— David Cronenberg, Consumed

Will, who looks at Hannibal... with remorse? Regretting how much time they wasted, how he actually loves to see Hannibal free out of that glass box, his "beautiful" personality not lowered to a wild, bloodthirsty creature.

Will, who can't stand the thought of not being able to hear Hannibal's heartbeats when they come to take him away from him again, who can't stand existing in a world where they don't share blood, breath, touch, warmth, life and death.

Will Graham, who chose Hannibal in death over the rest of the world in life.

george russell attends a tennis match in paris - june 8, 2025 📷 pierre suu / getty

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10 years ago today, "Secondo" first aired (June 18, 2015).

"Love."

"What your sister made you feel was beyond your conscious ability to control or predict... I would suggest what Will Graham makes you feel is not dissimilar. A force of mind and circumstance."

"Love. He pays you a visit or he doesn't."

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"Betrayal and forgiveness are best seen as something more akin to falling in love."

"You cannot control with respect to whom you fall in love."

Hannibal 3x03 - "Secondo"

Link to my companion post about that particular scene

Here is the song that Hannibal was playing in the clip above:

antony dimmond really thought he had rizz when he actually just looked like hannibal's ex.

anyway look at this gif I found

Interview with Fábio Magalhães from 2015

Hannibal, 2001

"Joyous Love seemed to me, the while he held

My heart within his hands, and in his arms

My lady lay asleep wrapped in a veil.

He woke her then and trembling and obedient

She ate that burning heart out of his hand;

Weeping I saw him then depart from me."

Dante's first sonnet from La Vita Nuova, translated by Mark Musa

"Dr. Fell, do you believe that a man could become so obsessed with a woman from a single encounter?"

Hannibal 1x01 - "Apéritif"

"Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her, and find nourishment at the very sight of her? I think so."

Hannibal 3x06 - "Dolce"

"Would she see through the bars of his plight, and ache for him?"

Hannibal 3x13 - "The Wrath of the Lamb"

Saint Irene Tending Saint Sebastian, Francesco del Cairo

Hannibal and Will, 3x06 - "Dolce"

Currently thinking about how Hannibal probably left the book of time equations open so Will could see cuz it was his way of apologizing.

And we see that Will sees it and looks away quickly. Maybe like it was too much for him to handle, Hannibal being sorry. Or he didn’t want to accept it. Or maybe didn’t think Hannibal set it up, and didn’t want to be caught looking.

And maybe that was the final nail in the coffin for him to realize Hannibal cared for him.