a grape with nothing to hide

the thing that drives me absolutely wild about hannibal lecter is he just chooses to be like this! he’s not a vampire or anything! he could stop eating people any time he wanted! he just really likes the aesthetic! 

love that Hannibal sees Eldon Stammets like “you must use mushrooms to connect to Abigail” and is like “wow... great thought eldon! love that idea and i’m going to try it!"

when you think ‘hannibal was such a stone cold weirdo for this’ and realize you’re not even thinking about the murder or the cannibalism

hannibal should have noticed how bad he had it in season 2 when he literally gave up his identity as the ripper in order to get will back. at the time it’s obscured by all his clever maneuvering, but pulling the trigger on miriam lass (so that she can pull it, in turn, literally, on chilton) means no more ripper and no more ripper kills, something that’s been a pretty huge piece of hannibal’s identity and life up to this point, even if he does kill in other ways. and he doesn’t hesitate! for someone who hates denying himself as much as hannibal does, it should be a major decision but he barely thinks about it! his whole focus is getting will back!