Honestly I don’t think we talk enough about the fact that it seems this bro came into this encounter already knowing a fair deal about Hannibal’s DARK GREY morals? Because he is markedly unsurprised at Hanners’ unscrupulous suggestion here, and also bouncily declared him Super Sane in the previous scene like it was an inside joke. Idk, with his little knowing smiles and whatever else, in retrospect he’s almost starting to feel like Medical Dimmond to me, which begs the question: did they bang in med school or what. - @wellntruly, Buffet Froid recap
I, for one, am v. surprised by how much I am here for this. MEDICAL DIMMOND!
ive seen theories that sutcliffe was the affair at johns hopkins that precluded an affair with alana and i believe it 100% 👍
I saw them for 2 seconds and tweeted “old affair”. mucho history there. And hells yes he was the “already having an affair”
Hannibal was probably having a great many affairs ;)
“You were already having an affair” indeed
I am SO HERE for this! I never made the parallel to Dimmond, but yes to Sutcliffe being the affair Hannibal was already having that Alana mentions.
Donald definitely knows Hannibal is shady. Not the extent of shady, but he has at least had peek under the human suit. AND he seems jealous of Will. He seems way too happy to help Hannibal, even if it means letting Will suffer. He gets a little pissy when talking about him at the dinner they have together. I forget the exact words but he says something like Hannibal always has his little projects.
Ages ago I half-wrote this as a fic, but I never finished it. (At the time I thought I was one of a small handful of people who cared about Sutcliffe’s backstory) My headcanon is in med school they live together and did a bunch of drugs together, mostly Hannibal using Donald as a human guinea pig. That’s how he knows so much about the mushroom tea and whatever magic dust he had Mason snort.
Considering how fucked-up Mason got on the magic dust, my respect for Donald just went up.
Seriously, Sutcliffe seems to have escaped the Hannibal Life Ruining Vortex relatively intact up until now. What is his magic secret?
Well, if you have the incredibly specific asset of ‘corrupt neurologist’ in your back pocket, I figure you’ll hold onto that card until you REALLY have a great use for it.
Do we think there are other similarly useful Dimmonds out there, just like there were apparently Murder Interns all over?
Like, is there Sketchy Car Procurement Dimmond? Dry Cleaner Who Pretends To Believe Those Stains Are Marinara Sauce Dimmond? Concrete Pourer Dimmond?
I think there might be a Greenhouse Dimmond. Every exotic fruit and vegetable under the sun any day of the year, and also transplant-ready cherry trees for all your city councilor grafting needs!
Headcanon accepted. Now I’m a little sad about all the florists, tailors, rare ingredient procurers, etc. who lost their best customer when Hannibal went to the BSHCI. Dimmonds everywhere experiencing a tiny localized economic depression.
Even Baltimore butchers took a hit when much of the upper class went vegetarian for a while.
Well this has BLOSSOMED into such a BEAUTIFUL THING. “Dimmonds everywhere experiencing a tiny localized economic depression” is suddenly everything I love in life?? What a tragedy, we didn’t even know.
Pls, someone, if there is ever “Hannibal Flirts His Way Through His Shady Sophisticates Network On A Murder Tableau Night”….. like I would be interested in that.