#and flapjack and hunter found each other when they were both lost and needed a friend

[lollytea]

I love Waffles she's so silly looking. But GOD I do mourn the wolf palisman era he could have had a ouppy 🥺

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

huntlow definitely isn't as bad as the other two, but it's far from healthy in my opinion. i think the main problem with it is that it completely erased any development hunter could have had after escaping belos, since he seemingly found another person to worship. they were also so ooc with each other, they were basically two different characters and that doesn't bode well for a ship. not to mention, willow invades hunter's boundaries several times and there are even clear parallels between the way she treats hunter and the way belos treats him (i'm not calling her abusive but idk why the writers thought it was a good idea to make her and belos drag hunter into the ground the exact same way).

another thing that frustrated me was that hunter's trauma was completely pushed aside so that willow can have another mini-arc about her self-worth (which was already tackled in s1, mind you). basically, hunter was grieving over flapjack's death, willow shows him a picture of flapjack to comfort him, and hunter understandably looks upset. and to this, willow just runs off and makes it all about herself until hunter has to go after her and comfort her instead.

he was the one who got his body puppeted by his abusive uncle, almost died and lost his best friend in the span of a few hours, but i guess willow's whole half-a-witch crisis was more important?? he had to put aside his grief and trauma, so that he could make her feel better about herself.

also, it was really iffy of the writers to make a connection between willow and hunter by calling them both “half-a-witch” when willow was a late bloomer and hunter was.. disabled. these two things are not even remotely similar.

willow was still capable of magic, she just wasn't good at abomination magic. hunter was completely incapable of magic because he wasn't a natural witch. this connection just seemed forced because i guess the writers knew that hunter and willow had no natural chemistry, and they needed to relate to each other in some way.

simply put, huntlow could have worked as a healthy relationship but the writers fucked it up. willow was generally a really sweet person but she acted so ooc with hunter that she became kind of unlikeable. and this ship was unnecessary and forced anyway, especially for a show that was already cut short. that screentime could have been utilized for more important plot points like belos' backstory or the collector's origins.

Can somebody please explain to me why Huntlow is in the same tag as Stolitz and Catradora? Like??? I have my own issues with Huntlow but that ship is LEAGUES better than Stolitz and (from what I've heard) Catradora. Like I completely agree that Stolitz sucks but like. Huntlow???? Unhealthy???? Huntlow is a masterpiece compared to Stolitz lmao its not even REMOTELY comparable.

Yeah, I was never a big fan of Huntlow, it's not bad per say it's just kinda boring, but it's definitely healthy, it's not even comparable to catradora or stoliz, my guess is that some people find it unhealthy because Willow is in a place of power over Hunter or something like that, I do not know.