i don’t understand when people talk about “cannibalism as a metaphor for love” in reference to nbc hannibal because like. in the context of the show it’s cannibalism as a metaphor for nom nom nom i so hungry
Then you don’t understand the core of the show. Hannibal himself states that he doesn’t not see what he does as cannibalism, as this requires him and his victims to be equals. It is love when it comes to Mischa, or Will, because he does see them as equals, and consumes them to assimilate them into him.