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#ok but also look at hunter holding gus and willow
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✨screaming and crying and throwing up✨
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mistyfoxxy · 1 year
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I want to talk about Gus in for the future. I know it seems like it was a breakthrough episode mainly for Luz and Willow, considering what happened to Willow and Luz finally figuring out what she wanted. A breakthrough for Winter being canon now. But I really want to talk about Gus here and his breakthrough in here. While it was small and not so noticeable I think he had his too.
I think the Emerald Trio had their episode here
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I’m the beginning we see Gus trying to comfort Willow with his illusions. While with Willow you can see the glassy ready look in her eyes, Gus has this tired look to his.
I think he realizes that she’s in a hard place right now. After all, he knows how much Hunter means to Willow probably more than any of them including Willow herself.(she’s been suppressing her emotions for the last few months) He’s been friends with her longer than any of them (Her and Amity weren’t friends for years so I’m not counting her right here) she knows she’s probably going to suppress her feelings to help others. He’s probably tried before to get her to open up and she wouldn’t listen because “I’m the reliable one, remember”.
So I’m sure he knew she was hurting already, he had to suppress his feelings too. Sure he was very open about him missing his dad and not afraid to cry because he was comfortable. Shoot maybe he lets himself be vulnerable with her to show that it’s ok to be vulnerable with him too. They’re best friends! But he isn’t going to push her. He knows her strength. She’s been holding it in for years so he’s never seen her the way that they did in the end of FtF. Me as an empathetic person myself, I hurt when I know someone else is, especially when they’re trying to pretend it’s alright. But he also knows she hates when people meddle in her affairs, so he was giving distance.
Skipping forward, when Willow goes off by herself in anger, he feels like it’s his fault. The fact that he knew something and was trying to do the right thing but failed in hurting them instead. (Which is not true but you know how Gus is). He tried to go and fix it and somehow ends up in a pit. And you see how terrified he is at first. Don’t tell me he ain’t struggling with PTSD either. He witnessed first hand the darkness and evil of Belos and his mind. Someone he looked up to as a ruler for the longest time in his life. Got thrown into another realm, which yes was awesome cuz he got to learn and see what he wanted too!…. But not by his own choice.
And then he witnesses Willow in the state she is in. And oh just because we didn’t see it, you can’t tell me he wasn’t heartbroken too.
He just didn’t have a way he knew how to help without thinking he was going to make it worse too.
Which is why I think it was such and Emerald trio moment too. Gus needed a window. He needed someone else to help where he felt he couldn’t. And finally he could tell Willow what he had been wanting to forever now.
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And just look how happy he is now.
She’s feeling better.
He finally could get the fact that he knew Hunter was a grimwalker off his chest.
Shoot Hunter and Willow holding hands now, Titan he didn’t think he’d get this far!
That’s a load off his chest.
While it was not very noticeable, I think we got a breakthrough in his arch too.
Willow and Gus and Hunter are a team. They’re there for each other. They’re like siblings! (Er not Hunter to Willow or Willow to Hunter) but Gus ties the knot!
I rewatched FtF yesterday and oh I could finally see it. The best boi
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ilovechuuyakjk · 1 year
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SPOILERS FROM THE FUTURE ‼️‼️
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this will take place in ep from the future and will be a Willow x reader x hunter
Your personality will be based on ranpo from bsd
Why?
Because he is a genius and perfect
About the resquests I will do after this is posted
The lines won't be 100% ok probably because I got this from yt
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Luz was at the portal, she watched a yellow creature with wings saying something but she couldn't understand anything, when she realized she was being pulled by her girlfriend, amity
"Luz! You were there for so long, we thought you got stuck behind! Are you hurt anywhere?
"I'm I'm fine, i saw something or someone but it was probably just in my head, any sign of...him?"
" oh come on it's not like a sore of ghosts will inexplicably appear if you say his name... I think anyway, if belos was here he's long gone now "
" Not very far after all it was only a few minutes that he had to advance " You said with your palisman over your head, they were sleeping, you were next to Willow, willow had her hand on top of your shoulder comfortably
" he better stay out of our way, this mama's hungry for vengeance! "
" now that is a fight I'd watch "
" I love powerful mothers" You said, Willow had a mini laugh at your comment
You started walking, hunter was nervous and went ahead, amity and Luz were next to each other, Willow and gus were next to you,
" okay everyone coast is clear huh "
Willow watched a red grass
" oh hello red grass I miss you! I can't talk for long we're on a mission to save the boiling aisles"(100% which is probably not how it is written, but it is what is written there)
Gus created some illusions to make Willow happier
" willow is back horay! (I don't know how to write it, it wasn't written there how to write it)
You looked at Willow so adorable that scene was, hunter was too, he heard the bird and looked in the direction to see if it was Flapjack but found with disappointment because it was just a red bird
" we don't have time to red grass or illusions! Belos had a head start so we should keep moving until we find him! " Hunter said with anger in his voice not for his friends but more for himself.
Gus and willow got sad faces and gus shattered the illusion
" yea we should leave him alone, it's been less than an hour since he's been possessed by Belos and he's probably still processing all this" You said, your palisman had already woken up so they was now by your side
Willow was trying to comfort gus which resulted, Titan you love her so much, she's so nice and pretty and super powerful, too bad you knew she wasn't doing well which worries you a lot but you're not one of the best people to comfort others, this has always been a problem for you
Willow made blueprints and started driving on them
" oh wow! You kids were really holding back in the human realm huh " Camila said with enthusiasm in her voice impressed by what Willow did
" maybe a little " amity said catching the slime by moving it in the air
" hello gorgeous slime " amity said while Luz was looking passionately at her, turning red but then she shook her head to let go of the feeling
" y/n Also has powers or is equal to hunter? " Camila asked Luz quietly so you wouldn't hear but before Luz could answer you answered
" Of course I have powers! Only I haven't shown them yet because you guys would be so impressed by them. " You said it boldly and in a strong voice
' One of the worst lies you've ever told ' Your pasliman says, you just ignored them
Camila just stood there awkwardly smiling but realized the unhappiness of her hija
" Mija you never told me how pretty this place was, the trees, the sky, give it aAAAAAAAAA "
Camila stands right in front of the children protecting them
" kids stand back who knows if that monster is alive or not " Camila looks at it strangely
" actually the titan skull is normal everything else is... wrong "
you guys watched it all strangely, it wasn't right at all
" guys what's on top of the skull " willow said you turned to see what was up there
" It looks like collector magic and the castle must be where he lives, to get rid of this strangeness we have to go there " you said making everyone turn to you
" Smart as ever y/n" gus said putting a hand on your shoulder
" we may have more answers at bonesborough " Luz said causing everyone to start walking, amity looked a bit worried but still went, You couldn't hear the conversation very well, only what Luz said at the end you could hear
" but I haven't changed my mind, after we rescue eda and king I'm staying in the human rea,l permanently, it's for the best..."
" wait let's talk first-"
Camila tried to convince but she couldn't this time
You already knew part of this story but didn't know it was forever, you have to try to convince her
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(I'm not going to write the Belos part so I just cut this part from here.)
you arrived at the owl's house, it was covered in paint with words of hate written there
" what is this place " Camila asked looking at the house
Luz went to the door, putting her hand on the doorknob with her head down, then looking up and saying
" welcome. To the owl house " Opening the door, seeing that there was practically nothing inside
you went upstairs to talk to your pasliman
" So let's proceed with everything we heard, everyone disappeared, the collector turned this all into a dream, Luz is thinking of staying In the human real forever, hunter was possessed, Willow is on the verge of a breakdown, amity is trying to help Luz but Luz is just pulling her out, gus blames himself for all this because he was afraid to tell everyone hunter was a grimwalker from the beginning and WE can't say many things because I don't know what is really happening, why all this was provoked, maybe in that castle there is something that can say more about the collecter, And I don't know how to comfort others, gosh I needed him to be here maybe he had an answer, he always had an answer... " You said sitting on the floor looking for a photo in your bag (yes you have a bag)
Your pasliman started going into the bag " what are you trying to do" you asked them but they didn't answer instead he took out the other pasliman that was inside making the pasliman wake up
" What are you doing, that pasliman was his and we agreed not to touch it " You said with a bit of anger in your eyes
' I know but hunter now doesn't have a pasliman so we can give him this, it would be a victory for both, hunter would have a new pasliman and the pasliman would have a new owner ' Your pasliman said turning around the other one who looked a bit confused
" You forgot the detail that they both have to accept each other and now hunter would rather throw him into the sea than welcome the pasliman not to mention pasliman is still saddened by his death and probably wouldn't accept another owner now "
You said that putting the pasliman back in the bag
' Try talking to hunter first before saying that please ' They said you said maybe and your pasliman came back to put themself in your hair again
" IT'S EDA AND KING" you heard hunter scream going down there fast
" they were on that shooting star! " hunter shouted pointing to the blue star
" how are we supposed to follow them?! " Camila asked in a worried voice.
" don't worry " amity says making pasliman transform " I'm a safe flyer "
" flyer?! "
Camila went to amity, Luz went to Gus and hunter went to mine, we follow the blue star as far as we can
' Tell now this could be the time ' they said in code
" Now that we're flying? I'll ask him later " " Ask what later? " He asked listening to your conversation " Is it something serious? " He asked you continue to fly and you answered
" It's nothing that serious but this isn't the best time to ask " You replied, he nodded, and you continued in silence until you arrived.
" those thing meed symbolts " Camila said relaxed that she is finally on earth " oh hello sweet earth " Camila was about to sit down when she saw a mixture of goo and meat and she pulled her staff and screamed " AAAAAAAAAA I I mean hello good sir " She said bowing to the monster, he was happy
You guys started walking around seeing everything broken or full of stars
" where eda and king? "
" where is anyone..? "
You continued walking, arriving at a place where hunter went to look
" something's coming! "
" Witches? "
" demons? "
" no it's...sparkles? "
hunter saw the blue sparkles and pulled you like Luz pulled amity, hiding your head in his arms
When you saw there were a lot of people there but they were transformed into... Dolls?
Willow recognized one of them, it was her father.
" dad?! " Willow said this looking worriedly at her dad
The dolls started to move, Willow went after her father while you and the hunter went after her to pull her to safety
" stop it's me! Have you seen papa?? Wait! "
You and the hunter pulled Willow into an alley behind you there was an explosion and you three ran fast
When you saw it, it was the owl lady
" eda? " Luz said looking at Eda destroying everything
" That doesn't look like the owl lady " You said, hunter and Willow agreed
Willow saw Eda going to hurt her dad and immediately reached for her staff but stopped when she heard a familiar voice
" stop right there beast ! "
You all started looking at the collector admired not in a good way
" fear not citizens bonesborough I'm here to stop this beast roughage! "
" I believe in you collector! " king said pointing thumbs up
" thanks best friend! " Collector said doing the same
" what the- " You said with open eyes
" Wyclef! " (he probably didn't say that but that's the only thing the subtitles are saying)
Saying that, there started to be blue lights and the "beast" was defeated making people applaud.
" yeah oh hooray I'm back to normal "
" what " Luz said looking creepy at Terra
" yeah who's got a pint of apple blood hoot hoot "
" ah timeout everyone timeout, Terra for the last time eda doesn't sound like that! She's got more a like a a cool ant vibe who pretends to be like a cold-hearted but actually cares alot "
" yeah you're real son in my side you know that, I've had it whit you and your stupid little dog " Collector looked at her with eyes filled with anger at what she said
" uh whatever all I have to do is play eda the owl lady and I don't get turned into any of those things right? Then let's just continue " oh I like musicians! ""
" your not being very nice right now " Collector said making a mini moon and pointing to Terra
" wait!! " Terra said but it was too late she was a doll now
We were left looking at it traumatized
Collector went to sit on the star with a sad look
" collector, buddy you gotta stop doing that think about what you're doing to these people! " king said trying to call the collector for the right option
" you are so boring! I'm just playing pretend " collector said looking like a child ( he is a child )
" even playing pretend has consequences... A cranky old witch thaught me that... " King said referring to eda
" you mean eda right? That's what we need! The real thing! A cranky know-it-all mentor figure no substitutes allowed! Maybe if I ask real nice I won't turn her into a puppet "
" NO! Her curse is still um.. in effect but I can check if she's feeling better "
" you promise?? " collector said making a sly smile
" you can trust me collector " King said putting his hand on his chest
" is that the little king guy you were tell me about? " Camila asked making Luz smile and nodding
" aww que lindo " Camila said looking at King with adorable eyes
" c'mon king! Let's go back to the archive house " collector said making the star fly and things start to disappear
Luz ran to try to catch the star " no! Not yet! "
" king...! " Luz stared at the sky with disappointed eyes.
" oh okay okay the eyeballs on the ground are normal but the little space cherub is the danger? "
" we should follow them! Belos is probably trying get back to the collector " Hunter said ignoring Camila
" it looked like they were playing a game "
" yeah whit some king of messed up version of my life! King must have told him about our adventures "
" do you think everyone who was turned into a puppet gets into archives? "
" probably, there are no more places for him to put the puppets " You said looking up at the sky
" Y/n is probably right, we have to up there then "
" you'll never make it " A familiar voice said
" Hmm "
" cause you guys are losers " The guy said making an L and putting his hand on his forehead, Two more people were behind him.
We started walking and they started telling the whole story since the draining spell I didn't listen half because it was boring I just went back when he said the end
" ... We've been hiding here ever since and somewhere along the way I went from being mett tholomule to man tholomule " he said making a face, we cringe and Camila laughed
" shiuu " She said making us all stop
We had to hide from the blue star and the guy signaled when we could move forward
We went to the door and she said
" we redecorating these past few months! So let me welcome you to " She stopped talking and opened the door " new hexside! " they gasped, You've never been to hexside so you just watched seeing children free but not free at the same time
" this does not smell great " a guy said
" real " you said
" heads up " A child said shooting a ball of fire making us go down
We went to the cafeteria where people were advertising their products and a nursery where the kids were trying to hint to others how to destroy the blue stars, We stopped at the principal statue
" this is a statue of principal bump who risked his life four ours " he said in an emotional voice but the statue wasn't very emotional
" it's so nice to see teachers getting the respect they deserve, I think "
" You guys really liked your director huh " You said looking at the statue
" He was very precious to us " one of them said
They started whispering about us and started talking to gus and Willow, amity went to her siblings
You and hunter stood there just watching, He took advantage of it and said " So what was it you wanted to ask? " He said looking at you
" It's not the right place yet, but I'll tell you later today " You said and grabbed more your bag, he looked weird at you but just nodded
you went next to willow
" no offense but this seems a bit.." willow didn't finish but Camila continued
" disgusting... "She said looking at it with disgusted eyes
" yeah but we're just following orders.." she said
" from who? " Luz asked
At that very moment the cluns start talking
(now it will probably be right because i had the brilliant idea to finally go to the computer and to the owl house club and see the subtitles from there and not from yt)
" attention can captain Tholomule escort our guests to the council chamber? And do it now! "
" captain who? " willow said
" wait. Was tholomule your last name all the time? " Gus asked turning his head slowly, the guy just shook his head
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We started walking towards the gym seeing a tall guy talking to the girl with pink hair, on the side was a Lady with white hair and red skin and on the other was a tall and strong person, seemed to remember a person
" oh well, if we had a group to organize the flyers can keep track of perishables and that way we won't have to fight over food anymore " he said awkwardly
" hmm... " She was thinking when the red ball went to talk to her
" president if I can comment..- "
" president?! " Luz said interrupting the red ball
" this would take valuable resources away from your guard if you don't want to be collected like the other do you? "
" good point mike, next! " The girl in pink said making the guy leave with a disappointed face and sigh
" oh my gosh, it's you guys! "
" did she consider any of our ideas? "
" no uh... Sorry I gota make sure the kindergartens aren't hunting down lockers again, it was a bloodbath last time, so glad you're alive hehe " He said leaving awkwardly
" bocha, we found...- " He was stopped by the red ball
" allow me to introduce student body president, bocha and her trusted guards Miki and rouka " He said irritated
" It seems to be just one person " You whispered to Hunter, he didn't know what to say so he just looked at you and then looked straight ahead
" welcome to new hexside " bocha said with pride " home of the future of the islands and stuff
" what the heck is going on here "
" yeah. Hexside doesn't even have a student council, I would know it, I tried to organize one but bump seis I was to obsessed and-" Willow cut amity
" alright girl, take a breath "
Amity took a breath and got a pissed off face.
" and who are you two? " Gus asked
" my little sister and I traveled for the day of unity but found ourselfes hiding since after the incident. Bocha welcomed us, se we helped her established order over hexside "
" and now we are incredibly " She said, behind us there were people running around because of children
" well, first of all... I would like to introduce my mama, Camila "
" and our smart brillant y/n! And our fellow star, hunter! " Gus said making hunter blush all over his face
" in short: we are here to help, we'll rescue everyone from the archives and save the boiling isles! " People just stared
" not the reaction I was expecting... "
" As the leader the safety of bocha's subjects is paramount and this is a suicide mission after the horrors her brudgby team faced! "
" I don't need to hear it again! But Mike is right, we stay here!
" but- "
" and that's is! "
" So you're going to listen to a person who doesn't have a plan and is only harming your subjects than a person who has a plan to save this all? Stupid " You said making bocha and the red ball look at you angrily
" Get them out of here! Especially the one over there! " She said pointing at you
When they realized we were already out of the gym
" what just happened?! " Luz asked confused about what just happened
" it's been like this ever since Miki and rouka appeared we wanted to fix things here but every time we suggest something, Miki threatens to trow people to the detention pit"
" The what?! "
" 100% Miki is using bocha for her personal desires, This is very noticeable but she still doesn't understand it I don't know how " You said Willow walked over to you and put her hand on your shoulder
" what are we going to do to get to the archives? " willow asked
" I don't know how to get to the archives, but... We maybe can get closer "
" like the titan head, That would be a smart plan yeah " You said putting your hand on your chin
" Exactly! We just need the spell! " Luz said taking your hand
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Gus watched to see if the hall was clear of people and was free to open the door with magic.
" very good,there are no moors on the coast! " Gus said making the guy open open the walls to the door
" this is where me and Jerboa have been trying to make plans to make hexside more livable "
Willow went to look through the photos when she found pictures of her and her dads when she was little, She was going to let out a few tears but stopped herself from doing so " keep it in, keep it in- ow! " she found a picture of hunter when he had Flapjack, he was smiling holding Flapjack, She looked at Hunter who was sighing his hair with an upset face
She also found a picture of you and your friend when you two were younger " aww " She said seeing you happy " They must miss him a lot... " She said looking at you seing that you were looking at what Luz was doing, she took these two photos and kept them
" plans to turn the gym into a common room? Hours for rotating on-call shifts? Is that a menu using vegetables from the plant room?! Matt thonomule, you really are a decent leader!" Gus said amazed
" have you had any doubts? " Matt said with cocky charm
" yes. Many many doubts "
" all right, time to go back on a walk down memory lane. I saw Phillip once, I mean, belos, using a glyph to transport himself to the skull but, it could take time to find out "
" remember Luz, no tricks, no ideas, no plans and-
Definitely no gimmicks " willow and Luz said at the same time
" I'll assume those are clean " Camila said
" It's better to assume yea " You said agreeing with camila
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You've seen the memories of the Luz and nearly half of it is sad
" Damn you have many sad memories huh "
" yea " luz spoke, barely able to hear herself
" I think we found it! " Willow said taking the memory picture of Luz head
" it's so clear! We can use this to climb up to the skull " luz said excitement in her voice
" finally. Let's move again " Hunter said walking forward stopping when he heard willow's voice
" before we go, look what I found " Willow said giving the photo to hunter
Hunter saw the picture and his eyes got softe
" we will all miss Flapjack, but we know that he loved you the most "
Just so you know, we don't care who you're supposed to be because you are one of us now. Never forget that " Willow said trying to make hunter smile but only saw almost tears in his eyes
" hunter, are you okay? " Light asked worried
" I... Don know..." Hunter said making Willow feel guilty
" oh um... I'm.... I'm sorry. I didn't want to make things worse " She said this without realizing it making herbs cling to her boots but quickly undoing it as she started to walk
" I... I'll be right back " Willow said leaving the room
" I guess this is my fault too " Gus said looking away to not look into hunter's eyes
" what? How? " hunter asked confused
" I knew you were a grimwalker since the day of unit. I was waiting for you to bring up yourself but... I... I don't know, maybe if I wasn't so afraid none of us would be right here
" Gus I - " Hunter said being cut by gus
" it's okay, you stay here, I'll find willow" Gus said leaving the room
" wait, Gus! Willow, Gus , please hold on! " Hunter said leaving the room too
You stared, not knowing what to do, until Luz asked you a question.
" Did you know that Gus knew hunter was a grimwalker the whole time? " She asked not in an upset tone more in a tone of why didn't you tell her
" Yes, it was quite obvious, he saw Belos' memories so he probably saw those too, I went to talk to him on the second day in the human world he said not to tell anyone, I asked him if he wanted to vent what he wanted but he said it wasn't necessary and that he can keep it all, I didn't know what to say so I just said ok " You said a bit clumsy and guilty
" It wasn't your fault you just did what you thought was right hijo" Camila said giving you a hug, you didn't know what to do so you just stood there
" So you know all Belos' memories? " Luz asked
" No, not yet, only Gus knows now, but I'll find out after all I'm a good detective " You said making luz give a mini laugh, your pasliman was on your shoulder just watching everything
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" uff... they are not coming back are they? " matt asked
" you kids have through too much. Even when rescuing your families there is still much to fix" Camila said very sad
" at least we will all be together to solve it, right Luz? "
Luz looked at her with guilty eyes
" amity... I'd should tell you something " Even at that moment the wall exploded
" Why is this always happening?! " You asked making your palisman agree
The red ball and her suit appeared
" ha, do the rumors were true. They were planning a riot, little Matt tholomule
" yea, we were because you guys are the worst " He said quite irritated now
The red ball just laughed
" no.. not you! " Luz said with the tone of ' not again '
" long time no see, human "
" I always knew it was pretty obvious even with that disguise you can't hide your ugliness! "
She looked at you " I recommend saying that when you are the strongest not when you are the weakest y/n " she said
" what's that smell? " Camila asked
" Nettles of sleep! " Luz said
" the most important rule of brudgby, always expect the unexpected " She said
You couldn't concentrate when you realized you were lying on the floor about to fall asleep.
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She threw us into detention and we fell flat on our faces, well at least you
" what is this kiki mora? Are you working for the collector? " luz screamed
" the days of " kikimora, the subordinate " are over I prefer companionship like ours, we need to mandate now, for the sake of future generations "
" ok I'm still catching up. What is the red kitten trying to do? "
" she just copy Belos on " scaring people into worshipping her " because she has no ideas of her own! " Luz said to tease Bocha or kikimora
" uh. Um going to enjoy this " Kikimora said jumping into the hole where we were making Luz fall " you think I would just throw them inside and walk away? No, I think I'll finish you of myself "
" Bocha c'mon! this is a bit much, even for you! " She just looked and left, the floor closes in on her.
I saw them battling, you're not the best at fighting you're better at brains not at fighting!
" I don't deserve this! " you hear Matt say
Camila cast a spell making the ground fall and we go to separate ways.
You landed in a place with things written on the walls and drawings of more collectors
" Where am I...? " You asked seeing what was on the wall and a stone that was also written next to you
' We fell into a kind of temple full of collectors I guess, Well that's what it looks like ' your pasliman said
" Like the collector stories, well it was likely that there are other collectors but I didn't imagine that the one we saw was the smallest of all " You started trying to decipher the story behind the images and poems that were on the rocks " Why was all this up here? In a school detention? " You were reading the poems that were written in the rocks
' Maybe you can put some in your bag to read later because right now we should get out of here. ' Your pasliman said landing on your hair
" Yea, you're right, let's go " You said picking up some rocks and starting to walk until you reached a place where there was a hole above where you can get out
' After 30 minutes we finally found something. ' your pasliman said
" We? it was practically just me because you just did only add weigh on my head " You said taking the pasliman out of your head
' Rude ' they say
" yea yea " You said turning the pasliman into a staff to fly up there
you finally got up there sitting on the floor watching hunter do the same thing Flapjack did, luz having a staff in her hand that caused an explosion
" what. the. Heck, Why do I always miss the good parts " You complained to your pasliman, they just looked at you and turned they back
" Seriously? Now? Pick better times to be mad at me man " You said still sitting on the floor
Hunter saw where you were and used Flapjack's magic to get to you.
" y/n! I finally found you! " Hunter said picking you up and used Flapjack's magic to get to where the others were.
When you arrived Willow gave you a big hug
" y/n! You were the only missing here! " She said continuing into the hug
" You don't seem to be that tense right now, good " You rubbed your hand on her back for comfort
You heard kikimora behind you and you let go of the hug
" I don't need this reckless school to create my empire ... I'll make my own. And I will start by breaking them into pieces, part by part.. brat for brat! " After she said that, a fireball hit her.
" Stop right there! " Matt said " Miki, I can't say that I'm surprised by this, as for you Rouka I know there has been nothing more than chemistry between us... However you want to take it, I - "
" it's a robot, Matt " bocha said
" Finally the girl with pink hair said something true " You said making Willow laugh a little bit
They started shooting fireballs and amity came down
" they'll keep her busy let get to get to the skull! " She said taking Light's hand and running, we going after them
" hey bocha, don't think I'm done with you... "
" whatever, I didn't do this for any of you I just wanted to do normal things, and look cool and play grudby with my team! " She said screaming and throwing the fireball with everyone
Luz went to do the spell and pasliman started to move and made her fly
" I can't tell what you're gonna be but, thanks little friend! " She said flying with the staff
You'll decided to help with yours staffs
" this is my empire now! You'll have to obey me! " She cast the spell in yours direction but Luz was quick and did the spell and you guys went to the titan's head
" we ... We did it! " Gus said
You opened your eyes and saw you were there, excitement was in your eyes
" oh my, gosh! I can't believe that actually worked! " Willow said pulling amity and walking excitedly
" oh ohohoho we certainly beamus up O'Bailey? " Camila said making Gus and Hunter gasp
" bemus up! Bemus up! Bemus up! (I don't know how to write it, it's not written there as they say)
You were happy to see your boyfriend and girlfriend happy again, you then notice what the Luz was doing
Luz was grabbing her staff seeing that it is starting to open
" guys? " Luz said making everyone go around her to see the staff
" come meet my pasliman " Luz said making everyone circle around her
" what kind of magical creature will it be? " Camila asked " a dragon? "
" a bird? "
" an otter! "
" a spoky bat? "
" a snake ? "
" an octopus? "
" you were close " the creature started to come out of the fog and started shape shifting into different animals
" it's a shapeshifter snake! Her name is string bean.. and she is perfect! " She started to pass us and your palismans started to follow her and they all went to Camila
" oh look at all mama's precious babies. Come here, come here "
Hunter was just watching when he felt a hand on his hand.
" thanks for what you said back there, you mean a lot to me too " They blushed and hunter started to cry
" cool, happy to help. "
Willow saw you in front and pulled you into a hug with hunter
" Don't think you're left out Y/n! " She said giving you a kiss on the cheek, you were amazed, you couldn't speak
" I... I " It was the only thing you could say equal to nothing
She looked into your eyes with adoration in her eyes hunter did the same
" oh! I almost forgot! I found a picture of you and him on the floor, it must have fallen when you were walking " She said giving the picture you looked at the picture first and you heard her talking
" we know you don't talk about him much in front of us but we can feel that you miss him a lot " Hunter said letting Willow continue
" we also know we can never replace him but if you need anything i hope we can help like he did " Willow said wiping the tears from your eyes
" t-thank you guys, thank you alot " You took a breath and looked again at the picture " This was the only photo I managed to capture our friendship the rest is just written and drawn " You said putting the photo in your bag next to the book " You guys really did a lot for me these months, I'm glad I'm your partner, one of my best happiness in life now " You said that with excitement in your eyes, and they also have a few tears in their eyes from you saying that.
Amity called willow she had to go but first she gave you both a kiss and went to amity
Leaving hunter with the opportunity to ask what he wanted
" Now are you going to say what you wanted to ask? " He asked looking into your eyes
" Well I don't know if you need it now, after all you already have the Flapjack magic now " you said
" But what was it, maybe I can still answer! " He said taking your right hand
" ok, Well me and my palisman had an argument at the owl's house, you don't have a pasliman so i was thinking, why not give his old pasliman to you? One thing you all have in common, you lost important people in difficult times. " You said that going to get him from your bag, he woke up seeing hunter, hunter looks at him and says
" He's similar to Flapjack and I'm sure he likes a lot of cuddles too hehe " He said seeing pasliman caressing his cheek
" Yea he looks like he likes you what do you think? " You asked, hunter was thinking and said
" yea, I stay with him, he seems to like me a lot and he seems to be powerful, thanks y/n " Hunter said giving you a hug that took a few moments to let go, Those moments seemed happy, too happy
Little did they know that the collector was planning on them.
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I hope you like it!
sincerely i hope, it took me all day to write this
It just ended at 2 am and I have school today
Byeee!
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ok I need to expand upon this 'everyone except huntlow themselves knows their dating' thing because that's literally my fav trope EVER
I can just imagine that after everything is safe and they've defeated Belos and the Collector is put away that the two become even more close than they already are. And listen. I'm all for stuttering, blushy Hunter (let the poor boy have an awkward teenage crush) but I'm also so for the idea that while that never fully goes away he also has tons of moments with Willow where the two are as comfortable and banter like they are each other's bestest friends. Like they text when they don't see each other ALL THE TIME now, and Hunter has been put into enough situations with Willow alone both out choice and because he's best friends with a group of romantic shippers, that he's not as much of a mess around her, and gets confident in flirting back.
Here's the catch.
After one particular flirting session between the two, ending with them bumping each other with their elbows and then holding hands like it's just a thing they've always done, their other friends are like "yup that's it. they got together, finally. THANK TITAN."
And of course Luz brings it up casually while everyone's hanging out one day.
Hunter mentions going somewhere with Willow the next day, and he asks if the others want to come along, Willow nodding in agreement.
Luz shakes her head, "Noooo I won't interupt your date with each other. I'm starting to learn what you guys felt like with Amity and I."
Gus snorts, "Yeah how do you think I feel? I have to experience it twice."
Luz pats his shoulder in sympathy and by this point Hunter and Willow have both gone bright red.
"A date?! I mean like, yeah, between friends cuz that's what we are, uh, yeah, like good friends you know-" Hunter sputters.
The poor boy just gets more red, and Luz is just. so confused.
"You've been dating for...Oh My Titan. You guys have to be pulling my leg right now."
"I'm not even touching your leg Luz!"
"It's a figure of- Oh nevermind" Luz runs her hands down her face. "I just, I have a question then."
Gus and Amity at this point are seconds away from falling over laughing because seriously HOW could this be happening.
"Are you guys like, together?"
Hunter sputters and Willow finally speaks to save the poor dude from suffering, "No? I mean- Not that I wouldn't- nevermind- just, where did you get that impression?"
Okay so she might've saved Hunter from embarrassment but definitely not herself. Luz just gives her a look like 'be fucking fr' and gestures to the both of them like, "Look at you guys" because of course the two of them are sitting as close as possible, legs tangled with each other and literally 30 minutes ago Hunter's head was in her lap and she was braiding flowers into his hair.
And of course the two of them are like *shrug* "We're just really close friends haha" and Luz has to contain her screams of frustration because CMON. SHE THOUGHT THE PINING WAS OVER. (slowburns are no fun in real life apparently).
Anyway after all that it takes another two weeks for the two of them to go "Wait fuck. We are basically dating aren't we." and both of them go to ask each other out and then just for fun they fuck with the others and pretend like they're still in denial. Because huntlow are girlbosses. (They tell the rest of the gang after about 30 mins. Luz almost got up and left at the continued denial and they both felt a little bad.)
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drabbles-of-writing · 2 years
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But imagine a worse ending to king’s tide
When luz is holding the portal together her friends and girlfriend make it to the human realm but she doesn’t
Good news?
King isn’t stuck with the collector alone
Bad news?
Luz is also stuck with the collector and the others are trapped on the other side with no idea how the human world works
cue four kids on the verge of a breakdown running around in Gravesfield with only Amity and Gus as their guides. Amity because Luz told her some things abt the human realm, Gus because he's the resident Human Expert. It goes...poorly.
Hunter insists on taking the lead because he's ~experienced~ with living life on the run and surviving off scraps until Willow shoots that down bc my guy spent ONE night in the woods and then immediately hid out in Hexside and stole all their snacks. They all end up camping out in the park for a bit while Amity tries to find Luz's mom based off of a picture she saw on occasion.
Vee's the one who ends up finding them, more specifically finding Gus, who was watching her and her friends from afar bc he's trying to understand how The Humans interact in life so he could teach his friends and everyone would stop giving them weird looks. Vee at some point goes over cause she thinks he's a lonely kid who wants to join their card game. Course, she looks. exactly like Luz. so as soon as she gets close enough for Gus to make out her features he just BOMB RUSHES her like "LUZ! OH YOU'RE OKAY THANK GOODNESS" and Vee just Barely manages to dodge him.
she realizes pretty quickly that this is one of Luz's friends and if he's one of Luz's friends, then they found a portal back! so she grabs the kid n drags him aside like "ok sorry for the confusion but I'm Vee, not Luz. basilisk" and Gus has a brief moment of panic, but honestly, of everything he's been through, this is like. nothing.
so Vee obv asks where Luz is and Gus is just...silent. like the happy exterior just Plummets and Vee is already mentally chalking up how to explain to Camila that her daughter Fucking Died until Gus is like "so she may be a little. stuck."
cue Gus and Vee rounding up the rest of the vagabonds and converging back at Camila's in an attempt to explain everything. so, on one hand, not living in the streets anymore! on the other hand, we're stuck in the human realm with Luz's mom and have no idea what we're doing! yay!
also don't think about Hunter discovering the statues or the Gravesfield/Golden Guard insignia while trying to help the others and just Crumbling Apart right then and there in public, on his own. let's not think about that
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Incorrect Quotes Pt. 3
Unwelcome Unity Edition with the Incorrect Quote Generator
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Camila: WHY. why did you give Luz a KNIFE?!
Eda: I’m sorry. She said she felt unsafe.
Camila: Now I feel unsafe!
Eda: I’m sorry.
Eda: ... would you like a knife?
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Luz: Are you sure this is the right direction?
Eda: Certainly, I'm as sure as I am honest!
Camila: In that case, we're definitely lost.
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Camila: Luz, what do IDK, LY, and TTYL mean?
Luz: I don’t know, love you, talk to you later
Camila: Ok, I love you too, I’ll just ask Gus.
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Gus: Whaddya call a fish with no eye?
Camila, not looking up: Myxine Circifrons
Gus:
Gus: fsh
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Gus: Change is inedible.
Camila: Don't you mean inevitable?
Gus, spitting out coins: No, I did not.
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Luz: Lol heads up if you try to make a candle with food coloring, the food coloring will just sink to the bottom of the glass, and when the flame eventually reaches the bottom all the food coloring will catch fire and become one giant tall flame that you cannot possibly blow out and the glass will start to crack and then you'll throw your tea on it in a panic and then the extremely hot food coloring will boil and sizzle horribly and then the glass will shatter. Please take my word on this lmfao
Camila: What did you do Luz?
Luz: A MISTAKE
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Hunter or Atalanta: People are always asking me if I'm a morning person or a night person.
Hunter or Atalanta: And I'm just like, 'Buddy! I'm barely even a PERSON!'
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Luz: So apparently the 'bad vibes' I’ve been feeling are actually severe psychological distress
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Luz: Vee and I were crossing the street, and this dude drove by and honked at us
Hunter: *Sighing* What did Vee do?
Luz: They chased him to the next red light, then reached into his window and...
Vee: Who wants a steering wheel?
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Luz: In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
Camila: Wasn't Hunter with you?
Hunter: In my defense, I was also left unsupervised.
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Luz: Fitness tip: never stop pushing yourself. Some say 8 hours of sleep is enough. Why not keep going? Why not 9? Why not 10? Strive for greatness.
Vee: Next time you’re working out do 15 push ups instead of 10. Run 3 miles instead of 2. Eat a whole cake instead of just a slice. Burn your ex’s house down. You can do it. I believe in you.
Hunter: There were so many mixed messages in that I can’t-
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*Atalanta and Willow skipping stones on lake*
Willow: It’s such a beautiful evening.
Atalanta, whispering: Take that you fucking lake
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Atalanta: This is a mistake
Willow, enthusiastically: A mistake we're going to laugh about one day!
Atalanta: But not today
Willow, still enthusiastic: Oh, no. Today's going to be a mess
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Gus: Jail is no fun. I’ll tell you that much.
Willow: Oh, you’ve been?
Gus: Once. In Monopoly.
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Gus, trying to cheer the group up: Things could be worse, you know!
Luz: How?
Gus: How what?
Luz: How could they be worse?
Gus: They couldn’t, I lied.
Luz:
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Gus: Okay, truth or dare?
Hunter: Truth
Gus: How many hours have you slept this week?
Hunter:
Hunter: ...Dare
Gus: Go to bed.
Hunter: I don’t like this game.
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Camila: *Trying to fill out legal paperwork stuff* Were you guys born AMAB or AFAB?
Hunter: Bold of you to assume I was born at all.
Atalanta: I personally was created in a lab.
Vee: I just straight up spawned lol.
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Cop: You’re receiving a ticket for having three people on one motorcycle.
Gus: Shit.
Willow: Wait, three?
Cop: Yeah?
Amity: OH MY GOD VEE FELL OFF!!!
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Willow: Isn’t it weird that we pay money to see other people?
Gus: Plane tickets?
Amity: Concert tickets?
Vee: Prostitution?
Willow, holding their broken frames: Glasses.
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Gus, setting down a card: Ace of spades
Willow, pulling out an Uno card: +4
Amity, pulling out a Pokémon card: Jolteon, I choose you
Luz, trembling: What are we playing
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Darius, tending to Hunter's wounds: How would you rate your pain?
Hunter: Zero stars. Would NOT recommend.
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Adrian: Attie, I only ever see you awake, do you ever shut down or stop running?
Atalanta: Oh, I’m always running
Atalanta: The question is from what
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Hunter: I think I'm having a mid-life crisis.
Darius: You're like 15 years old
Hunter: I MIGHT DIE AT 30!
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Collector, holding a python: Guys I impulsively bought a snake, what do I name him
King: You did WHAT–
Luz: William Snakepeare
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Collector: Hey King,
King: Yes?
Collector: Can a person breathe inside a washing machine while it’s on?
King:
King: Where’s Luz?
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Collector: We need a distraction.
King: Is anyone here good at jumping up and down and making weird noises?
Luz, whispering: My time has come
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Eberwolf: Yo is Adrian sleeping or dead?
Raine: Hopefully dead, I hated their guts.
Darius: Yeah, so did I.
Adrian: Okay first of all, fuck you-
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Eberwolf: Hah! 69! You know what that means?
Raine: What?
Darius: That you're a child.
Adrian: HOW'D YOU GUESS MY IQ!?
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Things in Thanks To Them that gave me feels (good and bad)
Hunter shyly thanking Camila.
Camila wishing the boys good night in Spanish.
Hunter being afraid of his own reflection.
Him allowing Willow to help him cut his hair, something that he might not have been comfortable with other people doing.
Why did he let it get so long at all? IS THIS CHILD TAKING PROPER CARE OF HIMSELF?
The palisman-hamster-wheel-powered portal prototype.
Gus trying to use the fire extinguisher as a weapon.
Vee taking it and using it properly.
Vee’s ‘Welcome home Luz!’ note taped to the wall.
The Lumity coming out video and Gus helping.
The human outfits the kids tried on at the store.
Hunter wearing a cardinal onzie.
They just had that in the store?
Vee’s new look.
Amity being nervous about the rain but trusting that Luz won’t let her get hurt.
Vee and Gus pulling Hunter out into the rain and wrestling with him.
The group telling Vee it’s ok if she doesn’t want to go into the museum and being understanding of her trauma.
Vee blushing madly at Masha.
Luz and Amity’s couple cosplay.
Luz’s realistic depression and anxiety (my poor girl)
Luz’s drawings of her owl family.
The fact that somebody at some point made those King and Hooty masks.
The Luz and Hunter scene where she called him family and he started crying.
Every time Hunter blushed at Willow.
Camilla referring to herself as a mother of six.
Camilla watching Luz’s video diary and getting an understanding of her daughter’s feelings.
The LGBT parenting books in Camilla’s room. One was titled somthing like ‘Outside the Binary’ which sounds more like gender stuff. Could that be for Vee?
Camilla loving and supporting her LGBT children.
Hunter loosing control and yelling.
Luz’s horror at Hunter being possesed.
Vee’s “DON’T WORRY HUNTER” before using her magic (anti-magic??) to try and save him, showing that she cares about him as much as anyone else and wasn’t afraid to fight Belos for him.
Luz using Hunter’s dash move.
They way Luz tried to reassure Flapjack.
Luz CLUTCHING Hunter and begging him to fight.
Camilla NOT HESTIATING to jump in the water after Hunter.
Willow crying that he wasn’t moving and holding him.
FLAPJACK NUZZLING HUNTER BEFORE HE DIED
Camilla saying “Sit up slowly, baby” and asking Hunter if he was in pain.
LIKE THAT’S HER CHILD NOW SHE CALLED HIM BABY
Camilla hugging Vee goodbye because she loves her that is also her child now.
I don’t want this show to end.
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xoxo-ren-xoxo · 2 years
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Rambling About Hunter (The Owl House)
Warnings: discussions of neglect/abuse & dehumanization. Kinda sad and angsty in general.
Basically I just binged The Owl House and I think I deserve to be a little autistic about it. Especially about my favourite character Hunter because he’s my special little meow meow or whatever. This all probably won’t hold up after the finale (I’m writing this on 24/05/22) but eh I have my speculations about his character and I want to ramble about them. Mostly about What he is and how badly he is dealing with it lol.
Canon-inspired fanon, angst, and spoilers (duh) under the cut
Ok so. Hunter. The Golden Guard. Caleb? Uh, whatever you wanna call the guy. He’s a grimwalker (that reveal got me in the heart) and he is messed up and I have a lot to say about him ok. Let’s go.
First I wanna talk about how Hunter doesn’t want Willow and Gus to know he’s a grimwalker. Like, we the audience know they wouldn’t care, but it seems like Hunter thinks they would. Like they would see him differently somehow knowing that he’s a grimwalker. Which leads me to believe he thinks he’s somehow less/different now because of what he is. He doesn’t even KNOW what he is, really, aside from that he’s a copy.
And copy is a really interesting word to me. I think Hunter uses it himself. It implies something unoriginal, replaceable, and perhaps even less valuable than the ‘original’. Although Belos calls him a ‘better version’ of the original, he also says that Hunter was the most accurate to the original, which has gotta mess with your sense of self, right? Individuality must be really confusing for him, like, who is he, what is he, and is he truly his own person if he is a copy of someone else. Of course he is, but does Hunter believe that? God, it makes me too sad let’s move on to sadder things.
He’s lived his whole life trying to impress Belos so that he won’t be replaced, because that’s his biggest fear (likely because being replaced means being Dead) and now he finds out there were potentially HUNDREDS of copies before him? (Belos has been alive for hundreds of years so, I would say he’s probably had quite a few Golden Guards). The shot of all the masks strewn across Belos’ mindscape with Hunter just looking at them, horrified, was honestly haunting to me. Being so innately replaceable must just have messed with Hunter, and Luz barely acknowledges it (fair enough, she had her own shit going on) so I’m not surprised that Hunter ran away after that and decided to start living out of the trash. He was already a mess before then. What kind of teenager fears his boss so much that he legitimately starts digging his own grave in defeat? Hey that’s some real PTSD type shit don’t think I forgot about that.
Hunter is also 16, by the way, which I kept being reminded of by the show itself. Thanks show. And that makes it way more horrific to me. Like, the other Golden Guards are implied to have not lasted very long either, so I doubt any of them made it to their 20s or 30s. Which is some legacy to live up to, right? As someone who never quite thought they would reach 20 (and it is getting closer every day oof) I understand what it feels like to look in the mirror and still see a child who doesn’t know how to handle all of this. And I think Hunter, being so young and put into such an important position, might also be feeling that way even before he found out he was a grimwalker. It’s sort of a live fast die young kinda job.
Also, this is pure speculation, but because Hunter was Created, and the grimwalker info in the book doesnt seem to imply a timeline, just illustrations, we have no way of knowing how old Hunter ACTUALLY is. Like, maybe grimwalkers are born and then mature in a matter of days/weeks. Because how would Belos have the foresight to make a new one 16 years or so before the current one dies? Hunter knows nothing about the previous grimwalker, and only really seems to mention his trials before entering the emperors coven, as part of his ‘childhood’. But what if he’s only been alive for a few years and his memories are fake, placed into his mind to make him believe he’s a generally normal witch? That is something I would be freaking out about if I was Hunter. It’s a lot to take in. Very Blade Runner.
Back to Willow and Gus. Is Hunter upset that Luz found out about the grimwalker thing at the same time as him? It doesn’t seem like he wants anyone to know about it, maybe because he’s worried they will also see him as replaceable (like Belos did) or that he will have to start proving his worth so they see him as an equal. God. I don’t think Hunter fully trusts all of our protagonists, he still has his guard up at all times (cough cough PTSD) and he’s visibly more nervous than when he was the Golden Guard. It’s just smthn to think about.
Also the fact Hunter has scars? When there’s a healing coven that can clearly heal wounds leaving no scars (we have seen this!). Like, yes there have been other characters with scars, but they seem to be characters who have been way more severely hurt (eg Eda’s dad) and more deeply scarred. I think there are three possibilities as to why Hunter has scars:
Belos didn’t let the healers help him after he got hurt, so the scars healed naturally
The scars were super severe but they look less bad now because of healing magic
Belos made Hunter wait a while before summoning healers, giving the wounds more time to become permanent before being healed and therefore leaving scars
The last option is the most “fun” (not really) to me because what I mean by it is, maybe Belos hurt Hunter (as is implied throughout the show) and didn’t want the healers coven to know he was the one who did the damage, so he made Hunter wait (because he couldn’t risk the healers noticing the pattern of Hunter visiting Belos and coming back with wounds) for a while then claimed he was hurt on a mission of some kind, to cover his tracks. OR it was pure neglect, Belos forgetting/being too busy to call the healers coven and leaving Hunter to deal with it by himself. Both options are fucked up but also lead on to my next point:
Hunter finally realising why Belos was careless with him, why he hurt him, why he sent him on dangerous missions despite Hunter being unable to perform competent magic. It was because he’s literally a replaceable clone. I don’t think Belos wants Hunter to die on a mission, purely because making a grimwalker seems difficult and this Hunter especially was apparently most like the original. But I think Belos doesn’t care that much- doesn’t care enough to make Hunter’s life particularly safe. That realisation must be fucking crushing for Hunter- the person he has looked up to all this time never cared about him, always saw him as a weapon/tool, and really just hurt him for the hell of it. Fuuuuuck.
And now Hunter is seeing all the love and appreciation and determination coming from his new friends, and he cares enough to help them like they help him and I think what he’s scared of is all of it being a lie. Like Belos. Who he is now terrified of (and perhaps always was). He doesn’t want them to see him in the same way Belos sees him. Ugh he has so many issues he needs so much therapy. God.
Anyway seeing all the love around him must fuckin. Be difficult. Like, Luz and Amity, obviously, but just like all of his friends. They care about each other and I don’t think he entirely trusts that yet? But he is getting there and I would die for him and... cries.
anyway puts him on the shelf of characters i will never shut up about. the end
P.S. the fucking palisman. flapjack my sweet boy. cries again.
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title: second chances (chapter five)
ship: goldenlight (luz x hunter)
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
The next day, it seemed that Hunter’s lunch break had rarely coincided with a reasonable hour for lunchtime, because Luz sent him a photo of what she was eating that day. (It appeared to be a mud grub sandwich, which she didn’t look especially thrilled about eating.) He sent back a photo of his cafeteria food. She responded with some emoji.
Luzura_Warrior:
... 🤢🤢🤢
Rulerzreachf4n:
what do those even mean
Luzura_Warrior:
whatdo you mean? theyre sick faces
Luzura_Warrior:
can't you tell? they're green
Rulerzreachf4n:
why does green mean they're sick?
Rulerzreachf4n:
the only thing I think of that turns you colors when you're sick is the rainbow fever but that's all the colors
Luzura_Warrior:
no it. it's metaphorical, not literal.although. rainbow fever sounds kinda fun ngl
Rulerzreachf4n:
it's not, trust me. you spend most of your time violently expelling fluids from both ends
Rulerzreachf4n:
the fluids are also rainbow colored
Luzura_Warrior:
okay, yeah, nevermind, I don't wanna catch that.
Rulerzreachf4n:
yeah.
Rulerzreachf4n:
what's this one mean by the way? 🥺 I see it sometimes
Luzura_Warrior:
that's supposed to be puppydog eyes, you know, when you're begging somebody for something
Luzura_Warrior:
pleeeeease hunter come visit me sometime so we can make pancakes 🥺🥺
Luzura_Warrior:
like that!
Rulerzreachf4n:
oh
Luzura_Warrior:
I promise my real puppydog eyes are way more effective then the emoji, though
Hunter began to type a reply out, feeling unsure of what exactly to say, but another message came through before he could finish.
Luzura_Warrior:
any other emojis you want me to translate?
Ah. All right. That subject was a little easier to deal with. He scrolled through the list of little faces.
Rulerzreachf4n:
what about this? 😑
Luzura_Warrior:
uhh . . . hm. I dunno I never use that one, I guess it's like ... dead?
Luzura_Warrior:
oh wait, I think I've seen some people use it to mean annoyed. like really fed up with something.
Rulerzreachf4n:
ok. I guess that makes sense.
Rulerzreachf4n:
what about this one? 😤
Luzura_Warrior:
that one's like 'determined.' stubborn.
Luzura_Warrior:
oh but it also can mean really angry. depends on the situation.
Rulerzreachf4n:
oh, I was way off, I thought it was maybe a sneeze?
Luzura_Warrior:
lolol no this is the sneeze emoji 🤧
Rulerzreachf4n:
... 🤔
Luzura_Warrior:
that's for when you're thinking
Rulerzreachf4n:
... 🧐
Luzura_Warrior:
that's for when you're thinking but you're also FANCY
Rulerzreachf4n:
okay there are WAY too many of these
Luzura_Warrior:
lol, don't worry, you'll learn them eventually
Rulerzreachf4n:
I'm not so sure. I feel like this is an entire language.
Rulerzreachf4n:
and like what even is this one??? 🥴
Luzura_Warrior:
I...have no idea actually. I never understood that one.
Luzura_Warrior:
I guess it's . . . uhhh . . .
Luzura_Warrior:
god I don't have a clue. let's invent a new emotion for it
Rulerzreachf4n:
what
Luzura_Warrior:
hey hunter, just finished my lunch and I'm feeling so snorflimppet 🥴
Luzura_Warrior:
you know TFW you're hella gasterplastecked 🥴
Rulerzreachf4n:
no.
Rulerzreachf4n:
stop.
Luzura_Warrior:
yknow we should teach you about memes too if you're gonna be on penstagram
Rulerzreachf4n:
oh, yeah. willow and gus have shown me a few of those. I think I saved one. hold on . . .
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Luzura_Warrior:
I . . .
Luzura_Warrior:
I've become a MEME??
Rulerzreachf4n:
is that . . . bad?
Rulerzreachf4n:
I thought it was a good thing
Luzura_Warrior:
it's . . .uhh well I don't know if I'd call it good or bad, really, it's just . . .
Luzura_Warrior:
hmm, honestly I'm not sure how to feel about it. guess I feel 🥴🥴
Rulerzreachf4n:
well if you don't like it, I can delete it
Luzura_Warrior:
nah, it's fine, no need
Luzura_Warrior:
tbh it's kinda neat.
Luzura_Warrior:
so the meme you have saved to your scroll was the one that had me in it . . . interesting 😏
What was that one? They hadn't discussed that emoji yet. This texting thing was stressful sometimes.
Rulerzreachf4n:
I saved it because it was about flyer derby
Rulerzreachf4n:
it just happened to have you in it
Luzura_Warrior:
mmm ok. if you say so.
Luzura_Warrior:
oh hey, before I forget, you wanna help me start a new meme on penstagram?
Rulerzreachf4n:
how?
Luzura_Warrior:
it's easy! just choose a basic format first . . .
Luzura_Warrior:
like, say, mmm, the old bait-n-switch . . .
Luzura_Warrior:
choose a video . . .
Luzura_Warrior:
and voila!
A link popped up. Hunter followed it to see it led to Luz's Penstagram page, to her newest public post. 
You know, it’s not often that I’m impressed by speeches, but the statements that one of the Coven’s top officials has recently released are really worth checking out. Find it here:
It was a link that led away from Penstagram. When Hunter clicked on it, it brought him to the video of Kikimora falling flat on her face and then wriggling around to dance music. Hunter had already seen this video many, many times, but he laughed again anyway.
Rulerzreachf4n:
ok, if that’s how you make a meme, then I’m a fan
Luzura_Warrior:
great! so all you need to do is post something on your penstagram that claims you’re linking a particular thing . . . but link to this video instead
Rulerzreachf4n:
that’s honestly kind of childish
He paused on his Penstagram page, thinking about it.
Rulerzreachf4n:
…but, she acts very childish anyway, so turnabout’s fair play
Luzura_Warrior:
haha, there ya go.
 Late afternoon, Hunter was in the middle of his usual patrol through Bonesborough, keeping an eye out for troublemakers or any civil unrest. It was a very slow day, though, and hardly anyone was around. He’d gone out to one of the massive demonic appendanges that existed in the town (this one was called ‘Dead Hand’ because it was unusually still compared to the other, twitchier hands). There had been a minor complaint lodged that somebody was trying to paint graffiti on the huge, scaly hand. When he got there, though, he found it was just a couple of kids that looked hardly older than toddlers, and they didn’t even know how to operate a spray paint can. He chased the kids away and then was left standing there in the silent streets of Bonesborough, sighing. Sometimes he felt like most of the duties he did for the Coven was just busywork.
Pulling out his scroll, he logged onto Penstagram and scrolled idly. Luz had ‘shared’ his Kikimora meme post and so it had a fair number of ‘likes’ and a few replies. This kept him amused for a few minutes, but eventually he grew bored. 
His scroll buzzed with a new message.
Luzura_Warrior:
look at themmmmm 😍
A picture was included, and it had King curled up on the couch, with the Owl Lady’s palisman snuggled into his fur, both fast asleep.
Rulerzreachf4n:
nice
Rulerzreachf4n:
this is what I’m doing
He pointed the scroll at the Dead Hand and took a photo to send to Luz.
Luzura_Warrior:
on patrol? cool, I’ve never actually gotten that close to that thing before
Luzura_Warrior:
eda, uh, told me they grab people sometimes, so I’m a little careful
Rulerzreachf4n:
they can sometimes but only when they’re cranky. dead hand doesn’t though, it’s very docile.
Luzura_Warrior:
huh. good to know!
Luzura_Warrior:
hey, I have a question, how come you never send any selfies? I don’t think I’ve seen a single one from you yet
Luzura_Warrior:
you even changed your pfp, it used to be you and now it’s flapjack. 
Luzura_Warrior:
obviously I ADORE flapjack but, well. I dunno, I guess I’m just curious if there’s a reason
Luzura_Warrior:
sorry if that’s prying too much
He thought about when he first made his Penstagram account and all the time he spent trying to get a photo to use for his profile. He probably spent over an hour doing it, only to later decide it looked awful anyway and took it down.
Rulerzreachf4n:
not sure if there’s really a reason
Rulerzreachf4n:
I just don’t feel the desire to, I guess.
Rulerzreachf4n:
I..don’t really like how I look.
Luzura_Warrior:
wait, really? 
He hesitated as he read her message, but she didn’t seem to be teasing him. He decided to take a chance and tell her the truth.
Rulerzreachf4n:
yeah. that’s part of why I like my mask. better to cover it up when people would rather not see it anyway, you know?
He waited as the dots on the scroll indicated Luz was typing.
Luzura_Warrior:
okay, so, I guess it kind of makes sense you wouldn’t realize this, since you probably don’t talk to a lot of people. 
He frowned, confused.
Rulerzreachf4n:
realize what?
Luzura_Warrior:
that you’re actually really cute
He froze, his heart leaping at the blunt reply. Staring at the message in shock, he tried to make sense of it. What? She really thought-- she--
Wait, no. That couldn’t be right. His skepticism returning fast, he typed,
Rulerzreachf4n:
that’s not a nice thing to joke about
At the same moment he’d entered that text,  Luz entered one as well;
Luzura_Warrior:
I mean, objectively speaking. you know?
He narrowed his eyes, confused. She quickly followed up with more texts.
Luzura_Warrior:
what? I wouldn’t joke about that. I’m serious.
Luzura_Warrior:
did somebody tell you that you weren’t?
Luzura_Warrior:
because that’s wrong, you’re definitely. yknow, teenage heartthrob material. 
Luzura_Warrior:
honestly I’m surprised you don’t know this? when I first met you, you were so confident, it seemed like you were all ,’i’m sexy and I know it’
Luzura_Warrior:
uh I, mean, you know. like. objectively! haha.
In an intensely short amount of time Hunter felt like his head was going to possibly explode, the phrase ‘teenage heartthrob’ on repeat in his mind. Flustered, he tried to type out a reply.
Rulerzreachf4n:
you’re really serious? I. but. 
This didn’t make sense. But it really did seem like she was being sincere.
Luzura_Warrior:
ok, you gotta tell me who told you all this BS about how you look, because they’re not only a jerk, theyre apparently blind
Starting to feel a bit warm, he confessed,
Rulerzreachf4n:
nobody really told me that, I just. it’s what I’ve always kinda thought.
Luzura_Warrior:
oh.
Rulerzreachf4n:
but. now that I have your perspective, I. 
He struggled to figure out how to reply.
Rulerzreachf4n:
well it’s.
Rulerzreachf4n:
 good to know
Luzura_Warrior:
okay well great glad i could clarify that!
Luzura_Warrior:
annnnyway
Luzura_Warrior:
anythgig  ecxiti ng ever happen onyour patrols???
Hunter glanced up as he caught motion out of the corner of his eye. It turned out to be a Coven scout, carrying a spear, also out on patrol. Not really a surprise; it seemed the only people out today were Coven members.
The scout waved as he approached. 
“Hello, sir! Run into any problems today?”
Ah, it was Steve. There were a great many coven scouts in their ranks, and Hunter admittedly didn’t recognize them all by name, but he recognized Steve. He had a rather decent . . . well, “friendship” was not the word. He had a rather decent acquaintanceship with him. It mostly consisted of Steve sitting next to him sometimes during lunch and rambling about whatever random things were rattling about in his head, while Steve in turn would listen to Hunter rant about Kikimora. It hadn’t ever gone beyond that, but still, it made Hunter feel slightly more at ease to be around a semi-familiar face. Well. A semi-familiar voice. He’d never actually seen any of the scouts maskless. 
“Nah. Just told a couple of kids to go home before their mothers worry about them. Truly a test of my skills and training, I know, but somehow I prevailed.”
Steve laughed. It was strangely nice to have another person actually laugh at his snarky comments.
“Hey, at least it wasn’t one of those days where we had to clear out a sligguth infestation, right? I’d relish a little boredom in comparison.”
Hunter frowned.
“I guess so.”
The coven scout leaned casually against the Dead Hand’s wrist as he began to ramble idly.
“This job’s not quite what I expected, I’ll tell you that, but it does give me a lot of time to think, you know? It’s kind of nice on these slow days when nobody’s around to bother me and I can just do my own thing.”
Hunter raised a brow, even though his face was covered by his mask.
“You mean goof off?”
Steve chuckled again.
“I know I’m not the only one, weren’t you just looking at your scroll?”
Hunter jolted a little, even though he still had the scroll in his hand and it wasn’t a surprise the scout had seen. Accepting that he’d been caught out, he lifted the scroll back up and glanced at it. He answered wryly,
“As far as you’re concerned I was just monitoring social media for any potential rabblerousers.”
The scout nodded.
“Of course, sir.”
Hunter looked at his scroll thoughtfully for a few moments, considering the human he’d just been conversing with. He was struck with a sudden impulse. It was pretty out of character for him, but there was something about the human that seemed to make him do strange things. And in the moment, he didn’t really care.
“Hey, um, Steve? You wanna help me take, uh . . . a ‘selfie’?”
He handed his scroll to Steve. The scout shrugged.
“Sure. Although I don’t think it’s technically a selfie unless you take it yourself.”
Hunter hopped on his artificial staff and quickly flew up to the top of Dead Hand.
“All right, well whatever it’s called.”
He landed on the open palm of the giant hand and set his staff down. After a moment of hesitation, he reached up and pulled his Golden Guard mask off.
From below, Steve was pointing the scroll at him, fiddling with settings.
“Hmm, why don’t you try something a little more dynamic, sir?”
Hesitantly, he asked, 
“Dynamic?” 
“Yeah! Pose or something.”
He thought about that a moment, his mind casting back to when he’d first met Luz on the airship. Oh. Sure, he could do that.
He got down and sprawled casually on his side, leaning his chin into a palm, propping it up with an elbow. He held his mask in his other hand loosely against his waist and fixed the scroll with a steady gaze.
“Oh, that’s perfect, sir! Hold that. Hmm, the angle is a bit weird down here. Maybe if I backed up a little. . .”
Hunter had a better idea. He grabbed his staff and sent it down to the ground.
“Here, just ride that.”
“Oh, that’s genius, sir.”
Steve seemed unperturbed about this taking a little work, and he rode the staff up around Hunter’s hight and carefully adjusted his position.
“All right, good, now smile for the camera?”
Ugh, this felt kinda weird. He really did hate pictures. But he was determined to do it.
All right, just imagine it was Luz floating there. She wanted a selfie, he’d give her one.
He quirked his brow a little and slipped into a cheeky grin, gazing intensely into the scroll as if she was right there in front of him. He heard the scroll snap a few pictures.
“Wow, you’re a natural, sir. I feel like this would make a great recruitment poster! The old one is a little plain, you know?”
Hunter stood back up and shook his head as Steve returned the scroll to him.
“Nah, this is only for friends.”
He sat down on the hand, his feet dangling off the edge as he fiddled with his scroll. Steve landed and sat down beside him, humming,
“Of course, you need to keep the mystery of the original poster. People respect and fear the mask.”
Hunter nodded.
“Exactly.”
He hesitated as he looked at his picture. Did it look stupid? Should he actually send it, or maybe retake it? Was it too weird? Too . . . much? Maybe he should–
Oh, screw it.
He sent the photo to Luz before he could question it any further and chicken out. After that was a tense wait, but it didn’t last for very long.
Luzura_Warrior:
ohmygod 
Luzura_Warrior:
asafdjh;lgfju
Luzura_Warrior:
what have I done, I never should have told you the truth 
It was unclear what exactly that meant, but Hunter had hoped it was positive. He answered cautiously. 
Rulerzreachf4n:
you said you wanted a selfie
Luzura_Warrior:
hahaha I did, it’s true
Luzura_Warrior:
but boy, you REALLY delivered 
Rulerzreachf4n:
is that a good thing?
Luzura_Warrior:
yeah uhh 
Luzura_Warrior:
definitely a good thing.
Luzura_Warrior:
it 
Luzura_Warrior:
it’s really good, haha.
He started to type out a reply, but she followed up with more texts before he could.
Luzura_Warrior:
jeez, that look you’re giving is smokin’
Luzura_Warrior:
do you practice that in the mirror or
Luzura_Warrior:
hey wait, who took the picture?
Rulerzreachf4n:
thats not important
Luzura_Warrior:
you actually enlisted somebody’s help to take this for me?
Luzura_Warrior:
I feel so special :3 Rulerzreachf4n:
yeah, yeah, just don’t show it to anyone else alright
Luzura_Warrior:
whuh wait
Luzura_Warrior:
this really was just for me??
Luzura_Warrior:
 so i really AM special :3c
Growing uncomfortable with how perceptive Luz was being, he tried to derail.
Rulerzreachf4n:
I don’t know what that emoji means
Luzura_Warrior:
oh sorry. it’s like…. a kittycat smile? there isn’t really a good official emoji for it.
Rulerzreachf4n:
a cat smile?
He wasn’t sure how a cat could smile and what the heck that would even indicate.
Luzura_Warrior:
yeah it’s like . . .
Luzura_Warrior:
hold on a sec
Luzura_Warrior:
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Luzura_Warrior:
like that!
Hunter studied the picture, which you’d think would help clarify things, but really all it did was confuse the issue even further.
Rulerzreachf4n:
what exactly is that look supposed to mean though
Luzura_Warrior:
:3c hehehehehe
Rulerzreachf4n:
luz that doesnt help
“So does your friend like the picture?”
Hunter jumped in surprise, having entirely forgotten that Steve was even sitting there.
“Uhh.”
His scroll buzzed and spammed him with indecipherable emoji.
Luzura_Warrior:
😏😏 😼😼🦦🦦😈😇
“. . . I think so? Yeah.”
 The rest of patrol was just as stunningly uneventful, so Hunter spent the rest of it walking his route and talking with Steve. Honestly, it wasn’t so terrible a way to finish out the afternoon, which mostly was just letting Steve ramble on about his little brother and his newfound interest in Illusion magic. When Hunter returned to the castle, he had some very boring tasks that included taking stock of some new supplies (again, he found himself wondering if Belos just assigned him duties as mere busywork, but it wasn’t his place to question things). It took him several hours to complete and then he had a cold, unpleasant dinner at the cafeteria, but for some reason, none of it fazed him much, and he spent the whole time humming to himself, a little smile on his face.
When the evening came and he was finally free to return to his room, he gratefully collapsed onto his bed and stuck his face into the nearest book. It was a pleasant diversion for about an hour, and then his scroll buzzed. Eagerly, he grabbed it and found that it was Luz asking if he could help her with a few questions on her Beast Keeping homework. He agreed to help. 
What had started out as just a few questions quickly grew into a much larger discussion.
Luzura_Warrior:
I just am having a hard time because I had no idea there were so many kinds of dragons
Luzura_Warrior:
in the human realm I only really heard of the basic ones
Luzura_Warrior:
not all these weird wingless dragons and the legless dragons and the dragons with only two legs and all that
Rulerzreachf4n:
well they’re not really dragons. 
Luzura_Warrior:
what?? what do you mean.
Rulerzreachf4n:
the common ancestor species is a wyrm, which eventually evolved into lindwyrms and loongs over time. the ones living at higher elevations developed into drakes. and then potentially dragons arose from the drakes. 
Rulerzreachf4n:
they’re all in the wyrm family, though, a dragon is just a kind of wyrm
Luzura_Warrior:
seriously? I thought a wyrm was just . . . a legless and wingless dragon?
Rulerzreachf4n:
no, it’s the other way around. a dragon is a wyrm with legs and wings. 
Luzura_Warrior:
man, this is weird. so what exactly is a wyrm then? 
Rulerzreachf4n:
well, wyrms branch off from the sea serpents because of their scales, regenerative abilities and pyrorespiration. sea serpents of course belonging to the larger family of serpents, which in turn of course branch off from the true worms
Luzura_Warrior:
hold on, slow down a little. not sure if I’m getting you because it seems like you’re saying that . . . dragons evolved from snakes and that snakes evolved from worms?
Rulerzreachf4n:
snakes are a smaller sub-family of serpents, really
Rulerzreachf4n:
but your statement is mostly correct, yeah.
Luzura_Warrior:
snakes evolved from worms??
Rulerzreachf4n:
yeah? didn’t they cover this already?
Rulerzreachf4n:
everything evolved from worms, they’re nature’s ideal form
Luzura_Warrior:
buhhuhuwhaaa? 
Rulerzreachf4n:
you haven’t covered the Great Ancestral Worm yet??
Luzura_Warrior:
um, well. I kind of haven’t had one of the pre-reqs for this class. I begged the teacher to let me take it anyway . . . 
Luzura_Warrior:
but please, I gotta know about anything called ‘the Great Ancestral Worm,’ because this is getting wild
Rulerzreachf4n:
okay, well. 
Rulerzreachf4n:
in the beginning, when the Titan first fell, the first creature to immerge from the decomposing muck was a worm
Rulerzreachf4n:
the Great Ancestral Worm, from which all beasts sprang. the ratworms, the trash slugs, the giraffes, the sea serpents, all that
Rulerzreachf4n:
and from the beasts, branched off the bug demons and the bipedal demons
Rulerzreachf4n:
many bug demons still retaining body forms quite close to the original ancestral worms, but developing sentience alongside the bipedal demons
Rulerzreachf4n:
bipedal demons of course ended up quite distant from the ancestral design, and needed to compensate for it, develop bile sacs for their own magic
Luzura_Warrior:
okay hold on 
Luzura_Warrior:
so you’re saying EVERYTHING is based off worms
Luzura_Warrior:
what about, uhh. echo mice?
Rulerzreachf4n:
they evolved from the ratworms.
Luzura_Warrior:
okay, how about the selkiedomuses.
Rulerzreachf4n:
sea serpents that developed fins and blubber.
Luzura_Warrior:
what about birds??
Rulerzreachf4n:
they came from the wyverns and feathered serpents.
Luzura_Warrior:
there’s feathered serpents too?? oh god
Luzura_Warrior:
this is getting a little overwhelming
Rulerzreachf4n:
let’s just focus on wyrms for now. you said you only needed to know the basic groups for now, right?
Luzura_Warrior:
yeah. yeah, ok.
Rulerzreachf4n:
So we have the Wyrms, and then the Lindwyrms which evolved front limbs to help a little with traction, but still move with a serpentine body motion. And next are the Loongs, with four limbs which can walk awkwardly on land but who mostly prefer to swim or fly. 
Luzura_Warrior:
wait. fly? I thought Loongs don’t have wings?
Rulerzreachf4n:
that’s correct, they don’t.
Luzura_Warrior:
asdgrsrjyyj
Luzura_Warrior:
THEN HOW
Rulerzreachf4n:
they fly via magic. loong’s magic is fairly potent, they also have some control over weather and can shapeshift.
Luzura_Warrior:
oh, right, magic is a thing. haha . . .
Rulerzreachf4n:
next are the drakes
Luzura_Warrior:
those are the wingless dragons! right? they first found them at the knee
Rulerzreachf4n:
well, ‘wingless dragons’ is... not very descriptive. 
Rulerzreachf4n:
but yes, the drakes evolved at higher elevations and had stockier bodies, sturdier limbs that made for good walking and climbing, and stronger fire breath.
Luzura_Warrior:
can THEY magically fly?
Rulerzreachf4n:
that’s a good question! no, the drakes lost the ability to fly, as well as their shapeshifting and weather control
Luzura_Warrior:
okay, gotcha
Rulerzreachf4n:
then we have the dragons, which fly with the help of their leathery wings. and then wyverns
Luzura_Warrior:
hold on a sec one time I heard Hooty say HE’S A WORM
Luzura_Warrior:
does that mean hooty’s a bug demon???
Rulerzreachf4n:
uh… do you mean your house demon?
Luzura_Warrior:
yeah!
Rulerzreachf4n:
yes, house demons are a type of parasitic worm. 
Luzura_Warrior:
holy crap this makes so much sense now. now that I think about it, he was saying something one time about an ancestral worm
Rulerzreachf4n:
uh yeah so, anyway
Luzura_Warrior:
wait did you say PARASITIC??
Luzura_Warrior:
he’s a parasite???
Rulerzreachf4n:
yes, house demons parasitize living houses 
Luzura_Warrior:
I thought hooty WAS the house!!! that’s not his body??
Rulerzreachf4n:
it’s technically not. once a house demon attaches to a house, they gain some control and nerve sensation, but it’s technically their host.
Luzura_Warrior:
oh my god. this is blowing my mind
Rulerzreachf4n:
ok, I think we’re getting a bit off track here
Luzura_Warrior:
right, sorry, sorry
Luzura_Warrior:
back to dragons. I mean, wyrms, back to wyrms and not house worms. I’m listening.
Hunter did his best to get Luz back on track and explain the basic wyrm families, as well as the two competing theories on whether drakes evolved into dragons, or ampitheres evolved into wyverns and then some wyverns developed into dragons. Although Luz was a bit distractable at times and prone to chit-chat, she was also very enthusiastic and seemed genuinely interested in the subject. She also seemed to pick up the information fairly quickly. When they’d finished, she thanked him profusely and said she was going to spend another hour studying to make sure it was solidified in her head for tomorrow’s quiz. He bid her a goodnight and returned to his reading.
He continued to read until it grew very late, at an hour when his mind was very fuzzy and his thoughts were disjointed. He browsed Pentsagram a little, very amused to find Darius had shared his Kikimora meme, and it seemed to be spreading rapidly. He giggled at that for a bit and then his thoughts started to turn slowly along the memories of his day, over the discussions he’d had with Luz. There was a very pleasant feeling that flickered through him as he pondered things, like the bright little embers that popped off a crackling fire. 
When his scroll buzzed, he sleepily picked it up and checked it.
Luzura_Warrior:
hunteeerrrrrr
Luzura_Warrior:
I’m booorrreddddd
He chuckled outloud and typed a response.
Rulerzreachf4n:
thought you were studying
Luzura_Warrior:
yeah it got boring
Luzura_Warrior:
whatre you doin?
Rulerzreachf4n:
well I WAS reading peacefully
Luzura_Warrior:
awhjyyhd why are you even still up it’s like almost 2am
Rulerzreachf4n:
why are YOU still up
Luzura_Warrior:
that’s evading the question, I asked u first
Rulerzreachf4n:
im always up this late
Rulerzreachf4n:
it’s the only time to myself i really get, so. thats why.
Luzura_Warrior:
that makes sense.
Rulerzreachf4n:
k so now you
Luzura_Warrior:
well I was just cramming for the quiz
Luzura_Warrior:
I am bad at time management, I admit it
Luzura_Warrior:
but I’m in bed now like a good girl, I swear
Luzura_Warrior:
see look
A picture popped up, showing a dimmed bedroom. Hunter squinted at it. Luz seemed to be on the floor, sitting inside a strange fabric . . . cocoon? 
Rulerzreachf4n:
what. the heck is that, that’s not a bed.
Luzura_Warrior:
it’s a sleeping bag. 
Rulerzreachf4n:
that doesn’t seem very comfortable.
Luzura_Warrior:
no, it’s okay! it’s not so bad. not as good as a bed, I admit, but eda didn’t have any spare mattresses, so I’ve just been using this.
Rulerzreachf4n:
huh. she should get you a bed.
Luzura_Warrior:
well moneys not exactly pouring in right now
Luzura_Warrior:
I know you probably have a nice fancy bed at the castle but not everyone can be so luxurious, ya know
Hunter frowned, considering his bed and his room.
Rulerzreachf4n:
actually my bed’s really not fancy
Rulerzreachf4n:
or my room. belos gave me quarters that are the same size and furnishings as any other scout
Rulerzreachf4n:
said that i shouldn’t grow soft or complacent
Luzura_Warrior:
oh
Luzura_Warrior:
whoa I didn’t realize that.
Luzura_Warrior:
ok now I’m curious. whats it look like?
Luzura_Warrior:
send me a picture?? 😃
Hunter aimed his scroll, trying to get a shot, then grumbled because it didn’t look like much from his angle. He got out of bed and snapped a photo so she could actually see things.
Luzura_Warrior:
oooh okay, it’s not so bad. seems cozy. that pillowcase looks pretty ratty tho lol
Luzura_Warrior:
oh my god wait, you have a PLUSHIE?? I see that lil head poking out there!
Hunter quickly re-checked the photo, and to his horror, you could in fact see the hot pink head of his goofy little frog plushie sticking out behind a pillow.
Rulerzreachf4n:
please pretend you didnt see that
Luzura_Warrior:
no way, oh my god hunter this is adorable. I love this. you like plushies too!! I wanna get a better look, send me a pic! 😃
Rulerzreachf4n:
no way you’ll just make fun of me
Luzura_Warrior:
no I won’t!! I swear. pleeeeease?? 
Luzura_Warrior:
do you actually sleep with it too? aaaaa thatd be so CUTE
Hunter grunted, dropping back down onto his bed with a defeated sigh. There was no way she was gonna drop this, he knew her well enough by now for that. Gruhhh.
He reached over and pulled the plushie out from behind the pillow. Wrapping an arm around it, he hugged it tight against his chest and aimed the scroll at himself, sticking his tongue out and snapping a photo. 
When he sent it, Luz nearly combusted.
Luzura_Warrior:
saftrrerghewyhrw
Luzura_Warrior:
aaaaaaa  hutner!!!!
Luzura_Warrior:
SO CUTE
Luzura_Warrior:
you giant dork i LOVE it
Luzura_Warrior:
look at youuuu aaaaa!! 😍
Rulerzreachf4n:
you show that to anybody and I will hunt you down
Luzura_Warrior:
hehehehehee
Luzura_Warrior:
hunt me down. cos you’re hunter
Rulerzreachf4n:
yes. you don’t want  that, trust me
Luzura_Warrior:
heeehee, but maybe I do 😉
Hunter’s thoughts halted, stalling at Luz’s text as he struggled to form a coherent response. Fortunately, Luz just continued to ramble.
Luzura_Warrior:
ughh I should get to sleep 
Luzura_Warrior:
i have a really busy day tomorrow
Luzura_Warrior:
all these quizzes and exams at once, I swear the teachers do it on purpose
He had to focus to type out a reply that sounded normal.
Rulerzreachf4n:
yeah, I should sleep too
Luzura_Warrior:
ok you might not hear from me tomorrow until real late, i got a lot going on
Luzura_Warrior:
but i’ll say bye for now!
Rulerzreachf4n:
okay
Luzura_Warrior:
so gnnnighty night for now, my goldie dork boy~~ 😘
Luzura_Warrior:
talk to you later 💖💗💜
Rulerzreachf4n:
bye
Hunter stared dumbly at the scroll for a while after she’d logged off, his fuzzy sleepy thoughts rolling about in his mind like a tangled ball of yarn. Letting the scroll drop down onto his bed, he fell asleep before even bothering to get changed for the night.
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spinaroos-47 · 2 years
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So, now that 2B ended, I’m going to look back at my hopes for it that wrote back in september. There’s some comments on the points I added after FATCDP released also
(put under a read more because theres quite a bit)
- More Raine, Hunter, Lumity, Lilith, Camila & Vee, Willow & Gus
We definetly got all these, and I’m so happy. I would have liked more CAmila and Vee but at least I know we’ll get them on S3
- Portal stuff 
Eh kinda? Not much, though. I’m still wondering why Belos moved it to the head. Was it because the castle was being used for the DOU?
- King’s dad 
Yep, we got it. I like how even theories I wasn’t expecting to be true were done in a way that I accept them. Like that and some in Hollow Mind 
- More Belos and Wittebane lore
We got it and boy I’m so glad we did
- More Phiip diary entries
Yep. Fucker.
- WHAT’S A GRIMWALKER?
...Yep. Boy that hurts to be right and how the truth is even worse than I expected. I do love that Hollow Mind is a lot of we expected/knew but even more terrifying than we thought it was
- Kiki’s emotional scene her VA mentioned on a livestream
That’s probably a scene from FATCDP but I can see her being talked like that by Belos in King’s tide also being what she mentioned. Hard to tell
(This is from a Cartoon Universe livestream that they did with some of the VAs, including her and Zeno)
- Epic fights
Funnily enough there was less fights than I expected, but the ones we got were amazing
- Return of the looking glass ruins
Woop, that one I wasn’t so sure if it would come back but it did, even if only for Labyrinth Runners
- Flapjack lives!
I was never on the team that he would die but it doesn’t hurt to hope for him to live
- Lumity date
Nope...I’m still holding hope for one in s3
-More magic lore/worldbuilding 
Basically every single toh episode has magic lore and worldbuilding, and the ones we got in 2B were great
- The Hunter scene Zeno likes (betting on either any sport in a storm or hollow mind)
Pretty sure he was talking about when Hunter confronts Belos about the previous Golden Guards
(also from the Cartoon Universe livestream)
- Harpy Lilith
Forever sad we didn’t get it. Buuuuut there’s still time for that
- Dell Clawthorne
I think the little b plot he and Eda had was amazing, I love it so much
- Jacob
Glad to not see this guy in 2B
- More of the curse
Eh, just a little bit, mostly about the plan against the DOU (and i like the theory that OB sensed the collector being freed)
- RAEDA (we got it, but oof its going to hurt before we get somewhere happy)
We got the somewhere happy but then it was pain again!
- Philip = Belos
To be honest i almost forgot there even was the debate about wheter Belos was Philip or the brother jsfddnjfnd, the reveal was great
- Glyph stuff
Not much but still quite a bit, which makes me happy. I wish it showed if Luz used the invisibility glyph when she branded Belos or changed it to hide just the glove
- “We’ll be keeping an eye on the owl house inhabitants” (I just want to know what he meant by that because doesnt seem like it for now)
Ok so I kinda understand it now. He did keep an eye on them, especially before EaE happened, it just wasn’t with Hunter. He probably just assigned him to look closely if the owlfam did anything suspicious or anything like that, rather than full on spying.
- Adress Luz’s mental health pls (we kinda got that in follies but again I would like more)
It got adressed! Still full of trauma and guilt though!
- Hunter redemption (or at least just getting out of that horrible situation)
I don’t like how I phrased that, but the point still stands. Honestly the way it happened I never thought would be how he would get out of the EC. Like, it feels like the plot of many fanfics I read during the hiatus about him being taken in by the owlfam. I say that in a good way, it was really good
- Hunter and glyphs
We got it!!!! Only one time but we got it!!! I wonder if we will get him using glyphs again. Definetly not while they’re stuck in the human realm
- Luz and King discover about Raine (we got it in the best way possible)
We got it in the best way possible indeed. AND THEM MEETING WAS ALL I EVER WANTED!!! And Luz having them promise to keep Eda safe :,3
- “No more secrets” my ass (this actually might be the one that i dont think will happen since on follies the secrets were adressed)
Guess who was wrong, there are definetly still some secrets there, now Hunter also being on that equation as well. And probably some things that will be kept hidden from Camila now, which will hurt. And Gus now most probably knows about the grimwalker and Wittebane deal, so these all will be adressed
- The “spy” thing with Hunter (what does this mean, Dana)
I still don’t know what she meant by that. Probably just a nickname to throw people off to what he would be/do?
- Rascal’s name (yep we got it sjfjhsfd)
And we got it said on the show!!!
So yeah, most of them did happen! I’m thinking of revisiting my predictions for each episode even though I already kinda did that with most of them on my reviews
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dratoba · 1 year
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For The Future PT 2
MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR S3 EP2
This is also really long😞
"Amity! Have you found my mom and Gus?" "No not yet but they said they were going to go straight so we just have to try to go straight from here" Luz nodded and they all began to run. "Mama! Gus! We have to go, now! We think the collector is back!" "Oh it's too late for that i'm afraid." They all froze. They slowly turned to find Raine as a puppet and the collector next to them.
I don't want to have to write an entire fight thingy at 3:06AM so they defeated Belos FOR GOOD and Raine lived😋 They convinced the Collector to stop doing what he's doing and lift the puppet curse thing. Now to continue the fanfic💛💛
The collector slowly walked towards Hunter who was bent down. "You're scared aren't you? Scared that they'll all hate you. Scared that you'll lose your best friend" The child nodded. "That's ok. You're still a child collector, You were given the responsibility to deal with so much power it's not your fault" Now I know what you're thinking. How did Hunter know what to say? To be honest, he didn't. He was just saying what he wanted to be told when he became the Golden Guard. The collector hugged him weakly "I'm sleepy"
"Well where's your room?" No response. The kid had already fallen asleep. "Guess i'll just look around" He picked up the oddly light child and turned to walk away "Wait hold on Mijo i'm going with you" "No no it's alright, It'd be better if you stayed here with the others and Raine" (Fun fact: Hunter is the only one there who knows Raine) "are you sure?" Hunter nodded and walked away. Eventually he did find the room and put the collector down.
He left the room and went back to the others. "Have any of the puppets showed up?" Gus shook his head. [TIME SKIP 3 HOURS. About 200 Puppets have awaken, All the hexsquad parents have awaken👍🏽, Coven heads are still puppets, Collector is awake and playing with the walls, Raine is fine and awake, Eda, Lilith, king, and Luz are together and I think thats it] "Hey" Willow came up behind Hunter "Hey" "Whatcha doin?" "Watching a child god play with walls"
Willow sat next to Hunter and rested her head on his shoulder. He was way too tired to get flustered over it and just continued watching the collector. "How can some so little contain so much power" "No idea" Luz, Gus, Camila, and Amity came outside. Willow got up and they went to go and play around with the collector. Hunter got up and Camila went next to him. "Y'know..you can stay in the human realm if you want. You're always welcome" "Thank you but, I think i'm gonna stay here"
Camila put her hand on his shoulder. "Is something on your mind?" "No, just tired" She didn't believe he was just tired. He looked upset. Didn't want to force him to say anything though. She knew how he was with his feelings. "Hunter?" He knew that voice. Hunter and Camila quickly turned. It was "Darius?.."
PT 3 COMING SOON
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asmallpinkfan3 · 1 year
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Hello not to rush you any more but can I get a toh in a party (platonic with as many characters as you can think of at the second) pretty please:》
-peachy anon
Dw your not peachy.
Party at the clawthorne house.
You asked eda if it was ok and she said no at first, but then you begged her and she agreed to let you.
You ran to grab your scroll and call wills and Gus to bring amity over. You also make a call to Darius to bring hunter over.
After calling you get everything set up and ready to start your party. You were pacing from the door to the couch waiting the excitement boiling over you. (I do it when I know someone’s coming over to my house)
Luz watched you and put an arm around you shoulders holding them tight to calm your excitement.
“Are you excited”? She asks and you nod your head violently.
A Knock makes you turn from her grasp and open the door.
Gus, hunter,Willow,and amity are standing at the door.
“Hey y/n thanks for inviting us”! Gus shouts hunter looks at him with confusion on why he’s shouting.
That night hunter looked like he was having the best time of his life, he was.
And then when all of you got tired amity and luz snuggled on the couch, hunter fell asleep on willow (yes I ship huntlow) and gus he fell asleep on Hooty.
And you fell asleep on the floor.
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mistyfoxxy · 1 year
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*yeets this into your inbox*
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I had already tagged you so you'd see the original comment but I kinda wanna see this be written out by the master herself soooo
@valorianknights (tagging them so they'll see this, also original credit goes to them)
ngl i forgot all about this :')
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The gang continued to rummage through the old boxes of stuff, talking endlessly about the outfits they'd wear and the strange holiday that humans celebrated. Gus was more than happy to know people dressed up as them, that humans celebrated witches and demons. They had their own day in the human world!
Hunter seemed to forget all about the earlier situation, ecstatic about the changes he could make to everyone's wardrobe. Only a few needed to be done of course.
He'd already finished his and Gus' the night before. Luz only needed help on the hem of her skirt and Amity with her cape and sleeves.
He had never really been used to physical contact so luckily Luz got Amity's measurements and vice versa.
That just left Willow.
Her outfit that she had presented to him left a few places for him to work on. But it just seemed so... plain. His mind was already at work for all the adjustments he could do and such as he rummaged through the tub of fabrics and materials.
He remembered Camila saying that he could easily become a fashion designer or open up his own boutique shop. Something like that. He had to give it to himself, he did do one heck of a job. A pretty amazing job.
"Ok. I'm all done. Where do you want me to stand?"
"Oh yeah!-" Hunter stopped rummaging, frozen in place as she presented herself.
She looked. Nice.
Not that she didn't always look nice- of course she did! She was always so pretty... Black. Not exactly her color, she could probably rock any color too be honest, but something about it made her peridot eyes pop even more with her dark hair.
Sure. Her school uniform was indeed a dark grey tunic and pretty much black but-
Tweet Tweet~ Flapjack nuzzled him meaningfully.
Ah. He was mind rambling again and Willow probably thought he was acting weird.
"Uhm. What all do you need adjustments with?" He asked, grateful he was able to get a full sentence out without stuttering or sounding like a girl.
"Oh well, you're the expert, so I was kind of hoping you'd fix it up however you wanted- well saw fit?"
Hunter glanced over the attire. He subconsciously put a finger to his chin, designer mode activated, and walked around the girl for inspection.
It was simple.
Add a longer hem, different color, maybe a darker black or green. Add a colored waistband so its not so dark.
But for that he'd need measurements.
"Hehelooksfinetomeyouregoodtogo!" He blurted out.
Willow frowned slightly, disbelief raised in her eyebrow she lifted.
"You really think so? I kind of don't feel like it's... me?"
Definitely not. You need more green. You're a witch but you're not dark and evil at all, you're life...
"Whaaaat? Noooo you're perfect!- I MEAN IT'S PERFECT Hehe" Titan he could feel his face burning now.
Willow looked confused for a second before a small smile graced her face. "If it has to do with measurements and stuff, i can do it?"
Wow. She was so smart and observant. She already figured him out. He groaned inwardly.
"It's not that i don't want to touch you- not that I do!" Unless it meant holding her hand or something... he thought momentarily. "I just. I'm not used to uhm. Well it's just-"
The plant witch then placed a hand on his shoulder ever so lightly, a knowing yet amused smile played at her lips. "It's ok Hunter, you don't have to touch me." Her face flushed slightly at that, "I just need your help walking it around me or well I'll show you. Where's your measuring tape at?"
"It's riiiiiight here" Hunter smiled gratefully as he picked it up out of his pile of sewing materials.
Willow then placed the end of it against the front of her waist and held it with one hand, holding out the other end to him. "Now i just need you to walk it around me and hand it back."
Hunter nodded. He grabbed the end of it and began his circle, ever so conscious of the wetness of her hair and the strange sweet scent that radiated off of her. He wondered what kind of shampoo she had used.
He knew Camila had bought quite a lot to go with their different hair types and dyed hairs. He wondered which one Willow used. This smelt different than the honey one-
"..unter? You can stop wrapping it" Willow giggled. "What you thinking about in there?" She asked, head cocked to the side as she poked his forehead playfully.
"Shampoo."
"What?" She snorted, bursting into giggles again.
"Eh. Sorry. I got distracted." He then quickly walked back around her until she put a hand up for him to stop and grabbed the tape. Putting it next to the end of the other and quoted the measurements. He quickly went and wrote it down.
She then did her arms and stated she thinks the rest fits just fine.
"So. Any ideas on what to do with it?"
"Of course." He smirked as he sat down and got out the things he thought would do perfectly.
"Great! Imma go take this thing off and let you work your magic." She winked and ran up the stairs.
He noted a small patch among the cluster of cloth. It had a 'W'.
Perfect.
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the-nerd · 2 years
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Part of your world (a toh mini fanfic)
Since they came to the human world, everyone was very discouraged, it is not uncommon, they had lost a lot, their powers, their family, they didn't know how to get to the demon realm....
Luz was also worried and tired, she and Hunter had been two days looking for some portal to return to the boiling islands, because Plilip had to get there somehow, right?.... But that was the least of it, he needed to distract his friends in some way and he thought he knew how...
Her little head had thought of a brilliant idea that always encouraged her, a movie marathon.
She gathered a lot of movies, snacks, pillows and blankets to create the atmosphere, and gathered the gang on the sofa.
"Okey I I know we've been a little bit with the animos a little low, but today we're going to do a typical human activity."
Luz was in front of the TV trying to encourage the group, gus was the first to have his face lit up "we have a great variety of movies, I have Pocahontas, not this one, oh how about the hunchback of notre dame, eeee not, not this one..." *oh dios mio* she was realizing that most of the movies she had touched too closely on their situation, what she was going to do!?????
Hey what about this one?? Asked willow taking another movie "this one looks funny" The movie she picked up in question was the little mermaid, luz He thought it was the best option, of all the ones there were.
What is this creature? It is from the human realm??? Asked Gus looking at the cover "they are called mermaids, but they are not from the human realm, they are miths" explained Luz taking the VHS and putting it in the player.
So... They are like witches? "asked Amity looking at the TV" well.... They are? I mean they are creatures from the Greek mythology.... We could say yes?? " she reproduced the movie and the logo from the movie started.
And the group seemed to like it, gus was surprised with the illustrations, all the time asking things "and the real fish talk? I haven't seen any, you have to be a mermaid to talk to them? It will be the sirens from the demon realm? Do you think we will see any?...
Amity and Willow werevery impressed by the story and the plot and Hunter.... Hunter It seemed that he identified a lot with Ariel, he even got angry and began to refute the arguments of the fight between Ariel and his father "why she can not have human things? , leave her alone"
"Hunter it's just a movie, try to relax" Willow put her hand on Hunter's shoulder to reassure him and he did, but he quickly looked away.
The best part was the lake scene, And not because of the song, which he always liked, but because of Hunter's reactions.
First he was nervous, he was seen from his position, he was all the time watching Willow from TV and from Willow to TV, *oh Ho! I think someone has a crush* luz though
"now is your moment, flowing In a blue lagoon...." The song was coming to the end and Hunter stopped watching TV to focus on Willow, it seemed that he was getting closer and closer to her face, until the scene of the eels throwing the boat arrived, which caused Hunter to jump and throw the popcorn.
Luz couldn't hold back and started laughing "what? What's so funny?!" Hunter blushed from the tips of his ears to his face "haha your... Your... You looked great" in light gave birth a fit of laughter that infected the others, everyone except Hunter, who was now embarrassed.
"don't worry, here let me help you" willow giggled meanwhile He picked up the popcorn that was on the sofa "thank willow" hunter said without looking at it, until picking up one of the popcorn their hands touched.
They looked at eachother, she show her a gentle smile meanwhile his face fas as red as a tomato "OK thank you for the help I'm going to make more popcorn bye" And as quickly as he said that disappeared.
The whole film went smoothly, except for a few screams when Ursula tried to kill arel and Eric.
So what do you think?! " asked Luz stopping the movie credits.
"I, for one, I liked the movie, specially the songs" responded Amity giving luz a kiss on her cheek.
I did like the songs too, what do you think hunter? "asked willow
I.... I... I like it... A lot actually.. S.. Specially.. " he was looking at his hands when he was tying to find the words" the.... The lag... The battle scene, yeah jajaj that was cool!! "he was sweating too much and he hoped that nobody noticed it, But little escapes from Luz
Yeah bro the fight scene was very cool, I feel identified with Ariel, we are also obsessed with human things, surely we would get along pretty well" everyone agreed to that and Hunter whispered a thank to Gus "don't worry I got you" whispered him back.
In the end the movie served, everyone had forgotten a little about their situation and looked more animated, and Luz would ask Hunter tomorrow about his "not very brazen" crush by Willow.
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kitty-kedi · 2 years
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~The owl house characters zodiac headcanons~ (part 2)
Lilith:-leo♌- I've met multiple Leo's in my lifetime and i can definitely see Lilith in a few of them. someone who is very loving at heart especially towards their family, but has a habit of putting themselves first, Wich isnt necessarily a bad thing! On the contrary self care is absolutely important, but as you can see with Lilith there are limits you should take and thoughts you should consider before y'know, cursing your sister. The thing that really sets this for me is Lilith's letter to hooty. Alsmost every aspect of that letter screamed Leo to me from the fangirling to the hint jealousy, so here ya go.
Willow:- virgo♍- i had a lot of trouble finding this one actually willow is such an awesome and complex character when you really look at her, but trying to fit that to a sing zodiac was challenging, in the end this one fit the most,which i don't know feels a little... obvious? Don't get me wrong she's got the hard working, and kindness qualites while also being worrier and timid at first but everything else idk. But hey zodiacs don't fully describe anyone, everyone unique in their own little way so.
Gus:-sagittarius♐- This one i knew almost instantly. Gus is pretty funny and comidic, as Sagittarius are known for their humor. İ can also see gus as very free spirited, and his love for human stuff and adventure also can fit Sagittarius traits. He's also a bit reckless and sarcastic/ a mood at times so this one just fit.
Hunter:-pisces♓- pisces are know to be adaptable, wise, and a bit naive. Wich are all a few aspects of hunter he's had to Learn to adapt to life outside of belos. He's known as a teen prodigy and is seen to be pretty intellectual on certain subjects, while also being naive on things like kids his age and what not. Can i say pisces perfectly fit hunter? No. İs it close and somethig I'm ok with? Yup.
Principal bump: -Aries♈- a bit weird for this list but just go with it. Now when i say ive met a few Aries, i mean I've met alot of Aries. So when my first instinct told me bump was an Aries i went with it, and I'm pretty pleased with this. Bump is one of if not the best cartoon principals. A trait of Aries is getting angry or upset at someone quickly but forgiving them just as quick or at least not holding any big grudge. This fits present bump pretty Welly to me. Their also known to be leaders, argumentive, and impatient at times. Bump is an amazing leader/principal,. When we first meet him he tended to argue with Luz quit a bit, and he seemed to want answers from hunter asap in labyrinth runners (understandable). But yeah i think him being an Aries just fits with his overall character.
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brianedner · 1 year
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Luz’s Crimes: Gambling
Inspired by Koolkon08 on Tumbler. “Luz runs a gambling scam.”
 Gambling scam/ring
 I am not endorcing anything illegal in this fic
 Amity and Gus were siting next to each other in the shack, putting the finishing touches on the last few documents needed to make it look like they were humans born in the country.
 “Just a few more touches, and…”
 SLAM!
 “I FOUND A MONEY MAKING OPERTUNTY!”
 Amity jerked back from the table, smearing all the ink on the document she was just finishing, ruining hours of hard work.
 She then turned towards Hunter with a look of murder in her eyes.
 “What a coincidence, I was just found a soon to be dead body.”
 Gus put a hand on her shoulder.
 “Hold on Amity, lets hear what the opportunity is first. Also, Willow would be mad if we kill him without asking her first.”
 At that, Willow walked though the door behind Hunter. “Yes, I would, and no you do not.” She then pulled Hunter into a side hug. “The only person allowed to kill Hunter is me.”
 Hunter gave a little blush at that before extracting himself from the hug. “Anyway, I found a way for you to help with the finances Gus. There is a gambling ring out of a unsold store slot in the local shopping center. It’s pretty small, just a few card games, a roulette wheel, and some sports betting.”
 Willow then took that moment to speak up. “My Gardner supervisor is actually the brother of guy running it, and asked if I would be willing to be a dealer for a bit since one of his regulars dropped out. He said that the pay is a flat rate plus a percentage of the money we get from people each month in cash.”
 Gus’s eyes widened when the implications hit him. “You want me to use my illusions to cheat people out of their money?”
 Hunter just smiled at that. “Almost, but there is one big factor that really sells this plan.”
 Willow smiled with him. “Camila gambles there as well.”
 Gus and Amity just looked at them before falling to the ground and rolling around laughing. They just stayed down there for a minute before noticing that Gus and Willow weren’t laughing also.
 Luz decided to come back from the bathroom at that moment and took stock of her friends on the floor.
 “Are you two ok?”
 Gjus turned to look at Luz. “Luz, quick question. Dose your mom do any gambling?”
 “Oh yeah. She has a friendly card game with the vet staff weekly . Why did you ask.”
 Hunter filled in Luz on the situation, and her eyes lit up with understanding.
 “You want to have Gus rig the games where she is playing so she wins.”
 “Not too much though. If she keeps winning massive amounts of money people will think she is cheating and decide to either kick her out, rough her up, or just not play with her anymore.”
 Gus stood up and sighed. “Ok, I will SLIGHTLY mess with the card games she is playing so she doesn’t lose any money at the tables. I can mess with the card games and the roulette wheel, but the sports betting is far beyond my abilities.”
 Hunter just nodded. “That is all we are asking for Gus.”
 Saturday Night
 Gus had decided to take the form of a human Adrian Vernworth wearing some glasses, but went by Adrian Verner. Was he being a little petty be tarnishing the appearance of a foe he only met once?
 Absolutely yes, but he was a kid and the guy tried to take away his ability to do magic and melt his brain.
 He was working a poker table while also keeping a sound damping spell up around the gambling den.
 He figured that anything that would prevent people from noticing that something was going on in a supposedly empty store was a good thing and would keep this going on for longer.
 It was a hour into his shift when he noticed Camilla entering the building through the front door with a few other people he recognized from pictures on the wall of the animal clinic. The wandered over to his table which had just finished the last game and sat down.
 A man with a green shirt looked at him suspiciously. “Who are you? Never seen you here before.”
 Gus flashed the best smile he could, calling on all his ability to make the ugly mug as appealing as possible. “I am Adrian, a yes I am new here. I have been dealing here only a few days, but have extensive experience behind this.”
 Camilla wacked the man on the shoulder. “Come on Jack. Don’t give the new guy the 3rd degree. Let’s get to playing some cards. Deal us in Adrian.”
 Gus nodded and shuffled his deck before dealing out the cards, saving illusionary copies onto the inside of his glasses so he could keep track of who had which cards. The current hands had Camilla with 2 of a kind and another with a flush, but a little illusion from Gus before they lifted up their cards gave Camilla a 3 of a kind and ruined the flush.
 He kept doing that all night, and eventually it ended with Camilla winning big.
 “¡Sí! ¡Ven a mamá! She yelled, racking in her chips. “Guess who is buying everyone puppy shaped donuts tomorrow morning!”
 At that the rest of her table cheered.
 Gus just shot her a smile.
 It’s times like this that she shows that she really is Luz’s mom.
 Thank You again to by Koolkon08 from Tumbler for the prompt. Remember, if you have a idea for a crime that can be done, don’t be afrade to comment or PM me the idea and I will credit you if I like it.
 The hardest part is figuring out how to have a gambling ring in a small town and where it would be. Rest assure, we will see more of this den.
 I am also doing “Fanfic info dumps” on multiple series to help other fanfic writers with their works. They are on DevientArt here (https://www.deviantart.com/1228248) because Fanfiction and AO3 both said I couldn’t post them there.
 Fanfiction: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5646512/
Tumbler: https://at.tumblr.com/brianedner/luzs-crime-list-masterpost/dia848df51z4
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/BrianEdner1/works
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