crossroadscastiel:

Do you ever cry because when Will broke up with Hannibal, the next we see of him he’s put his glasses back on.

These glasses which, throughout the series, have been symbolic of the barrier Will puts up between himself and getting too close to others. This is Will – regardless of the massive psychological game at play here – shutting Hannibal out.

And then in the very next episode, three years having passed, the very first thing he does as he approaches Hannibal’s cell

is take his glasses off. I always thought this was an interesting little gesture, because Will didn’t wear his glasses for the entirety of the episode. It’s only when he goes to see Hannibal that he wears them, that little symbolic front, and as soon as Will lays eyes on him again, whether he consciously realizes it or not, that barrier comes crumbling down.