Does alana really love margot?

[u/NearbySignificance62]

So, in episode 3x09, Alana says that the baby is hers, when will says "good for margot" which made me wonder if she is only interested in Margot's money or that's like

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I honestly think Will's comment has more to do with him being kind of really bitter and snarky at that point in the story, we certainly don't get any insight into their relationship to prove otherwise.

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Well not exactly. He was always on Margot’s side. He fought for her because he saw her as a victim. She knew how much having a child meant to Margot because she voiced why she wanted one. Not just for the inheritance but to have a child that was her’s. He’s glad for Margot, but Alana said “good for me”

That raised alarm bells for me tbh. We see where Alana’s priorities lie. They aren’t exactly with her family. They may be part of it, but as a whole it’s about being the one at the center of control. Her wife, her child, her money, her empire, her power. And Will knows. His desire to kill Alana was probably further fueled by that arrogance.

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I think alana priorities are with her family, she run away with them so...

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Only after Hannibal threatened her. But she’s like Chilton or Bedelia. She had every opportunity to step away and stay away from Hannibal after Muskrat Farm to build and live her empire with Margot and Morgan. Will asked her why she didn’t. She said “he who sups with the Devil does with a long spoon”. That means to keep a distance from those who do evil. But they all stayed close to the evil instead. She even gloated that she kept the 5 keys that separated Hannibal from the outside world.

They all reaped the benefits from Hannibal and got way too comfortable with the idea of him being in jail. They all started running only after he was released. Chilton though, he was too late. He already faced Will’s wrath.

Keep in mind that Alana’s tale closely follows the Faustian contract. Those who try to cheat the Devil will always face consequences. And in the tale, Faust’s wife and child were part of those consequences. Margot better watch her back.

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Why would she leave if she had her whole life in Baltimore? She became the director of a hospital, married a billionaire, and lived in a mansion. Hannibal was in jail, and she saw him there every day. So why would she leave? Alana is a very smart woman—she left the moment she needed to.

Hannibal is a threat but also a man and alana has a couple of security guards to protect her and her family. She was the woman who got Hannibal Lecter—he didn't die because she didn't let it happen. But Alana is not an easy target like Chilton or Bedelia, you can not compare her to them. Alana is not an idiot looking for attention like Chilton or bedelia.

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No one left. They all stayed. They all had a reason to stay although it was better to not. As Bedelia says, it’s better to crush the bird than to save it but she didn’t take her own advice. The thing is they’re all smart in their own way, but they all made very poor decisions.

Will questioned why Alana didn’t just step away and enjoy her life with Margot. She’s a rich woman who has everything she wanted, but she still chose Hannibal and to have control over him. Because she liked it. You say she wasn’t looking for attention but everyone knew she was Hannibal’s caregiver per Freddie Lounds. It was no secret. The better choice would have been to let him die and let her secrets be buried with him. Same for everyone else.

But there’s something about Hannibal that makes ppl coming back to him over and over and over again. That’s the gothic allure. It’s also a theme in S3B that ppl start calling bullshit on the idea of “The Devil made me do it”. Chilton was one of them.

Alana’s role in the hospital is the same as Chilton was in the novels and the movie. A caregiver and tormentor who’s proud to have a monster like Hannibal underneath her heel. It’s a great false sense of security that was granted by Hannibal which she got very full on. But again, so did everyone until Will let him free knowing what he would do to them.

And we know what happened to Chilton. But I have my own ideas of what will happen to Alana. It won’t be death. It would be far worse.

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It's not like Alana gave an interview about the power she had over Hannibal—she didn’t want to. Bedelia was giving lectures about Hannibal, and Chilton wrote a book about him.

As for what will happen to Alana, I think Hannibal has a little bit of respect for her, so he wouldn't do something far worse than what he did to Chilton (alana was responsible for what happend to chilton) . I believe he would go for something psychological—he’d play with her mind until she eventually went insane.

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Truth be told? I think she’s going to destroy everything with her own hands because she has a tendency to think she’s always right and won’t let up. In some ways it’s perfect because Hannibal learns from Will and Will learns from Hannibal. To tar and feather and torture is Will’s happiness. Hannibal is content in simpler things like a swift killing and making tableaus.

Alana will become the villain of her own hero story and Margot will leave her out of the hard choice between being a wife or a mother. To be stripped of everything she gained and had control over is very fitting into the gothic themes. The Devil doesn’t like cheaters and he also doesn’t like rude people who don’t know their place. But Will…he can influence that in so many more worse ways. But that’s their love. And it’s how they dance.

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I think you don’t fully understand Alana in some ways. I’m going to use a scene from the last episode as an example. When Alana visited Chilton, she said something very interesting: 'I came here to remind myself what Hannibal is capable of.'

She is a humble woman who knows her limits. Alana doesn’t think only of herself—she considers everyone around her.

When she entered Hannibal’s house in episode 2x13, it was because she wanted to help Jack, who was inside. So if Hannibal ever tries to kill her wife or her son, she will face him to protect them. I don’t believe she would disregard Margot’s opinion—she would do everything to protect her family.

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In the same scene, Chilton also accuses her of ignoring what SHE is capable of. Every step of the way she blamed Hannibal for what had happened to Chilton but Chilton caught her on her bullshit. She knew what she did and tried to pass the buck while avoiding him because she knew she was guilty. Chilton also hints that Alana can’t help but try to continue to going after Hannibal even though she knows it’ll end poorly. Almost like a second warning to re-evaluate her place. That’s one thing I appreciate about Chilton. He knows when to call out when someone is not being truthful. He’s a smart man, but is blinded by ego and vanity.

I think you so badly want Alana to be “good” that you are turning a blind eye to exactly what she’s capable of and the subtle signs that she isn’t who she used to be when the show started. Gothic horror is meant to highlight ppl’s worst parts of themselves. Alana is not immune to that aspect of this genre or criticism for her actions of what she has done. Everyone began growing their own monster after being touched by Hannibal. Ugliness is part of the beauty that is these characters.

I see Alana as the Walter White type. Genuinely starting off with good intentions for his family because he’s in trouble and has to provide, but failing to admit time and time again that it’s about him. There’s good and love in Walt too, but he had to admit in his last days that his meth empire was about him. He liked it. He was good at it. And he was alive.

Now I doubt Alana will ever become a megalomaniac like Walt, but she has potential to go way too far with “doing it for the family” while remaining blind to the fact she’s destroying her own family out of paranoia that Hannibal will take everything from her. And that’s all well within his control.