I’d like to ask without spoilers what are the Hannibal fandom’s feelings about Jack Crawford? I just finished ep 10 and I have opinions. To be fair, I can’t fully dislike Jack because he’s always stuck between a rock and a hard place. He’s seen that in this job somebody has to be the asshole. But what makes him frustrating is that he keeps flip-flopping on whether he wants what is best for Will or the FBI.
And character development isn’t always a straight line. Sometimes it’s a zigzag, other times it’s a spiral. The problem for me is that he switches so fucking frequently that it’s every other scene or even every other line. Literally in ep 10 Jack is saying Will is his responsibility, saying he’s concerned and if something happens that is his burden to bear. Then 30 seconds later he’s berating Will saying he had chance to quit and since Will has been doing this long enough it should be his stability by now.
I just want to shake Jack and scream WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?
Jack’s acting like Will shouldn’t be hesitant to talk to him. But in episode 5, before his psychosis got this far Will TOLD him. Will said what he’s seeing is bad for his mental health, the thinking is shutting down and he is slowly losing it. Jack basically guilt tripped him into staying, ending the conversation with “if you wanna quit then quit”. Knowing damn well Will the empath won’t quit after telling him if he leaves he’d be dooming future lives.
Jack’s here upset that Will is pretending to be fine but when Will told him what was wrong he didn’t wanna fucking hear it. And even now when Will is clearly holding his sanity by a thread he’s still sending mixed signals. He’s frustrated at Will that Will seeing and absorbing fucked up things…surprise! Fucked Will up.
I went on a whole rant. I think a lot of this reminds me of my relationship with my dad. And it gets me so heated when I think on it too long. Will’s a grown adult and he makes his own decisions. But you can be in a toxic relationship no matter what age you are, you can’t just leave. Jack thinks bringing Will into this world might’ve been a possible mistake if Will goes mad.
But no. What drove Will to the brink was Jack insisting he stays in it. To the point where Will thinks he has to stay in it too.