[quote=Deamonbane]
Hmmm Would a Will Graham-like character be acceptable? Specifically someone who is incredibly intelligent, incredibly insightful into the criminal mind, but because of those, he is rather socially incompetent and mentally malleable to the killer?
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That would be an acceptable archetype to go off of, certainly. But I don't want Will Graham, and I don't want the same thing that has played out in Hannibal's career to just be rehashed here. I expect that this plot will be quite different while still showing a respectful similarity. 

That being said, and as long as you understand those guidelines, I give you my blessing to create a criminal pathologist with both extreme skill and mental damage (or whatever kind of person you'd like to create).