#I'm as sleep deprived as hunter is ngl

[chocolatemilksmoothie]

Labyrinth Runners

Omg I loved this one!! buckle up, there's a lot of little details and a lot to point out

I suspected we might not get an update on Luz and the rest of the owl house members and the suspense there is killing me ngl...

I can already see it, both groups meet and both are like "we have SO much to tell you you're not gonna believe this-"

anyways, baby Willow and baby Gus my beloveds

I love their relationship. they were there for each other before anyone else was, and you can see how deeply they care for one another

Gus is a scary good illusionist, it must be frightening to have that happen

ahh good ol' breathing exercises, always worth a shot

I ADORE that Bump allows more kids to try multi track magic, and Matt got into illusion magic! aww

Among Luz's messages was "don't scare him(them?) away" I think she was referring to Hunter. it's sweet she took the time to write that, but god I hope she's safe

the hearts they are adorable <3

I enjoyed Willow and Amity's plot as well! Amity trying to protect her because he values having her back vs Willow wanting her to see that she is strong and can fight alongside her!

he's been reading about Grimwalkers... oh buddy what have you learned?

it's both sweet and heartbreaking that 1) he thought of hexside as a safe place to hide and 2) he's wearing the Flyer Derby outfit. he really had a good time being a normal kid for a day :')

Adrian. I like his style but I did NOT buy his act. How horrifying that he was tricking students into getting sigils by pretending he was helping them not get sigils. messed up

they really made him a pretentious director. I love it. both he and Terra are scary and full of personality, very fun antagonists to see

Love his design also. Everything about it

Severine... is voiced by Dana right? she was hilarious, go back to the tiny cat coven girl they don't deserve u here

Loved the concept of a trippy labyrinth of familiar places too

throw yourself down the steps to see if they're real, flawless technique

once again Hunter parallels another character. Gus is trusting by nature, which has led to him getting hurt, while Hunter grew up in a competitive, hostile environment where the only person he trusted blindly ended up being a monster. He is being extra cautious. But Gus won't hurt him

God, Belos sent a search party and is pretending like he's all worried. he hasn't told anyone he ran away. but we know what'll happen if he goes back to the castle *shudders*

the acting and animation for the panic attack, the breathing and the hesitation were done with a lot of care. I also like that it's in "Gus' room"

I love Gus I love him lots ok

the banned posters I love my children lmao

HIGH FIVE

I'm so happy Hunter still calls Willow "captain" he respects her a ton

and again, it makes sense he noticed she wasn't the real one. Gus is trusting, and Willow has never taken advantage of his trust, while Hunter is super on edge atm

"put him-" "out of his misery? got it" jesus dude he just kicked you

HIS TEAMMATES SAVED HIM

"dude looks sickly" yeah he's been sleep deprived and mentally abused and probably not eating much it'll do that to ya

oh I love this little ragtag team of rebel witches (+ Gus of course)

Adrien wants to find the Galderstones for Belos. Funny, pretty sure that's an ingredient for a certain thing hmmm ever heard of Grimwalkers?

"in the name of the moon we will kick your ass!"

Gus' ability to make you see traumatic memories is messed up. Dana stop traumatizing the children challenge

Hunter and Gus bonding about how they've been deceived and used. and awww the breathing with whistling ahaha is this because of the tooth gap because same

GUS KEPT THE MIRROR THINGY YES

"what... is... this??" "just go with it" my heart

friends will hug you even if you haven't showered

the Illusion coven head got MESSED UP oh my god

Barcus cracks me up he's so well spoken

and we end with Hunter having a LOT to talk about, but also having a large group of people to support and watch out for him

I suspect they're all gonna start preparing to find Luz and the others and to stop Belos in the Day of Unity ohhhohoho I feel DREAD BABEYYY

this was a dense one, and the first episode without Luz in it. I expect next week we'll catch up with them, especially King, and hopefully by the end of next ep both teams meet up to prepare together...

#I wonder how much he'll tell them though #I'm sure there's a lot of personal stuff he'd rather not bring up for now #toh #toh spoilers #the owl house #the owl house spoilers #toh analysis #long post #augustus porter #gus porter #willow park #amity blight #hunter toh #belos #principal bump #skara #toh matholomule #edric blight #emira blight #god so many idk

[mythicandco]

One day, Hunter isn’t fast enough. 

He was sitting in his room, as he usually was, working on drawing Red. The cardinal palisman kept insisting he drew himself more often, to improve on figuring out (and here’s where the phrasing got a little weird) “human” anatomy. He wondered if he’d misheard something, but brushed it off as sleep deprivation. 

“Why would I be holding a book? And not have my cape?” he asked about halfway through one of his drawings. The little bird was chittering constantly about minor details he doubted were that big of a deal. Red had never been this incessant since he’d started drawing for them, and he was beginning to worry something was wrong. “That doesn’t make any sense. Why would I be drawing someone else who looks exactly like me? Are you sure you’re saying that right?” 

Ever since he’d started being able to understand the palisman’s chirps and twitters, he’d been surprised at how easy it was to talk to birds. But maybe he wasn’t as good at it as he thought he was, because he swore the bird kept saying that the figure he was drawing - who was obviously him - wasn’t actually him. 

“No, no, I’m saying it right,” Red chirped. “It’s not you. He looks like you and is a lot like you but he’s not you. Can you just draw?” 

Hunter grunted in frustration. “Why do I have to draw ‘him’ if he’s not me?” he asked, playing the bird’s little game. “Why can’t I just draw us, like I always do?” 

“Because he’s important!” Red hopped from one foot to the other impatiently. “I don’t remember why! Not exactly! But he is and you need to draw him so I can see him again!” 

Hunter sighed heavily. The sketch was nearly finished, anyways. He started to pull out a red pencil for the eyes. 

“No,” the cardinal palisman pecked his fingers and he let out a yelp, more of surprise than pain. “No, no, no! Blue eyes!” 

Hunter clenched his fists. “Are you alright?” he turned to stare at the tiny bird. “You’ve been acting weird and jittery since I picked up my pencil this morning, and you’ve been yelling at me since then.” 

Red ruffled their wings with a weird mix of wood-clicking noises and actual feather ruffling. “I’m nervous,” they admitted. “Something is wrong about today.” 

“Maybe we should take a break, and finish later,” Hunter suggested. Red paused to stare at the sketchy picture of Not-Hunter and finally nodded. 

“A quick break. Maybe read your book again?” Hunter winced slightly at the mention of the book on wild magic he’d… borrowed… from town. During one of his missions he’d swiped it from a stall (dropped a couple of snails on the counter just in case, not that there was anyone around) and shoved it into his cloak when he was sure no one was looking. 

He was sure no one knew about it… and yet he kept passing guards and coven members and wondering if maybe one of them had seen him swipe it and were just waiting for the chance to rat him out to the emperor-

A knock on the door startled him out of his thoughts and he tripped out of his chair. Red fluttered over to his side to help and he tried to tell them to go and hide, but it was already too late. 

The guard outside the door had heard the ruckus and pushed it open. 

He couldn’t see their face, but he could feel their confusion through their mask. 

“Uhh, Sir?” The guard pointed at the cardinal palisman and Hunter felt his heart stop. “You, uh, have a palisman tugging on your cloak.” 

Lie. Act like it’s fine. Say Emperor Belos let you have them. You can’t let him hurt Red. But all the clever words he wanted to say went dry in his throat. It was the palisman who made the first move, chittering like a feral creature and causing the guard to let out a shriek (Seriously? This was one of the emperor’s finest guards?) and stumble back a few steps. 

“Red, don’t!” Hunter yelped, on his feet in an instant and trying to calm down the little bird. To his surprise, they relented and settled on the little shelf next to the door, giving the guard a dangerous look. 

The guard didn’t say anything else about the palisman, and instead said, in a fairly panicked voice, “Emperor Belos wants to see you,” before running off down the hallway. Hunter cursed under his breath. There was no doubt in his mind Belos was going to know he was sheltering a palisman now. 

“Is this the ‘wrong thing’ you were sensing?” he asked. Red made a couple chirping noises he didn’t understand and frankly didn’t want to. The bird fluttered over to his shoulder and snuggled into his hood. 

With dread pooling in his stomach and the palisman hidden as well as possible (there were still bound to be a fair amount of coven members who didn’t know yet, especially if the guard had run straight to Belos), Hunter started down the hallway. 

Part 2

#the owl house #toh #canon divergence #hunter #hunter the golden guard #the golden guard #emperor belos #the emperor's coven #lil rascal #fanfiction #I'm as sleep deprived as hunter is ngl