Absolutely bonkers shit that legitimately happens in NBC Hannibal (an incomplete list):
Will beats a furry to death while fantasizing about Hannibal getting off to being beaten to death
A man??? Gets folded into an origami heart???????
A villains actual honest to god evil plan is to steal Will’s face so that he can eat Hannibal’s penis with it
Said villain then gets eaten by his pet eel??? After having his sperm harvested so his sister’s girlfriend can bear his child and inherit his wealth??
Honestly just Mason Verger in general: ??????
That time Hannibal waves at another serial killer and says “hello I love your work” before killing him
Hannibal wears at least four patterns at the same time and no one gouges their eyes out or tells him it looks awful
Fish jello treated as a delicacy that the average American would consume without vomiting
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“Is your social worker in that horse?”– a legitimate question that gets a rather heartbreakingly sincere “Yes” in response.
Hannibal getting caught sniffing Will during their session, then critiquing how he smells and Will deciding this is totally acceptable behavior and coming back for more????
Hannibal getting off to Will telling him he’d kill Hannibal with his hands
Will sailing across the ocean to find Hannibal in Europe while making a pit-stop at Hannibal’s childhood castle
Hannibal being the King of Pettiness and the Queen of Drama and sending a serial killer after Will’s new pre-assembled family because he did not spend three years in a glass cage manned by his ex-girlfriend and the Disappointing Chilton to be disrespected like this
One of the awesome things about Hannigram is how easily they can both shift along the D/s spectrum, especially with each other.
But um, yeah, I don’t think Will’s dominant streak can be denied.
Like, we joke so much about “Will Graham kinkshames himself,” and canonically speaking the number one “kink” that he shames himself for isthis:
We’re so used to seeing Will act out other people’s violence, but it’s important to remember that this one is actually Will omg.
Like, you could kinda read the whole series, on a sub-textual level, as the story of one shamelessly kinky bastard (Hannibal) getting someone super repressed (Will) to embrace their own dominant tendencies without shame or guilt. It’s everyone else looking at Will and being all, “He’s so fragile and awkward and shy, be careful with him,” and Hannibal seeing through all that and going, “Give that pretty boy a whip already, ffs.” .
anybody who doesn’t think hannibal is gay hasn’t seen the episode where he kills somebody who looks look will and turns their dead body into a broken heart, which he then leaves for will to find in the middle of a church. do you think a heterosexual man could ever be that petty and dramatic???? think again bitch.
The fourth show I created homoeroticized the Hannibal Lecter character from the Thomas Harris novels.
2017 Outfest Achievement Award Honoree Bryan Fuller speaking at the 2017 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival on July 6 at the Orpheum Theatre. [source]
Don’t give me one-sided unrequited love, give me two-sided unwanted love. Both sides are deeply in love with the other and both sides are like ‘fuck, really?? them??? really?’