#and then for both you got to drink eda's elixir to turn back

[dazeddoodles]

can you imagine drinking actual Titan’s blood though it’d be like the Panera energy lemonade x1000 you’re through the roof past the portals and ascending dimensions

This is how we can still get Titan Luz back

[mandareeboo]

prompt based off that last ask you had but,,, raine taking care of eda,,, 🥺

It happens without any real intention. Eda and Raine, pouring over plans in her room. Eda and Raine, laughing and joking, jostling shoulders. Eda and Raine, stumbling haphazardly into her nest, each wrinkle on the other's face a testament to how late it was for both of them.

Eda, awake at noon, alone.

Rolling onto her back, she stared up at the ceiling. The only proof of companionship was the extra sharp ache in her hip from not having the room to toss and turn. Eda ran her hands across the branches and blankets and found no other warm spots. Raine had left, and they'd been gone for a few minutes at least. Probably back to their fancy Coven Head house, she thought. Or maybe to their little BATTs lair.

"Typical," she grumbled. Eda sat up, squishing down the niggling loneliness with a vengeance. This always happened when she invited people her age over. "Well, I hope they got some sleep before they left."

A sharp knock on the door. "Eda? Are you... talking to yourself?"

Eda's shoulders relaxed. "It's called narration, Rainstorm," she tsked. "All the cool witches are doing it."

Raine chuckled and entered with a tray of breakfast foods and a cup of coffee. "Luz said something about you needing a morning elixir, so I mixed it in with your drink. I hope you don't mind."

"I usually just take it straight," she admitted, touched by the gesture. "I should hold you hostage more often, Whispers."

"I already ate half," they admitted, draping the tray across her lap. Raine had a bemused grin as they sat on the lip of her nest. "King wouldn't let me give it to you until I did. I think he thought I might be trying to poison you?"

"That's fine. I'm not much of an eater this early." Eda cut a triangle out of her screamcakes and tried to ignore the way Raine watched her. It wasn't intrusive. It was inquisitive. As if she was something interesting to watch. "What's the plan for the day, Cloudy?"

Raine shrugged. "We were up pretty late. I think we could stand to recoup."

"Really?"

"Really. Besides- my kids are in school too, you know."

"Huh." Eda set her fork down, pondering why that felt like such a heavy burden to carry. Kids in school, fighting their battles. Even if the school was night writing classes, it meant they were young, and adaptive, and shouldn't have to be starting revolutions to exist as themselves. "I don't think I've had a day off for myself since... ever."

Raine slid down into the nest, throwing an arm around her shoulders. It was romantic in theory, but floundered when they had to shift to dislodge a stick from their butt and untangle a lock of Eda's hair from their earring.

"It's called self-care, Eda," they replied indulgently, face neon red. "All the cool witches are doing it."

[anistarrose]

Entropy (The Owl House)

Summary: As a witch, Eda thrives on unpredictability and chaos. Unfortunately, so does her curse.

Word count: 1734

Warnings: mild violence, but it’s no darker than the show itself

AO3: archiveofourown.org/works/22518526

The first of what I expect will eventually become many Owl House fics from me! This story is set a few months before Luz’s arrival to the demon realm, but also has some big spoilers for Episode 4, so beware!

***

Eda believes that unpredictability is a witch’s best friend. Magic should always be a little wild, a little feral, a little chaotic, a fickle force of nature that keeps its users on its toes. Predictable magic is weak magic, diluted magic, practically homeopathic magic that’s left with nary a spark of what once made it so fierce and formidable.

This is the philosophy that’s made Eda the most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles. It’s the philosophy that’s helped her dodge imprisonment for decades. It’s even the reason why against her better judgement, she invited a scrawny little demon with an extreme superiority complex into her home — and as loathe as she is to admit it to King’s face, the little wannabe tyrant has brightened up more of her days than she’d ever expected.

Adherence to a status quo leads only to stagnant magic. Routine makes the bile in Eda’s heart run dry. Variety is the spice of life, and despite all the challenges she’s had to overcome — or perhaps even because of them — Eda is living.

But the most potent curses are always the most ironic ones. The ones that weave themselves not out of foreign magic, but out of the victim’s own nature, turning strengths into weaknesses and prides into secret shames.

In Eda the Owl Lady’s case, this means that her curse is very wild, very feral, very chaotic, and never predictable. When the feathers begin to sprout and she feels the telltale pinpricks of quills in her hair, when her fangs begin to elongate and her stomach makes its appetite known through bloodcurdling growls, she only has a matter of minutes at best before she loses herself — only a few minutes, at best, to find her elixir and stave off her transformation.

And if there’s no elixir in reach to be found, well… her last few moments of lucidity are best spent ensuring that no one will be around to see her in this state, both for her sake and theirs.

***

Eda is unceremoniously tossed into a Conformatorium cell, unable to get to her feet before the cold iron anti-magic gate slides down in front of her. The gaps between the rungs look plenty wide enough for King to slip through, which means either the guards haven’t noticed him shuddering and trying to hide in Eda’s arms, or they just don’t care enough about whether he escapes to bother securing him better.

“The Warden will be seeing you shortly, Owl Lady!” one guard barks from behind his beaked black mask. “I’m sure the two of you will have plenty to discuss!”

As their jailers leave, King wriggles out of Eda’s arms. “Are they gone?” he meekly asks, poking his snout out between the bars and peering down the hallway.

“Yes, but not for long,” Eda grunts as she attempts to draw a small spell circle in the air. A few sparks surround her fingertip, but fizzle out before the circle is complete. “Drat. They learned their lesson from the last time I broke out of this place.”

“Then looks like it’s the King of Demons’ turn to save the day!” King declares, raising a tiny fist. “And what better place to find recruits for my army of darkness than here, in this cesspool of sinister machinations and forbidden black magics!”

He pokes his head into the adjacent cell, in which a demon with foot-long pointed nails leans against a wall. “You there! You look like a foul, black-hearted creature if I’ve ever seen one! How about you join my prison riot?”

“Are you joking? There’s nothing foul or black-hearted about overthrowing an unjust government institution that misuses its authority,” the demon scoffs, continuing to polish their nails. “Come back and talk to me again if you think of something that’s really evil.”

Muttering to himself and shaking his head, King trots over to the prisoner on the opposite side of Eda’s cell. “How about you? You’ve got a lot of life left ahead of you — do you really want to spend it all in a prison?”

The baby in the cell ignores him, preoccupied with repeatedly stabbing a knife into the floor.

King trudges back to Eda’s side, head hanging. Very quietly, he asks: “Eda, what if I’m just not cut out for demonic tyranny?”

“Oh, don’t be silly.” Eda rubs his head. “I’ve never seen a demon more power-hungry than you are, you evil little thing. And hey, it’s not all bad — now you know exactly what types of demons not to recruit for your army of darkness!”

King’s mood immediately lightens. “You’re right, I just need to look on the bright side of things! Like how at least you didn’t have your staff with you today, so it’s not going to end up locked away in the warden’s contraband pile!”

Eda tries to retort that if she’d had her staff, she never would’ve gotten captured in the first place — but her throat has gone dry. After all, she hasn’t had anything to drink in hours.

Why do the torches in the hallway suddenly hurt to look at?

“All they actually confiscated was that orange potion you were drinking,” King goes on, completely oblivious. “Good thing they didn’t take anything important, ha!”

Eda runs a hand through her hair. Her fingers graze quills, sprouting from her scalp.

No! Not here, not now! Not in front of —

“King, you have to leave,” she hisses, falling to her knees and clutching her chest. “Squirm through the bars and run. I’ll catch up later.”

“Are you serious? I’m not leaving you!” King exclaims. “I can’t fly back home unless you carry me!”

He’s so precious.

So stubborn.

such dumb, easy prey

“I know a way to break out of here, but it’s — it’s — you’ll just get caught in the crossfire if you stay.” Eda claps one hand over her mouth, hiding her extending fangs, and with her free hand, picks up King by the scruff of his neck and stuffs him through one of the holes in the iron grate. “The guards will all be distracted in just another minute or two, so don’t waste your chance! Run and meet me back at the Owl House!”

no, little demon

come back inside, little squirrel creature

Halfway across the Conformatorium’s main chamber, a door creaks open, and King finally takes it as his cue to bolt.

so bright

too bright

can’t see

kill the lights

“Eda the Owl Lady!” Warden Wrath’s voice echoes. “I’ve been waiting so long for this moment…”

new demon

bigger demon?

bigger meal

Warden Wrath is wholly unprepared for the explosion of claws and feathers that tears through iron like it’s parchment, then barrels out of the Owl Lady’s cell with a scream that would cause a banshee to lose their voice for a week. The monster rakes a clawed hand across the wall, shredding half a dozen torches into tinder with a single blow — then turns to face Wrath, baring her fangs and grinning.

Wrath has read of the bloodthirsty strixes, the owlishly metamorphosed victims of potent curses — but he’s never encountered one face-to-face, never stared into these black eyes that are simultaneously so empty and so cunning. A lesser warden might turn tail and flee, but Wrath knows his duty.

Strixes are unnatural. Improper. Unpredictable. Feral.

Unsuitable for society, but a worthy opponent for him.

He charges, swinging a scythe-hand, and Eda effortly catches it with her fangs. She swings Wrath around like a toy, sending him careening into the wall — but he has a trick up his sleeve, and he transforms his hand into a hammer that pries Eda’s jaws open before she can extricate her teeth from his flesh.

Wrath laughs as Eda recoils, as she spits out dark ichor and shards of shattered yellow fangs. The acidic ichor sizzles as it lands on the cobblestone floor, and its ghastly smell reaches Wrath even through the herb-stuffed beak of his mask.

Seeing their warden stagger backwards from the pool of acid, two guards rush Eda — a mistake, they realize a few seconds too late. They add a degree of entropy to the battle that the strix exploits, whirling around and delivering two powerful kicks from her rear legs — and before Wrath can even admonish his inferiors, they’ve been flung on top of him, their heavy metal armor pinning him to the ground.

Eda licks her lips, advancing slowly, savoring the moment. A tiny drop of icor dribbles down her chin from the corner of her mouth, and her batlike ears twitch with delight.

Wrath’s arms are pinned, and any sudden shapeshifting movement will surely provoke the strix to lunge before he can get an attack off. Unable to remove his mask, yet left with no other option, he points his head at Eda as best as he can, and opens his mouth.

As the spout of flame incinerates the likeliness of a raven beak and spills out to fill the hall, Eda screeches and extends her wings so quickly that a sonic boom tears though the Conformatorium. Cast-iron gates are shattered, cobblestone is pulverized into rubble, and leagues of demons and witches run free.

Nearly overwhelmed by the stampede, Wrath staggers to his feet just in time to see the strix take flight, and soar out the skylight at the top of the prison dome.

***

Eda awakens beneath a tree, scattered patches of feathers still present where the early-morning sunlight hasn’t yet crept through the leaves to dapple her skin. As she collects herself and steps out into the direct sunlight, her transformation fully reverts — though her stomach still grumbles for flesh and blood. She’ll just have to get home quickly and quell it with an elixir, instead.

When she walks into the Owl House, King almost immediately springs into her arms and breaks down sobbing. “I was so worried! I ran like you said but I heard so much screaming and I saw something get lit on fire and I wasn’t sure if that was what you meant to do or —”

“I never do exactly what I mean to do,” Eda tells him, forcing a smile. “It wouldn’t be very wild and unpredictable of me if I did, would it?”

She sets King down on the couch. “But you can always count on one thing — I’m never leaving home without my magic staff again.”

[dangerouslysmartslime]

S1E18 and S1E19 (Also known as I forget the movement from one episode to another, this felt like a two-parter.)

The Emperor wishes to control anyone who has wild Magic, "why don't you just show me your face!" Taking more elixir to get it away and a fate much worse than death, turning into the owl beast FOREVER! There's the Luz I know, trying. The parallel arm thing, hugs! Drink lots of water, have some sun—enemies everywhere, including her own body. The Emperor's Coven keeps on trying to deal with Edalyn and fails. Luz has to visit the Emperor's castle. There are ancient relics in the Emperor's Castle like the Oracle Sphere, a healing staff that heals any curse. So Luz wants to steal the healing staff. "The only way to respect the Titan is through joining covens. Belos is the name of the Emperor "can even talk to the Titan" are you sure? Or is he just bullshitting you like an Emperor-Pope? Pretty shitty, ya know. The fact that the Emperor is one who erased history and conquered his way to power. Belos eats souls just like Edalyn. Evelyn made a speech about the fact that she is growing up. Willow, Gus, and Luz work on a heist to cure Edalyn's curse! So queue the montage! No attachment, no friends, but she does have her "human pet" Lilith captures her and is a pain in the ass. Invitation to a duel? No, nothing as formal, just a battle between us. Not healed, but control! Fortunately, being wild just made Edalyn work harder, so queue the animated fight sequence, and since only as studios like Trigger have found, fight scenes are hard to do, so it's easiest to give a light show. A lapdog for a Tyrant! "I am better than you! Then why were you so easy to curse?" When indeed it was Lilith who cursed her sister. Eda gives a goodbye speech; Hooty takes her back to the Owl House as Eda falls to the curse. "You monster!" As Edalyn got captured by Lilith, "Go back to your world, this one's ours."

It was argued that the coven system was created not to mix Magic. Emperor Belos was to have something big. To keep on fighting on against him and save Eda. Young Blood Old Souls. She used her powers to save Luz but now, due to Luz, she got captured. The Wild Witch of Bonesburrow. So help me, Titan, the human is safe, but the portal naught. Could you ask the human herself? Was he taking her to the healing ceremony? Well, no, there is the fact that Edalyn was not to be healed; she was to be killed. Lilith cursed Eda and captured her sister. Was she getting to the conformatorium? Well, "Don't step on grass" grass stepping. So they get to the Conformatorium, filled with statues. The hatred that Luz has of Lilith is palpable. Quite tasty! Sorry guards, but I will fight you! Draw me a map to the holding cell in the dungeon! She gets to Luz, and "us weirdos have to stick together," So she has to get out and destroy the portal door as Eda will be killed. "Goodbye Luz" Talk to the glyph witch! They go into the land of humans, and it is in the middle of a forest. Continuing the fight, "when Edalyn and I were younger, we were the best of friends." That Lilith deserved to be in her place. Lilith wanted to make the world a better place, and only one spot was available. She was younger but worked twice as hard. To be great, you have to make sacrifices, so she used the curse on Edalyn. To take away her powers. Lilith thought that it would just be for a day. As Edalyn walked away, she transformed into the owl lady covered in orange hair. Sacrificed for the Emperor, and if she joined it, Belos told me he would heal the curse, but he wouldn't. Owlbert is okay and not destroyed. That they need her help to save Eda, will she head back to the land of Magic or stay on Earth? No, she goes back to the land of Magic. Glyphs and a staff, "What's wrong, human? I thought you wanted to fight". She was getting close to delivering a blow to the mask.  "Just a humble messenger for the titan." To invade the human realm? Los Sciento Mama. Destroying the portal to the human domain with flame sigils, Luz places a set of sigils to free the crew as the coven takes after them. Lilith, Edalyn, Luz, and King escape as the mask of Belos is cracked. "With this spell declared, let the pain be shared." Now they are both weakened, so they can only use sigils just like Luz. Escaped from the Emperor yet Luz chipped off a piece of his mask. That she will find a way back to the realm, but wait, no, Belos is repairing the portal set aflame by Luz; it is troubling for the Owl House because what if they genuinely did invade Earth!?

[haystarlight]

One time I wondered if drinking Titan's Blood would make you able to open portals between Earth and Demon Realm at will (tho giving you a powerboost or turning you into Titan Form also adds up)

(I also wonder what would happen if someone who doesn't have a curse, or even any natural magic, drank Eda and Lilith's elixirs (like how Luz almost drank it that one time))

can you imagine drinking actual Titan’s blood though it’d be like the Panera energy lemonade x1000 you’re through the roof past the portals and ascending dimensions

This is how we can still get Titan Luz back