Hannah Abbott
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hannah Abbott |
| Occupation: | witch, student, (eventual) landlady of The Leaky Cauldron |
| Relationships: | Neville Longbottom (married)[1] Ernie Macmillan (close friend) |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter |
| Other: | born c. 1980[2] by kartsie. |
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Hannah Abbott is a minor character in the Harry Potter series. She is one of the "Original 40" students in Harry's year and a prominent Hufflepuff character.
Canon
Hannah is in Harry's year at Hogwarts. She is in Hufflepuff house, where her friends include year-mate Ernie Macmillan and the older Cedric Diggory. Her mother is murdered, presumably by Death Eaters. Despite strong house loyalty in the earlier books, she eventually becomes one of Harry's supporters and a member of the DA; she fights in the Battle of Hogwarts.
She is portrayed by Charlotte Skeoch in the films of Chamber of Secrets and Goblet of Fire.
Fandom
Hannah is not a particularly popular character in fanworks, despite being relatively well developed in book canon, possibly because Hufflepuff house appeals to only a few fans, and Hannah is portrayed as a fairly ordinary character. Others appreciate her Everywoman qualities; Lovehoneybee writes I feel like the vast majority of female characters, especially protagonists, I read about are fiercely brave, outspoken, spunky. It always made me kind of sad that no one writes about women who are like me.[3]
Her marriage to Neville Longbottom, sprung on fans by Rowling's post-DH interviews, originally met with considerable bemusement (they have no scenes together) and some disfavour, especially from fans who had shipped Neville with people he was close to in the novels, such as Luna Lovegood or Ginny Weasley. Hannah/Neville eventually became more widely accepted, and is probably as of 2014 the dominant pairing for Hannah (if not for Neville[4]). Fiction for the pairing sometimes explores how she and Neville got together. Many of these stories are set during the seventh year at Hogwarts under the Carrows' reign of terror; others place the romance later, and sometimes give Neville a past relationship with another character such as Luna. Some stories focus on Hannah helping Neville to come to terms with his parents' curse damage.
Gen stories sometimes explore her response to her mother's murder, sometimes in the context of her Hufflepuff year-mate Susan Bones' similar loss. Other stories examine her choice to become a pub landlady, another post-DH tidbit. Hannah is also a frequent background character in Hufflepuff AUs. Besides Neville, she's also occasionally paired in het with Ernie Macmillan, Zacharias Smith and other minor characters. Femslash with Hannah is reasonably common, especially before Rowling's announcement; a wide range of partners have been written but the most common are probably Susan Bones and Slytherin Pansy Parkinson. Perhaps based on her exam-anxiety meltdown before her OWLS, Hannah is often written as anxious or nervous. She's also sometimes characterised as rather naive, possibly due to the shrub incident (she thinks Sirius can transform into a flowering shrub).
There is a little fan art for the character, which mostly portrays her as rather more conventionally attractive than her canonical description.
Notable Fanworks
Aesthetic Edit
- moodboard, Archived version by darkpaperllama
- link, Archived version by stinkyweasley
- I wish that I could say I am a light that never goes out but I flicker from time to time., Archived version by ultra-violences
- Hannah Maureen Longbottom née Abbott, Archived version by ravenclaw-seeker
- hannah • [ han-uh • graciousness], Archived version by hermoinejeans
- the-god-of-illusion, Archived version by the-god-of-illusion
CosPlay
- Hi! How's training going?, Archived version by askhanabbott
- 🦡💛, Archived version by aliciarm
- and she’s very afraid of the future :(, Archived version by nikapuff
- I really enjoy documenting what is going on around me., Archived version by justyncase
- Starving Artist Young Adult Hannah Abbott is Online, Archived version by rainbowsandsilverlinings
- Tag, Archived version on TikTok
Fanart
- Barmaid by thanfiction
- In Flashes by thanfiction
- Hannah Abbott by Thatu
- Sweets for the Holiday by glitter_pink. Erotic Hannah/Ernie
- The Wedding Night by oldenuf2nb Hannah/Neville
Fanfiction
- A Temporary Solution to Exam Jitters by yamapea. Hannah/Romilda Vane. Starts from Hannah's canonical exam nervousness and foregrounds her naiveté (2006)
- Autumn in Hogsmeade by Antonia East. Hannah/Neville, written a few days after Rowling's announcement (2007)
- A Visit to Hogsmeade by vegablack62. Hannah & Susan gen. Shared grief & a Hufflepuff DA mission during seventh year (2009)
- from the ground up we will rise by lavenderpatil. Character study. Explains Hannah's choice of career in terms of post-War PTSD (2014)
- naive: in defense of hannah abbott by dirgewithoutmusic. Hannah/Neville Hufflepuff manifesto (2014)
- On Dirigible Plums by meditationsinemergencies. Hannah/Neville for Thicc Thighs Save Lives Fest (2021).
Fanmix
Graphics
- ↳ ABBOTT FAMILY, Archived version of the SACRED TWENTY-EIGHT SERIES, Archived version by dramiones
- he can’t be all bad, can he?, Archived version by parrishh
- "First up, Abbott, Hannah.", Archived version by lillyevanssss
- “When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted,” she said. “Abbott, Hannah!”, Archived version by ruilian
- Hannah Abbott was a half-blood witch and a member of the Abbott family., Archived version by parseltongve
- hannah abbott, hufflepuff prefect and member of dumbledore’s army, Archived version by theodorenctt
Headcanons
- Hannah reads it in the paper and laughs her arse off, Archived version by wolfstarflowerpottstarchaser
- I'm just saying JK had never said that Hannah ISN'T ace so... 😏, Archived version by date-a-slytherin-suggestions
- I just think Luna and Hannah became very close friends, Archived version by haveyouseenmymuse
Podfic
- Goodbye, Jus, Archived version[2] by facingthenorthwind
- Cocktail Hour, Archived version by sisi_rambles
- אולי גם זה יעבור, Archived version by TheSilverSeeker
SMAU
- part 46, Archived version of If Hogwarts had Instagram, Archived version [3] by iliveinnarniaandstudyathogwarts
- Hufflepuffs, Archived version by mushi-and-junior
Archives and Communities
- hannahpufflove -- Hannah Abbott Appreciation Society livejournal
- nevillexhannah -- Neville/Hannah LiveJournal
- Hannah Abbott tag at Tumblr
Resources
References
- ^ According to J. K. Rowling on the post-Deathly Hallows Open Book Tour: Carnegie Hall. 19 October 2007.
- ^ Harry Potter Lexicon. Abbott. (Accessed 22 April 2014.)
- ^ Comment dated 7 August 2014 from Lovehoneybee to naive: in defense of hannah abbott by dirgewithoutmusic; accessed 8 September 2014
- ^ On Archive of Our Own, as of 8 September 2014, the top pairings for Neville were with Luna Lovegood (222), Draco Malfoy (201), Harry Potter (161), Hannah Abbott (110) & Ginny Weasley (97)