S1E5, 17th minute roughly, Will and Hannibal in his office
"Jack gave you his word he would protect your headspace, yet he leaves you to your mental devices."
'-' -=- "..You trying to alienate me from Jack Crofford? "
"I'm trying to help you understand this angel man that you seek"
"Oh, huh, help me understand how to catch him. "
This is such an interesting piece of dialogue between them. Of course, every piece is interesting, but this one especially!
Will is smart, you can't really manipulate him without him noticing, not really. Hannibal already saw him react quite quickly and actively to actually working with HIS mind (from S1E1 introduction of the two to the words that come right before: will noticing that Hannibal changed the topic to his mental state, ridiculing him for it but allowing him to proceed). So Hannibal knows Will knows when his mind is messed with in a psychiatric manner.
Will always asknowledges. He calls it out twice just in this scene, first the analysys and then the manipulation.
Now I wonder if it actually works — because the ridicule and the callouts are Will's coping mechanism of sorts, but the problem was now brought to his attention, and could he really keep himself from seeing all of Jack's actions through the question "has he been dismissive of my state" now?
But what I truly think Hannibal is doing here is shifting the focus not necessarily ON Jack, no, that would be too forward for a man-that-speaks-in-implications. He's shifting the focuse elswhere, away from himself, for now.
And truly the next two lines need to be analyzed in a separate post because they're about another thing entirely, but they go together so why not. Or do they?
The next two are.. Subtle and brilliant. Hannibal reveals his true intention here, to make Will empathise with these killers even more, to make him go into their heads deeper and deeper. Maybe to observe Will do it. But overall, it is truly just for Will to understand the new killer. He does not care for the killer to be captured, the motive is the empathy itself. In fact, he may benefit more form the criminal not being caught, since the longer the investigation, the deeper Will goes (see Hobbs's case).
For Will, he would rather catch the killer faster, so he doesn't have to do it at all. The empathy is even less than a tool, it is an UNWANTED tool — he hates when he has to use it, yet it is helpful, so he feels like he kind of has to. Because not using it means he is allowing people to be killed, basically.
So Hannibal tells Will the raw truth. With a bit of omission sprinkled on top, because the context prompts anyone to believe that Hannibal would want the investigation to succeed too. Only the viewer has this context, and can therefore understand Hannibal's true motive. Will doesn't know, so he can't. But he feels it somewhere in his empathetic guts, and therefore his emotional reaction is to call him out on it. He is annoyed with himself for not getting everything first try, always. And he doesn't quite know it, because Hannibal ruffled his feathers right before by psychoanalyzing him, but Will is annoyed Hannibal is not exactly helping him. Not in the way that hi wants.
do i have any textual reason to believe that william bursts from his faun body at the end of the queen’s rebuke and the blood permanently stains his hair red as a visual indicator of his new mortality? no. do i think it’s sick as hell and imagine every time anyways like a little animatic in my head? absolutely
ASTER!! the decemberists have released so many songs lately!! joan in the garden and burial ground PLUS two others that have taken over my brain entirely..... their new album comes out in june!! ive been waiting sooo long for new stuff from them im glad you're enjoying too <3
i just listened to the oh no! ep (i guess that's what it is? teaser ep? one album side?) and i'm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! about it!! i love it already but i love it more knowing that a full album is coming out so soon. but yes i think the last time they put out any kind of music was 2019 and i was so afraid that they had stopped doing anything but here they are! WE'RE SO BACK BABY
eventually, when max and chloe settle down, they decide for kids. chloe's more than ecstatic to be a mom, so it's kinda like asking if they can get a puppy (they already have two cats, bongo 2 electric boogaloo aka bongaloo and thief aka turdface), and while max initially doubts her ability to be a good parent, it's the idea that with chloe anything's really possible that gets her to agree.
they decide to go with adoption first since chloe's a softie, and their first kid they decide to name william. two years later, they decide to have another and this time chloe wants to carry the child, who they end up naming amber (chloe said they could never name a girl joyce, not because she doesn't love her mom but because joyce is such an old lady name)
anyways, they're fucking phenomenal parents. chloe is so playful and energetic with the kids, always encouraging their imaginations and getting into shenanigans with them to create fond presents and pasts. in truth, chloe's kinda panicking every day hoping that she's a good parent since she has so much to live up to (her own dad) and so much to make up for (the shitty parenting she got from david), but when max shows her a photo she took of the three of them doing dishes together with william playing with the bubbles and everyone smiling, chloe's fears vanish
The reason i cant get into the fnaf fandom is because i know i’d make william afton my pookie wookie snookie bear and i cant have a child murderer running around in my head like that. Find me another fnaf character thats done all the bad things and is not a child or an ai and ill talk abt joining but for now im trying my best to not be swept away into that world bcuz i dont want to be an afton stan.
William has vertigo and every time it storms he immediately starts to crave another death although every time he peaces out of the physical plane it’s so much worse.
Gillion has vertigo and initially thought it was just an oversea thing and casually talks about it and it’s yet to hit him that it is infact not the norm.
Alastyr has vertigo and he’s so used to it that when he does the portal shit and everybody else is disoriented he’s just like yep this is Normal anyway let’s get going now.
All of apotheosis has vertigo and you can fight me. Do it. Square up bitches.