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rhineposting · 10 months

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POSSIBLY TRIGGERING CONTENT AHEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

And I am the idiot with the painted face

In the corner, taking up space

But when he walks in, I am loved

I am loved...?

Once more, I cannot stress enough that this depiction is not meant to be perceived in a positive light whatsoever - despite the drawing being referenced from a painting typically associated with romance.

The intention was to convey how in that particular scenario, Hunter's perception of reality and his relationship with Belos is warped from his inner turmoils resulting both from that unhealthy infatuation as well as the abuse he endured.

As he's desperate for any positive emotional stimuli, he clings onto what little vulnerability and intimacy Belos offers him - glamorizing it in his brain and treating it as evidence that Belos isn't actually horrible, without realising that they are a form of abuse too, designed to keep him loyal and in line.

And almost last but not least, I am still not a licensed professional in psychology. All my knowledge on abuse comes from personal and thus to some degree subjective observation of both fiction and reality, you know the drill.

Image Description : A painting of Belos and Hunter from The Owl House, morbidly referencing the painting "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt. Much like the original painting, it is colored mostly in yellows, oranges and warm browns.

To the right, Hunter is shown wearing his Golden Guard uniform, his white cape adorned with patterns consisting of orange dots and brown vines shaped into spirals. He looks off to the side with an expression of both exhaustion and bitter fulfillment at the same time, as he's slightly smiling. His left hand is gently laid over Belos' hand and wrist, which is holding him by the chin in what he believes to be an affectionate gesture.

To the left stands an alternate version of Belos that does not exist in canon, as he appears significantly younger with brown hair, with his blemishes being colored blue : referencing his initial storyboard version.

He is wearing a black robe with a white cape and brown pauldrons over it, resembling the clothes he was first shown in. The cape is adorned with rectangular orange, white and brown patterns, momentarily covered up with circular cross-hatching : also brown colored.

Despite holding Hunter's face by his chin and by the back of his head in what appears to be a tender and intimate gesture, he stares down at Hunter with a neutral expression that borders on being resentful : to which Hunter is oblivious. His left eye, which is obscured by the shadows, emits a slight blue glow.

The background meanwhile is painted over with light brown colored spirals, waves and yellow dots that are overlaid on top of a yellow and golden background. The patterns form no specific shape. End description.

#tw abuse mention #tw trauma talk #tw child grooming #toh #the owl house #alt belos #toh hunter #empgold #Once again the tag is here so that people may filter this post out easier for their own comfort.#I do not actually ship them in any way shape or form.#rhineart

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braisedhoney · 7 months

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i will wring a child’s tears from your eyes

#the owl house #toh #emperor belos #phillip whittebane #toh fanart #the owl house fanart #ney’s art #why does this specific character pull this kind of art from me #alt caption: together we will remember how to cry #trying some brushes out #no but seriously what is it with children's tv shows and having *terrifying* villains

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pyralart · 1 year

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All thanks to them...

Just an idea of what Belos could be doing next episode- you might also spot some suspicious drawings hidden in there- if not... it's your loss

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[ID: Comic with the character Belos from the cartoon show The Owl House, in his monster form. It takes place after the episode "Thanks to Them". Belos is back to the demon realm in his monster form. He is seen going in his cave, overhead some tubes are full of a green glowing magical liquid. He says with a distorted voice: "I will finish this"

Belos is kneeling on the ground, looking down at it. A green tube is planted in the ground. Belos continues: "I just need..."

Belos is slowly melting into the ground in a horrific manner. In the background a goopy hand is reaching down as it shows all the goop disappearing in the ground as a green glow emanates from the earth.

A last drop of goop is seen on the ground before disappearing completely.

Next panel, a hand emerges straight from the ground.

A grimwalker, almost Hunter lookalike, is halfway out of the ground, looking at his hand. He show signs of possession by Belos, his eyes are icy blue and some green and brown patches appeared already. He finishes: "... A proper body to work with"

The background turned to black. On it is written: "Right, Caleb?".

The next panel shows the grimwalker, currently Belos, with horns sprouting from his head. He is taking up his (Caleb's) coat from a chair, continuing: "Thanks to them, we can finally-"

"Do this together" He ends in the next panel, tugging on his coat and smirking menacingly as his horns fully grew out of his head.]

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arsbones-kw · 1 year

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I CAN'T-

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goldenkenku · 1 year

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[Repeat to yourself.

"I won't leave you, I won't leave you."

Until you fall asleep and dream of the place where nothing is red]

#alt title for this is brothers keeper but anyways FUCK. Done with this finally time to die #my art #fanart #the owl house #the owl house fanart #TOH #toh spoilers #toh art #emperor belos #TOH Belos #phillip wittebane #caleb wittebane #Wittebrothers #(I have no clue how to tag Caleb tbh.)

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chadt4tenjoyer · 1 year

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i have a very normal idea to show appreciation for a character design i like! *makes a whole doll from scratch*

for real though, i haven't made a craft project like this in a while and i'm very proud of how it came out considering my lack of actual experience. my hands still smell like glue

some cursed progress pictures under the cut >:]

2 a.m. sketch to whole fuckin little guy

#i spent like a week on this freak #toh #the owl house #belos toh #monster belos #uuuhhhhh help i hate tagging things #also all the images have descriptions in the alt ID!

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vindoesis · 6 months

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ok, i know i haven't done those in forever, but i think it's not late to continue the series? """:)

part 3 of unmonstered belos! (now unpuppeted or whatever you call it) spoilers for "For The Future" under the cut!

these are OLD... i made those somewhere in march of this year, but was shadowbanned due to a bug and lost motivation :"( but i think i'm ready to go back on track!! (i'm doing these unorganised too sooo no chronological order lol) (also added a tag "unmonstered belos" so you guys could navigate around the posts comfortably!) [part 1] [part 2] [part 2.5]

#digital arwork #digital art #belos #toh emperor belos #toh belos #emperor belos #toh collector #the collector #unmonstered belos #no alt text

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pespillo · 8 months

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in an effort for the body to protect itself it forces the form into early maturity and warps into a scythe

#the owl house #emperor acolyte au #king clawthorne #emperor belos #humanization #samsa´s art stuff #child abuse ment #id in alt

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sweetmctart · 2 years

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he has come to tell you (to join a coven and get a sigil) about your car’s extended warranty

#shitpost #toh #the owl house #emperor belos #philip wittebane #hunter toh #hunter #gus porter #augustus porter #steve toh #we love Steve #I’m very proud of my alt texts #this was so fun to make tbh #“hunter where the fuck are my palismen”

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rhineposting · 11 months

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So is the implication from that headcanon is that Belos sexually a*saulted Hunter? If yes, why did he do it? Is it like a chain of harm thing, like he himself was abused as a child, or was it just to be a prick?

The short answer would be yes, but the long version is a bit more complex than that.

More in-depth, but possibly triggering answer, below the cut

Okay, so. I'll begin with a disclaimer again.

The Belos pictured above is not canon Belos, and never was supposed to be. He exists solely as a device to explore an alternative scenario that would not make sense for canon Belos, as well as the weight behind it.

The main difference between this Belos and the canon one, is that he does not perceive Hunter as his nephew - to him, he was simply the boy he made specifically for being available at the snap of a finger. The abuse depicted in canon was clearly based on familial bonds, so I wanted to stray from that.

Disclaimer over.

So. Let's begin with Hunter.

While he is certainly a victim, assault isn't exactly the word I'd use to describe the specific type of sexual abuse he had gone through. To me, assault always implied something sudden, violent and unwanted from the get go - you know it's wrong from the start.

And that's precisely the opposite of Hunter's situation as depicted in the fic.

He's what I like to call an Unsympathetic Victim - the kind that most people doubt when they describe their story, the kind that doesn't fit into the convenient, tasteful or sometimes fetishized box of what being a victim means. Sucks, but unfortunately, it still happens everywhere. Those people, though their experiences and feelings are viewed unsavory or even sometimes disgusting by society, are still just as valid as those approved by it. Trauma isn’t a fucking measuring contest, and that’s that.

As for what that exactly entails...

Hunter, due to being isolated from peers and other adults, ended up developing an unhealthy infatuation with Belos, which resulted both from him being the only "good" adult in his life, as well as intrusive thoughts based in his already existing trauma, on top of teenage hormonal changes. Of course, he had no idea that it was wrong. He had no reference points whatsoever on what was right and wrong.

At some point he had admitted to those feelings and normal for his age desires - which, unfortunately to him, Belos decided to entertain. I won't go too much into detail, but eventually, Belos and Hunter's already awful relationship ended up gaining a sexual layer to it.

Here is where the "unsympathetic" part starts :

Due to his lack of proper education and severe emotional manipulation from Belos, Hunter never considered himself a victim. Right up until he started watching that movie with Luz, he thought it was perfectly normal for a teenager and an adult to be in a sexual relationship. Of course, for him the adult in question turned out to be a genocidal maniac and narcissist, but he never hated those more intimate parts. If anything, he was always happy to participate as he did enjoy it, as ugly as it may sound.

Of course, his logic skips on the parts where Belos guilt-tripped consent out of him, or that he was afraid of the disappointment that would follow after openly saying no, which as we know resulted in physical abuse in canon. All he knew was that he trusted Belos and that the act itself was physically pleasurable for both of them, so it couldn't have actually been something wrong. That it couldn't have been abuse as well.

That is, again, right up until he was proven otherwise by Luz, to which he reacted with brief panic then shutting down. Not only was that last illusion of normalcy taken away from him, now he believes it was his fault for having those thoughts to begin with. If there was one thing Belos taught him well, it was the art of self-victim blaming.

But in shorter words...

No. Technically speaking Hunter was not assaulted - rather, he was groomed and coerced, and mayhaps gaslit. While those two situations are both sexual abuse, they are two different kinds of it and that kind of distinction is important.

Now, as for Belos...

I personally do not like writing him with a "chain of harm" trope, as likely as it might've been, because I feel like it defeats the point of him consciously making the decision to do the wrong thing for over 400 years.

However, reducing it to him just "being a prick" misses the point as well.

Canon Belos first and foremost, wanted to have complete and utter authority and control over Hunter, while also demanding devotion, adoration and loyalty from him - which applies to This version of Belos as well.

So, when Hunter ended up coming forward with his intrusive thoughts and desires, to Belos it was an opportunity for two things :

Truly becoming Hunter's number one everything - further preventing him from finding someone else to possibly prioritize over him, which is why in canon he detested the sight of Flapjack so much, on top of him being Caleb's/Evelyn's palisman. Anyone from the outside of his influence was a threat to his control over Hunter. So, with him being Hunter's God, mentor, caretaker, superior and then """lover""", he was This close to stopping the redemption arc from happening. Alas, Flapjack and Luz still came around.

Satisfying physical urges without having to look too far, and without the risk of landing with someone who could stab him in the back. Hunter just so happened to be the perfect fit : willing, obedient, not ugly and always available. Sometimes, that's all there is to it with abusers.

In shorter words, again :

It was more about asserting his control and blowing off steam while at it, not just being an asshole.

Again, I cannot stress enough that this headcanon/interpretation/whatever is NOT meant to be in any way titillating or romanticizing sexual abuse. It is, first and foremost, a character study that’s based and inspired both by personal experiences and observations of both fiction and real life - in hopes of partially bringing light to often overlooked or stigmatized effects and types of trauma. In case you were wondering, no I am still not a therapist or any other kind of licensed professional, so do Not take my word as 100% credible and without fault as I am only human. That will be all for now.

#tw trauma talk #tw csa mention #tw child grooming #toh #the owl house #rhine rambling tag #storyboard belos #toh hunter #alt belos #I should probably get a different tag for this guy so people can filter him out easier if there's a need for that.#empgold #??? is that the right tag??? I dont' ACTUALLY ship them in any way shape or form.#I really don't want people to get the wrong idea. I swear to God I don't view the dynamic like That.#On another note #To the people who had similar experience/s like described above...#I see you. You're not disgusting for that and you didn't deserve it just as much as every other victim/survivor out there. You're not alone

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franki-lew-yo · 20 days

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You can't do that with AI!

In my dreams, I imagine near perfect pictures and sounds that can never and will never be matched unless you were somehow just rich and powerful enough to order them be made into existence. It's for that reason that I fully understand the tinker-tinks behind AI technology fiddling with vocals to make something new, as we all do with video and audio mixing, but a) that doesn't make it ethical, and b) it still doesn't compare to perfect visions and whispers of ideas that exist only in our head if you're given a prompt---

for example, in my dream I was watching Katy Towell's The Little Girl who was Forgotten by Absolutely Everyone short

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but instead of Tim Jones narrating it was being voice acted by Mathew Rhys, the voice of Emperor Belos from The Owl House.

No offense to Tim, he's still great, but holy moly Emperor Belos narrating Children r Skary was a matchmade in spooky heaven and one of the few good things I've ever dreamed about.

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OF COURSE, only in MY DREAMS was one of the better things I've dreamed about also about horror but you can't do that now can you AI now can you??

#katy towell #children r skary #100% how alt Philip tells his niblings bedtime stories in my AU #the owl house #emperor belos #philip wittebane #important post #franki's features #Youtube

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thisisnotacreativeusername · 1 year

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history repeats

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#toh #toh spoilers #the owl house #luz noceda #hunter toh #hunter noceda #emperor belos #philip wittebane #caleb wittebane #toh s3 #watching and dreaming #owl house #my art #reblogs appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#id in alt text

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crimeronan · 4 months

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im think sm about the hypothetical in this shitty alt timeline of belos "gifting" luz an amity grimwalker, specifically luz walking up to amity, looking haunted and done and holding a baby that looks scarily similar to amity and just asking "how are you healing up?" when amity has NOT told her abt her injury.

OH GOD.

#GONNA BE CHEWING ON THIS. ALL DAY. GOD. MUCH TO CONSIDER #hey last asker if you want a reason luz would plot a pre-meditated murder of belos. this is definitely one!#this is 100% for sure definitely one. wow.#it's not even that luz is angry with him. she's just like. oh god this is going to keep happening.#this is going to keep happening and never stop and i need to break the cycle NOW.#replies #toh #princess luz au #princess luz au alt timeline

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kyanitedragon · 2 years

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I keep thinking about the Belos Splash Zone scene.

Specifically how it would have been a parallel to this scene from Clouds on the Horizon

In CotH, Hunter (appearing as Luz because of the illusion spell) is the first one to dodge - by a lot!

Kikimora's shadow just begins to appear, covering the others' heads but not even Hunter himself, and yet he's already realized it while the others are still looking ahead and oblivious.

By the time the others look up, Hunter is already into action, grabbing the person closest to him (Willow) and teleporting them away to safety. At that point, everyone else is only beginning to glance up, and they all take a lot longer to register the threat, and then finally barely dodge out of the way.

But in the Belos Splash Zone concept, everyone would dodge out of the way except for Hunter, who would be immobilized in pain or fear (or both) and be the only one to get splattered with the gooped remains of his uncle while everyone else managed to avoid it.

#the owl house #clouds on the horizon #toh hunter #hunter wittebane #hunter deamonne #toh #toh meta #alt text in image #mine #belos splash zone

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figofswords · 1 year

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owl house au where belos goes through the portal successfully but he doesn’t know to look both ways when crossing the road so he immediately gets hit by a fucking bus and dies

#alt au: he gets like strep or something and he thinks antibiotics are witchcraft so he tries to treat it with leeches.#this is not successful. he's like 400 years old. he fuckin dies #alt au 2: belos walks past a rock concert. this sheer force of its impiety gives him (he is 400) a heart attack. dead belos #alt au 3: belos is out of palismen and desperate for power. he overhears (nobody will talk to him directly bc he is clearly a weirdo)#someone talking about a power source...these so called 'outlets'. he sticks his finger in one. oops

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roseverdict · 2 years

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if your emperor has:

piercing blue eyes