FREE-FOR-ALL META COMMENT-A-THON
Old news: lj is dead. Everyone is crazy busy, or they have other reasons not to be here. No one has time to read those huge meta posts we used to write once upon a time. But maybe we can all find ten minutes to do this:
FREE-FOR-ALL META COMMENT-A-THON!
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FREE-FOR-ALL META COMMENT-A-THON!
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YES YES IT DOES. You perfectly spelled out all my Abigail+Hannibal thoughts in a way that I couldn't! LOL (I fail at meta-ing so hard it's sad)
But yes, this is where giving up control is a way to actually gain control and this is something that I think is hard to balance? Especially since I do agree that she's attached and that he's her sort of safe haven and the guy who also protects her (even unconsciously - see Alana who says Hannibal is beyond reproach and therefore she doesn't doubt Abigail).
I think even though Hannibal, within the narrative has more power (there is a lot of comparison to Lucifer) and more experience, their relationship has strong elements of quid pro quo as well. In 1x3 they promise each other to keep each other's secrets. In 1x9 she tastes the meat and confesses to him afterwards. (He obviously manipulates her into trusting him in 1x3 by convincing her nobody will believe her it was self-defence, but I think her going against him and digging up Boyle counters that beautifully as well)
Honestly, sometimes I am surprised by how little she is actually presented as a mere tool for Hannibal, or even a manifestation for his feelings for his sister, considering she is a side-character.
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Yes yes! (I mean his sister hasn't even been mentioned yet.) She climbs over not only the walls of the psychiatric facility, but of the narrative.
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