blurb: I hope the layers of you come apart with each pinch and flick of pages while you read, Clarice…let my words come into you. Just as I come apart, wax-sealing them away and waiting for them to reach you. You believe me a terrible truth of the world, don't you? Oh, you do. And the worst of all: you like it. Yes, you do, Clarice. [~letter excerpt from h.]
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~* summary, warnings, and tags under cut :.
summary: his visiting lectures at the fbi academy are all too dull; his appointment is met without courtesy. he dances with the little scholar starling at galas and fundraisers. and then, she charms him: gut-sick, and wanting. in which hannibal and clarice meet at boring social functions, and their rapport and quick back-and-forths are established while slow-dancing with one another.
warnings and tags: wonky timeline/canon divergence - they know one another before he's imprisoned; age gap (clarice is a trainee at the fbi academy, hannibal is a visiting professor/lecturer); older man/younger woman; sexism; misogyny; gratuitous references to literature; romance; slow burn; hurt/comfort; kissing; eventual smut; piv sex; soulmates; letter writing; strangers-to-lovers; dance partners; jealous!hannibal; possessive!hannibal; book version + jodie foster!clarice; book version + anthony hopkins!hannibal; murderer + cannibal!hannibal; mutual pining; mutual obsession; virgin!clarice (🫣)
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I recently watched Red Dragon, and I’m on a bender for more content on my dash. Do you have any blog recommendations I can check out?
Thanks! Have a great day/night!
Hi!
Thank you for asking and for the follow!! Unfortunately I can’t rly recommend any blogs on Red Dragon per se (very starved for that content as well) but I follow a few Hannibal-related blogs that are really good! @bonearenaofmyskull and @rocktheholygrail for example!
Red Dragon is a great movie, and my favorite of Hannibal and The Silence of the Lambs. Edward Norton is fantastic, and Anthony Hopkins — well, I’ve always loved him.
Funny — I’ve actually got Hannibal season 1 on right now to refresh my memory. It’s been so long since I’ve seen it, and I apparently never finished season 3.
hannibal folks, do you have any recs? @marias-wonderland @lotus-ignis @hannibalxhopskins @louisfriend-ironsulfide @lupinedreaming @entropicquilibriumofchaos 💌🤍
It's so devastating - to not have friends to talk to about your passion.😭
Recently, I discovered “Hannibal” universe for myself, and since then I have been crazy about it. I wake up everyday and think about it. My mind is literally filled with theories and thoughts about it, about my beloved Clarice and Hannibal, details about their relationship and personalities. And I want to talk about it so bad, I think it’s so interesting, so much food for thought, like symbolism…
The beautiful side of it is that it’s the first time in a while when I feel so enthusiastic:)
I am really interested in the fandom, but I don’t know, if it’s still alive? I mean, it’s been 32 years…
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis / Hannibal, s2ep13 / Judas’ Gift by Adam Phillips / The Kiss of Judas Iscariot by Ignazio Jacometti / Hannibal, s3ep0
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