- IC CONTACT POST FOR MASKORMENACE -

[slightlyoffchilt]

"Hello.

You've reached the direct line of Doctor Frederick Chilton. As I am not available at the moment, you might assume I'm quite busy with something pressing. State your name and business, and I will return your call."

Comments

[inmyothertights]

Hannibal? Wow.

What a name.

[slightlyoffchilt]

He lives up to it.

And the rhyme.

[inmyothertights]

I'll make a note to avoid anyone who has that name.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Please do. He's made quite a mess of us, in Baltimore.

[inmyothertights]

Share?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Well. The man was behind framing Will Graham for a series of murders, for starters. I tried to convince FBI Agent Jack Crawford about it, but he wouldn't listen.

[Easier to talk about Will's problems than his own.]

[inmyothertights]

Well.

Yeah.

That's kind of not okay.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I'm not even entirely sure what he's done to Abigail Hobbs. If Lecter were ever to return, I must insist you keep away from him.

[inmyothertights]

Wait, he hurt Abigail Hobbs?

[slightlyoffchilt]

You can thank Freddie Lounds for the tip.

[inmyothertights]

That's like hurting a kitten!

[slightlyoffchilt]

Hannibal Lecter has done much worse. We're certain it was the Ripper who spliced Agent Katz into slivers for display.

[inmyothertights]

....okay yeah I promise if I see him I avoid him.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Good. I would hate to lose another patient to the monster. He might want to figure out how you work, bit by bit. Former surgeon.

[inmyothertights]

Ha

Ha ha

did I tell you about the time someone made me watch as they did that to my boyfriend?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Maybe people like Lecter are universal variables.

[inmyothertights]

You would know more about psychopathy than I would.

[slightlyoffchilt]

True. I have a lot of experience with it. Though, I must say, it's been a unique experience treating something other than psychopathic tendencies and anti-social personalities.

Lecter considers himself to be above the average bell curve, of course.

[inmyothertights]

Don't most psychopaths think that way?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Most psychopaths don't bother to think about their peers. Heavy on the lack of impulse control, you see, and as impulsivity is tied into a lack of foresight about consequences, the connection to empathy -- thinking about how others feel -- isn't far off.

Lecter loves to think about his victims. As animals.

[inmyothertights]

Okay, and what do I like to do?

[This is not suggesting that he thinks of people as animals. It's just that he knows that Chilton has Opinions, and those Opinions are important, in a way. Who is Billy to his therapist?]

[slightlyoffchilt]

You like to solve things. You have a need to improve, to mitigate, to fix. This need, on the surface, is highly valued by the community.

But it also belies a certain tendency to control.

[inmyothertights]

Like...control freak tendencies?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Yes. Which is not to say that isn't a rational reaction, given the chaotic nature of your abilities.

[inmyothertights]

Chaos magic. It's a real killer.