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#he'd probably just blackmail you into becoming a serial killer and then eat you
velvet-games · 3 years
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Y’know, I used to be confused as to why I get so much more upset at Hannibal’s gaslighting and manipulation than the fact that he...literally kills and eats people.
I thought it was just because I never really got to know most of his victims when it came to murder, but I did when it came to gaslighting/manipulation, and while that’s definitely a part of it, I actually think it’s reasonable even on an intellectual level. 
Cause like...gaslighting can literally make you go insane. Manipulation takes away parts of your identity. 
Killing is honest. Pain is honest. Cannibalism could even be argued to be helpful. 
But when it comes to people like Will or Margot or Alana, Hannibal...makes you forget who you are. He takes apart the foundations of what you believe and leaves you with nothing but a pile of scraps to put together. He steals who you could’ve been and what you could’ve had and you’re left to suffer for his curiosity. You’re suffering and you can’t even tell where it’s coming from to try and fix it.
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