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thinking about how the toxicity in hannibal works so well not only because it's based on reciprocation but also because hannibal expresses himself through violence, uses it to communicate (turning dimmond into a heart because he is heartbroken, stabbing will to let him feel the pain he felt when will betrayed him, attempting to eat will to come to terms with his love for him) and will understands violence better than anything else ("but violence is what you understand") - they literally complete each other. they give and they take away. and they love each other through acts of violence.