Everyone says Hannibal is the one who's smitten with Will but may I remind yall just *who* the one was who followed the other across the ocean and to multiple countries simply to forgive him?
*Who* was the one who left their wife and kid for the other? 1/2

*Who* was it that "needed to get the old scent back" When in reality he could have just smelled himself? *Who* advocated for using the other as bait knowing fully how it would end? *Who* kept coming back through the pain. *Who* finally gave into his instinct for the other? 2/2

Bonus: I could keep going. I could also make arguments like this for Hannibal, like turning himself in etc. In conclusion: they loved each other equally in different ways as their individual love language flourished & became one throughout the years. I'll hear no other argument.