it's interesting that it pans to will fishing in the stream when chilton says "he likes to play god" bc speaking of religious allegories, will graham is a fisherman and a "fisher of men." both in the profiler sense (he catches criminals), and in the sense that he captures men's hearts (jesus urged his followers to be fishers of men to the gospel). except will's gospel is darkness, and while he doesn't forcibly push people towards it like hannibal, anyone involved with will gets dragged down into the inferno. for he is a fisher of (damned) men. subsequently, the "saving lives is just as arousing as ending them" bit could be said about god, which is a sentiment hannibal shares throughout the series.
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The most underrated character in Hannibal is Will’s lawyer, Leonard Brauner
“Innocence isn’t a verdict Mr. Graham, but ‘not guilty’ is.”
*Will says something snarky* - “Boo-hoo”
“They don’t want your innocence, unconsciousness in a pretty package, that I can sell.”
“If I take the moral high ground with you, I’ll get you killed.”
*an ear falls out of the envelope* “I think I opened your mail.”
“You are smitten with the accused, Miss Bloom, and it is adorable but not our brand of defense, and Ms. Vega will smell it on you like you stepped in Young Adult and tracked it into the courtroom.”
*Leonard to Alana* “I like that. ‘Professional curiosity.’ It seems so… Heh, it seems so indifferent. Unless you look like you’re lying when you say it, but you didn’t.” *Will gives Alana the thousand yard stare*
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in hannibal's tableau of the judge, the heart is ever so slightly outweighing the brain on the scale. it is also illuminated in light, while the brain is in the shadow. could this be an allusion to (or at least foreshadowing of) hannibal's love/heart beginning to outweigh, outshine, and eclipse his usual sense/mind when it comes to will?
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Rewatching Hassun, and I really wish we’d seen more of Will’s lawyer. That king was really serving on the highest level.
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The sensual mirroring as Hannibal and Will prepare for court. They’re identically different; they’re beginning to blur.
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will graham imagined hannibal lecter checking out his ass in plaid trousers send motherfucking tweet.
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Chilton may be a skeevy braggart but he was so right when he said “Will Graham is driven by vanity and his own whims. He has a very high opinion of his intelligence. Ergo, he caught the other killers simply to prove he was smarter than all of them too. Saving lives is just as arousing as ending them. He likes to play God.”
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