Problematic because: "He is a cannibalistic serial killer who has somehow convinced half of Baltimore heās just a very cultured psychiatrist with excellent dinner hosting skills. He kills people as the Chesapeake Ripper, turns their bodies into artful murder displays, and serves human meat to guests, colleagues, and FBI-adjacent acquaintances who absolutely did not RSVP for that. Heās also helping the FBI investigate serial killers while being one, which is already insane levels of workplace misconduct. He withholds/helps hide Willās encephalitis diagnosis, lets him deteriorate, gaslights him through seizures, hallucinations, fugue states, and memory gaps, then frames him for multiple murders Hannibal committed. Will ends up institutionalised and doubting his own mind because his therapist was actively making him worse for curiosity, control, and emotional obsession reasons. Hannibal helps Abigail cover up Nicholas Boyleās death, turns himself into this creepy replacement father figure, fakes her death as part of framing Will, keeps her hidden, and then kills her in front of Will during the Mizumono fallout because his feelings got hurt and everyone had to suffer about it. He also kills Beverly Katz when she gets too close, manipulates Margot/Masonās family nightmare for his own interest, mutilates/maims people through other people as much as by his own hands, and generally treats everyone around him like ingredients in whatever emotional dinner party heās hosting that week."
Propaganda: 1. "The man is a murderer, a cannibal, a manipulative psychiatrist, a terrible friend, an even worse therapist, and somehow still one of the most magnetic characters on television. Heās horrible because he understands people so well and then uses that understanding in the most invasive way possible. On top of killing people, he studies them, pushes them, rearranges their lives, and then acts wounded when they object to becoming part of his little design. I like him because heās elegant and monstrous without either side cancelling the other out. The food, the suits, the music, the art, the therapy room, the way he talks like every murder is a philosophical exercise - it all makes him fascinating, and it also makes him worse. He has taste, intelligence, patience, affection, curiosity, humour, and almost no respect for anyoneās right to remain intact. Truly terrible man."
2. "hannibal is genuinely so funny because everyone is like āwow dr lecter your insight is incredibleā and meanwhile he is the reason they need insights in the first place. like yes king, solve the murder you did. make dinner with evidence. give will graham the worldās worst therapy experience. stand there looking sad because the man you psychologically tormented has trust issues now. he is elegant, petty, terrifying, dramatic, and somehow gets offended when people donāt appreciate being lovingly manipulated into a murder family. awful psychiatrist. amazing character."
3. "The thing with him is that heās so composed that people forget how ridiculous his behaviour is. Heāll be sitting there in a gorgeous suit, speaking softly about transformation and appetite and loneliness, and then you remember he has been feeding people their colleagues. He frames Will, hides Abigail, kills Beverly, lies to Jackās face, plays Alana, toys with Bedelia, and still manages to act like HEāS the one suffering because Will didnāt run away to Europe with him fast enough. He is romance-coded. He is horror-coded. He is dinner-party-coded in the worst possible way."
4. "He has really interesting views on self actualisation, which come out through his therapy, is very charismatic, and a great chef. Also is played my Mads Mikkelsen."
5. "What a weird guy. It's great. A sophisticated man who somehow has the best schedule system in the world. A creative individual. He's completely obsessed with Will Graham. Enjoys irony and puns. It's just fascinating the lengths his obsession takes him to."
Problematic because: "She kills random homesteaders and farmers, kills her own tribesmen when they cross her, is xenophobic and kind of cold to her only surviving kid (who's a teenager trying to prove himself as a member of the tribe)."
Propaganda: "She's chief of a Tusken Raider tribe, who are indigenous to Tatooine and suffer because the settlers farm moisture which is already scarce. In the end she kidnaps the guy who started one of those conflicts (for his own profit), and makes him work to provide water for the tribe. I also just like her abrasiveness. She's earned it (harsh environment + conflicts with settlers = she's outlived almost all her family by her mid-30s)."
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