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  1. Only Monsters Play God by

    Fandoms: Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Tetralogy - Thomas Harris, Hannibal Rising (2007), Frankenstein (2025), Frankenstein - Mary Shelley  

    19 May 2026

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    "I cannot die. And I cannot live... alone."
    ~*~
    Brilliant scientist and inventor Will Graham reconnects with his childhood friend, Count Hannibal Lecter VIII, while at university. Together, they dream of a world without death, where time could reverse, the teacup gathering itself back together again.

    Their collaboration bears rich, if strange, fruit - a chemical and mechanical process to bestow life upon dead flesh. Before the initial test, however, their plans are derailed by tragedy. Will cannot fathom a life without Hannibal. A life where he will never know himself, see himself with the clarity bestowed by Hannibal’s presence.

    Conjoined. Neither of them could survive the separation. And that includes the veil between life and death.
    ~*~
    Some of this story is from the creatrix herself, Mary Shelley. Other aspects we owe to Del Toro’s film. Some is fact. Some is not. But all of it is true.

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