We thought Hannibal was being bitter and jealous of Will family but then here we have Will Graham himself still nursing a grudge against Bedelia for being the one to run away with Hannibal and get away with it even though it's been 3 years
It’s not just that (or, not only that). I think Will has always found the kind of grand-standing around murder distasteful that Bedelia is now doing. Her shameless performance of the-injured-party, (when she literally does not have a single fucking scar!) and her brazen refusal to admit she’s lying, I bet to him that smacks of Freddie Lounds. There’s a definite overlap in the way he acts around Bedelia, now, and the way he acts around Freddie, especially in season 1!
Part of him is still (somehow?) so straight-forwardly moral, he’s still got that crazy idea that Lying Is Wrong (like Alana; despite all the lying she’s done, she’s not happy lying about Hannibal, either).
Also, it’s got to bloody smart that Bedelia is using the ‘he brainwashed me’ defence when Will has actually been on the receiving end of Hannibal’s efforts in that regard and knows how painful it actually is to doubt your own identity. And he’s connected with fellow-Hannibal-victims before (poor Miriam Lass). Bedelia is getting all the sympathy that other people deserve.
Add all this to his envy and jealousy, and I bet he’s got himself convinced that Bedelia’s lectures somehow dishonour the real victims and mock the pain of those who actually have suffered at Hannibal’s hands.
*which is complete bollocks, of course, suffering is not a competition*
Also, I bet it’s been some consolation to him to think that, if he’s suffered, well at least it was unavoidable, couldn’t have gone any other way in this world – but Bedelia’s lack of physical and emotional suffering must have him doubting that. Thinking, ‘was there a way I could’ve gone through all this without suffering so much? Shit…’
As for Hannibal himself. I think he might be annoyed with Bedelia if she hadn’t cleared this version of the truth with him, first. But telling a grand stonker of a lie that Hannibal himself is in on, that’s okay in his book. It’s the pencil-licking Chiltons of this world who dare to think they can understand him, who write books about him to make money off his infamy, without even having been behind the veil, those are the ones he can’t stand.
At first I was surprised by Bedelia’s relish of her own victimhood, but on second thoughts… it’s the ultimate revenge, isn’t it?
Moving on isn’t just a distraction, it’s a rebuke.
Well, if she ever wanted to revenge herself on Hannibal for making her a victim-murderer, this is the way to fucking go!
Uses her own victimhood to further damn Hannibal in the eyes of the public (which he’d love), and heap critical acclaim on herself, and cement her own alibi by embedding it in the public consciousness, and make a buck or two in the process I don’t doubt.
You’ve got to admit, the woman’s got style…
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