sixohsixoheightfourtwo:edwardnyggma:You’re right. We are just alike. You’re as alone as I am. And we
sixohsixoheightfourtwo:edwardnyggma:You’re right. We are just alike. You’re as alone as I am. And we’re both alone without each other.#okay so HERE’S THE THING having now finished this show: #i have never been in hannibal fandom but for several years i could see the fringes of hannibal fandom on tumblr or whatever #and i’d always be like: haha man classic fandom move to take an extremely weird violent and complex relationship and translate it to#‘they’re in love uwu’ #at this point i had seen seasons 1 and 2 but i only really remembered s1. and barely remembered that tbh#basically i remembered uh the premise of the show. #but having now watched the whole thing i am ASTONISHED to discover that i was utterly wrong and the show itself is VERY CLEARLY & repeatedly #exploring the idea that these characters are in love. or at least that hannibal is in love with will #and the framework of a romantic relationship is absolutely baked in to their character arcs. BUT that romance is…like…BAD for them #they’re CAUGHT IN A BAD ROMANCE #the grammar of the show be like: hannibal is leaving will love notes! but to be clear the love notes are dead bodies #the grammar of the show be like: hannibal loves will! but to be clear he also loved his sister who he definitely ate #the text of the show be like: DO YOU ACHE FOR HIM? to be clear we also mean ‘has your sense of self been eroded beyond recognition by him’ #anyway this was just all so much more fascinating and weird than i was expecting #having the show itself openly a) be like ‘oh yeah they’re in love’ AND ALSO b) be like ‘them being in love is an unpleasant thing’ #unpleasant for will and for the world around them i guess. hannibal on the whole had quite a nice time #anyway that’s all my thoughts on #HANNIBAL (via @justlikeeddie) -- source link
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