That cripplingly devastating moment when @unpredictable-m0ngoose alerts you to the fact that Hannibal is not the only one blinded by love in regards to Will’s faults. Being the highly sensitive empath he is, it’s fair to say Will probably could have connected the dots and pointed a finger at Hannibal back in season one right? Yet he doesn’t immediately. He makes himself vulnerable to Hannibal’s influence, allows himself to be subjected to manipulation yet never questions it. True he suffers with encephalitis towards the end of the season, but even when he has clarity he still fails to see Hannibal for what he is. In short, he ignores the worst in Hannibal in order to continue enjoying the best. An unspoken pact that is clearly mutual. The more I rewatch season one, the more obvious Will’s love for Hannibal becomes. Even if it was unconscious on his part, a lot of the later dialogue that Hannibal and Will use in application to each other regarding their questionable feelings can be attributed to Will in season one. It can be attributed to Will in general but you know what I mean.
In my opinion, Will didn’t see the bad in Hannibal because Hannibal’s world view and emotional capacity don’t have to result in murder and cannibalism. Empathy absorbs feelings, vibes, aura, etc. Plus, Will DID feel the bad. Hannibal was a passive force. He got in Will’s head, partially with drugs. The bad was in the air and Will picked up on it, but there was no reason for him to attribute it to Hannibal, especially when part of him felt safer in that office than anywhere. Not until 1×13, when he finally pinpointed the bad. Maybe season 1 Will was falling in love with the good in Hannibal, and season 2 Will started to fall in love with the bad, or at least understand how both sides could coexist.
“Maybe season 1 Will was falling in love with the good in Hannibal, and season 2 Will started to fall in love with the bad, or at least understand how both sides could coexist.” This.
Not to snap bubble gum and crack wise, but what’s my angle? Is [Dr. Gideon] The Chesapeake Ripper, or do you just want me to tell everybody that he is?
"Technically, you killed him." 