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Pupa /ˈpjuːpə/ from Latin 'doll'
An insect in its inactive, immature form between larva and adult, e.g. a chrysalis.A reimagined timeline where Miriam Lass is replaced by Will Graham.
Jack Crawford recruits FBI Trainee Will Graham to catch the Chesapeake Ripper. Will sets out on an investigation and visits the office of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, unbeknownst to Jack Crawford. Little does Will know that he would be stepping right into the spider's web.
We all know the “whispering through the chrysalis” scene in season 2. The reason for the title ‘Pupa’ comes from its relation to the word chrysalis (a pupa is the inactive stage of different groups of insects, whereas a chrysalis is the pupa of butterflies and moths), but what I find fascinating is that the word is derived from the Latin word for ‘doll’.
Hence—Hannibal “whispers through the chrysalis” and manipulates Will; ‘helps’ him become and transform into his true self, albeit an unpredictable one. But Will is also Hannibal’s doll to play with, to do as he pleases.
Series
- Part 1 of Pupa /ˈpjuːpə/ from Latin ‘doll’