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When do you think Hannibal actually fell in love with Will?

I know there’s a difference between fascination, intellectual attraction, friendship, obsession, and actual romantic love, and Hannibal obviously becomes attached to Will pretty early on. But I’m wondering if there was a specific flashpoint where something shifted for Hannibal and Will stopped being simply “interesting” to him and became the person for him.

Was it when Hannibal first realized that Will could understand him in a way nobody else could?

Was it the moment Will killed Garrett Jacob Hobbs and Hannibal saw that darkness in him?

Was it after Will started suspecting Hannibal and Hannibal realized that even knowing what he was, Will still had this connection to him?

I’m especially curious because Hannibal seems to understand his feelings before he is willing to consciously acknowledge them. So I'm wondering whether there actually is a single turning point, or whether his love develops gradually through all those little moments of being understood, rejected, forgiven, and ultimately unable to let Will go.

Basically when did Hannibal go from “I am fascinated by Will Graham” to “I love this man”?

And if you think there was a specific flashpoint, what scene would you choose? 👀

When exactly did Hannibal fall in love with Will? What was the flashpoint?