#now i want to know what u guys headcanon about young adult hannigram

[suchawrathfullamb]

whats up dude can we get some young adult headcanons. also their past romantic relationships pretty please

uhh, that's an unusual one!

I don't think neither had serious relationships before, only affairs (like Hannibal and Alana). I think Will probably met other Alanas at work, and some in college, too. Like obviously-pretty type of girls, but more assertive than Alana, so he hardly had to make the first move. He is canonically attractive (ref: in the first script they say his students are giving him heart eyes, and in the georgia m. episode they say he is "a handsome man") and because he is extremely intelligent, I'm sure he is *very* aware of that, although he plays it off in s1. I don't think his affairs lasted more than a month, I can see him getting overwhelmed and feeling suffocated easily and being all avoidant. Oh my god, this just made me realize that Will probably has the avoidant attachment style lol anyway.

I think Hannibal had plenty of Alanas, not sure he had plenty of Bedelias, though (those who knew who he truly was), pretty sure some guys, too because of the hint at the blood exam episode. But again, I think part of their obsession with each other is the fact that they've never had a deep connection with anyone and were never able to fully commit to anyone else before, simply because they didn't feel the desire, they always felt like something was missing.

I think Hannibal did it for fun, for entertainment, because he wanted to, found the individuals attractive. Also, lol, Hannibal gives off kinky vibes, I can totally see him having threesomes with attractive couples, two woman, and maybe some orgies, too? Who knows, he loves taboos.

And I think Will did for pure sexual drive and neediness. We see a little bit of that with his reactions to Alana's touch, how starved he is, and how he craves connection yet avoids and/or doesn't know how to handle it when presented. So I think he would either have affairs just because he was attracted, just because he wanted to have sex. And sometimes some Alanas would show up, which he'd subconsciously (or not?) sensed it, as narcissists attract the sensitive, nurturing types. Those who wanted to care and had a savior complex would attract him because they'd feed that need for affection and of course, he grew up without a mother and he seems to be oblivious to this type of care, so he naturally feels the lack of it. Freud would love to analyze him lol.

Now, for YA headcanons, hmmmm, I thought a lot more about Hannibal as a young adult, just because we have more material and we have close to zero on Will. Hannibal was in his Il Mostro era, right? Not sure how old he was, but definitely looked "young adulty" to me. Or are we considering young adult when he was already in the United States, when he got the internship?

I think I thought a lot more about kid!will, just because there's this whole mystery of his mother, haha. Then, I had this crazy theory (it's not actually that possible BUT) that Hannibal actually taught Will how to do his crime scene mojo on command, and that's why we see the pendulum that looks like Hannibal's tool. But he just Miriam Lass-ed Will into forgetting everything lol. In my mind that happened a few years before the show started, maybe when Will got stabbed as a cop. Which somehow my mind also related to a secret Hannibal connection.