Meddling In The Affairs Of Dragons

Hannibal’s love is like a wild fire, certainly in its passion, of course, but also in that it devastates and devours all that it catches on. It's something to be survived at best.

And yet here comes this strange man, who sees too much and feels too much, who walked into the heart of the blaze. He wasn't completely unmarred, his hair was singed, and his knuckles were scraped and burned, but that didn't stop him from pouring the gasoline.

^ hugs from ur gf and your friend The Creature

(pen drawings to appease the autism bc im so busy handing in work but also relistening to cr2 (ep72 and 73 and that whole arc) and i want to draw them so bad . explosion sound)

There are a lot of reasons why Hannibal killed Abigail but I think ultimately, he killed her for the same reason her father tried to kill her:

There wasn't a place in the world for her anymore.

We know that GJH wanted to kill and eat her because of how much he loved her, but he didn't want her to die so he killed and ate girls who looked like her. But the thing is when he actually tried to kill her he knew he wouldn't be able to "honor" her afterwards. He was already caught. So why kill her when he couldn't "honor" her the way he wanted to? Well, what life would she have to go back to after it was all over? People would likely find out that she helped him kill those girls, and even if she did it just to survive she would never be able to live it down.

There wasn't a place in the world for her.

Then Hannibal came along and became her surrogate father. He took care of her and faked her death, allowing her to break free from what the public thought of her. He planned to run away with her and Will so they could all be a family somewhere else. But that didn't work out. And what was Hannibal supposed to do then? Drag this traumatized teenager around with him as he evades capture? Without Will? Her new place in this world was supposed to be a peaceful life with Hannibal and Will, but Will rejected it. Abigail would be found at the crime scene, and what would she do then? If she didn't look guilty before she sure as hell would now, as she faked her death and secretly lived with another cannibal.

Her new place in the world was gone

The teacup that shattered had miraculously come back together, only to shatter once more. This time it could not be fixed.

Hannibal (2013-2015)

1x01 || 3x02 || 3x07

#when you literally try to invent time travel to fix your past mistakes and bring your family back together

Very last gif is from the last episode of season TWO, not 3. S2E12 or 13, I forget how many.

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Arlo Black you will always be famous

Zephrah actively postpones ruidusborn births. It is believed that the actual number of ruidusborn in exandrian history is much larger than has been officially recorded because the stigma of it was so intense that people lied about it. Alyxian, one of the few recorded ruidusborn heroes of the calamity who received direct blessings from three different prime deities (our very own Changebringer, the Archheart, and the Moonweaver) , has been all but forgotten (read: likely erased) by history.

The Archive of knowledge that revealed the truth of Predathos and Ruidus was never some forgotten thing—it was intentionally hidden by the elites in Vasselheim. And we have no idea how long they have been operating with that knowledge. We have no idea what they have been doing with that knowledge, what silent wars have been waging for years or decades or centuries. But we saw what they were willing to do, in Hearthdell. We saw the violence and suppression they were willing to commit. We saw the pettiness of the exandrian pantheon in the Dawnfather’s response to Deanna’s: “Are you worth saving?”. In the Changebringer’s manipulative change of course in her pleas to FCG. In the Wildmother’s rejection of Opal. In the knowledge we have that Imogen spent so much of her miserable time in Gelvaan begging the gods to aid her to no avail—just for Kord to reach out only to demand that she not let them down.

Liliana’s point that Vasselheim and the other faithful elite of the world will hunt ruidusborn down to negate even the potential of this happening again isn’t new, it isn’t something this solstice and the machinations surrounding it caused, and it isn’t some unsubstantiated, fearful claim—it has been happening.

The vanguard—and Liliana—are unequivocally wrong in their means. But can you really fault them in their desire? Can you really fault the conclusions they have drawn from the experiences they have lived? If you spend your entire life being rejected by the people and the pantheon of your world for means you could not possibly control, would you not seek out someone and somewhere that would accept you? And if you found it, if some being that has been connected with you your whole life welcomed you home and wrapped you in an embrace that felt like your mother’s and says that it is starving; well, aren’t you, too?

There is likely a holy war brewing. At the end of it all, is it truly the sole fault of the people and not the organizations and society that expelled them?

I think it makes way more sense for sam to roll up with a whole new character (and a more exciting prospect, tbh), but considering the circles he travels in it wouldn’t be a stretch for tary to show up with adventurer checklist: take two that starts with (1) get to the moon

+bonus:

I love that Ludinus fully does not obfuscate the fact that he's pretty chill with the Volstrucker program and kind of does imply the usefulness of the program for him, but he still thinks Trent sucks. He said "I can excuse the systemic torture and brainwashing of children into child soldiers and assassins, but I draw the line at pretending Trent is bearable to be around."

Post-fall Hannigram needs to be Will running up to Hannibal snapping this photo and then sending it to Jack for no reason but to tease him.

Like just every year on the anniversary of their fall he gets a post card:

The year Will sends this Jack retires:

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Always a fun "what if" 💙

Ashton asked Liliana “do you think you'll hear the cries of your daughter when ludinus finally decides its time to murder her?” and Liliana, for the second (2nd!) time, side step that question.

She just started “sanctimoniously performing soliloquies”. Like, ma’am, answer the question. You can’t keep avoiding the question when your daughter is “done running”.

and they were best friends.

Essek crying about Molly not being able to be revived, that's what truly broke me. And then Fjord comforting him by telling him what Caduceus would say:

And the proud look on Cad's face. It was just SO PERFECT. That whole exchange was beautiful and wonderful. That was THE character moment.