Re: Diamonds

(Anonymous) 2019-12-29 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Hannibal is based on a real life dude.

Re: Diamonds

(Anonymous) 2019-12-29 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Most fictional serial killers are, and the fiction characters are so far removed from the inspiration that trying to act like it's the same guy is unreasonable.

Hannibal fic or Psycho fic or X fic is one thing, Ed Gein or Ed Gein's brother fic is entirely another.

Re: Diamonds

(Anonymous) 2019-12-29 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Technically, he's based on a doctor who chopped up his lover. He didn't eat him, or make fancy ass meals with him, but his mannerisms and such inspired the character. So Hannibal as written is fictional. If the show were Alfredo Ballí Treviño or Alfredo Ballí Treviño's brother, then we can compare it to the current wanky Desert Peach stuff (that my god I'm so sick of hearing about).

Re: Diamonds

(Anonymous) 2019-12-29 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
The brother literally doesn’t exist tho. In these cases it is just as fictional as Hannibal.

Re: Diamonds

(Anonymous) 2019-12-29 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
If fiction Hannibal was in the canon of the show Himmler's brother, then it would compare. It doesn't.