(It’s okay, nothing horrible below.)
#beverly katz#hannibal lecter#nbc hannibal#hannibaledit#tashaedits#tashaedits: hannibal#hannibal spoilers#there is a point to this gifset and that point is this:#that third shot is really important#because it comes directly after ‘you’re the new will graham’#the camera shot is from hannibal’s point of view#and the camera lingers on beverly for quite some time#because as hannibal sees it#she is just as important a part of the crime scene as will might experience it as any other aspect#this is hannibal seeing beverly in a new light#the light will sees her in#and suddenly#she’s this very important player#this is hannibal realizing beverly is not a woman to be taken lightly#beverly katz is a force to be reckoned with and hannibal is starting to factor her into the equation#she’s the only person at the fbi who’s had the perception to place some blame on him and he knows enough to be wary about a woman like that#beverly katz for president tbh#someone reblog this meta because this gifset makes 0 sense without it i swear#credited obviously but y’all know the drill
He damn well should take her seriously. Forensic scientists are ferociously intelligent, methodical, and rigorous. What they do, in some ways, is the pinnacle of science. Every single piece of evidence they study, every test they run, claim they make and conclusion they draw, is not only documented in detail, but then tested in court. If they ever fuck up, even once—jump too far in a conclusion, make a claim they can’t back up—they could lose their entire career.
And Beverly isn’t just any forensic scientist. The FBI is legendary for the quality of its forensics. Beverly is the head of her team. To have gotten where she is, Beverly has to be among the best of the best in the world at what she does.
If Hannibal knows how to feel fear, Beverly should terrify him. All these brilliant, highly trained psychologists sashaying around the place—he knows how to deal with them. He can play the human brain like a harp. But Beverly deals in crushing, immutable fact. Next to Will himself—who, we’ll note, is currently muzzled in a cage—she’s probably the most dangerous threat Hannibal faces.
