Luna

Some of the photos from Mark Hamill’s big day as he received his star on the Hollywood walk of fame.

He’s known as the Joker, Fire Lord Ozai, and most of all, our dear Luke Skywalker.

Thanks, Mark, for all the great work you’ve given us.

No, we are most certainly not fucked.

Actually, I’d have to disagree with that! Touching someone during the treatment medically/soothingly (and Hannibal considered his actions a form of treatment, no matter how fucked up it was) is worlds apart from touching a person you love and sacrificed everything for sexually when they can’t give consent. 

In S1, Hannibal wanted Will to Become. He viewed Will clinging to limitations and denying his true nature as something very harmful, so he launched a complex plan and tried to shatter these limitations. Will acknowledged that in the end, it helped him discover the truth of who he is, so Hannibal’s actions paid off. This is about the lights therapy.

About the ear: if you go with Bryan’s version and think Hannibal set Will up to trigger his Becoming in a more extreme way, then the previous explanation applies again. If you prefer Mads’ version like I do, where Hannibal was forced to set Will up temporarily because Will was getting too close without being ready to accept it,  then what he did is perfectly explained by their dynamic. Hannibal might want to have a family with Will, but as of now, they remain on the conflicting sides. In a way, they are enemies on the opposite sides of the battlefield, and Hannibal does what he must to protect himself and briefly take Will out of the game.

All this can’t apply to them post S3. Will already Became, which is, like Hannibal himself says, everything he ever wanted. There is no need for any extreme therapies. Not to mention, Hannibal sacrificed everything he had for Will: he was ready to destroy his reputation and normal life for him in S2, he was ready to die for him several times in S3; he took the bullet for him, he gave up his freedom. Hannibal breathes at Will’s command at this point, and hurting Will is the last thing he’d do. He was ready to accept any of Will’s decisions in TWOTL. Why would it change in S4? 

Quicksilver Will reference clips from Kavanagh QC