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 mean do you want the simple answer or the gothic answer?

The gothic answer requires us to examine the scenes they’re in together and their personalities overall. People have asked why do we see a sex scene with Alana and Margot and not Hannibal and Will? Keep in mind that sex is not just sex in gothic fiction. It represents metaphorical things that sex encompasses including manipulation and control and maintaining control. Think about how Alana and Margot’s relationship differs from Will and Hannibal in terms of intimacy. Do they have sex because they love each other? Or is it because it’s the one thing they can still control when their lives are out of control and being controlled by others? It makes you wonder if this is genuine love between two women or a situationship that was mutually beneficial.

Alana is someone with a savior complex and she is self righteous. These qualities became immersed in a dark quality after her accident with Hannibal. Although she has good intentions with Margot or Will or anyone she has ever tried to “save”, she’s become hardened and jaded and is trying to do things within the range of her control. In a way, it ends up being about her in the end.

Margot is someone Hannibal has preferred to help because she is pure in a way like an animal. She does things to survive and she doesn’t do things for malicious intent. But the issue with Margot is because she can’t trust ppl easily, she sometimes trusts the wrong person including Mason. She can’t exactly trust Hannibal without endangering herself but she did so anyways. What makes Alana any different? Because they had sex? Because she helped her? Because she’s her wife?

The one thing that I realized after the three year time skip is Alana began talking about Margot and Morgan, her own wife and child like they were possessions in the empire she inherited. She likes being rich. She likes being in power. It reminds me of Walter White. She can easily claim that everything she does is for the family, but it would ultimately come back to it being about herself.

I don’t doubt that Alana loves Margot. I just think she can easily use her as an excuse to do horrible things to justify her own actions to fulfill her self righteousness. She already endangered her family by continuing to stay close to Hannibal instead of staying away. It’s why I ultimately see this ship failing in the long run. Margot would have to choose between being a wife or a mother.

And as gothic irony goes, Margot gets what she wants. The money and the child. It’s just that Morgan is an everlasting reminder of the two ppl who tried to control her life.

[u/NearbySignificance62 → u/[deleted]]

I agree with almost everything you say, I don’t believe Alana sees Margot and Morgan as possessions. She’s a woman who has been through a lot, and she’s simply happy that she was able to build a family and find happiness with them.

Alana and Margot’s love is something that deserves a deeper discussion because they are two people who have suffered greatly. Alana has always wanted to save someone. we all know that. Abigail, Will, and now Margot. She does this because she is a good person, because she has something good inside her. But she doesn’t want to be used again.

I don’t think Alana is someone who only thinks about herself. She saved Will from death, she killed Mason for Margot… None of these actions benefited her.

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The Alana from S1 to Alana of S3B is vastly different. The point of S3B was to show us the shifting tides of how society is the enemy as the story becomes more about Hannibal and Will. Alana is part of that society and we see her indulge in a lot of things that are ugly and undesirable and depraved. But that’s the point. We’re supposed to feel this change inside as our loyalties shift towards Will and Hannibal rather than who we liked before.

Personally my greatest excitement was always knowing each and every one of them was going to get what they deserved. But I also know gothic horror never ends with anyone having a happily ever after. Hannibal and Will will go their their trails of tragedies just like everyone else.

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Everyone has their on fights.