#will graham as hannibal’s god

[flock-of-cassowaries]

100% my interpretation of their dynamic.

Not a role Will volunteered for, nor one for which he feels (or really is) qualified, but it’s what Hannibal needed, and Hannibal is not a creature known for his consideration of (or ability to fully conceptualize) other people’s needs and wants.

It’s this insistent neediness at Hannibal’s core that makes him such a fascinating character to me.

It also makes Will’s reticence to fully engage all the more understandable, because Jesus Christ, dude. That’s way too much to put on someone.

Also, for those of you who are kinky fuckers / bdsm erotica connoisseurs - to whom i pray by divinetheatre on ao3 is a truly excellent exploration of this dynamic, with (I would argue) literary value beyond its sheer eroticism (which, admittedly, also high).

EDIT: Between typing out the above and finding the link to the fic, I got a phone call, and in dealing with that, my brain clicked into wakefulness enough to register that divinetheatre is, in fact, the author of the original post I’m reblogging.

I’m changing nothing about what I wrote before I realized that. Ms./Mr./Mx. Theatre - please look away if you’re bashful about praise. Everyone else, please consider checking out their work, which is very good.

WILL AS HANNIBAL’S GOD

1x02: Amuse-Bouche/ 2x09: Shiizakana

2x07: Yakimono

3x02: Primavera / 3x03: Secondo

2x02: Sakizuke / 2x13: Mizumono

2x11: Ko No Mono

3x03: Secondo

3x13: The Wrath of The Lamb

[willgrahamscock]

We really can’t blame Hannibal for his crimes because this is how Will’s chair looked like when he left therapy, free my man he did all that but I get it 😫🍑

[nathansjosten]

more Hannibal + textposts :^)

[massiveharmonytiger]

I see your "Hannibal killing Will's surrogate daughter who lured and ate people (Hannibal's style of killing) the way lambs get slaughtered for food,"

and I raise you "Will killing Hannibal's surrogate son who hunted and mauled people (Will's style of killing) the way animals get mauled when they infringe on each other's territory."

Do you fold?

[sickkandstonedd]

he is just so gorgeous i cannot

[eyeorwhy]

he needs to actually calm down

can he fucking stop

[hannibalruinedme]

How do I sleep knowing this? ^^^^^

For God's sake :)

[mishoru]

Start Carving, Darling

[rocktheholygrail]

Hannibal (2013-2015)

3x03 || 3x13

[thesilliestcryptid]

the hannibal wiki is insane

this isn't even the worst of it

[tigerlilysoda]

Gay people can never flirt normally, its always gotta be some insane shit like this

[baeba]

TEARS? WHAT IF I FUCKING DIED

[thedarkmongoose]

it's interesting that it pans to will fishing in the stream when chilton says "he likes to play god" bc speaking of religious allegories, will graham is a fisherman and a "fisher of men." both in the profiler sense (he catches criminals), and in the sense that he captures men's hearts (jesus urged his followers to be fishers of men to the gospel). except will's gospel is darkness, and while he doesn't forcibly push people towards it like hannibal, anyone involved with will gets dragged down into the inferno. for he is a fisher of (damned) men. subsequently, the "saving lives is just as arousing as ending them" bit could be said about god, which is a sentiment hannibal shares throughout the series.

[tinytrainworld]

[verysickofthisshit]

god bless dr. chilton. he really told jack that disemboweling each other was will and hannibal’s idea of flirtation and then jack did not believe him. he was there for reputation and the money. i can understand that. my king really be making a lot of points that no one listens to. he said yo hannibal makes a lot of jokes about eating people maybe we should look into that. and he was RIGHT!! curse of cassandra goddamn

[asoftepiloguemylove]

GOD LOVES YOU, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE YOU // GOD AND SUFFERING

Andrew Joseph White Hell Followed With Us // Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers Questions About the Father // Brittany Broski Why I Left the Christian Church // Clarice Lispector (tr. Katrina Dodson) "The Departure of the Train," The Complete Stories // @/katabasiss // "Shiizakana," Hannibal (2013-2015) dir. Michael Rymer // Xooang Choi // Ocean Vuong "Prayer for the Newly Damned," Night Sky with Exit Wounds // The Vaccines Wetsuit // Mitski I'm Your Man // Fall Out Boy Just One Yesterday // Hélène Cixous Readings: The Poetics of Blanchot, Joyce, Kafka, Kleist, Lispector, and Tsvetaeva