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1. Ten Years of Planning, Ten Years of Devotion (Translated from Mandarin) by ClariceStrand

   Fandoms: Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Tetralogy - Thomas Harris  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   04 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Graham & Hannibal Lecter
   • Hannibal Lecter
   • Will Graham
   • Alana Bloom
   • Original Characters
   • Jack Crawford
   • Jame Gumb
   • Psychology
   • Adoption
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Child Abuse
   • Orphanage
   • Psychologists & Psychiatrists
   • Psychoanalysis
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Minor Character Death

   Summary

   Hannibal Lecter adopts a five-year-old Will Graham from St. Martin Orphanage. Over the years they lived together, Hannibal had complete control over the child's perceptions of the world and he altered it, carrying out all sorts of psychological experiments. He successfully shaped Will into "the savage in the modern world".

   i.e., the story of how Will developed his extraordinary empathy that allowed him to see from a criminal's point of view.

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   English

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