Will's Insight | Opt-In Post

[empathicfault]

In the series Hannibal, Will Graham is shown to have a unique ability- he calls it 'interpreting the evidence', whereas Hannibal calls it 'pure empathy'. It lets Will know what the people around him are feeling, often to Will's detriment. Will frequently appears to be overstimulated by the outside world, slumping in chairs and avoiding eye contact. He finds comfort in dogs and being alone.

However, this ability can often be extremely useful for determining motivations, desires, and fears. When he uses it at crime scenes, the series shows murders taking place as if Will were the culprit. He sees fantastical visions and metaphorical imagery as he places himself in his target's place, seeing the world as they see it.

I'd like to write out some of this imagery in narration as I roleplay, but I also don't want to infomod. So if you are interested in letting Will into knowing your character through this ability, please reply here.

What I'd like to know (feel free to copy+paste, or just write out what you'd like)--
<b>1. What would you like him to be able to suss out about your character? </b> He works in emotions, so fears, desires, motivations, immediate wants, all that sort of thing is good. <b>2. Is there a character trait or emotion you absolutely do NOT want brought up?</b> Will isn't magic and he's not always right with this ability. It's easy to veer off of any topic you might want to avoid. <b>3. Is there any visual imagery you associate with your character, and/or is there anything specifically that you'd like Will to visualize?</b> Sometimes he sees things that don't seem to make a whole lot of sense until later- I tend to interpret that as him integrating evidence that he hasn't logically noticed yet. <b>4. Any plot threads or development you'd like to actually get going through this mechanic?</b> Let me know, I'd love to plan with you! Will could be a good way to weasel info or feelings out of someone who would otherwise keep them hidden, if that's something you'd like. I'm also very happy to just see where things go.

Thanks, and please let me know if there's anything else you'd like me to know or talk over with you.

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[littletonoidea]

1. What would you like him to be able to suss out about your character? Eiffel is a depressed dude with ADHD so his emotions turn on a dime, but he generally exists in a gently tired but upbeat fugue state, and when he's not chill his emotions are bare on his sleeve.

2. Is there a character trait or emotion you absolutely do NOT want brought up? Eiffel's an open book so everything's fair game!

3. Is there any visual imagery you associate with your character, and/or is there anything specifically that you'd like Will to visualize? Extremely bright red or blue backlighting, lack of gravity (items, or Eiffel himself, floating around him), space suit, bottles of alcohol, loose cigarettes (the smell tends to be extremely strong around him regardless), radio components or blasts of static, Doug's own voice as heard through a radio speaker, visual white noise especially across his ears and eyes, punctured lungs and bleeding from the mouth.

4. Any plot threads or development you'd like to actually get going through this mechanic? I don't have any real thoughts for where to go with these boys, but Eiffel thinks he's neat and he'll want to keep helping since Will is his bestie's inmate!