I’ve graduated college, am teaching special education full-time, and got on ADHD meds. I’m writing, cosplaying, doing makeup art, and am all-around in a (mostly) better mental space than I was around the time I left this blog. But I miss my Mischa all the same.

// I’d definitely first like to say thank you, and that I’m genuinely thrilled that you love our threads so much. We put a lot of hard work into what we do, and I just scream a little inside when I see that others like it too <3

mutuals send me a ❤️ & i’ll compliment you.

- Alright for one thing, I’m hella impressed with your Nigel. You manage to take a character who has less than twenty minutes of screentime and literally about a second’s worth of what could be considered “redemption”and turn him into someone entirely beautiful, and entirely your own. It’s really, really cool and I applaud you for it because not many people can do that so effortlessly.

- You’re very flexible. Like, it’s very easy to plot and develop threads with you because you’re willing to work and understand Mischa and what works best for me and for her. You understand that certain things might be uncomfortable for me and work around them so well.

Why I like them

Hannibal Lecter is an extremely well-developed, three dimensional, multi-layered character. He’s dangerous and terrifying, alluring and mysterious, and has such a sadness about him that makes your heart just break. Not to mention, he’s a genius capable of prodding into the inner most workings of your mind. We see him fall in love, and transform from a vengeful teenager to a cold and calculating adult. I love that. He’s one of the greatest fictional characters of all time.

Why I don’t

He’s an asshole. In both the book and show he literally sent a serial killer after Will’s family, not to mention in the show, he killed a young girl and countless other innocent people. Also, if you read Hannibal and Hannibal Rising, he seems to have a thing for incest (which honestly I do find interesting, but still).

Favorite episode (scene if movie)

My favorite moment has got to be at the end of the novel “Hannibal” when he shows his weaker side to Clarice, just as she did to him in Silence of the Lambs. It’s wonderful and so touching, and my favorite part of my favorite book.

Favorite season/movie

Season 2 of Hannibal was awesome all around. 

Favorite line

“The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver.Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.”

Bonus: “We can only learn so much and live.” (This isn’t a line by Hannibal himself, but it’s my most favorite Hannibal-related quote of all time. It’s the very final line of the Hannibal novel.)

Favorite outfit

I really dig his prison outfit in Silence of the Lambs. I can’t explain why. It’s great though.

OTP

Hannibal x Clarice 

Brotp

Hannibal x Margot. I love, love, love how he not only gave her the courage to kill Mason, but basically was like “dude just tell them I did it!”. That just. I don’t know. I know killing is wrong and yadda yadda yadda but that just gives me goosebumps and it’s so great. He was the one that told her it was okay to be weird and basically validated her so much and I love that.

Head Canon

Clarice Starling was the only one in his life who ever truly understood him. I like to think if she had been in his life earlier, things may have been different. Or not.

Unpopular opinion

I don’t like really like him with Will in the context of the show. I feel like it could have been done better than it was. It’s a long story, and I’ll explain it off-anon if anyone’s curious, but yeah.

A wish

Is it weird that I want a full, written out scene of Mason coming onto Hannibal as he did in the novel? Because it’s fucking funny and I need this in my life.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen

please don’t let hannibal ever have more bad dreams of mischa because oh god. also, if Clarice were to die, I would die right along with her.

5 words to best describe them

Enigmatic, terrifying, fascinating, brilliant, other-worldly

My nickname for them

// Since an anon has requested Hannibal as well, I’ll do this for teen!Hannibal and focus on the Hannibal Rising story :)

Why I like them

I like that he shows all of the signs and maturity of a teenager, despite what we’re accustomed to seeing of him. He’s fueled by anger, rage, and revenge, as well as the deep and complicated love for his aunt Murisaki. Even though Hannibal Rising isn’t my favorite of the novels/movies, I do like that about young Hannibal.

Why I don’t

Psssh he’s so dramatic! I mean, it’s a very sad scene, but sometimes I can’t help but laugh when he’s screaming “M for Mischa” because it just seems so extra. 

Favorite episode (scene if movie)

Basically all of the times we see flashbacks of him and his family, especially Mischa. It’s so wonderful and touching.

Favorite season/movie

Well, we only ever see young Hannibal in Rising, so.

Favorite line

“Mischa, we take comfort in knowing there is no God. That you are not enslaved in Heaven, made to kiss God’s ass forever. What you have is better than Paradise. You have blessed oblivion. I miss you every day.”

Favorite outfit

I really like the outfit he wears when he squeezes that guy to death against the tree. It’s a really gruesome reference, I suppose, but it’s a cute outfit.

OTP

Young Hannibal x Happiness. Please. I have a lot of complicated feelings about Hannibal x Murisaki only because I want them both to be happy, but she’s still his aunt for crying out loud.

Brotp

Young Hannibal x Mischa. They could’ve taken on the world together.

Head Canon

I feel like his final kill, when he finally takes Grutas out, is when he really “transformed”. He no longer kills for anger or rage or revenge, and begins his journey as this very calm, collected, chilling killer.

Unpopular opinion

Alright. I respect the heck out of him because being in the shadow of Anthony Hopkins is hard as hell and it’s amazing that Mads Mikkelsen was able to pull it off so flawlessly. But I wasn’t a huge fan of Gaspard as an actor. 

A wish

I wish that Hannibal Rising would be remade with better cinematography and maybe better actors/director.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen

I was really, really, really hoping we wouldn’t see a sex scene between Hannibal and Murisaki and was quite relieved when it didn’t happen.

5 words to best describe them

Vengeful, angry, unstable, tragic, tortured

My nickname for them

*looks at my faceclaim*