#i'm not in the hannibal fandom but isn't this just the general consensus?

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Ok so I'm watching Hannibal right now (just finished ep8 so no spoilers please).

I've heard quite a bit abt Will Graham being autistic and... I know there's a lot of drama around that with the actor and creator SAYING that he isn't despite him clearly acting that way and the show literally implying/mentioning that he's autistic and the book that this show is based off of ALSO implying that he's autistic.

Anyway, the general consensus I've gotten from the fandom is that Will is 100% autistic and that Brian Fuller and Hugh Dancy should just be ignored which fair enough that's definitely what I'm gonna be doing.

They literally have a whole scene to tell you that he hates eye contact, constantly show how socially awkward he is, depict him as hyperempathetic, and show that he seems to have special interests in fishing and animals. Htf could this man not be autistic?.

Hell I've even seen small moments where he seems to allow himself to stim a little (Will definitely reads as someone who masks a lot). Like when he sees those first two blood eagled ppl in ep5 and his hand starts to shake/flap. Also when he was talking to Tobias in ep8 and his voice was starting to get a bit emotional again you could see his hand starting to shake/flap.