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Toughie. Lecter does have the Freudian excuse backstory of watching his sister get disemboweled and eaten before his eyes (and possibly being fed her too). I always got the sense that Bill was a troll more than anything, but so is Lecter sort of? Lecter doesn't seem to operate under any sort of malice, it's more like a game to him, a game he's convinced he's too intelligent to lose, so he's just having fun.

Meanwhile Bill is sort of a malevolent trickster god. He's evil for sure (and he knows it) and he likes to make people suffer, all to cause chaos and disruption. Bill has a huge temper, which IIRC Lecter never demonstrates.

Hmm.

Does Lecter ever hurt children? Bill very obviously does.