but what if Will, instead of reacting in that very visceral way we usually associate with him, when having sex with Hannibal, specifically in being penetrated, would actually just…relax into it? That that was actually what he needed, to be completely taken and asserted by, and that by absorbing Hannibal, his “hysterical”/heated behavior would actually cool down.
my kind of talk.
I always imagined he would relax into it. That his fiery and unstable energy would actually find a proper container in Hannibal. Hannibal is very venusian in nature, he craves and stated that (to Bedelia) he wanted to contain Will’s madness, so to me, there is no other thing that would happen upon sex but Will finally relaxing, finding relief.
By taking him, Hannibal would literally allow Will to surrender, and by being taken by Will, he would give him a way to direct that burning fire of his.