#sansnomally

[battleczar]

Bisexual women have been talking about lesbians like that too

In more general sense, sure, I've seen that, but the specific claim that only straight women are able to make is that being a woman attracted to women is a privilege over women who are only attracted to men. And by privilege, I mean they talk about being SSA as if it's some sort of Get Out Of Jail Free card where we're just born with naturally feminist tendencies and have it easy compared to straight women, who have to work at it.

These women see their heterosexual attraction as some sort of handicap to their feminism, while lesbians get the best of both worlds. (Bisexuals generally don't get hit with this as hard or propagate it as hard, because they have both the "perk" and the "handicap".) And therefore, having so things so easy, we should shut up and not comment on behaviors we consider to be anti-feminist self-harm. Does "what happens in the bedroom is private and it's not your place to criticize it, since it only affects me," sound familiar to anyone? Where have we heard that one?

I also take particular offense at the invocation of political lesbianism, which when used in this context functions to accuse us of trying to "convert" straight women. Old and tired homophobic stereotype, and a particular favorite for straight women in feminist circles.

[galaxiesofobsessions]

Going back to my YouTuber! Self insert x sans idea, what if we are just a YouTuber in his world and he just watches us from time to time. Doesn’t matter what our videos about, he will always be the first viewer.

[catnippackets]

the art style contrast for horror in the most recent backmaker pages was very well done - it was still clearly a part of the comic's style but rendered differently. hats off to you, i think this is one of the better renditions of that effect i've seen out there - really makes it feel like something horrible you'd see irl

thank you so much ;;;U;;; I'm so happy you found it so chilling!! <3

[tethered-heartstrings]

do you think hannibal would be a ferret

I do think Hannibal could be a ferret. Ferrets are considered invasive in some parts of the world, and while Hannibal is just one man, he does want hia ideas to be adopted by others, so in a way, his morals and opinions and thought processes are a bit invasive.

Ferrets are also carnivores. While they are true carnivores and Hannibal is omnivorous, there is an obvious emphasis on his meat eating habits. He also has sharp teeth (at least in NBC universe) and it known to bite (in many universes), which ferrets will do to consume and when threatened.

They will also do a little dance when threatened as a way to distract their predator. (They will also do this dance when excited). Hannibal does not do ballet or anything but his fighting style is very graceful and dancer-like.

There is also a rumor that ferrets "have a smell" or smell bad. Like any animal, they have unique scent glands and things, but the emphasis on their smell and with Hannibal's super smelling powers, its all very funny to me.

They also bond very closely to other ferrets and it is recommended not to have one alone. Hannibal can live alone but attaches to Will and greatly prefers his company over none. And Hannibal has "replaced" will with another person to keep from being alone

They can also team up with falcons, and falconers will use both to reach their goal. Which is interesting because falcons can hunt and kill ferrets, but now they are working together. Much like Will and Hannibal with Will fantasizing about killing Hannibal multiple times but in the end deciding to work together.

Intact female ferrets can die from not mating, because too much estrogen can cause certain blood issues. Its funny because Hannibal is constantly trying to give Will a baby but in the end, takes all of them away from him. A horny ferret that cannot make up his mind.

They were also bred in early domestication to hunt rabbits and it reminds me of that scene where he tells Jack the food is rabbit and Jack jokes that the rabbits should have hopped faster.

They are also used in research especially in the field of neuroscience, which is super interesting seeing how Will had encephalitis and Hannibal was kind of treating Will like an experiment. (I guess that makes Will the ferret but shhhh)

The name ferret also comes from a Latin term meaning "little thief" and while Hannibal did not really do petty theft, he did steal things from people (like Will's family away from him.)

A group of ferrets is called a "business" and Hannibal always means business and wears the suits to prove it.

They also love jumping and we all saw the final scene of the show :)

Also sidenote: male ferrets are called hobs (hoblet when neutered) and the connection to Hobbs is too real

[fishparasite]

me and the mutuals ruining our sleep schedules together

[valentinsylve]

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🚗 you're stuck in a 7 hour car trip with 4 hannibal characters. make your dream ecosystem. who's driving and who's giving directions. do you make it alive

First of all omg I'm very picky about car companions, but these fuckers live rent free in my head at all times, so HERE GOES.

Will Graham is not driving. Even if he is not out of his mind, you know that dude gets road rage, and he's armed. In fact, I'm tempted to leave him at home.

Beverly is driving. She is the most sensible one out of the entire cast, but she's not a pokey Sunday driver and probably doesn't blink at the terror that is DC/Maryland/Virginia commuter hell, so a road trip is a nice break for her.

Jimmy Price gets to go along, because he'd be very entertaining with all the weird facts and interests he has in his adorable head. Plus he'd know all the best roadside attractions. Bev would stop to look at the ones she thought sounded cool.

Abigail rides shotgun, har har, and she has the directions, because she is the type who'd know all the short cuts. I was tempted to include Hannibal here, because he's got that Magical Realism geography trick, but we'd end up on Corfu or something so he could give Abi a lecture on mystery cults. Almost a Hannibal Lecture, if you will 😬😳

Lucky number 4 gets to be Reba, because she's funny and smart and nice and I wanna hang out with her. We could both choose the music, she's going to bring a shaker of 🍸 for the back seat, probably with a cool little suitcase travel cocktail kit like my grandpa had, and I can regale her with what is going on outside the window.

We all survive and get away from those crazy sons of bitches.

🛏 Does Hannibal Lecter show up in my dreams?

No.... but I kind of want him to. Yes, consider this a cry for help 🙃

Thanks for the ask!

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

hello frank ! can you please write a prose poem about hannibal lecter and will graham ?

What a hard question, dude

First off, I'd have to write a novel-length series of excerpts from the characters' own point of view. So I'd need to establish each character's voice, and that is a huge problem I've never actually managed to solve, despite doing that for a few other characters.

But also, how can I make this funny when it's written like that?

Will is an introvert, but he's introverted in a very particular way. His whole thing is that he hates socializing, but also can't help needing socializing – his life would crumble without it – and so he just kind of sucks it up and goes through it.

He really hates being forced to participate in group activities. It's just a huge source of anxiety for him, because he tends to have an anxiety disorder with panic attacks. It's kind of like what the main character in my last novel, Barking Man, was going through. He is the kind of person who would rather do anything except participate in group activities.

Anyway, when he's in front of other people, Will does everything to the best of his ability, but he hates social interaction so much that he feels guilty when he does it well and thinks that he must really suck as a person because of it. So he goes to great lengths to avoid doing it at all: he can go weeks without talking to anyone (for a long time he went weeks without seeing a therapist), and even when he is having a panic attack, he'll say "I'm not doing anything wrong," because he just can't do it if it's "wrong" to be having a panic attack.

When you try to talk to him, he can't talk back or respond or just kind of listen to you. He'll try to say something and then forget what it was and try to say it again and forget that, but he can't just tell you "I don't want to talk." He doesn't know how to tell you he doesn't want to talk. He doesn't even know himself.

Will Graham is a deeply anxious, socially withdrawn man who spends a lot of time alone, because he cannot figure out how to escape from his own mind.

[battleczar]

Girl it's just posts log off if you're so bothered. I don't have to tag shit, we all reblog disturbing shit to critique it. Why are you so pressed tbh

😐 I want you to use your brain for two seconds and think of some theories as to why I and any other lesbian might want to avoid extended, graphic, fetishized descriptions of corrective rape.

[chibitabathasloves]

i think when it comes to learning a language it's better to learn smth fun than smth u "should" i never was able to get into spanish. and theres no real reason for me to learn lithuanian but its fun ! gl w danish !!

if you do end up reading the books i'll have to warn you of p much every trigger warning on earth ? thomas harris managed to trigger me on things i didn't even know could be a problem. so be safe out there. i haven't watched SOTL in a way that matters so i can't say anything about it (i know) or hannibal rising for that matter (havent even read the book version of that) but manhunter is also another hannibal i love ! he's in it for 8 minutes though. up to you if thats worth it. feed the book notes ! :) also i wouldnt be able to judge u for ur handwriting ! i have severe dysgraphia so i understand how it is sometimes. i can't promise id be able to read it though. (also unrelated and a bit late but if you want to share the italian will/hanna nicknames i think i'd love that knowledge)

my favorite part about NBC lecter is definitely his self control. his need for control actually. and to me the most important part about lecter is his survivability. that's why to me its always funny to think "oh old man needs his fancy silk and fine dinners, he'd crumble like feta if he didn't have them" but if this turns into serious analysis of his character then its glossing over the fact that hannibal lecter has reached almost perfect ataraxia ? like, he has perfect control at all times. he has control over the situation (his constant manipulation and schemes) but if the situation slips from him (getting tied up christ style and slashed at the wrists, getting kidnapped and tied up in the stables), then it doesn't matter, he still has control. because... he doesn't care ! hannibal doesn't lose his shit pulling his hair out crying screaming if his plans don't go according to plan because he's reached perfect control over his emotions. therefore he doesn't care if things go wrong, it's just another interesting thing happening in his life. if he doesn't allow himself to feel upset, if he doesn't allow himself to freak out over the loss of control, then he's never lost control in the first place, he can't get traumatized, and it's like nothing bad happened. that's why i think any upset he might have felt over the assassination attempt was played up/acted out so he could lure alana (who is attracted to pathetic men in need of fixing like a moth to the light). thats also why i think hannibal couldn't have suffered THAT much from being in jail for three years because... idk like sure it cost him something, it cost him his freedom and everything. freedom from murder. but the fact he gave it up willingly is so much more important to who hannibal lecter is - someone who will never be in a traumatic situation ever again and never get hurt again - than any luxury he might have had when he was free and has now lost. i think in comparison the s2 finale was more of a loss of control albeit partial and i think it affected him more negatively. what are ur thoughts

Okay, so I actually have my notes out, because I am an absolute little gremlin. And you're right about the sense of control over his emotions. When he had a noose around his neck he was still cracking jokes. And you're also right about playing up the trauma. If you watch him with Jack, he has his regular collar, buttoned all the way up with a tie. With Alana he wears the shirts open with a scarf to cover up the bruises that may or may not still be there. He acts like the idea of having something constricting around his neck is unappealing, but still steps into his tailored suits and ties a scarf around his neck anyways. Its a very shallow and easily seen through disguise (bruises from a noose would be much high up his neck).

When he was in the straight jacket at the pig pen he only had eyes for Will. Understanding that despite the fact that Will could easily dispose of him, it is still not the reckoning he was promised. So its only a matter of time until that happens. Its part of the reason I think he ledt Will unconscious while abducting Mason. A lot of season 2 is about the pull between Will and Hannibal I think.

The culmination of that tug of war leads to the first time that Hannibal is let down. It was a loss of control over his emotions, after all, one cannot help with who they fall in love with. He thought that Will would join his side, or kill him. Instead he had to deal with Jack Crawford in his kitchen. Hannibal smelled the betrayal on Will’s skin and gave him a choice. But what Hannibal couldn't see was Will trying to sort out his affairs, asking Freddie to not write about Abigail, to only write about him. I think Will was getting ready to leave with him, but unfortunately due to Jack it was taken from him in the form of a knife wound. Gutting him in the literal sense compared to the emotional gutting Hannibal received.

I think the second time he is let down is around the time that Will decides that he doesn't want to know where Hannibal is. Will went to forgive Hannibal, to see if he could love him, even if he wasn't aware of the love he carried just yet. And he was met with a bone saw and the promise of having his brain eaten. Will had enough, but Hannibal thought they could move on from it. I think that Hannibal knew that despite the fact that Will said he was cutting ties, that he didn't mean it. It's really hard to tell, but Will isn't making eye contact. And I think that's really telling.

I think that part of the reason that Hannibal gives himself up in front of Will is to show that he doesn't need all the trappings, just Will's regard. Its a cheap shot, but it clearly works. He seems to grow into his ability to roll with how his love for Will makes him feel. Reveling in the unpredictable nature of it and the man who causes it. I do believe Hannibal when he said he has found Will in his mind palace, victorious. Even if its just a shade of the man he desires. Which is why I agree that the S2 finale was much more rife with trauma for them both.

I am going to stop rambling now before this turns into a dissertation oh my god

[disaster-vampire]

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🚗 you're stuck in a 7 hour car trip with 4 hannibal characters. make your dream ecosystem. who's driving and who's giving directions. do you make it alive

beverly is driving, she's the one i trust the most not to drop the car in a ditch. price is riding shotgun and giving directions. he's a bit weird but he's a level headed guy, and i'd like to discuss random shit with him in between the direction-giving (which would force him to shut up every now and then). i'm in the backseat, in the middle, with will to my left, so he's sitting behind beverly, who he likes, and i can be a buffer between him and price's ramblings and he can stare out the window and fish in his mind in peace. now both me and will have a fat ass and thicc thighs, so we'll be taking up a bit of space, but margot is skinny so she won't get too squished sitting to my right. she's picking the music bc we need the gay bops. we're driving someplace to throw alana a surprise birthday party btw.

🛏 ever had hannibal lecter show up in your dreams ? (this is a call for help.)

just answered this one here!

🏖 live in misery in italy being dragged around by a moping hannibal, or be stuck on a boat with will for three months ?

both scenarios have their pros and cons? i'm terrified of the ocean, i already live in italy, and i'm also a culture buff. i went to tuscany once and didn't even get to visit florence or the uffizi because the damn roads were closed and i'm still mad about it even though it's been years. so like. do i have daily panic attacks about the ocean or do i deal with a man that wants to eat me because i have curly dark hair and a frowny face like his beloved? i feel like i'd take my chances with hannibal because at least i'd get to have fun, with will i'd have no distractions from the fear and i'd have to eat fish every day and i hate eating fish

[fangwhoria]

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💍hold hand, marry, kill the hannibal cast. go

hold hand: margot 🥴

marry: hanbial 😳

kill: will. i just think it would be funny

hannibal ask game

[androidboy]

∞

we are 138- misfits

“is it time to be an android not a man”

[tethered-heartstrings]

like when you learn how a kidney works or any organ or even just a process or just how a neural synapse works. life is fucking beautiful

[valentinsylve]

for the hannibal asks: 🎶 💖

🎶 oh gosh so many, you know me! Picking a character... picking a song... Dia, you're killing me! 😁😁😊

Ok, this one!! I put it on the very beginning of a Will Graham playlist I'm futzing with. First of all,, Bruce Springsteen is just a whole vibe, and because of the way I am this just screams "prequel". Like, maybe he had a whole little life between the "too unstable" dx and going back to teach? My brain, my thoughts, lol

And 💖 I'm sure you'll never guess, FREDDIE LOUNDS, my beloved. She's funny and smart and snappy, I'd be just like

I don't know how to embed the link to @le-sansnom 's asks 😕 I only have Tumblr on my phone, ghod don't make me put it on my desktop lol

[many-bees]

le-sansnom

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I don’t want a career I just want to be kidnapped...

morgane your brain is fucking huge oh my god you’re mandated to elaborate on this

I would elaborate but unfortunately I am too shy/embarrassed to do it in public

[battleczar]

the word lesbian has always meant women who define themselves by their connection to other women & their exclusive dedication to female connection.

Sure, and the word woman has always meant people who define themselves by their connection to womanhood! Let's all just say random words and make them mean whatever we want, it's not like concrete word definitions are important for oppressed classes to be able to describe their shared experiences!