Where the fuck are all the Sweeny Todd/Hannibal AUs. There’s literally an entire song consisting of nothing but cannibalism and food puns.
But who would Will be in this? I can maybe see Toby, since he was the only one actually smart enough to not trust Todd, but it would probably have to be Lovett if you still wanted something moderately ship-worthy and not completely gross.
I’d have to cast Will as Todd actually. Todd was all about revenge murder, which I can see Will being into. But the one who actually cooks and suggested eating people was Mrs. Lovett, so SHE’S Hannibal.
Hannibal knew Will from afar when Will was married, but of course Judge Turpin still does his nasty and has Will taken away. In this case it’s not Hannibal who manipulates Will into becoming a murder-bunny, it’s Fate.
So then Hannibal is living a plain, unassuming life as a meat-pie maker (and possibly doing murder on the side) until revenge-hot Will comes along and Hannibal goes “oh, OH I like what fate has done to this one… NOW we can play…”