mirrorcrush

Everyone has a thought they'd rather not have. Mine has a face, a name, and the kind of patience that turns a room into a cathedral and a conversation into a dissection. We don't argue anymore. We've reached an understanding..

[mirrorcrush]

hi, i’m mirrorcrush!

I’m a total nerd for the complex dialogue in Hannibal and my other fav shows and no, I don’t wear glasses, but I’ve got the “obsessive over thinker” part down to a science. I don’t just watch my favorite shows; I live in them.

why i love hannibal (the love story): I’m obsessed with those weird, poetic, and layered dialogues because that’s where the real connection happens. It’s messy, it’s complicated, and it’s perfect. That’s where the magic is.

My love for Junjou romantica - for the simple philosophy - CUZ I WANT TO - Wanting to is more than enough of a reason.

let’s get feral together!

My brain needs to be challenged. I am always, always up for a conversation that makes me think deeply. I don’t really do "casual"- I do obsessed!

I’m so happy you’re here. Let’s talk about the things that make us feel something!

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Toast to the queers who came before, who built cathedrals out of rubble and families out of rejection.

Toast to the ones still fighting just to exist in places where your name is a death sentence.

Toast to yourself - scarred, sacred, spectacular.

You were never broken.

You were only waiting for the right light to see your own shape.

Happy Pride, darlin. Let them wonder what you're capable of.

🖤🏳️‍🌈 Bon appétit.

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Hannibal fell for a little bitch who called him boring after bringing him food.

Mr. "eat the rude" really said "you know what? i'll let THIS one disrespect me actually. and i'll fall in love with it. and i'll make him food again tomorrow"

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Call it a conspiracy theory if you want -

I call it knowing that 'Dr. Lecter' is Will's safeword and also his foreplay and also his eulogy for his own sanity.

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Madness can be a medicine for the modern world. You take it in moderation, it’s beneficial. It can be a boost to our psychological immune systems to help fight the existential crisis of normal life - Hannibal

We live safe and predictable lives filled with the routines, social courtesies and suppressed desires. It is boring and a quiet despair.

We should embrace those little dark , taboo or raw primal urges but in small controlled doses. It reconnects us with deeper truths about desire, power, mortality, and beauty. Its almost like a vaccine.

Hannibal isn't saying to have total breakdown for everyone. Overdose leads to destruction.

He is basically saying enjoy the chaos. A taste of it, savored properly, makes life richer and helps you survive the mundane life.

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pinterest tried to show me a random photo,

Me instantly - this IS Will !!

Again!

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It's impressive how far Will and Hannibal are willing to drive to see each other.

after a bad kissing experience with Alana, Will hops in his car despite the snow and drives roughly an hour and a half just to talk to Hannibal in person.

He also made that same drive just to drop off wine at Hannibal's party.

And Hannibal, drove far out of his way to check on Will's dogs as a favor.

They're nothing if not dedicated.

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Let's be real - the only reason Freddie is still alive is cuz Hannibal loves to read Tattlecrime!!

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The most romantic gesture was the fact that Hannibal rejected the perfection that Anthony was.

Anthony was everything Hannibal wanted. He was the version of Will without empathy. And Hannibal not only killed him but made a HEART of him !!! For Will !!!

ok crazy cannibal go off on your irrevocable love. 

Ig what fascinates Hannibal is that Will is still empathetic and still has the desire to kill. Anthony didn't have that at all. Anthony was too similar to Hannibal in that way.

I find it so adorable and also so true that despite who is the most similar to us, it is not always our other half.

and Hannibal chose the guy with the different view. The one who completed his, instead of just matching it.

Similarity isn't completion, and Hannibal understood that.

now if you'll excuse me I'm going to think about the heart made of the rejected perfect man for the rest of the week !!

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why Hannibal lied to Will about his encephalitis?

Hannibal knew Will was experiencing hallucinations, time loss and high fevers. Telling Will, “You have encephalitis; let me take you to a hospital,” would have solved the problem cleanly.

Instead, Hannibal said nothing and even actively misled him by implying it was stress or early mental illness.This forced Will to interpret his own deterioration as a loss of self-control, a merging with killers, and a potential innate darkness.

If Will knew he was biologically ill, he could later say, “none of that was me,it was the swelling in my brain. Hannibal didn’t want him to have that alibi from himself. He wanted Will to sit with the horror of not knowing whether the violent thoughts were his own. That uncertainty is the forge of the Becoming.

Hannibal’s own Becoming was catastrophic and uncontrollable. Ig he is trying to engineer a more elegant, deliberate version for Will. By lying about the encephalitis, hannibal introduces a neurological breakdown but frames it as a psychological test.

He is both the cause of the suffering and the only one who offers cryptic guidance -a dynamic that deepens Will’s dependency and transformation.

He tells Will that he is not a killer cuz he is sick. He is sick cuz he is becoming a killer.

He wants Will to accept that his capacity for violence is innate, not some sort of illness.

In season2 , hannibal clears Will's name  after the attempted assassination. He only stops lying when Will has acted on his darkness. At that moment, Hannibal sees the becoming as underway.

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How's the Wife?

If you pay attention you'll notice that Hannibal tends to refer Molly as "the" wife, whereas Will calls her "my" (his) wife.

Hannibal is either actively jealous or loves to play with Will by not calling her HIS wife, just THE wife.

it’s very subtle but that’s deep jealousy.

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25 posts!

Strong and still going.

Thankyou all for being a part of this.

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Love and death are the great hinges on which all human sympathies turn - Hannibal

Love and death are the two fundamental forces that drive human emotions, connections, and empathy.

They are the greatest pivots on which all our feelings and relationships swing. everything else in life (ambition, art, daily routines) ultimately revolves around these two.

Hannibal is laying bare the entire machinery of human emotion. Everything we feel -grief, longing, obsession, loyalty, betrayal, they all swings on these two axes. Love binds us while death unravels us. And the space between them is where all the beautiful, terrible things happen.

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if u felt a bite that was me telepathically

I felt it, do I need a rabies shot or are you harmless?

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Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself - Hannibal

We didn't invent emotion, we inherited it from earlier species.This makes emotions primitive, instinctive, and ultimately mundane - not something special or noble.

Unlike basic emotions, cruelty isn't necessary for survival in the wild. Animals kill for food or defense - they don't typically inflict suffering for pleasure, revenge, or entertainment.

Its not actually the emotions, but a special one - CRUELTY that separates humans from animals. Cruelty requires intelligence, choice, and culture

What makes us human isn't love or empathy, it's our ability to deliberately harm for reasons beyond survival.

 It’s uncomfortable because it means cruelty isn’t just “animal instinct” we can blame on evolution. it’s a distinctly human failure.

And people ask me why I can't leave Hannibal, for fuck's sake? Someone tell them -he's there to feed me opinions like this.

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making me chase u like this u better spoil me rotten

Cute how long it took you to fold though.

Why are you so persistent about this?

Seriously, you could get far better somewhere else. Omegle alternatives, apps, literally anywhere with less effort.

Just so you know -this is coming from someone who's been enjoying talking to you. this is an anonymous ask, and my fannibals are going to see it.

So maybe… consider making an account? Nothing fancy. Just something so we can talk properly without an audience.

I'm not trying to push you. I like the way we talk. I just think it'd be nicer if it was just us.

No pressure. Just something to think about.

And yeah… how EXACTLY you want to be ruined? Trying to get off with a chat? Never thought I'd be doing this outside Omegle.

Also my sweet image is already ruined. Why are my readers so horny??

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Nothing happened to me. I happened.

I feel that Hannibal is deeply shaped by Mischa’s death. He just won’t admit it.

Its his tragedy ( yes he can have one) that he can't afford to see himself as a victim. Cuz if he did, he would have to feel that starving boy’s terror and grief. 

He has chosen to respond not by healing, nor by becoming a tragic villain who blames his past, but by becoming a monster who claims his past never touched him.

He doesn't wants us to remember what happened to him. That is not “nothing.” that is literally one of the most catastrophic things that can happen to a child.

he spend his whole life proving he’s not a victim by becoming something far worse.

and the scariest part?? He almost convinces you !!