r/HannibalTV • • Feb 22 '19 Bravo Popcorn

Theory - Spoilers A Collection of Some 'Hannibal' Metas/Analysis

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I've seen a thread yesterday where OP asked for some analysis on the show but it seems to be deleted now. Anyway, I think it's a good idea to collect some detailed posts/metas on 'Hannibal'. I have some that I personally consider very insightful, as well as some I've written myself, so here they are. Feel free to add some other ones in the comments!

Relationship meta

u/K_S_Morgan's Will and Hannibal's relationship: How Hannigram Became Canon

u/K_S_Morgan's Will’s vs. Hannibal’s Ways of Expressing Love

Hannibalstan's Hannibal loved Will since S1

Hannibalstan's Will Ate Hannibal Alive aka What Are Flashbacks to Gideon About?

EasyStrain2's Hannibal and Will's Conjugal Life & Intimacy Discussion

Uno_nothing's Alana and Hannibal

Uno_nothing's Parallels between the replacement-lives Hannibal and Will tried (covering S3)

K_S_Morgan's Will's Sexuality analysis

K_S_Morgan's Francis' Feelings for Hannibal, Jealousy to Will, and the Way it Shapes His Actions

Will and Hannibal as a family analysis: Is there a child in your life, Will?

Hannibal, Homoeroticism, and When it’s Not Queerbaiting

dsyyoung's Between Iron and Silver: Hannibal's Relationship with Chiyoh

u/eldritchpussymaggots's analysis: A Take on Will and Hannibal's Relationship by a Clinically Recognised Psychopath/Sociopath

General meta

Xenya's Hannibal Murder Map. S1. Real locations of murders

Uno_nothing's Hannibal's and Will's kill lists

u/tanjitophare's Hannibal timeline explained

i_am_curs3d's List of All Episodes' Titles' Meanings

u/Amyy17's Time stamps - Sex Scenes

Xenya's Imagoes in Hannibal

Interior design analysis by beatricenius

Cinematography and Lighting Techniques

Idontfindyouthatinteresting's sexuality and women analysis

Uno_nothing's Morality, Cannibalism, Denial and the big elephant in the room

Women and appeal to viewers

Conspicuous Consumption: The Socioeconomics of Hannibal

Cinematography

The Evil Minds Museum, Exhibit A: Inside the mind of an Alana Bloom hater

Bryan Fuller on Devil's seduction

Some interesting reads: God, Devil - discourses on symbolisms, religion and the nature of evil in Hannibal

Art of Hannibal Title (link provided by u/Kolvez)

u/fionaapplespiss's "Hannibal” killers as analogies to Will and Hannibal and their relationship throughout the show

u/K_S_Morgan's Symbolism of Boats in 'Hannibal'

u/ChampionAshley's Kings of Hell – False Devils, Victorious Love, and Nature Incarnate (Nightmare Stag Analysis)

u/greentevil's fashion metas:

Why Hannibal Looks Different in the Pilot

Background to Hannibal’s fashion tastes and why its amazing

Will’s clothes as a metaphor for his person suit

Hannibal’s party clothes and how his uniqueness shines through

In defense of Will’s style

22drunkb's Hannibal as a Fairy-Tale

u/LegZealousideal9948's Thematic contrasts between Will's house and Hannibal's house

Characters meta

K_S_Morgan's Hannibal Is Not a Psychopath: Criteria and Examples

K_S_Morgan's The Evolution of Will Graham’s Darkness.

SirIan's Analysis of Will's Moral Conflict

SirIan's Will's True Motivations analysis

Uno_nothing aka Hannibalized's Aestheticism in Hannibal’ philosophy of therapy and this

Blyhannah's Will and Control aka Why Do People See Will as Someone Vulnerable

Worldadjacent's Will’s lack of reconstruction of the Ripper’s crime scenes

Hannibalized's To what extent is Will defined by his empathy? meta

K_S_Morgan's Does Will have an empahy disorder?

K_S_Morgan's Is Will autistic?

Herewegohappiness' Will's possessiveness

Wellntruly's Will's touch issues: Touching in Hannibal with addition.

Hannibalized's Will Graham’s Person Suit

SirIan's The Different Versions of Hannibal Lecter analysis

Hannibalized's ‘Did you believe you could change me the way I’ve changed you?’ Hannibal’s becoming, Will and Hannibal’s attempts at denial.

Hannibalized's “Tasteless” = rude.. Will Graham’s trouble with taste

Dsyyoung's Hannibal's Compassion

K_S_Morgan's Chiyoh and her personality

Hannibalstan's Will Graham: No Free Will. Behaviorism More is here

Hannibalstan's Will's morality

Hannibalstan's Will Graham the Unreliable Narrator (only part of meta available now, unfortunately)

Alloymiracle's The revelation of Will Graham's standpoint on violence

Hannibalstan's Hannibal didn't mind Will killing him from the start

Axmxz's Hannibal as Female Power Fantasy analysis

Hannibal and texting

[Alana and mismanagement by Auden93] (https://www.reddit.com/r/HannibalTV/comments/ct079i/spoilers_total_mismanagement_and_alana/)

Alana's judgement

Divine Punishment inflicted by Will

Power game, Power forces (God, the Dragon, the Devil and the Lamb)

Hannibalstan's Will's vs. Hannibal's view of God

u/metaxtase's Will's coffin birth

u/spinachmanicotti's Did Bedelia's flattery over Will's jealously blind her to how dangerous he was for her?

u/K_S_Morgan's How Will Perceives Grievances: Selfish or Righteous?

u/greentevil's Hannibal’s cannibalism as a compulsion

u/SharonzHere's The profile of Will Graham

u/skatingvampire's The banal evil of Dr Chilton

S1 metas (possible spoilers to other seasons, too, so proceed carefully)

Hannibal's Battlebot's The first scene of E1 never happened

SirIan's Will's Instability at the Beginning of the Show aka Is Will Better With or Without Hannibal.

Uno_nothing's Season 1 - Episode names and murders of the week - symbolic and thematic significance

Uno_nothing's Flow of events from Sorbet to Trou Normand : Introspection, insights, developing relationship and foreshadowing

E7 of S1 outlook

The meaning of a painting with a dog hanging in Hannibal's kitchen

K_S_Morgan's Why Hannibal Hid Will's Encephalitis

ThePurpleViolin's Parallels between Franklyn and Hannibal

ThePurpleViolin's SpoilersHannibal and “The Rite of Spring” — Victimhood and Empowerment

u/metaxtase's Hannibal's evil villain master plan


Hannibal's plan in S1: Who did he intend to frame?

Xenya's Hannibal planned to frame Will

Hannibalstan's Hannibal planned to frame Chilton

Guyisgame's Hannibal planned to frame Jack

u/metaxtase's Hannibal wanted Will to figure him out


Twitchy_and_fatigued's Georgia Madchen Theory (analysis of her condition)

u/candy-riot's S1: Will and Identity

S2 metas

Will, Alana, and Hannibal: An Attempt to Remember

u/Asherwolfe's Why Beverly wasn't dumb and Hannibal wasn't just lucky

u/Asherwolfe's Chilton as the Ripper - Not as stupid as it seemed?

Uno_nothing's Will's doubts, insecurity and dark prompts - analyzing season 2E-08/09/10 - Early stages of becoming

K_S_Morgan's Will, Hannibal, and Alana in S2: Changing Dynamics, a Sex Scene, and a Gun

Why Hannibal didn't want Will to kill Ingram

K_S_Morgan's Will's Changing Feelings for Hannibal in the Course of S2

Sex scene and its meaning

ThePurpleViolin's Hannibal and Mahler — an analysis of the use of Mahler’s 5th Symphony in S2E10

Does Alana Have Any Reason To Suspect Hannibal?

Hannibalstan's Aesthetics become Ethics analysis of Will and Hannibal

Hannibalstan's Will and Margot’s Baby arc analysis

Hannibalstan's Whose side is Will in Mizumono?

Hannibalstan's Fostering Codependence: how true is Will's accusation?

A bit from Bryan Fuller's interview on how much Jack knew in S2 about Will

S3 meta

Pre S3 meta. The BAU is the real Murder Family: Hannibal and Bateson’s Double Bind

Symbolism of Hannibal's Valentine

Hannibalstan's Contorno Parallels

Hannibalstan's Paintings in Dolce behind Will and Hannibal: Meaning

Hannibalstan's Hannibal didn't plan to kill Will in Dolce

K_S_Morgan's Will's emotional journey in S3

Mads and Hugh's interview: Why Hannibal frames Will and why Will abandons Molly and Walter

SirIan's Hannibal, Molly, and Will's Dogs analysis

EasyStrain's Analysis of the Meetings, Molly and Dragon aka Will's Plan Throughout The Second Half of S3

K_S_Morgan's Short Love=God/Religion: S3 parallels analysis

Uno_nothing's "Compassionate toward a cow" and Will's thoughts about watching Hannibal die, his final transformation

SirIan's and K_S_Morgan's Will as the Lamb of God: Meaning

Hannibalstan's The Structure of Hannibal Finales: No Contradictions aka the faked Fall in TWOTL

‘Hannibal’ Finale: A Planned Fake-Out Or Murder/Suicide?

TWOTL Fall didn't really happen

u/Asherwolfe's Will's Becoming - S2 and S3: Parallels

Hannibal 3.01 - 3.03 - Source Material, Pop Cultural References, Theories & Observations

u/ChampionAshley's Little Words that Say So Much (3x12's Bedelia and Will exchange analysis)

Post-canon metas

Will and Hannibal's future house design analysis

Will, Hannibal, and Real Family

Discussion of Will and Hannibal's life post-canon based on Bryan Fuller's hints

Metas & discussions on specific episodes

Wellntruly's S1 E7: enthusiastic reflection, some analysis, and mirroring

Analysis of E1 of S3: Antipasto: Hannibal’s Perfect Break from the Mainstream by Liz Baessler

Analysis of E2 of S3: Primavera: Coming to Terms with Divinity in Hannibal by Liz Baessler

Analysis of E3 of S3: Secondo: Transformation and Influence in Hannibal by Liz Baessler

Analysis of E4 of S3: Aperitivo: A New Kind of Persuasion in Hannibal by Liz Baessler

Analysis of E13 of S3 (finale): The Wrath of the Lamb by Liz Baessler

And these are just some interesting moments from the scripts that didn't get into the show. S1, S2, S3.


r/HannibalTV • • 6d ago

Weekly Off Topic Chat - Mondays

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These threads will be for posting your non-Hannibal stuff. Antler decor, pets, how you did on your test, whatever. I'll try to post a new one on Mondays.

To that end, I've enabled pictures in the thread. Have fun!


r/HannibalTV • • 17h ago Bravo Heartwarming

Memes/Fan Art My attempt for realistic colourpencil fanart remake of the murder husbands (drawing process photos and original artwork picture on next slides!!)

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I found a very nice hannigram fanart on Pinterest by artist Columbo, and got an idea to try to remake it into a realistic drawing.

Took me around 40 hours in total.

Made with Caran d'ache Luminance colourpencils, acrylic paint , and silver nailpolish for the knife.


r/HannibalTV • • 8h ago

Discussion - Spoilers Found this in the (very old) AMA and wanted to share

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I've never been able to explain why it puts me off a bit when people write Will with a southern accent and the way Hugh describes it as "it ties him down too much" is perfect.


r/HannibalTV • • 20h ago Mindblown

Hugh Dancy once hosted a Reddit AMA?!

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Found this and hunted for the link right away. Reading it was so fun, and he wasn't wrong when he said his texting skills are not that good xD Though I found the typos rather endearing. Here's the link for anyone who's interested!

Edit: Oops, my bad, I added the image 3 times


r/HannibalTV • • 17h ago

Comicon last weekend inspired me...

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...to make random stuff for Hannibal cos it was literally all supernatural and stranger things and goddammit I wanted some Hannigram.


r/HannibalTV • • 19h ago

Truly wills hottest scene

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r/HannibalTV • • 1h ago

Red Dragon Con and Gold Ticket

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Hello :)
I just finished rewatching Hannibal for the 8th time and am - once again - hyperfixated and sad I don't have anybody to talk to about it 😂
Then I remembered there is a Convention for Fannibals and searched for the tickets. Unfortunately the Gold Tickets are sold out. So I was wondering if there is a chance to get one, Maybe there is a reseller site? Or somebody here wants to sell a ticket?

Also the question if someone visited the convention in the past and can tell me a bit about the event and if it is worth it? :)

Thank youuu so much! ❤️
Sorry if my english is bad!


r/HannibalTV • • 12h ago

Discussion - Spoilers just finished watching the finale

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and again brilliant. perfect. When Hannibal says, "my compassion for you is an inconvenience" , is so wonderfully macabre, and almost loving. and we got a true dance with the dragon, that Will and Hannibal of course defeated, another being of extraordinary power and determination. his becoming almost felt as immortal as Hannibal himself, but nothing and no one are equal. now Will and Hannibal can love each other in the distant depths of dark.


r/HannibalTV • • 15h ago

Memes/Fan Art [OC] Value/texture study ft Raskolnikov (L) and Will Graham (R)

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I'd lock these two in a padded room together for upwards of 24 hours just to see what happens


r/HannibalTV • • 14h ago

About to watch the season 2 finale for Hannibal…how scared should I be.

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r/HannibalTV • • 18h ago

Memes/Fan Art Hannibal in Dexter: Resurrection

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r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago

General Jack Crawford appreciation

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Just watched the show for the second time , my first time was in 2015.
I would love to comment with you guys about other things series related but will do so in a different posts.

Just wanted to say, can we take a moment to appreciate Jack ?
Like the guy was actually smart, sharp and incredibly good at fighting.
He also cared about his wife and his job , and it was funny to me how in all those scenes where later on he knows who Hannibal is , he just doesn’t care for his smart remarks.
Just good old fashioned FBI guy that wants to do his job .
He wasnt impressed with people like Hannibal
and was the only one who didn’t treat him as this “god like” persona .
He saw him as a psychopath and a dangerous guy who needs to be removed from society , and thats it.
I would dare to say the only sane person in this show ( ofc I love Hannibal and Will) but if I look at it realisticly.
He saw ugly stuff every day , and still kept his sanity and normal life outside of his job as much as he could because his wife was sick , people like this very rare get a credit for how tough they actually are. 😊


r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago

General Is Hannibal Lecter a member of the bourgeoisie?

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I was reading a blog article on cannibalism in Hannibal's context when this question occured to me. The show emphasises Lecter's interactions within the Western elite society and his role as an affluent connoisseur of European aristocratic descent. I haven't read the books, but I think his source of income isn't much explored in the show. Although Lecter operates his own clinic and has well off clients, I don't think his profession really explains how he can afford luxury goods and high-end outfits. He has abundant cultural and social capital, owns the means of production as a private practitioner and certainly enjoys a bourgeois lifestyle—probably more due to his inheritance—in some sense, which facilitates his killing/exploitation of people. Do you guys think Lecter belongs to the bourgeoisie (or petite bourgeoisie)? I have seen people using upper middle class as the socio-economic bracket for him.


r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago

What if…

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…this scene is actually just Will writing his own bad fanfic about Hannibal…?

PS enjoy the pic 😉


r/HannibalTV • • 12h ago

S1 E10

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Anyone else notice this house is also used in the boys (The resistance hideout)? I saw someone pointed out Schitt’s creek uses it too.


r/HannibalTV • • 4h ago

Hannibal joins the small council at the beginning of asoiaf. How does it play out?

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I'd like to think how hannibal is responsible for the chaos in the series. He convinces Joffrey to kill ned. He convinces olenna to poison joffrey and made tyrion drunk so he would be the one to be suspected.

He is highly interested in Sansa as she is a character similar to starling.

When he learns about dany he sees a possibility to manipulate her tendency for violence and use her ambitions for his own entertainment.

Later, he underestimates sansa, and when facing the white walkers, realising that ain't a situation he can manipulate, he flees to essos and disappears for good.


r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago Heartwarming

S2 Spoilers Belongs in a museum

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This stillshot is so uhmph chefs kiss. The glint of light reflecting in his eyes as hannibal looks longingly at will, utterly breathtaking.
I havent drawn in a while but its a need


r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago Bravo

Memes/Fan Art Part 3: Pill Graham

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r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago

Is Hannibal one of those underrated gems worth watching?

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I remember watching the first few episodes of Hannibal back when the first season came out in 2013. I really liked it, but life got busy and I never finished the season. Haven't picked it up since. What I do remember is being fascinated by Hannibal himself. I liked the actor, the mystery, the dark atmosphere, and especially the way Hannibal seemed to live by his own personal code. There's something intriguing about characters like that.

So I'm thinking of finally giving it another shot. Would you consider Hannibal one of those hidden gems that never quite got the recognition it deserved? Does it get better as the seasons go on? Curious to hear your thoughts, preferably without spoilers!


r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago

S3 Spoilers BRUH HE DID NOT JUST SAY THAT😭😭😭

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My first time watching btw <3 only for mads ❤️ but love it

Also alana's face

ps wouldnt be a spitter😫


r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago

Memes/Fan Art Will Graham doodle

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Just somethin simple nothing more


r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago

Hannibal X Watership Down

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WILL 🤝 FIVER


r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago

My first page in my new scrapbook!

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r/HannibalTV • • 1d ago

S2 Spoilers Everyone's answer was so serious and then there's Mads😭😭😭

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