#eldon stammets

[mistikfir]

Hannibal - 1X02 “Amuse-Bouche”//The Last of Us - 1X02 “Infected”

They're connected.

[pesky--dust]

Honestly, I'm not at all surprised that Freddie Lounds survived Hannibal Lecter.

Hannibal was a regular reader of tattle crime and he only wanted to kill her when she began to realize the complexity of the relationship between him and Will, and that together they could be the murderer she was writing about, so when it started getting dangerous to him.

But after she called them "murder husbands"? I believe Hannibal would never kill her because of that fact and in the season 4 he would be even like: "We should invite Miss Lounds to our wedding!" (lol)

However how did she survive all the other criminals like Stammets, Gideon, Will and Dolarhyde? I have no idea.

[hannigramslesbianhusband]

Clocks and Metronomes in Hannibal

``Hannibal counted the beats of the metronome against those of the clock. They went in and out of phase``

?????? Clocks???! speaking of this, I found out something really cool. I was researching trying to find some kind of connection or UN-connection between clocks and metronomes and what they might mean here, and I found this very interesting journal, which references and builds off of some of Christiaan Huygens' discoveries and work.

Let's list out a couple of things:

Arguably, Hannibal's favorite book is Treatise of Light, by none other than Christiaan Huygens.

``Among Mr. Jakov’s books was a copy bound in leather of Christiaan Huyghens’ Treatise on Light, and Hannibal was fascinated with it, with following the movement of Huyghens’ mind, feeling him moving toward discovery. He associated the Treatise on Light with the glare of the snow and the rainbow distortions in the old windowpanes. The elegance of Huyghens’ thought was like the clean and simplified lines of winter, the structure under the leaves. A box opening with a click and inside, a principle that works every time. It was a dependable thrill, and he had been feeling it since he could read.``

I skimmed a bit of the book- and it does include an explanations of the calculations Hannibal used to determine the height of the towers in his castle- which he was doing before he read the book. Bro is a literal genius.

``Also in the year Hannibal was six, Count Lecter found his son determining the height of the castle towers by the length of their shadows, following instructions which he said came directly from Euclid himself. Count Lecter improved his tutors then—within six weeks arrived Mr. Jakov, a penniless scholar from Leipzig.``

The journal I previously mentioned is, in very simple terms, about how pendulums and clocks synchronize. We can very reliably assume Hannibal is a fan of Christiaan Huygens, it’s very possible he could later have read Horologium oscillatorium, where he discusses these discoveries. Unfortunately, I can not dig too deep into the original text because the only copy I could find is in Latin, and I really don’t want to translate all that. But I CAN use the information provided in the journal. It’s also reasonable to assume Hannibal would know a lot of the information presented in the journal, because although Christiaan Huygens’ books are from the 1600s, Hannibal is not, and discoveries have been made! Science has advanced! Yippee!

In the journal, It is stated that “Synchronization occurs in diverse physical, biological, and chemical systems. Examples include the synchronous flashing of fireflies, the chorusing of crickets, the rhythmic applause of concert audiences, the coordinated beating of cardiac pacemaker cells, the pathological neural synchrony associated with epileptic seizures, and the coherent voltage oscillations of superconducting Josephson junction arrays.”

It all sounds very artistic. It is beautiful and connected. Right up Hannibal's alley, for sure. But- whats that near the end?? “ the pathological neural synchrony associated with epileptic seizures”. Epileptic seizures. Let’s put that away for later. 

The synchronisation of pendulums (pendulum clocks, metronomes) placed on the same (wooden) surface even if started at antiphase will eventually become in phase with eachother BUT: synchonizing in phase causes the pendulums in the clocks to slow down, so they lose time (multiple seconds an hour) but- they way they synchronize is dependent on several things(mechanisms in the clock, length and thickness of the surface they're on,etc etc.) but basically- with a SMALL amount of damping (loss of energy in an oscillating system) the clocks with synchronize in phase, with a large amount of it they will be antiphase. clocks synchronizing in antiphase has been called sympathetic motion or the sympathy of clocks (not empathy). 

Synchronization in itself is a pretty artistic thing, beautiful and connected. It shows up everywhere- including something called neural synchrony. neural synchrony is basically when two people interact or communicate, their brain rythms/waves synchronize, couple, create matching patterns. You understand eachother. this is seen a lot more in romantic couples or people who are close together, child-parent relationships(especially as infants) and the such. Not usually seen in strangers. the brain to brain synchronization happens in the  temporal-parietal part of the brain. The way will makes himself think like killers- to the point sometimes he feels like he becomes them- is definitely neural synchrony. Why he can do that so easily with strangers, who may have never even met? Who knows; but at least we know all kills leave behind a part of the killer, a part of their psyche, and not always just a message.  Basically, Will's whole metronome thing is symbolic of him synchronizing mentally(and neurologically! Very cool) with the killers. This may have been way too much work for something that is a bit obvious, but it’s very interesting to unravel.

I’m not sure how I started with picking apart clocks and metronomes in relation to Hannibal (in the book), and ended up with a conclusion about Will (in the show), but I did! I can’t say much more on this for now as I haven’t finished the book, and Will has yet to show up. 

Now, that thing we put away for later.

Neural synchrony is also associated with epileptic seizures. Neuron firing tends to become synchronous/hypersynchronous in the middle of a seizure.

I wanted to go more into Will's encephalitis and seizures related to this- but those are only a thing in the TV show, so I cant connect it quite as well. I can share the things I did find out, though, so if anyone is interested to see that please let me know! But right now, I'm too researched out to put it all together, and that's mainly why I'm not including it here now. All in all- we all know Hannibal knows all that psychiatry stuff and is crazy smart and crazy insane, so here is a bit of the science of it and how it all loosely connects to the books. And, of course as someone who values beauty and art, he would become obsessed with Will upon seeing how effortlessly he can achieve that synchronicity with others- especially those who think similarly to him. Honorable mention to Eldon Stammets.

[cringeworms]

My Mom Watches Hannibal: Part 1

My favorite is “that reporter is horrible I hope she gets eaten”

[dontyoudarestealmyfrog]

Hannibal 1.02 / @ personsonable / Orla ní Dhúill, Soil / Hannibal 1.02 / The Taxpayers, Medicines / Hannibal 1.02 / Noah Kahan, Everywhere, Everything / The Last of Us / mine / Hozier, In a Week / Josua Bond, The Absolute Best Feeling

[zer0expektation]

there is,, no fucking way I'm 29 chapters into a 33 chapter ongoing fic that is already 230k words AND THE AUTHOR SAID WE'RE "ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH" ????? HOW THE FUCK

[super-who-locked-me-in-here]

[craqueluring]

1x02 Will's Acceptance of Hannibal's Therapy, and Hannibal's Strategies to Lead Him There

Will's relaxation into therapy/conversations with Hannibal coincides with Hannibal's positive reactions to Will's enjoyment of violence. He does not sit in the chair in Hannibal’s office for therapy patients until this positive reaction is stated outright.

I think it is also important to note that Hannibal does not sit in his chair reserved for therapy sessions first. He lets Will decide to sit first. He lets Will come to this conclusion on his own (albeit while being led there, but still), and then joins him in it. This adds to the trust and comfort Hannibal is trying to establish between them.

The first therapy session they have is at the beginning of the second episode. Will paces around the second level, putting himself physically above Hannibal to deflect from the vulnerability he feels. In the conversation they have about Abigail, he also deflects Hannibal's questions. "You were there. Do you feel obligated?" "How does that make you feel?" This mandated therapy makes him deeply uncomfortable, clearly.

Their second therapy session is in the middle of the second episode. Will is still uncomfortable, frantic from his hallucination of Hobbs, he’s tense, but he is on the same floor level as Hannibal. Relaxing, ever so slightly. Hannibal asks “Is it harder to imagine the thrill someone else feels killing, now that you’ve done it yourself.” Will nods. He leans back on the pillar in the middle of the room.

This is what makes him relax. Hannibal’s understanding and non-judgmental attitude towards Will’s violence.

Of course, it is normal to open up about something when the other person isn't being judgmental about it, but I feel like Will is unique in that he doesn't even question Hannibal's complete and utter acceptance, and even encouragement, of it.

The third therapy session at the end of episode two, after Will shoots Stammets, Hannibal is blurred behind Will for the majority of their conversation. It gives the feeling that Will has already had this conversation with himself before, or he knows all of it somewhere deep inside of him. Talking to himself, almost.

Hannibal says “the inevitability of there being a man so bad that killing him felt good” haunts Will, and that he is there to prove that the excitement he felt was from saving Abigail, not killing her dad. Will says he didn’t feel that excitement when he shot Eldon Stammets, but Hannibal retorts that he didn’t kill Stammets. 

Hannibal’s words and accepting attitude provoke the first verbal confirmation we get of Will’s capacity for violence: “I thought about [killing Stammets].” This is huge. He almost seems to struggle to get the words out, surprised at himself, conflicted about what to feel, and about what to feel about how he feels. 

Hannibal shocks Will by calling this thing he is so conflicted about experiencing beautiful–”It’s beautiful in its own way, giving voice to the unmentionable.” This prompts Will to finally fully turn around, Hannibal’s face coming into focus. Will’s back-and-forth with himself and Hannibal being blurred in the background comes to a halt when Hannibal basically directs Will to accept his urges. This throws Will off so much, that he deflects with a joke about boat motors in Louisiana.

In response to Hannibal calling his admission of his violent urges beautiful, he sits down in the patient chair for the first time.

Hannibal sits down in the chair opposite Will after Will sits. He pushes again. He points out that Will was not distressed about killing Hobbs, but that he was distressed because he liked killing Hobbs: “It was not the act of killing Hobbs that got you down. Did you really feel so bad because killing him felt so good?”

Will makes direct eye contact: “I liked killing Hobbs.”

With this admission, Hannibal and Will’s roles in their “conversations” click into place fully, both in their respective chairs that we will see them in for many episodes to come. It is established that Will enjoys righteous violence, and Hannibal is trying to convince him to accept that part of himself. This moment is where the seeds of Hannibal’s manipulation are sown. Now that Hannibal has gotten Will to admit his capacity for violence, he can nurture, guide, and watch this violence flourish.

[cannibalbite]

"If you walk through a field of mycelium they know you are there. They know you are there. The spores reach for you as you walk by. I know who you're reaching for. I know. Abigail Hobbs. You should have let me plant her. You would have found her in a field, where she was finally able to reach back!"

Abigail Hobbs fanart inspired by Annie Collinge’s “Moved by Nature” and Ivan Bilibin’s “Vasilisa the Beautiful”

I'm not dead yet, just in a state of rapid decay, who isn't?- Charles Bukowski

[lesbian-hannibal]

rip eldon stammets you would’ve loved the last of us

[clear-what-i-was-seeing]

eldon stammets was actually a good person guys… he had the morel high ground

[sacha-da-1]

That’s it! You’re going in the mushroom garden!

[nyquil-guzzler-420]

every day I get closer and closer to becoming Eldon Stammets in Hannibal. I am the magic man.

[hannigrarnrecs]

an affront to god by supersoftrocks*

the secret journal of will graham, the newest resident at the baltimore state hospital for the criminally insane.

[artthatremindsmeofhannibalnbc]

Laura Marmash, Succumb, 2012 Stoneware, slip, oxides, ink, wax

https://lauramarmash.com/