Ahhhh, that is so heart-breaking! Thank you! I want all the hurt/comfort, please. <3 <3 <3
I also have a hard time imagining Hannibal asking for help when he decided to stop drinking/taking laudanum. But the other side of the argument is that it's actually quite dangerous- about 1/3 of people going through alcohol withdrawal died before modern medicine, mostly from seizures. Plus there's also hallucinations, panic attacks, extreme confusion, fever, vomiting, erratic heartbeat and breathing... it's generally a bad time. (Oddly, opium withdrawal is a lot less dangerous.) Also, it's more dangerous if you've done it before, and Hannibal had tried at least one previous time. So, even outside of the suicidal depression, he'd need nursing.
I want so many fics about his withdrawal, especially because Ben (and Rose? When does Rose figure it out!) have just learned about his backstory.
I TOTALLY want a Rose book. I'd love a big flashback to the time she went away to school in particular. (Do you have the short stories? One of them is in Rose's POV and all about her. It's also my favorite of the three short stories.)
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Date: 2014-03-15 03:22 pm (UTC)I also have a hard time imagining Hannibal asking for help when he decided to stop drinking/taking laudanum. But the other side of the argument is that it's actually quite dangerous- about 1/3 of people going through alcohol withdrawal died before modern medicine, mostly from seizures. Plus there's also hallucinations, panic attacks, extreme confusion, fever, vomiting, erratic heartbeat and breathing... it's generally a bad time. (Oddly, opium withdrawal is a lot less dangerous.) Also, it's more dangerous if you've done it before, and Hannibal had tried at least one previous time. So, even outside of the suicidal depression, he'd need nursing.
I want so many fics about his withdrawal, especially because Ben (and Rose? When does Rose figure it out!) have just learned about his backstory.
I TOTALLY want a Rose book. I'd love a big flashback to the time she went away to school in particular. (Do you have the short stories? One of them is in Rose's POV and all about her. It's also my favorite of the three short stories.)