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“Cannibalism is not really about the killing; it’s about the devouring. Justine’s, Hannibal’s and Maren’s love is violent. The act of loving someone can feel that way, too. All consuming. Unconstrained.”

“Likewise, the entire ‘Hannibal’ show, really, is extended foreplay between Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter. It takes them almost two seasons to learn of, but not fully admit, their desire for one another. They circle hungrily, their fantasies about each other wrapped in violence.”

OH I’M SAT.