when I was very very into Hannibal, I remember thinking that this desire was so dumb but I just wanted a fic where like….au time…..Hannibal really is just a psych trying his best to help Will. He can’t communicate like a normal person and says a lot of ominous shit, but he’s good at cooking the usual meats and probably oversteps his professional bounds but in like. a helpful friendly normal way. He’s never tasted human flesh and he’s happy to tell you that.
Will: I mean, I believe you, but you must understand that it’s uncomfortable that you keep specifically denying it.
Hannibal, cooking a wholesome meal with actual chicken and, he assured everyone, zero human: my name rhymes with cannibal, Will. I do not judge people for their concerns.
characters who crave affection but at the same time have no idea how to respond to actually receiving it due to the fact theyve rarely ever experienced it are my absolute favourite
Never forget Hannibal’s face when Will says, “Peter, is your social worker in that horse?”. Like, he’s seen and done some serious shit but that’s a new level of fucked up lol
And then when Peter answers with a soft “yes”. Will’s reaction = priceless
I feel like Hannibal would know how to sharpen his own knives, but then again, murder knives are one thing, his fancy kitchen knives are something else altogether.
Either way, if Will could skillfully hone Hannibal’s knives to a razor edge, it would really hone Hannibal’s knife, if you know what I mean, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more…
So, yeah. There would be a very dangerous moment where Hannibal is trying to have sex and Will is trying to put the knives away, and Hannibal is like, “Do I look like a man who can’t handle a shocking amount of kink? Just try not to stab me too much…” and proceeds.
I want to say, for the record, that I tried really hard not to be That Guy™, but it turns out I’m that guy, so I’m going to say that I have no doubt Hannibal knows how to sharpen his own knives (because Hannibal once grafted a human being into a tree and planted it in a parking lot, so clearly he has many skills) and also that there is a difference between sharpening your knives and honing them. Sharpening a knife actually removes material from the blade, creating a new edge; honingpushes the edge back into alignment. Sharpening is something that shouldn’t be done too often because it will, eventually, remove enough blade that it throws the knife off balance.
Most professional knife sharpeners use a grinding stone or an electric sharpener, both of which remove quite a bit of material; the most desirable method is using a waterstone (I’ve seen this advertised as “Japanese hand sharpening").
Will doesn’t strike me as someone who knows how to sharpen his own knives, but that could just be the result of my own experience; the only people I know who actually sharpen at home are hardcore Japanese home cooks. Will is the kind of person who I imagine learned from his dad how to hone his knives on a concrete curb, but not the kind of guy who buys an electric knife sharpener. Hannibal, of course, owns multiple waterstones (one medium grit, one fine grit, etc.) and has some kind of annual ritual where he sharpens all his knives.
What I’m proposing, of course, is a knife-sharpening scene a la Ghost. Did you watch the video above? Wasn’t it sensual? Hannibal standing behind Will, his arms around him, his hands on Will’s, making sure that he’s holding it at a 15 or 20 degree angle, the blade sweeping back and forth. “This is how to bond with a knife,” says Hannibal. “A knife that’s treated well, with respect, will behave well for its owner.”
WRITE IT
Thank you for the sharpen vs hone lesson this is very useful and I always thought that they were synonymous. The more you know!
But also…you should write this.
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But I mean…didn’t I write it just now, like, how is that not enough for you
Petition for Bryan Fuller & Co to include this in Season 4
I’m very quiet around here but I wanted to gauge people’s opinions. Like most fans, I’m super excited about a S4. However, I am wondering what would be people’s major no-nos? Like, something that you would make you prefer NOT to have a S4 at all?
I just realized, after reading Bryan’s latest tweet, that for me it would be Hannibal being polyamorous with Clarice and Will. It’s such a personal no-no that I would be unable to ever watch it. No judgement on real people’s engagement with polyamorous relationships: it’s all good. I am just too attached to Will/Hannibal being a monogamous pairing that a poly narrative would turn me off the show.
I am curious what are other fans’ deal-breakers for S4!
If Will dies I’m pretty well out. I’m very invested in him and I’m not going to settle for mind palace nonsense.
"Technically, you killed him." 