all of them were his first name, he’s down bad!! He simply can’t help it!! Across s3b he uses Will's name 32 times which is 78% of all the uses in s3, turns out going to prison for a man just makes you talk about him More!

This table also includes a side table of every time they talk to or about each other! Not much to note there except that they talk the most in s1&2 resting at 39 and 43 respectively before dropping to only 25 conversations in s3 but they are separated for 5 episodes so I think we can forgive them for that 🤷‍♀️ although they do have a few flashback or hallucination conversations (on that topic the two conversations in 2.4 are hallucinations from Will and the single conversation in 3.8 is technically the letter Hannibal sent Will but I felt like they deserved to be counted!!) When talking about each other Hannibal initially does so more, having 24 conversations in s1 as opposed to Will's 7 about him. Whereas they are more evenly matched in s2 with Will at 33 and Hannibal at 27. In s3 Will completely overtakes Hannibal talking about him 36 times to Hannibal's 13! It’s interesting that despite Will talking so little about Hannibal in s1 he ends up the ultimate winner at a total count of 76 conversations to Hannibal’s 64! But it's safe to say that with those totals they are both completely obsessed with the other 😌

To f i n a l l y let my English degree in for a minute it’s very telling that Will uses Hannibal’s first name sparingly, indicating that it took time for him to build intimacy and trust with him. If we look at the occasions in which he deploys it when talking to Hannibal he uses it as a weapon to induce Hannibal into doing things BY referencing their intimacy this way and letting it bleed into his words. This convinces Hannibal that he needs to go to prison so Will could always find him and later to go along with Will's plan to break him out. Hannibal on the other hand readily uses Will’s first name from the beginning and in fact does so More at this point than later on. This shows how he was fostering dependence and creating trust that he could then use to break Will and watching him break would in turn feed his curiosities about Will. There is also a notable jump in 3.8 in his use of Will's name since the beginning of the season, it marks the first time they have seen each other in 3 years. Now Hannibal is trying to re-ingratiate himself to Will while simultaneously throwing barbs at him to try to inflict some of the pain he felt in their separation and to test if Will felt the same anguish (which we know he of course did however much he denies it..)

I hope that this data has been interesting and most importantly has illuminated how insane they are about each other!! I would love to hear any other thoughts people have in the tags or comments!

(part 1) (part 2) (part 3)

Shoutout to @will-gayham for going insane about this with me for the past two years and being as enthusiastic about ✨data✨ as I am, love you! 🫶

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and we’re back with another hannibal notes/reactions (s1 ep7) except it’s just the silly goofy ones:

why does will talk about the ripper with such reverence 😭

gotta love the camera coming out the throat

why is hannibal acting so cute I want to crush him in my fist

franklyn is a weirdo but maybe I’m a franklyn apologist hannibal brings out the inner weirdo in people </3

hannibal is so phantom coded he wants to be the phantom soooo bad

HANNIBAL’S FACIAL EXPRESSIONS HE’S SO PUT OFF BY FRANKLYN FR

tobias casually outing franklyn like that’s the first red flag 🚩

the lingering look hannibal gives tobias… killer sees killer (but also it’s flirtatious as helllll gay sees gay)

JUST REMEMBERED BEDELIA APPEARS IN THIS EPISODE I’M BLUSHING AND TWIRLING MY HAIR <333

will is so babygirl this episode idk what it is maybe it’s the hair

will is like u don’t know him like I do (the ripper, who he has never technically met)

I kinda wanna see that church kill. sounds slay

franklyn is in his parasocial arc someone grab the “I am not your friend” meme

hannibal is honest but not honest I fucking hate him *holds him so gently*

“I have friends” WHO KING WHO

hannibal is grinning, moving around, so openly animated and childlike around will. he’s got the biggest crush too oh dear

“especially for evening appointments 😊💖🫶”

they are literally on a date hello

HE LOOKS AT WILL SO FONDLY killing myself

NOT WILL LAUGHING AT THE IDEA OF HANNIBAL HAVING FRIENDS TAKE THE L ?????

hannibal rlly dropping all the hints for no reason 😭 also not him licking his lips I want to ask mads mikkelsen what was going through his little mind when he did this

there’s no way the writers were unaware how gay they made this right ?? like there’s no way

I can allow this murder. mans was rude as hell and homophobic. it’s basically justice 🤷‍♀️

*whispers* the beer is people alana

hannibal flirting with alana to find out more about will okayyyy

love hannibal going on a murder spree and making a feast he’s going wild going stupid crazy

why do I find him so endearing </3

WILL DOESN’T SHOW UP AND THE MUSIC IS SUDDENLY SO DRAMATIC PLEASEEE

hannibal was so excited to open the door and see will whyyy *head in hands*

I’m crying the way the desk is lit like a dramatic spotlight as hannibal sits alone, checking the appointments

meanwhile will is vividly hallucinating 😭

“it’s better that it’s just the two of us” immediately being followed by hannibal saying will’s name SHUT UPPPP

CAN’T BELIEVE HANNIBAL WENT TO FIND WILL THAT IS SUCH A LONG DRIVE

hannibal would’ve killed anyone else for this let’s be real but with will he’s like 🥺 don’t be sorry baby it’s okay

hannibal invented cancel culture

maybe im in love with beverly katz maybe it’s maybelline

“where’s will graham?” idk flirting with his psychiatrist again probably

“this is very educational” literally shut up 😭

the look THE LOOK

ICONIC

tfw you see your hot psychiatrist put his hands in another man 😳🥵

“are you sure you can’t stay?” I’m crying brb

WILL BROUGHT WINE :((((

“I don’t think I would be good company” “I disagree” AAAAAAAAA

hannibal just ask him out ffs

“I have a date with the chesapeake ripper” hannibal is screaming internally and so am I

the little smile will gives him :(( naur :((

“nothing here is vegetarian” I hate you so much please seek help 💖🚩