Hilda Spellman: Like a Mother

Hilda Spellman is Sabrina’s other aunt and the more nurturing, loving and mumsy of the two Spellman sisters. She is bubbly, fun and cares very deeply for Sabrina and even went against her own coven, Church of Night, for Sabrina’s well being and saved her from many situations.

Hilda as a Student

Hilda was very gifted as a student in potions and attended the Academy of Unseen Arts when she was younger along with her sister Zelda Spellman.

She was not as outgoing as what Zelda was and didn’t thrive the same at the school as her sister did, she was even made fun of for trying to bring her familiars to the school and was subjected to a lot of bullying from the other students, including her own sister whilst she was there.

One of Hilda’s proudest achievements from her time at the academy was that she was the ‘never-bested, all time reigning champion bubbler, due to her gift with potions.

Hilda vs Zelda Spellman

It is safe to say that Hilda and Zelda bumped heads more than once in their lives, in fact it was on a daily basis where they would have a disagreement over something. One of Hilda’s greatest fears was that she would be forever dependent on her sister and never be free of her and she longed to be independent, find love and be free of her sister.

There are many reasons for this and one of the biggest is that Zelda really did make Hilda’s life a misery by bullying her and belittling her and never putting Hilda’s needs ahead of her own beliefs. She was truly horrible to her sister and took Hilda for granted more than once.

In fact, Zelda even unalived her sister several times in their lives by a variety of ways, a knife an axe, bludgeoning and many, many other ways. Zelda then buried Hilda in the Cain Pit which is a family plot which had the powers to resurrect her.

It only came to light how much Zelda did take Hilda for granted and how horrible she was to her during a demon bringing to the surface worst fears. When this happened Zelda dreamt that she had unalived her sister and she was not resurrected and she had in fact lost her for life. After this particular event, Zelda was slightly better towards Hilda and realized how much she did care for her sister and what it would mean to lose her.

Hilda and Sabrina

There are so many amazing moments that Hilda had during the series and many of them were to help her niece Sabrina. When Sabrina was only a baby and her parents had passed away after a plane crash, Hilda became Sabrina’s guardian along with Zelda Spellman. She loved Sabrina like she was her own and shortly after Sabrina’s birth, Hilda went along with Sabrina’s mother Diane to watch Sabrina get baptized in a Catholic tradition. This went against everything that Hilda’s coven believed in and she risked so much for this, a risk that would save Sabrina from a humiliating trial later in life.

Hilda was always there for Sabrina in everything she did and was often the one to smooth things over when Sabrina and Zelda had a disagreement over the Church of Night Values. Hilda usually reminded Sabrina how much Zelda did care for her even though Hilda and Zelda had a complicated relationship.

Finding Love

Eventually Hilda found love with Dr Cerberus, she met him after applying for a job at Cerberus Books as a barista. She immediately felt an attraction to him and wanted to be more with him, however he was quite standoffish with her, even though there was a chemistry between them. Later on he told her that he was possessed by an incubus and she revealed that she was a witch and together the two of them would figure it out.

Dr Cerberus asked Hilda to marry him to which she agreed and finally found the romantic love she had been searching for all her life

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