Yeah, but what I don't understand is how Will could "tolerate" Hannibal killing his surrogate daughter, and attempting to kill him, and everyone he knew, but killing Mason and his goons made him realize it was too much? There wasn't a nice balance to the change in Will. It came off very OOC given the progression of this season. Not that the mindset you've established isn't correct, because I've read it like that too, but don't feel it was executed well to feel true and natural to Will.
I have a different read on his progression this season, and maybe if I just focus on the change from Dolce to Digestivo you’ll understand where I’m coming from and why I find it very compelling, consistent, and well executed.Â
In front of la Primavera, Will says he feels he and Hannibal have begun to blur. He feels guilty for every crime Hannibal has committed. Not just Abigail’s murder, but all the murders. He and Hannibal are conjoined. But Will needs to be separate, and why is rooted in that sense of feeling guilty. Hannibal revels in that part of himself. He doesn’t feel guilty. Will does.Â
Will cannot tolerate that feeling even while he understands how Hannibal does.Â
That is why Will tries to kill Hannibal outside the Uffizi Gallery. Because, as Chiyoh said in the train, he thinks that if he doesn’t kill Hannibal, he will become Hannibal, and he cannot tolerate becoming Hannibal. At that moment, this seems his only escape - kill Hannibal or be killed by him. Either way, he’s free.
When Hannibal says, “You delight in wickedness, and then berate yourself for the delight,” he’s harkening all the way back to Tome-wan, to the one brief shining moment they shared the last time they were in Will’s house, watching Mason eat his face. Hannibal could show himself to Will, and Hannibal could tell Will was present in that moment.Â
Will’s response, that he tolerates, ties back to his statement to Alana - the mutually unspoken pact to ignore the worst in order to enjoy the best. He tolerated Hannibal the sadistic serial killing cannibal to enjoy the deep sense of connection, friendship, understanding, and love they have. Will let himself be present in the face-off moment because it was something he could accept in trade for all the good things of their friendship.
But he’s realized he can no longer tolerate. But more importantly, he’s found another route to separateness. He no longer feels that he must actually kill Hannibal. He just needs to not think about Hannibal any more.Â
And in that sense, he’s tolerating as well. He expects Hannibal will run, avoid capture, and be out in the world, reveling in wickedness. And for Will, that’s tolerable in exchange for finding his own personal peace. That is how he is trying to cut out the part of him that will always want to run away with Hannibal.
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