The Ritual | ☆☆☆1/2

If I ever end up smoking cigarettes, just know that it wasn't me giving into peer pressure, I made that decision all by myself

Sonic 3 | ☆☆☆☆☆

I'VE COME TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, I love this movie. I don't care if it was stupid at some points, it was perfect. I don't know if they were really references to the Fandubs, but every reference had me screaming. This was the most fun I've had watching a movie in a while and the AKIRA SLIDE! This movie was ridiculous and the animation was insane. It was perfectly comical and I loved it. I just love Sonic so much. And Knuckles and Tails. I love Tails. MARIAAAA!

give me that senior citizen

Mads by Philippe Garcia for Madame LeFigaro, 2009

I think my psychiatrist is evil, Snoopy...

Desperately needing a Hannibal season 4 or a post-fall movie, but not wanting the perfection that is the tv-show to be tainted IM CLAWING AT THE WALLS

Why do you think Will and Hannibal both went through scarcity but relate so differently to money? (love your blog)

Will grew up poor, but there is no indication that he suffered from literal hunger. More likely, he lived in a state of constant limitation, having enough for basic sustenance and shelter but little beyond that. His poverty was not one of extreme deprivation but of restriction, of never being able to afford more than the essentials. Later in life, however, Will gained financial security through his professional roles...his work as an FBI consultant, his teaching position, and even as an author of a book used in official training. By the time we see him in the show, he is far from poor; in fact, he has amassed significant wealth. Yet his attitude toward money is cautious, even frugal. This is a common trait in those who grow up without financial security. Money is not seen as something to be indulged in but as something to be preserved. The fear of losing it lingers, and so he is unlikely to splurge, preferring comfort over excess, stability over extravagance.

Hannibal’s trajectory, by contrast, is one of dramatic extremes. He was born into wealth, lost it in an incredibly brief yet profoundly traumatic period of scarcity, and then regained it, never to lose it again. The nature of his deprivation was far more intense than Will’s, his suffering was not just financial but existential, marked by starvation, war, and the destruction of his entire world. This kind of scarcity often breeds an obsession with indulgence rather than security. Those who experience such extreme deprivation, especially those who later come into great wealth, frequently develop compulsions toward excess, seeking to consume, possess, and experience everything available to them as a way to compensate for past lack. Hannibal, with his tastes, opulent lifestyle, and relentless pursuit of pleasure, embodies this tendency. He doesn't just enjoy luxury, he devours it, making an art form out of indulgence itself.

This contrast in their financial psychology also mirrors their deeper fears. Hannibal’s greatest fear is the loss of control, but paradoxically, he has a repressed desire to relinquish it. His indulgences, his love of fine dining, extravagant possessions, and excessive refinement, serve as an outlet for this tension, a "safe" way for him to surrender control without ever truly doing so. He allows himself to indulge because he remains the master of his own excess.

Will, on the other hand, fears losing his mind. His life is not built around control in the same way Hannibal’s is, but rather around creating an environment that minimizes risk. He does not need extravagance, he needs stability, predictability, a life free from unnecessary variables. His frugality is not just financial but existential; he seeks security, not pleasure, and constructs his world accordingly. His job then is his way of indulging in risk.

In the end, their differing relationships with wealth reflect the deeper structures of their personalities. Hannibal, ever-consuming, transforming indulgence into control, and Will, always conserving, ensuring he never steps too far into uncertainty.

thinking about stobotnik

Everything I read by @cervviidae is so heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time, I cannot BELIEVE I never found them before this year.

Their fic èclair is so tender, and I've got more of them lined up to write full reviews on, but this one is so heartachingly sweet; it's a testament to Hannibal's love for Will and his fear of rejection, and of Will's love for Hannibal despite him being a fool.

how wanting to talk to moots but having crippling anxiety feels