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The way nobody ever saw Abigail Hobbs for who she was. Not Will Graham. Not Freddie Lounds. Not Hannibal Lecter. Not Jack Crawford. Maybe Bloom? Maybe? Not even the fans of the show really ever saw her for who she was. The concept of the murder family is fundamentally against what Abigail ever wanted. She was never their daughter. She was never a murderer. She did feel remorse for the crimes she helped commit. She was never what they wanted her to be, but it didn't matter. We know she wouldn't want the murder family because nobody who actively feels intense remorse for even being an accomplice WOULD.
She was never their murder daughter. She was never a protege. She was never a murderer. Her measured and shy demeanor makes her a bit like a mold of clay. She is whatever everyone wants her to be. To Jack, she's an accomplice who must be held accountable. To Freddie, she's a story to sensationalise. To Will, she is the daughter he never had. To Hannibal, she is Mischa. To the audience, she is the daughter of their favorite queer pairing and they engage in domestic activities.
Think about this. When she is their daughter, are you writing them that way for her own benefit? Are you writing her to be that for her sake? Or are you writing it for their sake? Are you writing her to be their daughter to domesticate the pairing between Hannibal and Will? Or are you writing her to be their daughter because it's what she would want?
If she was truly the murderer that Hannibal leads her to believe she is, then why would she wake up from nightmares over her father's victims condemning her?
That is the tragedy of Abigail Hobbs. She never was truly allowed to simply exist. Her existence was always influenced by all these external forces and interpretations. People projecting what they wanted her to be onto her and the fans are culpable as well. She was never allowed to actually heal. She escaped the clutches of one insane father and lept into the arms of two.