Ok way too much black butler lately but i noticed Hannah dosen’t get as much attention as Alois or Claude The thing is there’s two types of Hannah’s fanfiction Hannah and Cannon Hannah. I feel the two couldn’t be more different.
Fanfiction Hannah
Fanfiction Hannah tends to be either the horrible bitch who ruined Sebastion or Claudes life in Claude x alois fics, (grrrrrrrr!) or the saintly women who’s strictly there to serve and obey. Funnily enough i find saintly Hannah is usualy far more flanderized then bitch Hannah. For one thing believe it or not Saintly Hannah when she gets a big role is rarely attached to Alois. In fact she’s usually Claudes love interest or supportive of Claudes or ciels oc love interest. She desperately wants to help but is powerless aginst Alois becuse its not like she’s not a powerful demon who isn’t contracted to Alois or anything. Saintly Hannah has no agency and is nothing more then someone for Alois to throw around until Claude or mary sue reascues her. In fact i read a fanfic recently Sebastion x claude where Hannah is forced by Alois to reveal the secret tyrst and she regrets betraying Claudes trust. Ok who is this women and what has she done with Hannah? Which incouraged me to write this becuse Hannah is more then a fan servicey plot device, and i think its time people realized that.
Hannah the demon
Hannah used to be just like Sebastion and Claude forfilling contracts for a quick meal. She was board and just killing time until she met Luka and forfilled his wish to slaughter everyone who was mean to him and his big brother. ” That is the first time anyone ever thanked me.” at first glance it seems like Hannah went from sinner to saint however a closer look reveals. Hannah is still a demon reguardless of her newfound humanity, her true nature makes her a dangerous foe. Here’s the thing Hannah is a bitch, not a completly evil bitch like bad fanfic potrays her as, and not without kindness but she’s still a viper. Hannah would gladly tattle on Claude to Alois, she would never keep the spiders confidence. In fact she’d use the opprotunity to try and get a heartbroken Alois to lisen to her. Hannah has cannonly shown herself to be very manipulative and sneaky. She spent her whole time at trancy manor pacintly waiting for Claude to screw up so she could step in. Outside of Alois and Luka she’s not exactly warm hearted people forget this is the women who was fine turning everyone into zombies and watching them tear each other apart on Alois’s orders. She had every intention of hurting Sebastion in that fight. She’s probly killed others off screen too and the stuff with Ciel which i’ll get to later. This reflects that although Hannah is capible of love, humanity with the exception of Alois and Luka are still basically insects to her.
Hannah and Alois relationship
Everyone seems to forget especally Claude x Hannah shippers is Hannah is Alois’s creature even more so then Claude. In fact they have certain traits in common. Both of them are protective of those they love, (Alois luka and Claude, Hannah Alois, luka) forgiveing of tresspasses by dear ones,( Alois forgave Claude, Hannah forgave alois) can be incredibly vindictive if crossed, (Just look at how they got sebastion and Ciel good) know how to manipulate and trick people in order to get what they want. They both can keep up a chrade for a fairly long time. (Hannah everyone, Alois lord trancy) Hannah is both the tinker bell and wendy to Alois’s peter pan. (Without the romantic feelings) Which is why oc x Claude fics annoy me so much. (Seriously, Claude couldn’t keep a human female alive around those two. Alois would go sobbing to Hannah and she would cut the girls throat for being in the way of her highnesses happiness. Also Hannah would never aid a random person unless that girl meant something to Alois. So any oc finace of Ciels would be screwed in that situation. I strongly interperate her attack on Ciel was a direct retaliation for him stabbing Alois as well as to help Alois seize Ciel’s body. However the fact of the matter is their relationship is troubling, manipulations by Claude and the fact both of them are socially impaired creates miscommunication about the others intentions. One being a demon who’s not used to looking after an abused human, and one being an mentally ill abused child. I’ve noticed Hannah wears the same maid uniform that the maids that prepared Alois for trancy wore, dispite her good intentions Hannah comes across as predatory. Her eyes glow red and she slowly licks her fingers like a snake. There are scenes where she’s crouched over or staddling Alois’s uncontious body in an akward position. Her biggest problem is unlike Claude who dosen’t care and can calmly make observations and cool headed desicions. Hannah’s sincere love may cause her to be over zealous and over steping into the comfort zone of a young boy who is wary of adults and their desire to be close to him. (not that this excuses his behaveor) Yet it can be argued Alois is as dependent on her as he is with Claude. When Claude hurts Alois emotionally Hannah is the one he goes to either to take his frusterations out on her, or to simply cry his eyes out. She is the one he gets to take him to ciels mannor so he can warn him about Claude and later Alois relies on her to help him carry out his plans in the maze. This suggests even in earlier episodes she held some importance to him even when he didn’t trust her.
Claude and Hannah
The two of them have a very interesting dynamic. Claude is the beloved cherished servant Alois constantly showers with compliments and as a result of his affections, Claude has the kid wrapped around his finger. ” My heart is trapped in your spider webs, i love you my highness.” Alois declares in the last episode. In contrast Hannah gets all the abuse Alois even rips her eye out for looking at him wrong. ” She creeps me out?” Alois sincerly tells Sebastion in his introduction episode.Claude yet both of them are attracted to Alois’s feiry soul. ” I do so love your passon.” Claude thinks near the end of Spiders Intention ” As do i.” Hannah adds. However as the two dominent figures in Alois’s life they are at odds with each other. And although i’ve heard diffrent takes on Claude and Hannah’s relationship some suggesting love or sexual intimacy. I tend to view them as enemies who dislike each other greatly, but see the benefit in an alliance aginst greater threats. Although i don’t doubt a sexual relationship is possible, i think it would be purely for physical and manipulative purposes. I know some fans are convinced Claude is gay or a pedophile but honestly Claude is a demon therefore he probly has no limits to what he will and won’t screw. Claude although incapible of love himself is possesive he views Alois as his property bought and paid for by their contract, fated to be eaten when Claude grows tired of him. He is suspicious of Hannah and dosen’t want her to steal his meal but also reguards her as his toy or as he so crudely put ” Hole for my sheath.” refering both to the fact she is the keeper of an actual sword and perhapse makeing a sexual referance. He even protects her from Sebastion at one point, yet Claude himself treats both of his so called posesstions like trash. Hannah gets it the worst he throws her around hits her and constantly pulls a painful sword out of her body. Yet he’s also dependent on her, as shown in spiders intention Claude makes the tripplets and Hannah do the actual work. Although he insists the work is beneath him, i’d argue Claude is too proud to admit Hannah is better at pleaseing Alois then he is. As shown when she suggests bluebells in Alois’s room in contrast to the roses Claude wanted. Hannah seems to dislike Claude she is jealous of the love Alois has for him and angry at how false he is. ” You don’t deserve to be at his side, the only one who does is Luka Macken” she states. Later she seems to display open hatred for Claude instead of simple distaste Suggesting Alois use his wish to bind Claude to him forever and saying that she would happily break Claudes legs for him. Most likely retaliation for his murder and betrayal of Alois himself. However later she does except Claude into her family and take him to limbo on Alois’s behest while his soul is in side of her. Suggesting she has the ability to forgive and forget.
Anti Hero Hannah
I know fans praise Ciel and sebastion as an anti heros but no their a straight up villian protagonsts. Both Ciel and Sebastion are obsessed with their goals which are purely selfish. In contrast Hannah is the closest thing this series has to a hero. So anti hero i guess just to be fair. Her whole goal is to save Alois and his brother she even saves Claude from dying perminantly and she kills herself to free their souls on the off chance they can all go to Nervinna. Think about her whole role takeing abuse, saveing children and forgiveing her abusers and helping them too find a kind of peace. Even Ciel is able to relax as a demon knowing Sebastion won’t num his soul. She also goes through a huge change in her atitude from careless predator to someone who’s starting to figure out she is capible of emotions like love and careing. But Why is she so understanding of Alois’s abuse how can she love him? i’ve wondered this myself i know it was becuse she swallowed his brother, but i think their might be a deeper reason. I think Hannah gets Alois Trancy more then anyone else. (Not that its saying much everyone else in Alois life except Luka was extremely self absorbed) She’s a demon a demon who felt lonely and board and did horrible things that’s what demon do lash out at the world becuse they’ve been rejected by heaven. So when Alois lashes out becuse he’s scared or hurting Hannah cann’t hate him, becuse i think she’s been there many times and done far worse crimes then the human before her. She’s had centurires to do things like start wars and topple empires. So when Alois hurts her Hannah cann’t help but understand and relate to him. Which is what makes Hannha so facinateing she’s a demon who can be nasty but still manages to be kind, understanding, and embrace penence, and forgivness. Therefore Hannah is quite heroic she saved Alois by showing him there was a way out of the dark forest he had ended up in.
So that’s my character thing, becuse i’m a huge Hannah fan her and Alois are practiculary tied for first place on my favorite character list. i might do a claude one in the future although let me warn you. Although i do respect Claude as a clever villian, i mostly dislike him for being an abusive child murdering creep.
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