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The first thing he did after getting out of jail was break into Hannibal’s house—implying he somehow knows how to break and enter well, and it was only Hannibal’s enhanced sense of smell that betrayed him— and hold him at gunpoint again while mocking him and grinning when he mimed cowering, even though Hannibal could’ve definitely used that to fully crush his career after all or land him right back there by telling Jack. He snaps at Zeller during the organ harvester case about the corpse in the bathtub being too crude to be the Chesapeake Ripper’s work, calling the Ripper an “artist” and often complimenting him before quickly pairing that with more negative sentiments. He worked the Ripper case pre-canon and the way he describes his mind when asked isn’t even just the Ripper— it’s a description of Hannibal’s, down to those rooms in the basement of his mind palace he keeps boarded up. The staggering depth of that insight makes me think that his excuse of “having a date with the Chesapeake Ripper” may have had more than awkward humor behind it after all, he’s clearly put a ton of dedication and effort into diving into the Ripper’s case and mindset before. He tells Bedelia her fate is sealed because he’ll free Hannibal and knows that he’ll do whatever he tells him to, kill whoever he tells him to even if it’s someone he previously saw mental and physical appeal in who was his second choice for an escape partner.

Bedelia doubts this, calling him reckless and egotistical and saying he’ll get killed alongside the rest, but there’s clearly a niggling worry that he’s right despite her knowledge of Hannibal and his fixation on supreme control that only Will supersedes. Will enjoys hurting Hannibal and is aroused by ideas of it, possessing him, being important to him, being the only one he will show mercy to, the only one he’s challenged by, the only one who throws the intense control he has over his life into disarray, bucks it and steps in to replace it. In the end it really only comes down to the question of which person is the one anyone would say seems crazier: a murderous cannibal, or someone who knew everything about the murder and cannibalism and threw their life away to own theirs not despite that, but because of it? The answer seems clear to me, at least.

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After the debacle of yesterday, and throughout many negative moments, I use kitchen witchcraft to soothe myself and change my luck and my mood in one fell swoop. This is a staple in my house and I’ve decided to share it with you!

When to use this recipe ?

For a pick-me-up at any time, after a stressful event, to invite prosperity - especially in the form of small windfalls, good times, small gifts, good relations and overall positivity. To magically power up this recipe, I used astrological correspondences of ingredients linked to Venus. Thus, substitutes might not work as well, but I’ll put the best in the recipe. If you’d like a Venusian drink, other Venusian herbs lend themselves to great tea recipes. This might call for another post.

You will need :

- a milk of choice (I like whole milk, or milk+cream. Any plant based one is fine, but I will recommend almond milk as it’s ruled by Venus too)

- cocoa powder

- a sweetener of choice (I like honey or brown sugar)

For the spices, I’d omit all 3 if you’re lacking one, but 6 ingredients or a multiple of 3 is ideal.

- cinnamon

- vanilla (extract, seeds, or a small chunk of pod infused in your hot milk).

- tonka bean

- optional ingredient : marshmallows

- optional tool : a milk frother

I’ll leave the exact measurements to your personal taste.

Steps to follow

Optional : heat up a pot with your vanilla pod or seeds and milk. Real seeds or vanilla pods release their aromatic compounds when heated.

Mix in your ingredients together well, stirring clockwise, 6 times (number of Venus). During this time, imagine the comfort and goodness that you’d like this hot chocolate to bring you, as well as specific Venusian outcomes you’d like to get into your life.

Optional : Use your milk frother to bring a bubbly foam to lift your spirits and even more decadence to this simple drink. I visualise the bubbles chasing whatever negativity is there away.

✨ Astro magic tip : Whip this up on Venus day (Friday), Venus night (Monday after sunset), or during Venus hour (you can track it via the app Time Nomad on iOS) for extra potency.

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