frelling_tralk

I could see Hannibal somehow having a platonic fascination with Clarice, as show Hannibal does have sort of a Mischa complex, where he's sort of always looking for women to slot into that role, where he's a mentor figure to them in some way. I think of Chiyoh and Abigail in particular, and to a lesser extent Bedelia, before she went to Italy with him. I mean, in SotL, there is no romantic relationship between Hannibal and Clarice. You can read into it and expand on it, but in the text, it really is a platonic fascination. If the show did that, I could see that. I just certainly do not want Clarice to end up replacing Will, or (and I don't think this will happen and I have no basis for it, but it is my worst of worst fears) that at the end of S4 Will will end up dead somehow and then S5 is SotL. I kind of can't blame Fuller for wanting to SotL, it's kind of the 'epitome' Hannibal Lecter, but I just question how well it meshes with the story he's got going. Not to mention how Hannibal would end up getting caught again, and then what of Will? I've seen a lot of fic where it's 'murder husbands in jail together' but I don't really see that being how canon would go. And not sure I'd want to. But if SotL is done, Hannibal has to be back in jail somehow, so... what about Will? Does he try the whole murder husband thing and then realize it's too much for him and leave Hannibal? IDK, I kind of just prefer the ending as it is, lol. I'd rather get no S4 than a S4 that I dislike. And everyone in fandom has different ideas about what S4 would be, so you know it can't please everyone. I don't think it would be full out psychotic murder husbands, because I don't think Will would to that dark that quickly. But if we didn't see a considerable amount of darkness from Will, I'd also be disappointed. I want to see what he looks like when he embraces what's inside him, but I wouldn't expect him to just be a Hannibal clone.