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fruity-phrog · 2 years

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Updated version:

Nobody:

Luz: This is my mother Camilla who adopted my sister Vee, my brother Hunter, my girlfriend Amity, my sister Willow and my brother Gus. This is Willow’s dads Gilbert and Harvey and Gus’ dad Perry. This is my other mother Eda who adopted Hunter, Amity, Amity’s brother Edric, Amity’s sister Emira, my brother Hooty and my brother King.These are Eda’s parents Gwendolyn and Dell. This is Amity, Edric and Emira’s dad Alador, and Alador’s ex-wife Odalia. This is King’s dad, God. This is Hunter’s dad Darius and Hunter’s crackhead uncle Eberwolf. This is Hunter’s uncle Belos, who we don’t talk about. This is Hunter’s parent Raine - who is Eda’s wisband and my auncle - and Raine’s children Kataya, Derwin and Amber. This is my Cool Aunt Lilith - Eda’s sister - and her friend Steve who is King’s uncle. This is my egg, Amity’s cat Ghost, Willow’s bee Clover, Gus’ chameleon Emmiline Bailey Marcostimo, Edric’s bat Batric, Eda’s owl Owlbert, Lilith’s raven and Hunter’s- wait.

#toh #the owl house #oh god I have to tag everyone here #*inhales*#Camilla noceda #vvee noceda #luz noceda #hunter wittebane #amity blight #willow park #edric blight #emira blight #alador blight #darius deamonne #eberwolf toh #raine whispers #lilith clawthorne #I'm bored now that's enough

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phoenixablaze666 · 2 years

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So recently I've seen a lot of toh swap au content where Luz and Hunter are swapped, which I absolutely love, but I've only seen art of Luz in Hunter's position (which makes sense considering she's the mc of the series), but I don't think we've considered some other aspects of this au:

Darius and Eda swapped

Furthermore, Darius' version of the owl beast being his full slime mode

And Harpy Eda being Darius with abomination hair

That also means Darius would just have a normal locs and beard in "normal" mode, so woo woo poc hair representation

Eberwolf and King swapped

Eberwolf being a titan

Willow and Amity swapped

The Blight family actually being healthy for once

Yes Edric and Emira still exist

They just swap braincells/j

Also means opposite family dynamics

So poor Willow with double daddy issues

Gus and Mattholomule swapped

Which feels weird but it is what it is

Raine and Lilith swapped

Raine and Darius have that sibling dynamic

Darius and Lilith would be a qpr instead of a fully romantic relationship bc Lilith is canonically aroace

Eda and Lilith are still siblings

Just no owl beast curse

That being said, Eda being the potions coven leader and drinking potions for owl beast mode, in place of Darius' full abomination form

Not sure what coven leader Lilith would be ngl

If anyone has any suggestions I'm 100% down to hear them

Raine would have full access to their magic like Lilith did in S1, but would primarily use bard magic

That means Raine was the one who cursed Darius omg no

"Cool auncle Raine" please and thank you

Camilla and Philip swapped

So Camilla is Belos, who I'm calling Juno (Latin for "queen of the heavens"; Belos is latin/Greek for "lord" so I thought it'd fit)

Caleb and Luz's father (who I'm calling Mateo until we get some sort of confirmation on his name) swapped

Philip is just a single uncle taking care of his creative as all hell nephew and doing his best

Luz's palisman would be a bat instead of a cardinal, and she would call them Sweet Potato

Hunter would create his palisman into an egg like Luz did, then it'd hatch and he'd call them Flapjack

That is my giant rant that I hopes makes some sort of sense lmao

Have a nice day people

#toh #the owl house #toh au #swap au #hunter toh #luz noceda #darius toh #toh darius #dadrius #slime boy #toh swap au #toh brainrot #someone help me

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theaceofarrows · 10 months

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How do you see Luz's family? Like who's in it and playing what part? And be as detailed as you want - need - I'm very curious

Alright, here we go!

Camila, the amazing mama she's had all her life who's relationship has only grown between them and it's stronger than ever. Number 1# support system in the HR and group mom to all the kids

Eda, her loving, crazy mama she gained in the DR. There will always be a special bond between them for Eda being the first person (other than Camila) to except all her qurks and interests embrace her for it. Mom/crazy aunt to all the kids

Raine, her DR parent. Gives great advice especially for anxiety related issues. Absolutely a teen rebellion role model (THE Raine Whispers?!). Teaches her all the best bard spells and is always super patient

Lilith, cool aunt always down for bad girl™ shenanigans and adventures, ready to help with any and all school related questions 24/7

King, little brother. Would do anything for each other and both super protective. Number 1# cuddle buddy. Will always make groan inducing puns together

Amity, her awesome girlfriend/future wife. Her biggest fan and another huge support. Helps each other with self worth issues. Always hanging out and holding hands. Possible Bi awakening. Always ready to pull each other from danger. Enemies to friends to girlfriends

Willow, first and forever best friend. They are sisters hands down. Have been and always will be together through thick and thin. Have helped each other grow SO much since the beginning. Support each other's crazy stunts

Gus, also best friend and her's/Hunter's little brother. Always cheering each other on and lift each other up. Speak in memes. Getting into trouble and shenanigans all the time and giving they're parents grey hairs

Hunter, he's/Gus's older brother and Camila's son. Former enemies to reluctant allies to friends to siblings. Have helped each other through trauma especially Belos related. Have such oldest and youngest syndrome. Endlessly annoy each but would but would also kill for each other

Vee, her's/Hunter's little sister and Camila's daughter. Had a bit of a bumpy start at first but after some hard truths and life or situations are now 100% sisters. Vee seems like the voice of reason but in actuality is incredibly fierce and ready to kill to protect her family. They give each other wildly different dating advice

Emira & Edric, Amity's siblings/Luz's future siblings in-law/Hunter's step siblings??. Chaos twins. Probably founded the Lumity fan club. They are the friends you go to when you "know a guy". Always down to commit illegal acts and have the bail money ready. Constantly teasing

Alador, Amity and Em & Ed's dad/Luz's future father in-law/probably Darius husband/Hunter's step dad??. Very supportive of his kids relationships and always doing his best to make time and listen to them. Thought Luz was a member of the family 5 minutes ago. Probably already has the wedding planned

Darius, rich wine uncle/Hunter's dad/Amity, Em & Ed's step dad??/Alador's husband??. Acts like he doesn't care but will fight anyone who hurts his kid('s). Not so silently judging everyone's outfits. Goes to every sports match. Teaches Amity and Hunter crazy abomination spells because he claims Alador is to much of a hack to be trusted

Eberwolf, fun/crazy uncle/Darius' little brother. Has shown everyone what would probably be considered illegal beast keeping magic. Rides on people's shoulders whenever someone is having a bad day. Gives the kids tips on the best way to annoy Darius

Steve, the guy who just kind of showed up and is now everyone's honorary big brother. Gives rides on motorcycle. Like Em & Ed is also the guy you go to when you "know a guy". Hooks everyone up with a therapist

I hope this is okay! Thank you so much for this ask

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willowshimmer · 1 year

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Hc's for ✨Aladarius and the kids✨

- Alador is definitely the little spoon and Darius is the big spoon

- When Hunter and Amity found out they're Dad's are dating, Amity supported Alador and Darius being together but she vows to kill Darius if he hurts Alador and Hunter was very happy but also vowed to kill Alador if he broke Darius's heart again

- Emira and Edric like to play pranks on Hunter but are sad that they're not the oldest anymore (it's a joke I made cause you know Hunter is a clone of a guy from the 1600)

- Amity asks Darius for dating advice whenever she wants to go on a date with Luz

- Darius and Alador's relationship in the past was okay but Alador's parents didn't approve of their relationship so they forced Alador away from Darius and forced him to marry Odalia and that's why Hunter vows to kill Alador if he breaks Darius's heart

- Whenever Alador has nightmares Darius makes sure to calm him down and to make sure he's okay

- NEVER try to hurt Hunter if you do Darius will make sure you'll be in healing coven for 10 years

- Edric and Emira love their new dad mostly cause Edric has a cool beast uncle and also cause Emira has someone to help her with fashion

- Darius teases Hunter about his crush on Willow

- Darius helps Amity get ready for her dates with Luz like give her makeup tips and helps her with choice of clothing

- Eberwolf and Edric are besties

- In the first week of Alador and Darius being together whenever they would go to sleep Alador would go to the sofa and Darius asked "Why are you going to the sofa?" And Alador was like "oh yeah well Odalia made me sleep on the sofa if I didn't finish work which made me sleep on the sofa for half my marriage" and Darius said "Oh...Mind telling me where she lives again...?"

- Hunter and Luz make little schemes sometimes to get back at Emira and Edric for pranking them

- When Amity told Darius about what Luz said when they had their first kiss he was like "Reminds me of you're dad when we younger" cause when they were younger and had their first kiss Alador said and I quote "Oh Titan" while with the face of a tomato ( I TRIED TO MAKE IT SOUND FUNNY)

- Alador and the kids have gotten closer and has gotten to know them better like he now he knows that Amity is dating a human and respects that, he knows that Edric likes beastkeeping and sometimes goes outside with him to find some animals and he helps Emira to learn more healing spells

- Alador is AMAZED by Darius's abomination form. At times he asks if it only happens when he's angry

- The ONLY person that can cook in this household is Darius

- Hunter invites Gus over to play games and practice flyer derby with him

- Hunter now attends Hexside in all the tracks like Luz

- Alador still makes Abomatrons BUT to only help rebuild the Boiling Isles and he doesn't overwork himself like how Odalia did to him

- Alador doesn't like to talk to his parents due to them splitting Darius and him apart when they were younger

- Edric, Emira, Amity and Hunter like to go on adventures with Eda even though Darius tells them not too

- Alador is DEFINITELY touch starved due to him not receiving alot of affection when he was with Odalia but with Darius he feels like he's in heaven

- Alador LOVES it whenever Darius peppers his face with kisses and when he gives him little pecks on his neck

- Darius tries to convince Hunter to ask Willow out but he's very shy whenever he thinks about it

- Darius is very concerned about the amount of coffee that Alador drinks per day

- Alador now takes better care of himself

- Emira and Viney have crushes on each other but they're scared that the other one will reject them

- After the day of Unity incident the CATTS went to their base with some other people including Alador. Darius felt repulsed cause of what Alador did to their relationship in the past but at the same time was happy to see him

- Darius made a little bird plushy for Hunter when he was little

- Darius was FURIOUS when he learned what Belos did to Hunter in the human realm

- Alador and Hunter are autistic

And That's All Folks❤️

Hope you're having an amazing day I love you all bye❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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dratoba · 2 years

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The Deamonne home

Darius: The father and only one who has more than 3 braincells

Hunter: The adopted child who has an unexplainable amount of trauma

Eberwolf: The cool uncle who comes to visit everyday and sometimes sleeps over

Raine: the co-parent that comes over whenever they can

Flapjack: the dead bird

#the owl house #toh #toh hunter #another day another slay #sad boy #dadrius #sometimes i forget canon actually built on this relationship i get so deep in fanon #toh raine #toh eberwolf #flapjack #death mention #yuh

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fenixfoxtrot510 · 7 months

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Yes I know the Coven Heads were a bunch of petty bitches that liked to bully a literal teenager.

But I also like to HC them spoiling Hunter just a little before he was made the Golden Guard.

The kid has 3 different toys in his bedroom that I can make out and I seriously doubt that Belos gave them to him or allowed him leave the castle with an allowance for a fun afternoon of shopping.

My guess is that the Coven Heads might have spoiled him at first as a way to suck up to Belos. And Hunter kept everything he has fond memories of because that is the only way he was able to survive growing up in his Uncle's Murder Cult.

Hettie gave him Sprig to help him deal with nightmares after getting his first big scar on his cheek. There's a lil satchel of herbs in it to help him sleep. But being 5 or 6, he didn't know about that and magic or not, that stuff still needs to be changed out to keep it's scent, so it doesn't do much to help him fall asleep anymore but he still keeps Sprig after all these years.

A lot of the more random bits and bobs where dug up by Eberwolf then dumped on Hunter when Darius found the junk still caked in mud in his nice clean room. "Whatcha doing?" "Throwing away this garbage while I plot murder, Little Prince." "That looks cool! Why is it garbage?" "Ugh! If you want it you can have it! Just leave me alone and find someone else to bug!" "Really! Thank you Darius!" "YOU BETTER MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN THAT MUD OFF BEFORE TRACKING IT AROUND THE ENTIRE CASTLE!" "KAY!!!"

For reference :

This thing. Eber dug it up. Probably with some other bones he gnawed on for an hour; then decided to leave the skull as a gift for Darius. Baby Hunter thought it was cool and kept it, because of course he would.

Mason carved the Belos statuette for Hunter the day that he got stuck with a lost 7 year old leech latched to his side for 9 whole hours, asking a million and 3 questions about everything and gushing about his favorite Uncle. After that day Mason promptly made himself scarce every time he heard the pattering of excited feet and non-stop chatter coming around the corner in halls.

The long stick is something he found and immediately ran to show Lilith. It reminded him of her staff! Can she show him how to fight with it. Cue Lilith spending an afternoon teaching Hunter how to properly twirl a staff without dropping it or accidentally smacking himself in the face. It was the only time that she thought him cute. Then he started scout training and destroying all of her Coven training records and she quickly changed her mind.

After he started scout training, the Coven Heads stopped humoring him as much because they had too much work to do to continue babysitting the Emperor's nephew now that he was the coven trainer's problem. But it didn't stop completely till he hit his obnoxious know-it-all, better-than-everyone-else, pre-teen stage.

That potion on the wall? From Vitimir. What is it? Hunter doesn't know. Could be a sleeping potion, could be acid. Vitimir did not say. Just tossed it to him on his way to a meeting. Hunter would've tested it on Kikimora but didn't want to get in trouble on the off chance it killed her; Nor did he want to be late to flight practice. It is hanging on the wall until he can safely identify it. (It's an explosive. Vitimir didn't want to deal with the budget meeting that day and thought he could get out of it if the Emperor's nephew managed to destroy a good portion of the castle. Sucks for him that Hunter kinda forgot about it.)

He got the knife from Steve before he got sent on his hike down the knee. He made so many fond memories with that knife! Cutting wet wood that he couldn't start a fire with! Trying to stab the baby slitherbeast for food and nearly getting killed by mama slitherbeast instead! FUN TIMES! DEFINITELY NOT TRAUMATIZING! (He was the fastest scout to ever make it down the Knee, but that had less to do with his survival skills and more to do with the pissed off mama slitherbeast chasing him.)

And is that a fucking scythe I see peeking from the left corner of the room? 500 snails that was a birthday present from Terra. She takes joy in pitting children against each other in magic warfare and is shocked when told that using them for garden mulch is "Illegal." Of course she'd think a scythe would be the perfect plaything for a giddy trainee Hunter whom thinks that her death mazes are fun.

#hunter toh #toh #the owl house

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garussy · 2 years

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The only way I can explain the owl house family tree to my friends is like this:

Eda has a sister named Lilith.

Lilith doesn’t have kids but she is the cool aunt

Eda has three kids King the titan, Luz the human, and Hooty the house worm.

Eda is in a relationship with Raine.

King, Luz, and Hooty aren’t Raine’s kids but Raine and Eda have kids that they call formerly the batts now the catts.

That does not include Steve he is the uncle but Steve does have a half brother named Mattholomule who might end up with Gus but idk.

Luz has a brother named Hunter and a sister named Vee.

Now Vee isn’t Raine or Eda’s kids Vee is Luz’s other mom Camila’s adopted daughter.

Hunter isn’t Raine, Eda, or Camila’s kids his dad is Darius.

Darius also has Eberwolf that is more like another parental figure to Hunter.

Luz and Hunter also have friends named Gus and Willow.

Amity is Luz’s girlfriend and Amity’s dad Alador might be Darius’s new husband.

Hunter’s ex parental figure is also dead-ish.

King has a new “buddy” named the collector but the collector isn’t related to anyone.

Amity also has two older twin siblings named Edric and Emira.

Amity, Edric, and Emira’s mom and dad aren’t together anymore because she is abusive and she is the worst.

I think that’s all I don’t know if I missed anyone.

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roxannarambles · 2 years

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title: second chances (chapter six)

ship: goldenlight (luz x hunter)

chapter notes: chapter 6, wherein hunter freaks out over emoji and then makes some technology-related mistakes 😏

other notes: takes place sometime after ‘reaching out’ but before ‘hollow mind.’ (set in my standard canon-divergent AU where everything’s the same except no L*mity)

other chapters: chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five

The next morning, when Hunter awoke, it was with a clearer mind, but unfortunately it was also with a much more anxious mind. Looking at the last few texts Luz had sent him, he found himself wondering what they meant, if anything, and he burned with the need to figure it out.

He hesitated for a little while, but then pulled open DMs for somebody on Penstagram.

Rulerzreachf4n:

darius, what’s it mean when a girl sends you this emoji 😘

After a fair bit of delay, he received a cranky response.

AbomadadDarius:

For the love of the Titan

AbomadadDarius:

Why are you messaging me? Don’t you have things to do today?

Rulerzreachf4n:

c’mon darius I don’t know who else to ask

AbomadadDarius:

Good god

AbomadadDarius:

Tell me your uncle has told you about the birds and the bug demons

AbomadadDarius:

if it falls to me to explain it, I don’t know if I have the mental fortitude

Rulerzreachf4n:

what. I just wanted to know what the emoji meant

AbomadadDarius:

maybe I could somehow convince raine to do it . . .

AbomadadDarius:

they seem better equipped to deal with things like this

Rulerzreachf4n:

darius you’re not listening

AbomadadDarius:

you’re using protection at least, I hope?

AbomadadDarius:

does raine need to bring you some

Rulerzreachf4n:

I just wanted to know about the emoji don’t send raine here!!

Rulerzreachf4n:

darius

Rulerzreachf4n:

please don’t send them over

The texts from Darius had fallen silent, presumably because he was busy. At least Hunter hoped that was the reason. He went to take a shower and start his day.

During lunch, Hunter was still staring at his scroll and worrying over his uncertainty. One table over, he spied Eberwolf finishing up with their lunch, lapping at the bowl’s last little bits. Flicking his gaze around, Hunter checked to make sure it was relatively quiet around them, then switched tables to sit next to Eberwolf.

As he sat down, the Beast Keeping coven head glanced up curiously at him.

“Hey, Eberwolf, um. Do you know anything about Penstagram and texting and stuff?”

The catlike demon pulled something from their pocket, unrolling it and revealing it to be a magic scroll. It was on a Penstagram page decorated with a photo of them riding atop a Slitherbeast, with the screen-name RaisedByDireWolves.

“Ah. Ok. Cool. I just was wondering if you knew what this emoji usually means when people use it. Uh, hold on . . .”

He awkwardly flicked through his scroll and pulled up the last few texts Luz had sent him, then turned the scroll around to show Eberwolf.

“This?”

The demon gazed intently at his scroll with their beady little pink eyes. Then they reached and batted at the scroll with one of their paws.

“W-wait, uh, what are you–”

They quickly pulled up the emoji menu and typed out a number of emoji.

Rulerzreachf4n:

😸😽😽😻😻🐾🐟💛

Hunter stared, confused.

“What exactly is this supposed to mean, though? Should–”

Eberwolf hit another button, and to Hunter’s dismay, it was the ‘send’ button.

“Wait, did you just send that?!”

He scrambled to see if he could undo it, but no, he still didn’t know how to delete texts. If that was even a thing. He didn’t think that was a thing. Eberwolf was purring.

“Ok, I get that you’re trying to help but I don’t think this is going to make things better!”

Eberwolf had already gone back to licking their bowl, ignoring him. Hunter sighed, hoping Luz wouldn’t find the bunch of emoji to be too weird.

Later in the day, during training with the scouts, Hunter was still engaged with his mission of information collection. As the other scouts went through their drills, and a few were taking a water break, Hunter furtively lurked closer to Steve.

“Pssst, Steve.”

The scout glanced up at him. Quietly, Hunter said,

“Um, look, I know this is kind of random but. I need to know if I’m interpreting this correctly or if I’m reading too much into it, you know? What does it mean when somebody sends you this emoji?”

He showed Steve the emoji (and not Luz’s full text, he’d learned by now that was a mistake). The scout squinted at the scroll for a moment and then chuckled.

“I guess it would depend on the situation. Why, sir, are you being flooded with romantic proposals?”

Hunter shook his head adamantly, keeping his voice low;

“No, this is just one person– couldn’t you just give me, like, a general idea? Please?”

The scout tapped his mask a moment as he thought.

“Hmmm, well. It really is hard to say without more context. But if I were you, I wouldn’t read too much into it. I know some people just really like to use emoji a lot, you know? So it could mean nothing at all.”

Hunter nodded, gazing at his scroll.

“Yeah . . . yeah. You’re probably right. She uses emoji a lot.”

He relaxed a little. Steve chuckled and crossed his arms.

“On the other hand, some people have really specific ideas on what all these emoji mean, so it might mean something huge! Who knows, right? Haha.”

Hunter’s eyes widened, the anxious knot in his chest expanding again.

“Wh-what should I do then?”

The scout shrugged.

“I dunno. I guess you could always Ooze it.”

Hunter gave him a confused look.

“Ooze . . .it?”

The scout seemed amused at his lack of knowledge.

“Uh, yeah? The search engine?”

Hunter nodded quickly.

“Oh, right, of course. Yeah. I knew that.”

He did not know that, but that wasn’t important. He would figure it out later.

However, it wasn’t until the evening when he got the chance to work out what exactly this Ooze Search was. Apparently all you needed to do was type your question into the address bar and it would give you search results based on what people had already written.

What does 😘 mean from a girl

He hit enter, but nothing popped up; it just showed his question. Frowning, he tried again.

What does it mean when a girl uses 😘

Ehh, he must be doing something wrong. He tried a few more times, but wasn’t having any luck. Sighing, he decided he’d mess with it later– he had to get dinner from the cafeteria before it closed down.

After a short dinner, he returned to his room and noticed his scroll was buzzing. Picking it up, he found it was a message from Willow.

Hello_Willow:

Hey ummm Caleb, I think maybe you did something you didn’t mean to?

He blinked, confused.

Rulerzreachf4n:

What do you mean?

Hello_Willow:

Well, I saw some kinda weird posts on your Penstagram just now.

Hello_Willow:

Looked like maybe you were trying to use Ooze and posted on Penstagram instead?

He took a moment to process her message, but when he did, he felt a hot rush of panic.

Rulerzreachf4n:

what waitholdon

Quickly, he switched out of his DMs and navigated to his Penstagram page. Oh, shit.

He frantically messed with buttons but had to quickly switch back over to DMs.

Rulerzreachf4n:

How do you erase posts?!?!

Willow coached him through the process of deleting posts, which was a terrifying several minutes, but eventually resulted in him erasing the messages. Once he had, Willow had to reassure him they were indeed gone.

Hello_Willow:

yeah, it’s okay, they’re all gone now. I checked.

Rulerzreachf4n:

you’re positive?

Hello_Willow:

yep, it doesn’t show up anymore, I promise!

He breathed a small sigh of relief.

Rulerzreachf4n:

okay. thank you.

Hello_Willow:

next time you wanna ooze search something, just let me know. I can help.

Rulerzreachf4n:

yeah…I’ll do that. thanks.

Hello_Willow:

so.

Hello_Willow:

were you . . . just wanting to do those searches for academic reasons or . . .

Hello_Willow:

personal reasons?

Hunter winced. He should have figured she’d be curious. Reluctantly, he answered her.

Rulerzreachf4n:

personal reasons.

Hello_Willow:

I see!

Hello_Willow:

mind if I ask who’s the lucky girl? 😊

Rulerzreachf4n:

I’d . . . rather not say

Hello_Willow:

oh, that’s fine!

Hello_Willow:

I don’t want to make you uncomfortable.

Rulerzreachf4n:

do you think you could tell me about that emoji? I’ve been asking people all day and nobody gives me a straight answer.

Hello_Willow:

you mean the kissy emoji?

Hello_Willow:

this? 😘

Rulerzreachf4n:

yeah.

Hello_Willow:

hmmm. well, to be honest, it could mean a lot of things.

Hello_Willow:

it could be completely innocent and platonic.

Hello_Willow:

or it could be flirty. I guess it just depends on how it’s used.

Rulerzreachf4n:

yeah, that’s what steve said . . .

Rulerzreachf4n:

ugh

Hello_Willow:

you seem really worried about it?

Rulerzreachf4n:

I’m just trying to figure it out, that’s all.

Hello_Willow:

hmmm

Hello_Willow:

if you don’t mind the question, do you like this girl?

Rulerzreachf4n:

Hello_Willow:

nevermind. whatever your feelings are, in my opinion the best way to go about these things is to just be honest!

Hello_Willow:

that’s how my dads got together! papa just marched right up to dad and said, ‘hey, I like you, wanna date?’

Hello_Willow:

and that was it!

Rulerzreachf4n:

I see.

Hello_Willow:

honesty is always the best policy. and it can save people from a lot of hurt or confusion later on.

Rulerzreachf4n:

I guess so.

Hello_Willow:

yeah! and, if she’s your friend, she’ll respect you no matter your feelings, right?

Rulerzreachf4n:

uh huh.

Rulerzreachf4n:

have you confessed to someone before?

Hello_Willow:

well uh

Hello_Willow:

I guess not exactly, no, but . . .

Hello_Willow:

the point still stands!

Rulerzreachf4n:

right. well. thank you for the help.

Hello_Willow:

of course! I’m always happy to help.

Hello_Willow:

let me know how things turn out!

Rulerzreachf4n:

okay.

It was a relief when they finished texting. Hunter was tired of people trying to speculate about him based on some questions he’d asked. All he wanted to know was that that stupid emoji meant. Sheesh. It’s not like it meant anything, he just was curious. About how Luz felt. That’s all.

It’s not like he was into her.

Hunter hadn’t even realized he’d muttered that outloud until Flapjack spoke up.

I’ve seen that look before, young master.

Hunter turned and scowled.

“What look?”

Love, the bird chirped. Hunter huffed.

“You’re as bad as the rest of them.”

He knew they were wrong. He wasn’t in love, for Titan’s sake. It’s just that Luz was his first friend. The first person he’d really felt close to. That’s all it was, really. Just some excitement from that new experience. It wasn’t a big deal.

When Luz texted him later that night, answering the weird mix of emoji Eberwolf had sent with a bunch of her own emoji, he ignored how excited he was just to get a message from her. The next day, when she was still caught up with schoolwork and projects and they didn’t talk much, he ignored how much he missed her.

It didn’t mean anything. It didn’t. All day long, he told himself it didn’t.

In the evening when she uploaded a new video on glyphs on her Penstagram page, he told himself he wouldn’t watch it. He didn’t want to. It was fine.

He focused on his reading that night. Then he went to bed. However, like many nights, he didn’t fall asleep easily.

After laying there for about an hour, he cursed quietly to himself.

“Screw it.”

He caved, admitting to himself of course he wanted to watch it, he was dying to watch it, the last one was amazing, he was so curious what this one was about–

He turned his nightstand light on and grabbed his scroll to navigate to the video. There was Luz, bubbly and bright as ever, with her corny jokes and her easy laugh. And her warm eyes, and her delightful smile, with the silly way it curved a bit crookedly.

Uhh. Hunter rewound the video, realizing he hadn’t been paying close enough attention to what she’d been saying. He focused this time. Luz spent the video discussing the four base glyphs, her ideas on why they were the elements that all magic was built upon, and giving some practical pointers on drawing glyphs, keeping them on hand, etc. She finished the video with a teaser for her next episode, which would introduce her first glyph combos.

When the video ended, Hunter realized he’d spent the entire time smiling as he watched. And not just a small little smile, he’d been grinning like a dumb huge idiot the whole time.

Groaning, he flung the scroll aside, which bounced and landed on the bed beside him. He pressed his palms into his warm face and rubbed, grumbling.

“Okay, maybe I . . . like her a little.”

The palisman perched on his bed’s headboard gave a little chirp.

That’s putting it mildly. You seem entirely smitten, young master.

Hunter scowled.

“What does that even mean? You talk like an old man sometimes, I swear.”

It means you have an enormous crush.

“Hey! I do not have a crush on her. There’s no reason to blow it out of proportion–”

You’ve been watching her videos in secret in the middle of the night?

“They’re informative! Who knows when that information could come in handy and save somebody’s life? I might even be able to use it in my research–”

A voice, clear and loud, suddenly piped up from right beside him;

“Hello? Heeeey, yooo-hoo, Hunter! Can you hear me?”

Hunter’s eyes bugged out and he screeched in surprise, leaping in shock so hard he practically fell out of the bed. Looking around wildly, he realized the voice was eminating from the scroll sitting on his bed. There was Luz’s face, pictured there; she seemed to be sitting in a dimmed room.

Hunter stared, wide-eyed.

“Oh, god, I’m sorry– sorry! I didn’t mean to scare you.”

Slowly, he picked the scroll up, stammering,

“What . . . how . . . what?”

The little Luz on his scroll was quick to explain.

“I, I didn’t call you or anything– I just came into my room and noticed my scroll was running? I think you might of accidentally turned on video. I heard you talking, and uh, I wanted to make sure you knew it was on.”

Hunter took a moment to digest that, and then a wave of dawning horror descended upon him.

“H-how– how long was I– w-what exactly did you hear?”

She made a reassuring gesture.

“Don’t worry, I uh, I didn’t really hear much, I was too busy being confused. Before I realized you probably turned it on by mistake, and um . . . yeah! You’re good, I didn’t hear any super classified Coven secrets or anything.”

She chuckled, and Hunter felt just the smallest bit of relief; thank the Titan he’d been spared that pain. This was the second time he’d nearly been embarassed due to messing something up with this damned scroll, though– he needed to get a better grasp of how the stupid thing worked so it wouldn’t happen again.

The Luz pictured on his scroll got a bit of an awkward smile and giggled nervously, asking,

“Haha, so anyway, I guess you just got back from a shower or. Something?”

He gave her a confused look.

“No?”

��Oh,” Luz said, her voice going a little higher. She made a wide, vague gesture.

“I just mean . . . with the, the no shirt and everything?”

Hunter looked down at himself, finally realizing what she had been referring to.

“Oh! Nah, I just usually sleep naked on hot nights.”

As he glanced back to her, he saw a wide-eyed Luz blush faster and harder then he’d ever seen anyone turn red. Her voice raised another full octive as she squeaked,

“Oh!”

His eyed widened as he realized belatedly what he’d just said, and he fumbled,

“I mean UH– I didn’t– UM, shit– g-give me a minute! I’ll uh, I’ll be right back!”

He slapped the scroll face-down on the bed, unable to believe he’d just overshared like that, freaking hell, why was his brain absolute putty lately?! Hunter scrambled out of bed to go throw some PJs on, and then decided to splash some cold water on his face and fuss with his gross bedhead for a minute. Nobody told him his scroll did video calls, and getting jump-scared like that was honestly stressful as hell.

He then quickly headed back to bed, gingerly picking the scroll back up. Luz was still there, although it looked like she’d moved and was sitting on her sleeping bag now, back propped against her wall. Hunter announced awkwardly,

“Okay, I’m back . . . with clothes this time.”

Luz’s eyes widened again and she emitted a noise that was a cross between a laugh and a squeak, which under other circumstances would have been hilarious.

“Titan, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable, I’m just an idiot sometimes.”

Luz giggled and quickly tried to reassure him.

“N-no, no, no, it’s fine, it– it just took me off guard! Which, I mean, is fair, I clearly scared the crap out of you when I suddenly popped up.”

“Ugh, yeah, I guess,” Hunter grumbled, rubbing his face and still feeling bad. Luz seemed to be taking in stride fairly well, at least. She was still giggling.

“To be honest it was pretty funny, you almost fell out of bed.”

He gave her a mildly annoyed look.

“In my defense I didn’t even know scrolls did video calls.”

Luz grinned. She continued to tease him,

“It’s a good thing you accidentally called me and not somebody else, huh? You could have ended up buttdialing Kikimora or something, that woulda been awkward.”

Hunter scowled as she laughed. She was still pretty flushed but she had recovered from the awkwardness enough to tease him, it seemed.

“Wait, what . . . what is buttdialing?”

“Oh, you know, when you have the phone in your pants pocket and you sit down and it dials somebody . . . although I guess in this case you didn’t have pants so you literally just buttdialed. . .”

She broke off into giggles, apparently finding this hilarious. He protested,

“I-I didn’t! I just put my scroll down a little forcefully!”

As she laughed, Hunter thought about what she’d said, though. He admitted,

“I am really glad it connected to you and not somebody else though, you’re right.”

Euuughh. He didn’t even want to contemplate how horrifying that could have been.

“Yeah, you’ll probably wanna roll the scroll back up from now on when you’re done with it. But I’m also kinda happy it happened? I mean, it’s nice to actually talk to you face-to-face! You been up to anything interesting tonight?”

Hunter leaned back against his headboard a little and thought.

“Not really? Just the usual stuff. I’m almost done with my book.”

He gave her a tentative look.

“. . . how about you?”

She looked enthusiastic as she answered.

“Yeah, I just uploaded my latest glyph video, and it’s been getting lots of likes and comments! So I’ve been trying to plan out the next one. I’m thinking a good theme is the visibile and the invisible. You think it’s catchy enough?”

Hunter slipped into an automatic smile at the subject, unable to help it. He speculated,

“So, does that mean you’ll be discussing combinations with the light glyph?”

She confirmed,

“Exactly, yeah!”

Intrigued, he started to ask her questions, but he ended up babbling a little.

“How many combinations have you found so far? Oh, and that reminds me, I was wondering if you planned on talking more about how to visualize what you want the glyph to do? The practical tips for the glyphs seemed useful but they didn’t go over the actual spellcasting aspects. I’m wondering if it works differently from how I use my staff or how traditional witch magic works.”

Luz nodded.

“Yeah, definitely! I was planning on including some of that next time, actually! But . . . I’m a little confused. Didn’t you say you, uh, weren’t watching my videos?”

Hunter’s expression shifted into something embarassed.

Damn. Caught out. Once again because he couldn’t keep his mouth shut. He glanced away, fidgeting.

“I, uh . . . I might have taken a . . . quick glance at some of them?”

When he looked back, Luz seemed incredibly pleased. With a grin, she asked,

“Couldn’t resist, huh?”

He ignored how his face warmed and muttered,

“I was just curious.”

Luz didn’t seem intent on teasing him further though. She just continued on eargerly.

“This is actually awesome, because I needed somebody to bounce ideas off of. I was planning on diving into glyph combos next, but I’m worried it might be a little too soon. Do you think I should work more on establishing the basics first? I was thinking maybe one episode per glyph, you know? But I also like the idea of discussing spellcasting and all that with the combo glyphs. I dunno, I wasn’t sure.”

She smiled sheepishly and admitted,

“There’s a ton of stuff I’m excited to talk about but organization has never been one of my strengths. So I’m kinda struggling a little.”

Hunter considered her ideas for a moment.

“Well, from the sound of it, having one episode per glyph seems like a pretty good idea to me. You gave a really nice overview last time, so that’s set up the groundwork to go more in depth on each of them.”

Luz nodded.

“Yeah . . . that does make sense.”

He continued,

“I think your intuition about people getting a little confused is right. Glyph combos might feel a little overwhelming to dive into right away.”

She brightened.

“Okay, awesome. See, this is what I needed, the perspective of a viewer.”

He added thoughtfully,

“It also might help you to write out some outlines for the episodes you have planned. That’ll help you decide what you want in each of them and see how they fit together as a whole. And it should help with the whole organization thing.”

Looking eager, she said,

“Yes! Outlines! Perfect. Uh. I don’t usually do those. Would it be okay if . . . maybe I sent you some outlines and you tell me what you think of them?”

He nodded.

“Yeah, of course, I’d be happy to.”

She gave a happy litte squeal and cheered,

“Yeah!! Oh man, this is going to turn out amazing. Thank you so much, Hunter.”

Hunter fell quiet a moment, trying to cope with how adorable Luz was and realizing how much he’d been missing from just texting her.

“O-of course.”

The camera on Luz jostled a little as she shifted on her sleeping bag to slide further down comfortably and lean against the wall of her room, wearing a dreamy little smile.

“Man, I wish my old teachers could see me now. They were always like, blah blah blah, if you don’t follow the rules and learn how to fall in line your life will be a mess, blah-dee-dah. Look at things now! Doing great in magic school, lots of friends, making videos to help spur a societal revolution . . . not too shabby, if I say so myself.”

Hunter studied the human witch, feeling deeply curious. It was so strange, how different they were in some ways. He asked in a wry tone,

“So you were always this rebellious?”

She seemed tickled with the question. Grinning, looking a little self-conscious, she answered,

“I guess so, yeah. I had . . . uh, a reputation, you could say.”

Hunter gave a little snort and lifted his fluffy brows.

“I see. I’m gonna need to hear some examples.”

Luz rubbed her chin and hummed,

“Well, let’s seeeeee . . . I’ll need to pick a good one. Hmm . . .”

She suddenly gestured as if seizing an idea.

“Ah! Ok, this is from a pretty long time ago. Like the third grade, I think. They used to have our class do art projects on Fridays. It was supposed to be a fun thing, give us a creative outlet, right? But the thing is, our teacher was the biggest BORE on the planet.”

She looked incredibly annoyed as she recalled the memory, clearly still holding a grudge.

“Get this: this guy gave us all detailed directions on how to do our projects, like real specific things down to every single step, and he expected us to follow them exactly. He wanted our group to basically have perfectly identical art projects so that when we displayed them in the front of the classroom, everything matched. So every Friday that’s what everybody did. I hated it so much. I always tried to do something different, but he scolded me for doing it ‘wrong.’”

She heaved a sigh and continued,

“Anyway, that was a battle I went through every week. Then one week they wanted us to do the art projects while we were at home and we’d bring them in the next day for class. They were supposed to be these caterpillars made out of cardboard, like, the cardboard containers they have for eggs. Each little egg thingy was a segment of their body. And we also were gonna crush up eggshells and use food coloring and then glue the shells on the outside of the cardboard to decorate it. Glue googly eyes to it and little pipe-cleaner antenna. All that stuff.”

Hunter nodded, indicating he was following her. She carried on,

“Right. So. Of course I’m not gonna do that. It was ridiculous. The teacher even had directions for what color each of the body segments were supposed to be. This guy was messed up, I dunno man, who does that? Anyway, I made a huge cardboard snake with wings, and– oh, huh, I guess technically that would make it an amphiptere, huh? Hah, that Beast Keeping class comes in handy! Anyway, it had these wings that could flap and this huge articulated jaw with fangs, and it was curled around a nest of eggs, it was pretty great! I put a lot of work into it.”

Luz grinned and rubbed her hands together.

“But the finishing touch, the pièce de résistance, was the elephant toothpaste.”

Hunter lifted a brow.

“Uh. The what now?”

Luz seemed to realize she had to back up a little.

“Oh, uh, human realm stuff, right. So, there’s this little science experiment you can do with hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, and yeast. I don’t really remember the exact chemistry behind it, but you combine the peroxide and soap and then add the yeast as a catalyst? And when you do, it suddenly gets super foamy and hot and makes this big ol’ overflowing mess of bubbles. Like it expands and keeps expanding and just goops everywhere. Really neat. Anyway, I set it up so inside the snake’s– the amphiptere’s mouth, there’s this plastic watter bottle full of the peroxide and soap, hidden down in there. As a special little treat once I got to class.”

Hunter could see where this was going.

“I’m guessing this didn’t go over well with the teacher.”

Luz laughed.

“Not really. When I lugged the sculpture to class and put it up with the others, he had a fit. I thought that maybe the science experiment part might help convince him that it was good . . . it’s educational, y’know? But, uh, I kind of underestimated how vigorous of a chemical reaction I was going to get.”

She gestured the path of the elephant toothpaste.

“It went fooooommmm and just kept going and quickly enfulged everyone elses’ projects. And then kept going further and leaked all over the table, onto the floor . . . it even reached the first row of student’s desks. Boy, the teacher was mad. I got into so much trouble.”

Hunter couldn’t help but chuckle a little at the thought.

“Somehow this story doesn’t surprise me in the least. What did the teacher do?”

She gave a casual wave.

“Oh, y’know, the usual. Send me to the principal’s office, call my mom. Made me clean up the entire classroom. Took me like three days. Then the teacher carried a bitter grudge against me that lasted the rest of the school year. Constantly called on me in classroom to scold and belittle me. Then my classmates started avoiding me as the weird troublemaker girl. Nobody would play with me during recess anymore . . .”

She blinked, as if startled by her own train of thought.

“Uh, so, um, y’know, stuff like that!”

She shrugged and gave an uncomfortable laugh. Hunter frowned. Quietly, he said,

“That’s . . . that’s actually kind of awful?”

Luz tried to dismiss his comment, saying breezily,

“Aaaw, nah, it wasn’t so bad! I mean, it was worth it, you know? I wasn’t gonna let that teacher tell me how to make my own art.”

He remained silent and just looked at her sadly. Her artificial smile faltered a little.

She sighed and admitted softly,

“Okay, I guess parts of it sucked.”

Hunter wished he knew what to say, but he really hadn’t a clue. However, before he could ponder it further, Luz seemed to brighten up again and pivot to a new topic.

“Well, hey, what about you? I’d love to hear one of your stories!”

He balked a moment, taken off guard. Talking about himself . . . that wasn’t very appealing.

She looked so excited, though, and he couldn’t bear to say no to her. He chewed his lower lip and pondered it for a few moments.

“W-well, uh . . . I guess . . . I guess there was that one time on the mountain. I could tell you about that? It was pretty classic.”

Luz beamed.

“Yeah! Tell me all about it, I wanna hear what a classic Hunter story’s like.”

He smiled hesitantly.

“Okay, well . . . this was back during my basic training with the other scouts. One of the things they did was fly us out to the top of the Knee in their airships. They dropped us all off and then told us to fend for ourselves. No equipment, no food or water, no weapons, just our cold weather clothes. They said they would return for us in 24 hours, and we had to survive until then.”

Luz’s eyes widened.

“Wow. That’s pretty hardcore.”

A bit of a boastful smile reached Hunter as he recalled the events.

“Well, the Coven’s training doesn’t mess around. Also, this was the dead of winter, so temperatures dipped dangerously low after dark. We were dropped off late afternoon and only had a few hours before nightfall, so it was pretty important for us to get our act together quickly. Especially considering a blizzard was likely going to arrive later that night. Plus, if the snow didn’t get us killed, then the Slitherbeasts certainly would.”

Luz seemed to be having a hard time accepting the premise of his tale.

“Did they really just . . . not give you anything, though? What if there was an emergency, was there any way to contact them?”

Hunter chuckled.

“No, of course not. That would have invalidated the purpose of the test. We weren’t 100% defenseless, though. We had our magic, remember.”

Luz gave her face a little smack and said,

“Oh, right, magic! Jeez, of course.”

Hunter nodded.

“The group I was with were pretty inexperienced, but they did know their basic spells. Meanwhile, I had the artificial staff that Belos had recently given me . . . I was still learning how to use it, though. It put my magic pretty much on par with everyone elses’ at the time.”

He frowned a little.

“They, uh, didn’t quite see it that way, though.”

Luz gave him a curious look.

“What do you mean?”

He paused. Reluctantly, he answered,

“They thought it was unfair I was the only one with a magic staff. They saw it as proof of Belos’ favortism.”

Luz scoffed.

“That’s ridiculous, you would have been literally magicless without it!”

Hunter shrugged.

“I know, but they didn’t understand that, I guess. I was also a lot younger then the other scouts, so they kind of didn’t take me very seriously . . .”

Luz’s expression pinched into something sympathetic and Hunter quickly carried on.

“I-it doesn’t matter, though! That’s beside the point. The point is, we were dropped off there, and we needed to plan fast. Everyone started talking about what they thought we should do, and most people seemed to be in favor of scavanging for food before it got dark.”

Hunter puffed his chest out a bit and spoke in authorative tone,

“That was a terrible idea, though. We could survive just fine without food for 24 hours. What we needed to prioritize was finding shelter and building a fire to prepare for the night. If we didn’t, we’d quickly die to hypothermia. I explained this to everyone, but they didn’t heed my warnings. They were making short-sighted decisions based on on their stomachs instead of using their heads. So most of them went off to follow their foolheardy plans. Only one other scout decided to go with my plans, so the two of us went off in search of shelter. We all agreed to meet up again in one hour.”

Luz seemed very absorbed in his story. Eagerly, she asked,

“So what happened?”

He sighed.

“It was a complete mess. When we met back up, the sun was starting to set and the windchill was picking up fast. Nobody had found anything to eat, one of the scouts had gone missing, people were freezing and everyone was starting to panic. Somebody needed to step up and take charge, otherwise the Coven would be bringing back a whole lot of its scouts in body bags when they returned.”

Luz looked sufficiently horrified, which Hunter appreciated, as she seemed to understand the gravity of the situation he’d been stuck in. He carried on explaining,

“That’s what I told everyone. It took some arguing, but I finally convinced them to listen to me. Me and the other scout had found a few potential locations, but they hadn’t been large enough for our whole group. So I issued orders, creating a search party for the missing scout, directions on how to mark their paths and not get lost in the snow, while creating two other groups to search the most promising locations for shelter. I knew the Knee had several extensive cave systems and there had to be some openings we could find.”

With a proud little smile, he said,

“And we did it! They followed my orders and pulled themselves together. They located the MIA scout and we finally found a cave opening, right in the nick of time. We set up shelter there and gathered enough fuel for a fire that could last all night but also had enough ventilation so we wouldn’t asphyxiate. Some of the scouts had early signs of hypothermia or frostbite but with our shelter, they were back to normal in no time. Heck, before long everyone was talking and joking around the fire like it was just a fun night out.”

Luz grinned, looking pleased with his story. She said,

“Awesome! It must have felt wonderful when they finally respected you as a leader, huh?”

Hunter’s proud smile began to fade.

“Yeah . . .”

He grew pensive for a few moments. Quietly, he said,

“It felt great.”

Luz seemed confused and a little concerned. Hunter glanced away.

He wasn’t going to tell her this part, he hadn’t planned to– but something about Luz always seemed to compel him to blurt things out. Sighing, he said,

“I think I realized that night that respect really isn’t the same thing as . . . liking. The scouts were relieved and they trusted my judgment, but . . . when I tried joining in with their storytelling and joking around the fire, they didn’t . . . really . . .”

He abandoned his sentence and grunted,

“I don’t know, I thought maybe I was just being awkward, so it made them uncomfortable. I gave up and left to make one last quick scrounge for fuel before we turned in for the night. When I returned, I sort of . . . overheard them talking. About me.”

“Oh,” Luz said, in a tone that made it clear she knew it would not be pleasant.

Hunter fiddled with the scroll in his hands as he thought back to it, not looking at her.

“They said I was great at being a walking encyclopedia of knowledge, and I was great at giving orders, but they . . . were still mocking me. And resenting me.”

Gently, he heard Luz say,

“That’s horrible. I’m sorry, Hunter.”

He gave a bitter chuckle.

“No need to feel sorry. That’s just how things work, you know? You work together with people, but you never trust them all the way. Only as far as you need to get something done. People only help each other so long as it benefits themselves.”

Luz answered quickly and indignantly.

“Wh-what? Hunter, no. That’s not how it works! Friends don’t just use each other like they’re disposable tools. Even colleagues don’t do that! Or, that’s not how it’s supposed to be, anyway . . .”

Hunter gazed at her, surprised at how upset she seemed to be about this. He thought about things before admitting quietly,

“Well, maybe the Coven just works differently, I guess.”

She looked sad, incredibly sad, actually; Hunter was about to tell her there was no reason to feel sorry for him, he was fine, but then Luz spoke again, asking softly,

“So what happened after all that? Did you all make it out okay at least?”

He nodded.

“Yeah. Well, there was a little mishap with a Slitherbeast, but that wasn’t so bad.”

Luz arched a brow and protested,

“Wait, hold on, you can’t just say there was a ‘mishap with a Slitherbeast,’ this is stuff you can’t just skip over in a story!”

Hunter chuckled.

“Sorry. Well, there isn’t much to tell, really. I volunteered for first watch that night while everyone else slept. I knew the Slitherbeats tended to use these caves for shelter for the same reasons we did, so we had to keep watch. Unfortunately we were visited by one. I thought about waking the others, but there was a good chance they would panic and that was the opposite of what we needed. So I decided to lure it away from the cave and get it to follow me out into the open snow.”

Luz looked impressed.

“Pretty gutsy.”

He smiled and told her,

“It was pretty touch and go for a while. The blizzard was in full force out there and it was the middle of the night, so it was freezing, dark, and almost impossible to see. I lit my way with my staff as best I could, but . . . the beast was in its element, unlike me. It could track my smell for miles with ease, and it was quick.”

Luz made a noise of disbelief and shook her head.

“Jeez. How did you manage to not die? I was up against one of those once, and lemme say, it’s not something I’d like to repeat. And I had help!”

Hunter answered thoughtfully.

“Well, there were a few moments I was pretty sure I was going to die. I wondered if they’d even find parts of my body or if the Slitherbeast would digest everything and there’d just be no remains. Nobody would have even known what happened to me. My spells weren’t enough to stop the beast; the best they could do was just annoy it. I was just running and running. Nowhere to hide. Any tree I climbed, the beast could just pull down.”

Her eyes wide, she squealed,

“Aaaa, what did you do?! Enough buildup already, just tell me!”

He laughed at her impatience.

“All right, all right. Well, I knew these things couldn’t see well, they operate mostly by smell. So I realized I could try and use that to my advantage. I took off my jacket and used my magic to float it right in front of the beast, so he’d get a good whiff, and then I floated it away, leading it away from me. To a very convientent location, just under a ridge.”

“Oh?”

He pointed a finger and went,

“Zap! I triggered a landslide with my magic and it knocked the damned thing down the mountainside. Gave me the chance to finally escape. I scrambled through the storm and managed to drag myself back into the cave before I froze to death. Everyone else was still sleeping soundly, none the wiser.”

Finished with his tale, he sat back and gave her an amused smile.

“Pretty funny, huh? We still laugh about that night.”

Luz was staring at him in disbelief. He asked,

“What?”

“You . . . Hunter, I feel like there are plenty of words to describe that story, but ‘funny’ is not high on the list.”

He frowned.

“What? . . . did I tell it badly?”

She shook her head.

“No, you told it fine, it’s just– dude, didn’t you just say you thought you were gonna die and you didn’t know if your friends and family would even find a body?”

“Yeah?”

“Well how is that a funny anecdote?!”

Hesitantly, he answered,

“Well, I mean . . . you gotta laugh at it, right? It’s pretty crazy.”

She asked,

“So you consider it a good memory?”

He laughed,

“Oh, hell no. Of course not.”

She blinked. He continued,

“But it’s funny, you know? All the hijinks we got up to during training. It’s funny . . .”

He paused, trying to understand why Luz still looked so horrified, the same way she’d looked throughout much of his tale. Suddenly starting to question himself, he asked faintly,

“Is it . . . is it . . . not?”

Something about the sadness in Luz’s eyes finally made something click into place for him. Quietly, he said,

“It isn’t. Is it?”

Luz sighed gently. After a long pause, she said,

“It’s nice that you’re finding the good in it, and what you did was really admirable . . . but also, I think it’s kinda really messed up they made you go through that to begin with.”

A few moments passed, and she added,

“Although. I guess . . . my story wasn’t super funny either in some ways.”

They were both quiet for a bit. Hunter contemplated things. She had a point. Maybe they both kind of had warped ideas of what was funny.

Or maybe laughing about it had felt like the only option.

“Well,” Luz said suddenly, with a defiant smile,

“I guess that just means we’ll have to make some even better memories, right?”

She looked to him with a glint of hope in her eyes. He smiled faintly at her, then agreed in a mellow voice,

“Yeah. I’d be down for that.”

With a rush of inspiration, she said,

“Oh, I know! When we finally meet up, we can go camping!”

He tilted his head slightly. He asked,

“What’s camping?”

Her eyes sparkling with excitement, she answered,

“It’s kind of like what you did at the Knee, except without the horrible blizzards or Slitherbeats or constant fear of death looming over you!”

Hunter frowned.

“That doesn’t really explain much.”

She tried again.

“Okay, so. Basically, you go out into nature, and you bring tents and sleeping bags, and you build a cozy little campfire, and you go on hikes and go fishing or swimming or just skip stones on the water and just kinda vibe, you know? It’s great.”

Still confused, he asked,

“But . . . what’s the point?”

Exasperated, she said,

“To be in nature! To relax and breathe some fresh air! It’s super peaceful!”

He hummed skeptically,

“I see . . .”

Undaunted, Luz continued to try and convince him.

“C’mon, you can’t tell me you wouldn’t enjoy it. Imagine: we go out into the wilds of the Boiling Isles, maybe somewhere in the Chest Valley? Eda says it’s pretty nice out there, I’d love to see it sometime. And then we just hike in the forest and listen to the birds, maybe climb a tree . . . make a fire later on and roast some weenies or something. And then watch as the stars come out. No stress, no worries. Just chilling and doing whatever we’d like.”

It had been difficult for Hunter to understand what Luz was on about, but he felt like he was finally starting to grasp it. It was just that the concept of relaxing was still so foreign to him.

He admitted quietly,

“Okay . . . I guess that does sound kind of nice.”

She looked so happy at his response and cheered,

“Yeah! Exactly! We gotta be sure to actually do that sometime when all this Coven crapola is out of the way.”

Slouching down even further on her sleeping bag, she mused,

“Mmm, man, we’ll need to see if we can get ahold of some marshmallows, though. That would be perfect. Can’t have a good camp out without marshmallows.”

Slouching in his own bed himself, he asked in an amused tone,

“And what are marshmallows?”

“A human delicacy,” she told him,

“You stick them on a skewer and roast them over the fire. They taste best when they’re a little bit burnt, though.”

“That . . . doesn’t sound good.”

“It is, I swear! Crunchy on the outside and gooey on the inside.”

“That’s just describing most of the bug demons around here.”

She laughed,

“No! I swear, they’re good, they’re . . .”

A yawn intterupted her, and she made a little squeak as she stretched. It was not adorable. It was not.

“They’re amazing. Especially with graham crackers and chocolate.”

“And what are those?”

“Chocolate is another human delicacy. And graham crackers . . . well, actually okay, they’re not that great on their own, they’re kind of like sweetened cardboard, but for some reason when they’re combined with chocolate and marshmallow they’re really great.”

“This isn’t a very convincing argument.”

“Hey, when have I steered you wrong before? Trust me, they’re perfect. The chocolate sort of half-melts when you put ‘em together and it’s so good and everything smells like wood smoke and there’s just the popping of the fire and the sound of frogs and crickets, and it feels so special. The way it does when you’re up late with somebody, y’know?”

Hunter was only half-listening to Luz by now, but he found that he wanted to continue listening to her babble about camping for as long as she wanted. Smiling lazily, he said,

“Yeah.”

And despite how late it was, he continued to chat with the strange human on the other end of the line, his darkened room lit only by the gentle glow of his scroll.

#toh #the owl house #goldenlight #lunter #huntceda #goldenluz #luz x hunter #hunter x luz #goldenlight fanfic #running spellcheck on text messages is a nightmare so there may be a few spelling errors

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cheetahsprints · 2 years

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Darius: Alador and I are having a baby.

Hunter: Uh... good for y-

Darius, slamming adoption papers on the table: It's you, sign here.

Adrian: I call cool uncle.

Hieronymus: Dearest, you're not related? But no, *I'd* be the cool uncle.

Adrian: You wish.

Raine: I call the voice of reason.

Eda: I call this being a disaster! Also if anyone hurts our baby nephew, they're dead.

Eberwolf, getting on the desk to hug Hunter around the neck: Grr!!

Hunter: Is there anyone who isn't adopting me?!

Mattholomule, suddenly popping in: Can I be adopted too?!

Hunter: Fuck off, they're mine!

Lilith, used to putting up with shit: Language, young man.

#toh incorrect quotes #technically though I played around with the original template and added a lot #Adrian Graye #Hieronymus Bump #toh Hunter #dalador #bumpdrian #raeda #cw swearing #toh

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pandoratheprocrasticreator · 2 years

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Hunter and the blight siblings all get adopted by like every adult figure in their lives bc their original guardians suck and the blight siblings refuse to refer to any of the adult figures by familial terms. They already have a mom and she sucks. They also already have a dad and hes trying now but he also sucked so the new adults that ACTUALLY care about them are too good to deserve getting those titles shoved on them. At most ed and em tentatively call luz their sister after the lumity wedding. And amity starts referring to camilla and eda as mom and raine as par.

Hunter, though? This boy didnt even know what a parent is until he was like 12. Nobodys going around calling themselves his uncle so hes fine with it and he starts collecting parents from every direction. Camilla? Mom. Raine? Par. Darius? Dad. Eda? Eberwolf? Steve, even though hes barely 10 years older? Theyre all his parents. Lilith? She may be luz's cool aunt now but she was hunters mom in the coven first. Hooty? He might be kings weird uncle but hes hunters dad. Somehow. Gwen and dell clawthorne? Hunter has no need for grandparents. He makes them his parents even though their daughters are also both his parents. Willow and gus's dads? HIS dads now. Amitys dad? Actually you know what amity can keep that one. Kikimora? He declares her his weird murder mom hes not allowed to go near and she is the only one who does not accept this title.

This kid has more parents than frisk undertale. This kid has more parents than steven universe. This kid will not stop until the boiling isles titan himself legally adopts him as his son. Fuck you.

#the owl house #shut up pandora #toh #hunter toh #hunter wittebane #amity blight #edric blight #amira blight #for context this was written at 1 am #anyway normalize being in a found family without using any familial terms #sometimes the adults in your life are not your parents they are just mentors and dear friends that treat you better than your parents do #and not every person your age in your found family is your sibling sometimes theyre just dear friends #this is for fictional characters ofc irl ppl can call themselves whatever they want #but ye i shouldnt have to trace a whole ass honorary genealogy chart to determine where characters fit into a found family #if you dont know what their relationship is then maybe just call them friends #remember familial titles in found family should only be used when it adds something to the characters and dynamics #and also when its funny

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fruity-phrog · 2 years

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Luz: This is my mother Camilla, who has adopted my sister Vee. And this is my adopted mother Eda, who has adopted my brother Hunter, my other brother King, my other other brother Hooty, my girlfriend Amity, her brother Edric and her sister Emira. This is King’s friend/uncle/brother Steve. This is Hunter’s adopted father Darius and Darius’ crackhead friend Eberwolf. This is my cool aunt Lillith, who is Eda’s sister. This is my parent Raine, Eda’s spouse, and their adopted children Amber, Derwin and Kataya. This is my pet Echo Mouse and Eda’s palisman Owlbert. We also have Amity’s palisman Ghost, Hunter’s palisman Flapjack, Lillith’s raven and Edric’s Batric.

#it got longer #toh shitpost #toh #luz noceda #luz's family #the owl house

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the-sunshine-dims · 2 years

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But he’s happy

a little character study!

Ao3

Words: 2132

Summary: Hunter was five when he first learned of his uncle's curse.

And Hunter was only seven when something had changed.

Contents and Warnings: Child Abuse, Manipulation, Hunter angst, Abusive Emperor Belos,

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Hunter was five when he first learned of his uncle's curse.

He hadn’t really been worried about it, nothing was explained to him besides the very fact that the curse existed, let alone what it meant. so he never lingered on it, never really wondered if it was scary for his uncle, and even if it was, his uncle was really strong, so he never worried that it’d defeat him.

And even when it was explained more- vaguely with big fancy terms that left him feeling frustrated, and his head hurting- Hunter never really gave it a second thought.

His uncle was really strong, he wouldn’t be bested by it! And his uncle would never let it hurt him. He'd never even been allowed to be in the same room when it had a ‘surge’.

So he never really worried.

Why would he?

After all, he was so filled with curiosity for everything else, why ponder something that he couldn't do anything about and made his head hurt just thinking about like a curse when he could try and convince Eberwolf to take him on the newest excursion to capture a wild beast? Or try to sneak into the castle library and read the cool books he wasn't technically allowed to read. or see if Darius could make any cool shapes with his.. goop?

He was much more preoccupied with exploring and asking every question he could think of to even consider being worried.

The titan had big plans for him. that’s what his uncle said, he didn’t really know what that meant,

but, he did know that it meant everything would be okay.

So why worry?

Hunter was only seven when something had changed.

His uncle had said his curse was getting worse.

He wanted to help, he always did. but his uncle had said no. had said he was too young. had said he couldn’t help just yet. had said the titan had big plans for him, whatever that meant. had said he had to wait.

But he wanted to help now , so he tried. following the patrols around and trying his best to go on missions even though often he got kicked out before the mission even started with a simple ‘I’m not babysitting.’ Or he would read anything he could find about curses, or try and practice extra so that he could help sooner.

If he got good enough at ‘evasive-maneuvers’ and dueling like they said, surely he would be allowed to help sooner!

And, that’s when it started, the harder he worked the higher the bar went, he could barely reach it before it was set higher and higher.

But he didn’t blame his uncle, he did mess up a lot, it only made sense he needed the ‘corrections’ he just had to do better, he wanted to, and his uncle was just encouraging that.

And he wanted to show his uncle that he was making progress, he was. And he wanted him to be proud of him, so Hunter did everything he could to get better and better.

He wouldn’t need nearly as many corrections if he just learned better.

The titan would be proud of him.

His uncle would be proud of him.

But he failed and failed so many times and he got so many scrapes and bruises and bumps and he had to stop himself from crying lots of times and he didn’t seem to get any better.

And his uncle had gotten really mad.

And that had happened before.

But this time he got the first-hand experience of what happened when he got so mad that he couldn’t control his curse.

This time he got a lasting reminder.

Hunter was eight, and he was terrified of the curse.

He always tried to be good. he stopped trying to talk unless spoken to, stopped goofing off, always tried to stick to his uncle’s side, and he stopped taking off his mask the moment his uncle was out of sight. he tried to be good, so desperately that he sometimes felt like he was gonna burst.

Sometimes Hunter felt guilty that he was so completely petrified of it, because his uncle was hurting more than he was and he was being selfish but that didn’t really change anything.

Because he knew his uncle, he was really nice and he always did what was best for everyone, even if sometimes what was best hurt a little bit, or a lotta bit, like the time he’d been training and suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his arm and he looked up and his uncle was tsk’ing him about being too slow “you always have to be five steps ahead of those wild witches, you're lucky it’s just me because they would have done something much worse,” and okay it hurt a little more when he had left him to deal with the gaping cut on his own, but he was right , Hunter needed to be faster and it was an only fair punishment for not being, let alone failing so badly, and disappointing Belos.

He knew his uncle, even when he hurt him he only ever wanted what was best for him, and he didn’t intentionally hurt him, if he ever got hurt it was on him for not dodging fast enough.

But, the curse didn’t care, and his uncle couldn’t control it when he got really angry.

His uncle would never hurt him intentionally.

The curse… the curse didn’t even hesitate when it hurt him, it never seemed to have any reservations.

And he knew his uncle couldn’t control his curse.

He knew that, and he had been reminded of that time and time again.

He loved his uncle and his uncle loved him.

…But his uncle’s curse still scared him.

And sometimes, Hunter even hated it.

He knew it was selfish, his uncle was suffering more at its hand than he was, and he knew that.

But sometimes, late at night when he spent hours laying awake in his bed.

He hated it.

It’s loud screaming and berating, even worse than his uncle's countless ‘corrections’ and the fact if he did anything wrong- it would come out to punish him itself.

It would hurt him.

And he hated that he could never be upset over it because it would make his uncle feel bad and he didn’t want him to feel bad he just wanted to cry and he knew that wasn’t allowed in the coven. Everyone had something much more important to deal with than him crying over every single minuscule thing. and he wasn’t little anymore, it wasn’t excusable.

But, sometimes, he wanted his uncle and only his uncle, not the coven , not anyone else , not the titan , not the curse , sometimes he wished his uncle wasn’t the emperor so they could go on walks and they could play in the town square and so that he wouldn’t be stressed all the time so even if he had the curse it wouldn’t come out nearly as often.

But he knew that was bad, so he only had those thoughts when it was really late and when he knew he’d be too tired to remember them in the morning.

He was pretty sure they were ‘treasonous’ after all, he didn’t really know what that meant because no one would acknowledge him long enough to explain it to him, but he’d heard it a couple of times and he knew it was bad, and he’s pretty sure it fit.

…But Hunter was still eight, and he was still scared of it, and he still sometimes hated it a whole lot, and he still sometimes wished he and his uncle were just normal witches and that they could be a proper family.

Even if it was selfish.

Hunter was ten when Belos had finally let him, officially, take scout training.

He had gotten countless scrapes and bruises and a dozen more scars but he’d done it.

He was finally able to help his uncle.

He could help him cure the curse, he knew it would take a while, he knew it would’ve already been cured if it were easy, but eventually, even if it took a while, he could help.

The titan had big plans for him,

His uncle would be so proud.

He was his only family left, and Hunter was going to make him proud.

No matter what.

When he was eleven he had finally learned what happened to the palisman they had all been bringing him, thankful for his mask as all the air forced its way out of his lungs and the bile filled his throat as he saw his uncle break it, and consume it.

And he knew it was good, or at least it wasn't bad , because it helped if nothing else manage the curse, and that was good, and it was wild magic, it was bad, it didn't matter, he shouldn't feel guilt for its death.

but he still broke down sobbing the moment he got back to the safety of his room, gagging and choking on tears, trying desperately not to throw up as the sound of it breaking in half joined the ringing of his ears, or as the sight filled his vision no matter what he did, whether he closed his eyes or kept them wide open.

And from there on out everything just got so much worse, stricter, he barely ever had a moment to so much as eat, he was lucky if he got the occasional breakfast or dinner as most of his nutrition slowly became protein bars.

And he should be proud- he knows that, because it meant Belos finally trusted him enough to do whatever he needed. finally trusted him enough to let him lead the missions to retrieve things. trusted him enough to let him be solo on general patrol and night patrol.

But it was still exhausting.

But, it didn’t matter, he just had to push through it!

Hunter was fourteen when everything changed again. He was named golden guard, the teen prodigy, and now officially emperor Belos’s right-hand man.

A mere day after the ceremony was all it took before everything got tighter again, so much tighter, to the point where sometimes it felt like he was drowning in his seemingly endless duties.

But It was an honor.

And, sometimes when Hunter had done especially well on missions he would be given the afternoon off, it wasn't often, maybe once a month if he was lucky, but he got it. Sometimes he used that time to read, sometimes, if it was early enough, he went to the cafeteria to pester Eberwolf and Darius, though he knew to only pester them. The other coven heads were much more serious. and they kind of scared him, even though he knew he was technically their superior now… they still scared him, even if a little more minimally, especially head witch Terra Snapdragon. He's pretty sure he heard her once lament about not being able to poison children, and technically he was a child, at least in their eyes, and he didn’t want to tread on the thin ice that was her sanity.

…and Lilith just didn't like him.

And that was it for a while. constantly busy, unless he did especially good on an especially hard mission, and got the afternoon off. and when he got that afternoon off either reading for a couple of hours before night patrol, or going to the cafeteria to ‘disturb the peace’ like Darius said.

But eventually, something changed, a smaller change thankfully. a new person joined the table to be pestered, a person named Raine Whispers, they weren’t quite a headwitch yet but they’d been flying up the ranks quickly enough to be the moment the current head-bard retired.

He was hesitant about them at first, he only really even pestered Eberwolf and Darius because Eberwolf was happy to encourage him being ‘a menace’ as Darius called him, and Darius was Darius.

But they were nice, quiet for the most part, but nice.

Occasionally, after a couple of months, they even started teaching him a little about bard magic, it was... Really cool.

They were really cool.

So, even if he was really busy most days. and the change and stagnation sometimes felt just a little bit suffocating. And sometimes he woke up from an especially unrestful sleep distantly longing for when he had been younger- and to go back to that.

Even with all that, he was happy.

He would cure his uncle's curse.

He would make the emperor proud.

The titan had big plans for him after all.

And oh what an honor that was.

#the cold one writes #toh #toh fic #toh hunter #toh belos #child abuse #manipulation #the owl house #the owl house hunter #emporer belos #hunter wittebane #it hurts me that i dont have another last name for him #belos manipulates toddlers #becuase hes an asshole #character study

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v-murderkings · 2 years

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Would Wild Witch Darius connect eventually with Eda after her curse? If Eberwold would still go undercover to the Coven, the rebellion could have a much weirder net of connections between the castle and outside.

Sorry that it took me so long to answer this, Anon <3

Yes, they'll definitely reconnect. In modern-day Darius and Eda are best friends and look out for each other. He's King's cool Uncle and babysat him a few times while Eda was out committing petty theft.

In terms of Eberwolf I'm not entirely sure, I came up with the idea that after his initial and accidental escape Darius comes across Eber (who he already knows) and their Direwolf family. Darius would end up staying with The Pack during his first few years on the run, so Eber never became all that acquainted with societal customs so they never joined a coven.

If that's the case then maybe Gwendolyn would end up becoming the Beastkeeping Head (which could be either really good or really bad for The Rebellion)

On the other hand, if Eber was already too far into modern society, that could lead to some fun and unique dynamics! Yes he's The Beastkeeping Head but they also hang out with a wanted criminal on weekends lol

I'm leaning more toward the first idea (since Eber could end up being an Uncle of sorts to King, and I just love Darius and Eber's dynamic, it feels wrong to tear them apart) but I'd love to here your thoughts, thanks for the ask! :D

#Rise of Deamonne #the owl house #darius deamonne #eberwolf the huntsman #edalyn clawthorne #gwendolyn clawthorne #king clawthorne #the owl house au #AU #Wild Witch Darius AU #Wild Witch Darius #asks are always welcome #please send me asks #i need an excuse to blab about this AU

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willowshimmer · 1 year

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Day 6 of TOH headcanons until EP 2 comes out

- Eberwolf is like the cool uncle to Edric like sometimes they take Edric to the forest to look and study demons and stuff like that but there was this one incident where it was night and they snuck out without telling Alador or Darius so when they got home Alador and Darius were outside with menacing looks...

And Edric was grounded for a week

#toh alador #toh darius #toh edric #toh headcanon #toh eberwolf #eberwolf the huntsman #edric blight #aladarius #alador blight #darius deamonne

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