



This meat is not pork. It’s long pig.
[2x10] Just an open appreciation of this scene and all that occurs within it. (aka a philosophical discussion revolving around the subjectivity of evil interspersed with a hearty dose of eye fucking).
[2x10] THAT scene
File this under ‘scenes in NBC Hannibal that are about as subtle as an axe in the head regarding homoeroticism’. In all seriousness, I was rewatching this scene and apart from being vaguely incensed by the notion that whilst Will is fucking Margot Verger he is fantasising about Hannibal and Alana, I also noticed that if you remove Alana from the equation, the cinematography is extremely telling (I’m sorry Alana ily).
Now, this scene already raises certain questions; why the fuck is Will ‘supposedly straight as fuck’ Graham’ fantasising about his male psychiatrist cum cannibalistic serial killer whilst having sex with a beautiful woman being the most prevalent in my mind. Buuuut, in regards to the strategic positioning of both Hannibal/the Wendigo and Will, it could not be more clear that there is some good old homoerotic juju at play here. E.g. Will sees the wendigo (aka a metaphor for his relationship with Hannibal) and immediately begins to climax. He is also seen to be looking up whilst the wendigo faces down, preceding the culmination of Hannibal climaxing followed immediately by Will. Like SERIOUSLY? Could the lines between subtext and text be anymore blurred? I don’t care if Bryan says Hannibal and Will are not at the point of fucking yet, WILL LITERALLY FANTASISED ABOUT A WEIRD THREESOME FT. THE WENDIGO AND ONLY CLIMAXED WHEN HE SAW SAID WENDIGO WHICH IS A FUCKING METAPHOR FOR HIS AND HANNIBAL’S RELATIONSHIP. Ok anyway, I thought I’d share my trashy thoughts on this particular scene.
- Without death, we’d be at a loss. It’s the prospect of death that drives us to greatness. Did you kill him with your hands?
- It was…intimate.
- It deserves intimacy. [x]
“And one must bear in mind the odd angle or slant that the rays of love have to take in order to reach a heart like mine.” [x]
Hannibal
- 2.10 “Naka-Choko”
- 3.13 “The wrath of the lamb”
“There is a big contrast between these two scenes. In the first one Will wants to go inside after killing Randall Tier. He has a lot of mixed feelings about what he did. I would even say he’s afraid. He barely looks Hannibal in the eye in this scene. The other scene, the one from 3x13, is completely different. Will looks Hannibal in the eye, he doesn’t lose eye contact with him. Will is ecstatic after killing Dolarhyde. He accepts and embraces what he just did. And he accepts Hannibal.”
Parallels