my mum's closing thoughts on hannibal: "I knew they'd end up together in some funny way"
The Planets of Hannibal Lecter
As some of you might be aware, I’m very much into astrology. I’m also very much into Hannibal (obviously) as a show, so as you can imagine, it’s one of my favourite things to do to headcanon astrological stuff about these guys. However! In Hannibal’s case, a headcanon may not be necessary. Since his canon birthday is available, let’s look to see what (logically) his placements are. I actually possess an astrological book with a guide to planetary placements throughout the years, so I’ll be referencing that (the book is Joanna Martine Woolfolk’s The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need, for those who are interested). The birthday is listed here:
As we can see, his birthday is August 7th, 1966 (I believe that’s 1966, anyway). Ironically, I was just headcanoning Will’s age and birthday and I remember the common theory/fact? that went around some time ago that showed that Will and Hannibal were 6 years apart both in showcanon and bookcanon, and I had decided on Will being born on 1972 and so I already interpreted Hannibal as being a ‘66 kid. Glad to see I was sort of on the money, haha. A lot of this information that I’ve put down for you to understand the placements is a culmination of my own knowledge, with a little help from the same book.
Anyway! So, let’s begin. Warning: this is a long one.
The way Mads Mikkelsen wholly understands and talks about Hannibal is just 🤌🏽 there’s nothing better than when an actor so fully gets the character they’re playing. Hugh Dancy with Will, as well.
Some recent Mads quotes re Hannibal below:
“He’s a fallen angel… he sees love where we see something horrifying, he sees beauty where we see something very, very ugly. Life is most interesting and fantastic when it’s on the threshold of death.”
“He’s way too intelligent for anyone, he’s a lifted character.”
“We didn’t want him to be a classical psychopath. We wanted him to be a man with emotions and empathy, but unlike Will Graham, Hannibal is in complete control, when to have it and when to use it.”
Look, Will isn't the one to usually initiate physical touch but when he does, he really means it
mom said it’s my turn to be ached for, to have someone feel a stab of hunger for me, to feel nourishment at the sight of me. give it now
what if all hannibal was the same but he carries a purse everywhere he goes
getting hannibal has done emotional damage on me because the relationship between hannibal & will is something beautiful and so fuckin … words can’t describe the feeling i have
are we me, or are we you?
1.+10. She Is Beauty We Are World Class, Louis Tomlinson / 2. x by @nicholaschmidt / 3. Married Love, Kuan Tao-Sheng / 4. Two Figures on a Bed, Pepijn Simon / 5.+9. Hannibal 3x06, Dolce / 6. Letters to Milena, Franz Kafka / 7. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë / 8. Never let go, Evan M. Cohen / 11. We Are All Flesh, Berlinde De Bruyckere
