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Will is not a 'smooth' guy, he is asocial, awkward, often uninhibited, especially when pushed hard to question his own sanity/reality. I think his comment was totally in character for him, especially with his S1 character. He was also frustrated that some kid had a clearer view of what should happen that him. No matter how wrong the kid is, or how unintentionally insulting and demeaning to Will his comment was. I could almost hear Will's inside voice going "what the flying fuck, now even this kid wants me to off someone". Death in theory is easy for the kid, and easy in practice for Hannibal. Will knows the truth of killing for him is much different. Taken in Will's whole history with death/murder/killing, I understand his annoyance with the kid fully.

I dont think Will's idea of family as a "foreign concept" has really changed that much, which is why he is awkward in all his family interactions that were shown to us. He is using a lot of strength to just let himself be a part of it, but it does not come "naturally" to him - he does not say 'i love you' back to molly, he isnt very physical with either her or Walter: even when he imagines them on the bed together while theyre talking about dog's balls, there's closeness between them, but no real intimacy. The only touching we have seen between them was the neck-cheek brushing at the very start of the GRD arch. Will does feel "natural" with Hannibal, because the "alone together" thing they have going on is something that does not require his active strength to participate, and he is always accepted as he is. The difference being that Hannibal would prefer (or simply would not care if) the rest of the world outside their bubble to burn, while Will (still) wants to actively protect it - both from Hannibal and from himself. Hugh plays this anguish so well - with both Walter and Molly. He always feels responsible, especially when it involves Hannibal's activity towards that outside world. And Hannibal knows this. He didnt care if D killed Molly and Walter, he knows that the intrusion is enough, and that Will's mind and empathy will do the rest, and Will will start severing his ties to his family. Hannibal knows, or can predict with great enough certainty, that Molly can not be as stable and offer a total of an acceptance of WIll as Hannibal is. In the hospital, Will understands that Molly's promise of still being the same when he does come back is impossible. It will never be possible. When Hannibal asks him what did he see in Molly now, Will knows that Hannibal already knows, he sees the world touched by violence, shaken and ruined and changed by violence that Will (feels) brought with him. So, of course, Hannibal quotes Faust to WIll ("Two souls, alas, are dwelling in my breast, / And one is striving to forsake its brother"). Faust is the ultimate symbol of not being able to accept your own limitations, and going metaphorically beyond humanity with trying to find ways to overcome them, to the point of contemplating suicide when all tries had failed. Until a literal "beyond humanity" option is presented to him, in the form of Mephistopheles. Those two souls are the ultimate options for Will, and Dolarhyde too (if anything, we can count on Hannibal to always cover many trains/tracks of thought): Dolarhyde is ascending into the Great Red Dragon, and Will must accept that he cannot protect the world, either from Hannibal, or from himself. Will's quiet stream can never be real, it will always be a fantasy of death. His nightmares, on the other hand, will always be more real that anything else in his life.

Adding my praises too... this was exciting and fun, and, wow, werent those "figurines" absolutely amazing! Those eyes on the Queen, in the context of the mask, were just so revealing, I could see her whole character so clearly. Individually, she was my favorite make up, and I am glad Ve stayed true to her original concept. Neville's was the win for me as well, because of the complementarity of the pieces, they looked like strange, alien chess pieces. They were distinct, but there were design choices tying them together, besides the back story. And since they were also black and white (the only pair out of three that kept that chess "rule"), I could imagine them in opposite colors quite easily. I could also totally imagine many other chess pieces done in the same manner, and someone playing a game using them. Glenn's were also cool, but if I didnt know they were chess pieces, I would have thought they belonged to a fantasy movie or similar. Ve's pieces I liked individually, but they did not have too much visual coherence. Such a great show.

This was the first time that I actually thought "aah, I get it now" when I saw Sandhya's dress - I thought it was quirky, and whimsical and amusing. I could see how it was not high fashion, but nevertheless it was unique on that runway. Loved the mustache, mostly because the whole thing reminded me of some trippy take on Monopoly, with all the squares and little old guy mustache. What is going on with the freaking fringe fawning? I do not get it. Amanda's dress seemed so tacky to me, and so did her winning look from the "green collection". Probably just not my taste, because for me its such a silly embellishment. Also, I think so far everything Amanda did had fringe on it? How come Tim or the judges are not calling her out on it? Also, was Alexander's look made fully out of the suit, ie. was the skirt made from pants? If yes, very good job, if not, I think he should have gone home just for not using enough of the suit (requirement was 'prominent use"). 99.9% of the time I do not care about the name calling, but Hernan's "beeetch" during the runway was just so vicious and rancorous - and what was the worst from my PoV was that he tried disguising in "aw i dont really mean it like that, j/k LOL". Pathetic. Glad he is out. [e] - missed a word