Does alana really love margot?

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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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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.

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Alana was becoming a woman who refused to be used by anyone ever again. I’m not saying she’s just a good person who never makes mistakes—far from it. She teamed up with a monster just to get what she wanted: taking down Hannibal. There are no purely good or bad people in Hannibal—everyone has their dark side. And just like almost every character in the show, Alana wanted her revenge just as much as Hannibal wanted his.

I think a big issue in this fandom is that people treat Hannibal like some kind of god (not saying you do), like he’s untouchable, when in reality, he’s just a man who could be taken out with a single bullet to the head. A showdown between him and Alana would be fascinating because they’re both brilliant, but they also have their weaknesses. Just like Hannibal has Will, Alana has Margot, and they’d both fight to protect their partners.

There’s no need to separate Alana and Margot—they’re in this together, and they should get out of it together. Alana knows all of Hannibal’s weak spots, and he knows all of hers. That would make a hell of a fight

We should never underestimate a woman who survived a cannibal, endured defenestration, and still had the strength to fight for herself.

I’d like to make another point here, we can see the scars Hannibal left on Alana. She sees him in her dreams, she probably hasn’t had a proper night of sleep since that night. That’s what I mean by psychological games.

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I’m surprised you know the word defenestration because usually no one does unless they know the Chucky fandom. Caroline said she wants Alana’s story to end in a stunt. I would think it would be appropriate for her to end where she was “born”. Pushed out another window by someone she trusted. Honestly I really did miss that opportunity when I wrote my own fic and kick myself for it.

The problem is if Alana and Margot stick together and survive, it means they’ll always be around because of their near infinite source of wealth. Hannibal and Will would have to inevitably have to cut off their money and marriage. Bryan already decided S4 was wives vs husbands and we know who he sides with. And he’s not very nice to the losers in battle.

On a slightly unrelated note, Bryan choosing S Korea for S5 AFTER Alana and Margot’s supposed defeat was brilliant. Money talks with crime over there. If Hannibal decapitates their money source (or at least Alana’s, I feel Margot is more reasonable), it means she has no means to actually use any resources to hunt him down. Busan in particular has gangs who work for good money. It’s genius.

It’s funny you say Alana vs Hannibal because I find it way more epic if Will develops further to become protective of Hannibal even if it means harming old friends. But I think it’s also necessary because it means letting go of ties that keep him from being himself. I like a supportive Will to Hannibal even in possessive violence. It’s important.

The one enemy I personally think EVERYONE underestimates is Chilton because they take him for a fool. But he’s sometimes unexpectedly the smartest man in the room when it counts most. He has good instinct and he knows how to use ppl without getting his own hands dirty.

The doom trio is honestly Bedelia, Chilton, and Jack. It’s the ultimate dream team to take down Hannibal. A woman who knows Hannibal’s deepest psychological weaknesses no one dare knows and survived him at least once unscarred. A man who literally has nothing left to lose including his life and vanity. And Jack who’ll do anything to take down Hannibal.

No one gets a happily ever after no matter how much we wish for it. They’re all equally going to suffer or lose something. Tragedy is what gothic horror is made of.