"Can we move?" Will asked as soon as he entered his and Hannibal's new home.
"We just moved in here. What happened?" Hannibal replied from the kitchen.
"Got caught in small talk with neighbors. They were curious about how a handsome single father like you managed to bring up such a wonderful son."
"I don't have any son." Hannibal said a bit confused. To that, Will sighed.
Hannibal parted his lips as the realization started to sink in.
"No."
"Yes."
"What did you say to that?"
"That you are not my father, obviously. To which they excused themselves and implied that nowadays age gaps between siblings are something usual."
"How vile. Is there a part where they don't call me old or where we are not involved in an incestuous relationship?" Hannibal asked while washing a wine glass.
"I told them you are my partner. And now they are sure we are CEO's or something. I didn't want to say more." Will said as if he was trying to delete the conversation from his brain. "Can we move? Please?"
"You have to learn to be more precise."
"Forgive me, Hannibal, I forgot the gay flag in my car but I promise I will carry it everywhere from now on."
"No, I'm just saying that you are allowed to call me your husband," Hannibal said, "I do refer to you like that."
"I can't see any ring on my finger."
The glass almost slipped into the sink.
"Well, you said we are beyond marriage. You even said that a stupid ring did not stop you from running away from...your previous commitment." He reminded him.
"Then go ahead, tell these religious people we have a gay relationship and that we don't plan to get married. Ever."
"Is living in sin something you are suddenly preoccupied about?" Hannibal teased.
"Is proposing to me something you are terrified of?"
Silence from both.
"Living in sin, Hannibal? Did you really say that?" Will asked, no longer able to keep a serious expression.
"You started talking about religion first," Hannibal replied casually. "And to answer your question, I would rather die than receive another rejection from you."
"You haven't proposed because you believed I would say no." Will reflected. "No, I wouldn't say "no". I said we are beyond marriage because I see us as more than married already. We are committed to each other, aren't we?"
"Will," Hannibal started as the look in his eyes softened, "As soon as these cookies are ready, I am grabbing your hand and we are visiting all the neighbors. And I am introducing you as my husband. I am committed to you eternally with or without a ring."
Will averted his gaze from Hannibal's, a little taken aback by the sincere confession. "We can't even have a proper fight anymore. Disgustingly sweet."
"I could say it all again while holding a knife against your neck."
"I am even more concerned about the fact that I might like that."
(...)
(apart from the year differences) it would make sense cause both Hannibal and House studied at John's Hopkins medical school and could have known each other.
But i imagine they didn't go to a hospital more like Hannibal called House and House got interested on what happened so he went with Wilson to help them
What if I was insane and said Hannibal x House m.d crossover.
Wilson: They're serial killers House! And not to mention CANNIBALS!?
House: Waste not want not, Wilson
Meanwhile hannigram are vibing as if they're not fresh out of the sea and Will is glaring at anyone and everyone while Hannibal complains about hospital food.
"Post-fall Hannibal would kill Chilton" No he wouldn't.
Hannibal wants Chilton alive, surviving more than living, cause that's the lesson Chilton needed to learn.
Chilton always believed he was in charge of people, that he had power over them. When he truly didn't.
He felt like he had power over the fake Chesapeake ripper, and for that he got his organs removed while awake. He thought he had power over Will, and the fact that Hannibal was the real Chesapeake ripper, and that got him framed and shot by Miriam. Lastly, he thought he had power over the Great Red Dragon, and that got him burnt alive.
He has suffered time and time again, every time because he went against Hannibal, and believed he has power over the situation. But he never truly did.
So he would keep him alive, as a cruel reminder that he is powerless, and that he would be dead if Hannibal wanted to.
youngish hannigram
Meta: The Beauty of Hannibal's Season Finales
The Hannibal finales hit different, and it's because they know exactly how to mess with your head. Each season builds to this perfectly agonizing conclusion where you're left with no real answers but a ton of emotions.
Season 1 ends with Hannibal pulling all the strings, framing Will for crimes he didn’t commit. It’s that oh no moment where you realize everything we thought we knew is flipped upside down. Will, in a sense, is now trapped in Hannibal’s web and you just can't look away.
Then Season 2? It's pure chaos. Will’s on the edge, bleeding out, and Hannibal? He just slips away into the darkness, leaving us hanging with a literal cliffhanger. It’s not just the plot—it's the raw emotion between them that pulls you in, like two people constantly hurting each other and almost, almost enjoying it.
And then comes Season 3... honestly, do we even have words? The way it ends, with Will and Hannibal falling together off a cliff, literally and metaphorically, is both tragic and kind of beautiful. Their relationship is toxic, but it’s like they chose that end. It’s like a twisted love story where they both know they’re doomed, but together, at least they don’t have to face it alone
So yeah, every finale is about the fall. There’s no escaping the mess they've created, and it's exactly why we love it. There's no redemption arc—just an endless, beautiful spiral into darkness.
i keep seeing ppl talk about a fic like this, and i think it's a sign for how my fanfic should go
Hannigram fic idea: post fall, they don't fight each other over forgiveness, past events, Abigail or uncertainty over their feelings for each other.
They'll have to prove fate that they are going to stick together and never let go, though, even if their hands are bleeding.
In TWOTL, we see Will & Reba talk about what happened with Francis Dolarhyde.
"W: In the end, he couldn't kill you, and couldn't watch you die.
R: I drew a freak.
W: You didn't draw a freak. You drew a man, with a freak on his back. There is nothing wrong with you.
R: I know there's nothing wrong with me. In making friends I try to be wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. I've been with a few. The blind attract them.
W: Not just the blind."
See? "In the end, he couldn't kill you, and couldn't watch you die", and that's true about Hannibal & Will.
The dialogue between Reba & Will reflects how Will used to see himself/his relationship with Hannibal. It reminds us that Will used to be wary, too. Better to be alone than in bad company. Before knowing Hannibal, Will was alone most of the time, and ofc you can choose to be alone because you enjoy it, but I don't think the way Will isolated was entirely joyful. He did it to protect himself. Because he knows that the very way he sees the world can attract people who are dangerous to him, can attract people who "foster codependency". He's seen it before, his "uniqueness" makes him vulnerable.
And for a moment, Will genuinely believed Hannibal was a freak. Once he accepted his true nature, accepted to adapt, evolve, become, once he gave in to his real self, he was able to be at peace with who he is ("There's nothing wrong with you") and with who Hannibal is ("You drew a man, with a freak on his back."). He humanizes Francis, in the same way he humanizes Hannibal.
Also, side note, but the "Not just the blind." line could be a way to refer to Will's empathy. He does see, he sees a lot, he sees too much. And that, too, attracts dangerous people.
In a way, Will and Reba are very much alike, because they were both able to see beyond what's visible, to get to know the person they love. Reba's blindness allowed her to see past Francis' physical appearance which he was insecure about, making him feel seen in a way he craved, feel loved for who he was, just like Will's empathy allowed him to see the art in Hannibal's murders, allowed him to sneak a peek behind the person suit and access who Hannibal truly was.
Later, Will & Francis talk:
And this resonates with Hannigram, too. Francis chose to only share a little, "in a way she could survive". Hannigram didn't. They both let themselves be seen, be known. They both changed the other, and got changed by the other, whether they wanted to or not. "I chose not to change her," said Francis, and I'm not sure neither Will nor Hannibal could have chosen not to change each other. They belong to each other so deeply that they actually don't want to trick the monster inside themselves to let the other survive.
"F: I would like to share.
W: You shared with Reba.
F: I shared with Reba a little, in a way she could survive.
W: You didn't change her.
F: I choose not to change her."
They will change each other so thoroughly, that whatever will come out of their mutual transformation, isn't Will & Hannibal, as separate beings, anymore. They are one. They've consumed each other to the point that survival doesn't matter. They embrace their own nature and each other's nature so entirely, that being together surpasses the mere fact of being alive. Being loved is being changed, and they got changed in the most complete way.
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WAIT-
So, i forgot this but apparently Will always takes his glasses off when he is around Hannibal. Which makes sense cause, with him, he is seeing his darkest and truest self.
And he puts them back when Hannibal surrenders to the cops. Cause he wants to be blinded to the things he once saw. Hoping that will mean he could have a normal life, like the one he tried to have with Moly
But sadly, a fulfilling life for Will Graham is not a normal life like the rest of the world. The life he truly desires is one with Hannibal in it, and he gets to a point where he can't hide that behind the glasses anymore.
Allow me to go crazy for a sec-
Will used glasses at the start of the show right? but he doesn't use it at the end, right?
What if he never needed glasses, and they were only a way for him to blur his own vision?
Cause if don't need glasses you will have blurry vision while wearing them. So maybe they could have been a way to say he was hiding his true self. Hiding his own "killer instincts" from himself, as a way to fit in.
He doesn't need them after prison, when he is killing ppl with Hannibal, or ever since. Cause he doesn't need them, he is seeing what his own brain wanted to hide from him. His true self
+When Jack wants Will to work in a case at the start of the show, he takes Will's glasses off. Forcing him to look with the eyes of a killer