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Heavenly Violence

The prevailing theory, at the moment, is that the universe is just shy of 14 billion years old.

Give or take a few million years.

Since its explosive birth, the universe, has known, first and foremost, violence.

It is subjective, to be sure, but what is violence,

If not the cusp at which creation and destruction meet?

The notion that violence can only exist as destruction is a misguided one

Since the beginning of time, violence has fueled creation.

The first stars to illuminate the void of an infant universe, were borne of violence,

Atoms colliding and releasing vast amounts of energy allow stars to live

The stars breathe violence.

But, you know, violence also enables destruction.

Violence allows for the annihilation of entire worlds beyond our own,

destroyed by their stellar caretakers as they rage outwards.

Stars that engulf their celestial children in their natural progression of life.

Even as they die, some stars do so violently, in massive supernovae, they obliterate heavenly bodies for hundreds of miles around.

Their death brings the death of countless others.

Even in their dying breaths,

the stars breathe violence.

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original poem about the violent nature of the universe...

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NBC Hannibal + MARINA’S Hermit the Frog

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On the nature and connection of stars and humanity...

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Primavera (NBC Hannibal)[first], Primavera (NBC Hannibal)[second], Butterfly Nebula (Hubble Telescope)[third], Interview with Jill Tarter (Stardust in Your Veins)[/fourth], globular star cluster NGC 6541 (Hubble Telescope)[fifth]

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hey i was looking at ur scene will post again bc its fucking beautiful and i noticed in the tags that u mentioned will having a fursona and i gotta say youre so right. he SHOULD be a furry. im now constantly thinking about an au where will starts getting random really good art of his fursona sent to him. he has no ideas whos making it and has to team up w his friend, Dr. Hurryartist Lecter to find the mysterious artist. also i think if we ignore the obvious for will and hannibal's fursonas (dog and stag ) that will would be a capybara and hannibal would be a hairless cat. anyway i love your posts. keep on keeping on

i will not be taking questions at this time

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vent

I’m working really hard on something right now and I’m not the best at it, but I’m decent, decent enough to be in the position where I can work on said project anyway. But, whenever I post stuff about my progress, it always seems overshadowed very quickly compared to when others post about their progress. Its stupid, I know, but I just get the sense that no one really cares that much about what I have to give. I’m reasonably sure I’m just a way to get extra grunt work done and that nobody actually wanted me around in the first place. anyways, long story short, I’m sad and feel worthless right now. Well, more than usual I guess. 

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Where shall we begin?

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literally the funniest scene in Hannibal is when that dude is like “I am proof that therapy works. I’m normal now.” And then executes somebody in his fursuit

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AAAaaahhh

just got accepted to be a part of the Hannibal: The Musical production team!!! I’m so excited!!! :D

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[IMG ID: an animated heart shaped locket that opens to show a photo of Jack Crawford from NBC’s Hannibal on the right. On the left is text that reads, “JACK CRAWFORD MY BELOVED” /end ID]

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[…] will likes landscapes, hannibal has come to learn. unsurprisingly, he likes forests, the vivid european forests. he’s always had a soft spot for american painters too, because their country is visible in every brush stroke, and he grew up breathing the same air as them - hannibal gets that. the americans are good at making you feel nostalgia for something you never lived, he can’t imagine how it must appeal to him, who lived there all his life. and what hannibal sees when looking at portraits, will sees it too, what hannibal sees in mythological, biblical, he sees it too. he sees it all because he’s worth the effort, of course, and because he’s intelligent and actually interesting, and because he understands.

but the forests beckon him. something in camille corot’s trees makes him stop and stare for reasons hannibal does not get, not entirely. a sense of acknowledgement, maybe. this, and the americans ; there are things will feels from art that hannibal does not.

and it infuriates him. it makes him want to chew faster. it reminds him they’re separate people. it’s a little end of the world every time.

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hannibal falling for will and then immediately framing him for murder is the serial killer equivalent of that one tweet, u know the one

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Jack and his beautiful  Bella

After I watched season 3 gag reel, I kind of feel sad for the scene when Bella walks into the church. Maybe it’s because of the BGM…Idk……. :(

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hannibal waited 3 years for will. like i know he probably had a life sentence or w/e but three years?! just sitting there in his stupid little jumpsuit like “will’s coming 😌” to the guards every morning and they were like “sure doctor lecter..now let’s get you breakfast” for three whole years

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imagine how terrified hannibal must have been between leaving for italy and freddie lounds posting the photo of will graham alive on tattlecrime.

the waves of ‘what if i killed him. what if the doctors weren’t good enough. no one else but me is good enough.’

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Let’s talk about empathy. The character most associated with empathy is obviously Will Graham, and this empathy is one of his most attractive qualities to various characters for a variety of reasons. Alana and Chilton have a professional curiosity about him, Jack views it as a useful tool in stopping the most violent criminals he faces, and it is one of the main reasons Hannibal falls in love with him because it allows him to be seen and understood in ways no one else has before. In some ways, Hannibal actually loves Will for one of the qualities that set them apart. 

The few times he does it, Will kills to exact righteous vengeance on men who deserve it. He kills Hobbs with ten gunshots but quickly enough that he dies on the spot. Randall too is punched immediately to death. He helps Hannibal kill Dolarhyde through massive blood loss by gutting him. His aim is death, not suffering. He isn’t interested in ritualistic murder like Dolarhyde or prolonged suffering like some of the other murderers on the show (think of the Muralist or Eldon Stammets whose victims live for a long time despite mutilation).

On the other hand, Hannibal is diametrically opposed to Will when it comes to empathy. If Will is an empath, then Hannibal is a sadist. Hannibal, despite all his talk of being an ethical butcher, removes organs from his victims while they’re still living. He is a sadist, he enjoys manipulating others and worsening their suffering for his own enjoyment. People aren’t people to him - they’re pigs and he treats them as such, subhuman pawns to do with as he likes. He can play with them and he can make art with them and he can eat them.

But Hannibal is keenly interested in Will’s empathy, and is interested in engaging with it, even if it is on a superficial level. In 2x01 Kaiseki, with Will incarcerated in the BSHCI, Hannibal gets called to help the FBI as a consultant. Hannibal, who never ever considers the thought processes or viewpoints of others outside how they can impact his plans and designs, willingly and almost giddily tries to inhabit Will. Of course, this serves a dual purpose as he also ingratiates himself within the FBI and becomes even more of an ally to Jack, but there is a part of him that loves it. There’s something euphoric in being the only man to empathise with the man who empathises with others, something beautiful about understanding the only man who understands you.

Now let’s talk about pain. We see Will in pain a lot and he expresses that as the most of us would - he sounds like the physical hurt is an anguish. His distress is evident, he feels and he feels acutely. Conversely, Hannibal doesn’t react to getting crucified other than concern over being strangled, barely reacts to being burned on the back and branded like a pig, and looks shocked as he is shot, only breathing a little heavily afterwards. But look at his face when Will gets stabbed by Francis Dolarhyde.

This right here, this snarl of pain, it’s not for him. It’s for Will. For the first time in his life, Hannibal truly empathises with someone else. It’s not even a conscious choice like in Kaiseki nor does it serve any other purpose; it’s completely involuntary. He feels Will’s pain right here - it’s not superficial, it’s instinctual. And while he had been unwilling to fight against the Dragon for his own sake, this moment of pain motivates him enough to get up off the ground and get him off of Will, even though he is grievously injured. 

Think about that for a second. A man defined by his own self proclaimed inability to see other human beings as people, who treats the suffering of others as something to be studied clinically and exploited for his own purposes, is empathising with the love of his life because after everything, he cannot stand to see him in pain. 

It’s not a redemption arc - Hannibal is beyond redemption and even if he wasn’t, he’s not looking to be redeemed. He likes who he is. But it is about the humanising power of love, specifically how love can take a man like Hannibal Lecter and make him experience the same human emotions that everybody else does. Make him smile when Will does, make him feel nourishment at the very sight of him,  make him wince when Will is stabbed. Love can make monsters of us all, but it can make a human out of Hannibal Lecter.

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Hi yes i have a lot of feelings

anyway

Mischa & Abigail parallels