User blog comment:BattleGames1/Invasion of Stroggos Break Battle - Sherlock Holmes (BBC) vs Hannibal Lecter (TV Series)/@comment-5232784-20131003021851/@comment-4098900-20131003040305

The whole Hannibal wants to get caught thing is completely untrue. "Most if not all serial killers deep down want to get caught". While quite a few serial killers want to get caught, a very good portion probably don't. John Wayne Gacy was shit scared of his ego when he was caught, terrified of being thought of a homosexual. Even if all serial killers do want to get caught, it's still irrelevant because we're almost positive that Hannibal doesn't at all want to get caught. While Hannibal may be egotistic, he's much more interested in the Chesapeak Ripper's ego than he is his own. He wants to sit back and watch the FBI squirm, as Pach said, and of course sit back and enjoy the Ripper's ego.

About Holmes' martail arts, it hasn't shown to make him a master hand to hand fighter. He got his ass handed to him by some hitman, and has lost against other ordinary people with no martial arts experience, who weren't giants. I'd give Hannibal a pretty damn good fighting chance against him in a hand to hand situation. It's also notable that Homes doesn't get into fights a lot. Not that Hannibal is always fighting people, but I'd presume that they're both about equally experienced.

Hannibal isn't insane btw. He can think perfectly straight. His sociopathy helps him. "Psychopaths are not crazy.  They are fully aware of what they do and the consequences of those actions"_Hannibal Lecter. Just about any psychologist, forensic or not, can varify this. Hannibal is a sociopath, they are highly intelligent, understand emotions and how to manipulate others and take calculated risks.