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[wateveriwant]

Junho & Yoona (King The Land)

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[lurkingshan]

Not Gu Won slapping his own face to get himself to stop gazing at Sa Rang, I am living for this shit

[lovethebadguy]

Alright. I've seen a heck of a lot of gifs and fanart and comics about The Owl House. I'm finally gonna watch it and write down some of my observations.

(spoiler alert, obviously)

• Omfg her name is "loose". I've been pronouncing Luz like it rhymes with "buzz" this entire time.

• Nothing could have prepared me for Hooty's voice. In fact, no one sounds like I thought they would. Eda is Wendie Malick? Was no one going to tell me this?

• I've only known King for five minutes, but if anything happens to him I will kill everyone in this room and then myself.

• King's voice was also not what I was expecting, which in hindsight was foolish of me. I knew it was Alex Hirsch. The Bill Cipher vibe should not have been a surprise.

• When does Hunter get here?

• Amity is the snobby high-achieving school bully?! BUT THE ROMANCE?!

• I know it's coming. I've seen far too many cute fan works of Amity and Luz for that not to be the case.

• SHE SQUISHED KING'S CUPCAKE THOUGH. 😡

• Ahhh. There's a teeeeny tiny glimpse of the Lumity that is to come. All is right with the world.

• Gus is just a little fella. Comics did not fully portray how smol he is.

• When does Hunter get here?

• I am up to episode 16 and I still watch the opening theme in its entirety for three reasons. One: it's fantastic. The music, the animation, it's all tops. Two: I'm waiting to see when/if the image of Amity changes. She still turns her back at the moment, but she's warming up, I know it. And three: the image of King perched on Luz's shoulders just before the title card makes me smile every time. He's so dang cute.

• Ok. So, I obviously already knew from tumblr that The Owl House is beloved, in part, for its representation of LGBTQIA. And now that I'm experiencing it first-hand? I totally get it. Everything feels so natural and understated. Luz blushing when either of the older Blight siblings spoke to her? The short, sweet glances between Luz and Amity? They're all the typical moments you'd expect to see between a male and a female character, and it's honestly so refreshing (and surprising, coming from Disney) to see it happening between two girls in a way that feels real. I am all aboard the Lumity train.

• In the span of 10 minutes, Eda has referred to Luz as "her kid", called herself "mama", and been shown wearing a watch with King's face on it. I love Mama Eda so much.

• DANCE BATTLE DANCE BATTLE DANCE BATTLE DANCE BATTLE DANCE BATTLE

• Amity has fallen so hard and honestly? Same.

• OMG EPISODE 18! I think that was my first glimpse of Hunter! Lilith cursed Eda?! Eda sacrificing herself for Luz! The end credits with that haunting beating of the heart!

• Season 1 is done and dusted! All those feel good family and found-family moments. This show has so much heart. Gravity Falls is one of my favourite shows, and The Owl House seems to share a lot of its tropes and themes. I'm really loving it! I have so many things I should be doing today. Am I going to watch start watching Season 2 instead? Darn tootin.

• ENTIRELY NEW OPENING SEQUENCE!! I love it! Everyone's kicking ass! And Hunter is there!! And they kept the final scene with King on Luz's shoulders!

• They're setting up The Golden Guard as this new, mysterious, powerful rival for Season 2. But I know too much so every little glimpse of him has me sitting here grinning goofily like a proud mum at her son's soccer game.

• Gus is less smol. Kids grow up so fast. :(

• Finally met Amity's parents (beyond the shadows of them we saw in Amity's memory). Odalia sucks. But I officially love one tired dad.

• "Stay away from my Luz!" !!!!!!!

• Baby King is the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life. King is king of MY heart.

• The Hunter episode was everything I ever wanted. He must be protected at all costs.

• Huh. Tumblr gave me a veeerry different impression of what Darius was going to be like. Incoming plot twist?

• LUMITY IS A GO!

• Eda immediately destroying the stress toy because of her need for chaos whilst never once breaking eye contact with Bump nearly killed me. I choked on my tea. Worth it.

• Hunter has just learned the truth. Someone give this kid a hug.

• KING IS A TITAN?! How big is my sweet baby boy gonna get?

• Steve is so cool getting around in his Steve shirt, just doing Steve things. Haha, classic Steve.

• Luz and Amity just shared their first kiss and it was perfect. And I feel like the animation in that scene was extra nice? Maybe it was just me, but it just seemed beautifully bouncy.

• Once again, the near-silent end credits for part one of the finale haunt my soul. Part two now. Bring it on!

• ...Take it back. D:

• That musical montage to kick off Season 3 packed in SO MUCH STORY. Luz coming out as bi and introducing Amity to her mum was incredibly sweet. Vee (who I admit I was a little bit creeped out by until now) has captured my heart. And I absolutely adore the friendship between Gus and Hunter.

• "Time to go home, Flapjack." 😭 HAS THIS BOY NOT BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH?!

• Raine being hearteyes for Harpy Eda, Camila being hearteyes for King, everyone being hearteyes for Stringbean? Mood.

• Obsessed with Eda's haircut.

• My girl Willow has been carrying a lot. Her realising that she needs to let things out and lean on her friends was such a tender moment.

• Willow and Hunter linking their pinkies! ❤

• Not prepared for this amazing show to be over, but here we go...

• Brb, too busy crying.

• Still crying, gimme a minute.

• I was holding it together riiiight up until Flapjack's grave. "Thank you for finding me" broke me.

• Ok. So, generally speaking... this was pretty much everything I wanted in a finale. Happy, healthy relationships, hints at future pairings, redemption for characters who deserved it, and a big middle finger to those who didn't (which, honestly? Refreshing af).

• Eda and King going feral after losing Luz, the reveal of Titan Luz, and the trio coming together to defeat Belos was utter perfection. The animation was on point!

• I am not ashamed to admit I said "NOW EAT THIS, SUCKA!" with Luz.

• Also, the Dad bod, the "Bad Girl Coven" tshirt, and the "I loaf you" pun were exactly what I should've expected from King's dad.

• The time skip end credits were a wonderful way to let us see the characters we know and love, living their best lives. Hunter finally able to exist peacefully, making new palismans with his own little Bluejay on his shoulder (admittedly, I'd hoped he'd get a wolf, but the Bluejay did seem well-suited), Willow and Gus truly coming into their own, Lilith rocking the Harpy form (and hinting a possible romance with Steve?? EDIT: ignore that, I just learned that Lilith is aroace and I am so excited about it.), lil' gangly King growing bigger and stronger... well, I don't need to keep pointing things out. Suffice to say, there were so many little details that worked together to create a beautiful picture.

• In the span of three days, I've watched a show that so many people were obsessed with for years.

• I get it now.

• Thank you Dana Terrace and everybody involved with making The Owl House. The world needs more shows like this, with a great story, genuine characters, represention of people from all walks of life, and heartfelt messages.

• Excuse me while I go and wallow in misery over the fact that it's finished before I start consuming as many fanfics as I can find.

• OH! One final note as someone who learned far too much from tumblr before actually watching the show. I kept seeing fanart that seemed to depict a Hunter lookalike (so, Caleb) and an Eda lookalike, who apparently was Evelyn Clawthorne? CLAWTHORNE?? So here I am waiting for another flashback/memory episode that would lay it all out and do that big reveal BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S FANON??? Y'all had me thinking I'd missed an episode.

[aeyeona]

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?! . during her trainee years she was roommate with Kim Yooyeon .

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?! . her main hobby is to take pictures of her members when they are sleeping .

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?! . she's really bad at video games but likes to watch people play .

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[acewithapaintbrush]

Should you get bored :)

Perfectly platonic starters hmmm... you pick the fandom (also just gonna say that this one is ripe for oblivious friends to lovers trope and you can hate me for saying it but imma say it 💕)

“… sorry I took a nap on you.”

Sorry it took so long and I don't even know if you watch Owl House and this is strictly platonic Amity & Hunter friendship, but I put some Huntlow at the end😘

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“Sorry I took a nap on you.” 

“You didn’t take a nap on me, Hunter! You passed out! Now lay back down or help me Titan I’m gonna… do… something. Something unpleasant.”

“You really got to work on being more threatening. Weren’t you one of these snobby ‘I’m better than you’ girls once?” Hunter curses as Amity pushes him back down and keeps his head on her lap by twisting one of his ears. “Okay okay. I’ll stay down. Stop it!”

Amity blows hair out of her face and slowly lets go of his abused ear. She instead puts her hands on his shoulders. To an outsider it might look like a comforting gesture, but her grip is too tight to be anything less than a warning to stay put. She leans forward so her face hovers over his and she can look directly into his face, upside down. “What were you thinking? You told us you are fine.”

“I was fine.” At her raised eyebrow he looks away. “Fine enough. As if I’m gonna let you all go alone because of a small fever.”

Amity sighs, but her anger has pretty much fizzled out at this point. And maybe it wasn’t so much anger as it was fear. She can’t imagine anything worse than walking through the woods with a friend and then watching that friend collapse. Thank Titan Luz’s mother has insisted on buying all of them those prepaid phones and teaching them how to use them. The others are close by, looking for clues on how to get home, and they should be here soon enough. And as soon as they are done scolding Hunter for his recklessness they can get him home.

Amity looks down at the boy who was once her enemy and who she now considers one of her closests friends. She is reminded of their explosive fight, that time both of them were looking for titan’s blood. She remembers the moment she’d reached out her hand in friendship and how he’d pretty much slapped it away with a manic look in his eyes. Like an animal, desperate and lost, beaten one time too many to ever trust a reaching hand again.

“Look,” she says and loosens her grip. “I get it. You constantly feel the need to do something because if you can do something that means you are useful and that means you are worth something and we won’t send you away.”

Hunter flinches. He still won’t look at her, but his fingers drum against the ground and his eyes flit all over the place, much like Flapjack. “I don’t know what you-”

“But you don’t need to do that. You are our friend. More than that. Luz has pretty much adopted you as her brother and Willow and Gus would burn the Boiling Isles to the ground for you. And I have actually found you a lot less irritating recently.” He snorts and she smiles. “What I’m trying to say is that, for us, your worth isn’t defined by your usefulness. We won’t love you any less if you take some days to recover from your fever.” She lightly slaps at his temple. “So as soon as we get home, you lie down and don’t get up until you are at 100%. Got it?”

“Got it.” Hunter is effectively hiding his face and his voice sounds choked up, but Amity can barely see a tiny smile so she is pretty sure her message got through. Good. 

Ugh. She’s exhausted. These emotional pep talks are so much more Luz’s thing. 

As if on cue, Hunter pokes her in the ribs and grins up at her. His eyes are red-rimmed, but she is a good friend now so she doesn’t call attention to it. “Luz has really rubbed off on you. She’ll be sorry she missed this.”

“Don’t you dare tell her!”

She’ll be insufferable. Aww’ing and Ohhh’ing and calling them adorable and telling Amity how proud she is of her emotionally mature girlfriend and how she deserves a kiss for that and-

You know what? Maybe Luz knowing wouldn’t be so bad.

“Hunter!” A voice calls out through the woods. “Hunter! Amity! Where are you?”

“Over here!” Amity calls back and pushes Hunter back down again. “Hey! Come on now, just stay down!”

“That’s Willow!” Hunter squeaks. “I don’t want her to see me like this!”

Amity is about to scold him because has he heard nothing of her impassioned speech? But then she notices the flushed cheeks that have nothing to do with his fever and smirks. “Oh don’t worry, Hunt’. She already knows you are a damsel in distress. Maybe if you ask real nicely she will carry you home. Bridal style.”

Hunter gapes at her and the flush gets even darker (which is pretty adorable actually), but before he can argue further, Willow bursts through the treeline like a forest goddess, nostrils flaring and leaves and sticks caught in her hair. 

(Willow does carry Hunter home bridal style and insists on it even more when the boy’s face gets redder and redder since that obviously means his fever is spiking. Amity just laughs.)

[oryoucouldhavemine]

Not a fic request, but can you tell us more about how Darius bought Hunter four purses to spite some snobs?

Darius absolutely went to some bougie as hell store to find Hunter the best purses that would match outfits. Like one matches his everyday outfit, another matches his Flyer Derby uniform, one matches his "Fancy clothes" outfit darius makes him wear when they go to events and then another one matches Flapjack.

He got ones that matches outfits, but also had a ridiuclous amount of pockets so Hunter gets SUPER excited whenever he wears one of the purses out, he's there like "Oh, Gus, your hands are full? Well, you can put your scroll right here in my PURSE!!!" "Amity, you dont have any pockets for your chapstick? Well, i have a pocket JUST for lipstick and lip balm!" "Hey Luz! Luz, do you need me to hold your wallet cause i have a pcoket in my purse JUST for that." and whenever hes out with Darius, darius will dress up super glam or something and just stare down snobby moms who give them strange looks and they'll shut up

[princesssarisa]

Gretchen Grundler for the character ask

Favorite thing about them: Her scientific and academic genius is always fun to watch, both because its sheer scope is funny (no real nine-year-old could ever be that much of a prodigy) and because it always comes in handy. T.J. would probably be lost without her, since her analytical skills ensure that his lavish plans work in the real world. Yet she's never snobby about her intelligence, but is one of the warmest, kindest characters in the series.

Least favorite thing about them: Probably her role in "Pharaoh Bob," when she gets too absorbed in her role as master builder of Bob's pyramid and takes part in oppressing the other kids. But she's far from the only kid in this show to be temporarily corrupted by power, and she snaps out of it just in time at the episode's climax.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I got good grades in school.

*I'm not athletic – and unlike her, I'm not even good with yo-yos.

*I'm normally mild mannered, but when I'm provoked enough (as she was in "The Girl Was Trouble," for example), I can go berserk.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm not nearly as smart as she is.

*I've never had more than a moderate interest in science.

*I'm not tall or skinny.

Favorite line:

Her advice to the Library Kid:

"Perhaps you can learn to enjoy recess without going nuts, and likewise learn how to utilize the library without moving in. You know, like the ancient Greeks said: "all things in moderation"... Look, I love books too. But there's more to life than just reading, just like there's more to life than just recess. The secret is not too much or too little of either."

brOTP: T.J., Spinelli, Vince, Mikey, and Gus.

OTP: None until she's older; when the time is right, maybe Vince, maybe one of the Pale Kids, or maybe someone she hasn't met yet.

nOTP: Jeffrey from "The Pest."

Random headcanon: When she grows up she will become a famous scientist who helps the world in many ways, but she'll never succeed in cloning herself.

Unpopular opinion: I don't see all the alleged "Ship Tease" between her and Vince that both the Recess and Disney Wikis and TV Tropes claim is in the show. They're good friends and I'm all in favor of shipping them, but I don't see any particular evidence that they have crushes on each other. Could someone please provide a list of all the supposed hints, like the list on Recess Wiki of the show's many T.J./Spinelli moments? What am I overlooking?

Song I associate with them:

The theme song, for want to anything unique to her.

Favorite picture of them:

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[lollytea]

going back to ur castle kids au post made me think a little more abt how jealous hunter would get of gus's friendship with willow and how he might make excuses to follow gus to join the flyer derby team at school esp after hearing willow's team captain.

so instead of huntlow finding comradery with one another, they are now so completely competative with one another.

"oh captain wants us to do 30 laps? that's baby scout training. i can do 100 and not break a sweat"

"ok caleb! you want to just warm up? that's fine! the rest of us will do our laps and then get started on our drills! Have fun! :)"

just getting absolutely in each other's faces sometimes but its never vindictive or mean. i think they might be tactless sometimes but it more like just feeding into the other's intensities like two dogs on opposite sides of a street to see who can bark the loudest and longest.

it really becomes less about gus over time and more about just one-upping each other and riling one another up. i just think its really funny to think about how they obviously respect each other abilities and think about each other all the time but neither of them will ever say anything about it because hunter's too proud to admit it, and willow knows if she ever brought it up, her prev crush of the gg will come up and that can never EVER be mentioned in front of him.

like hunter's huffing and puffing that willow's so good at talking to the team constuctively and he "complains" how clearly she's so thoughtful, and wise, and strong, and really intuitive as a leader but he's the golden guard so he's clearly got more tools under his belt as a leader and he could take the time to show her some pointers ha ha ha

or willow's grumbling about how hunters always so honest about giving compliments to the team and he never fails to execute the play perfectly and he's such a good flyer, its so nice to have someone so clearly passionate about flyer derby because his cute gaptooth shows every time he smiles at the team, but she's clearly got more background in flyer derby and he's "just a bit cocky for her taste" (note: never bothered her b4 when he was just the gg)

i just really love the idea of huntlow rivalry like recognition of the self through the other (mortifying so now i'm racing you to the cafeteria to grab the last appleblood juice for gus) and mutually becoming a little obsessed with each other.

I am FUELED by the idea of Castle Kids AU huntlow rivalry. Like there are a lot of lovely reasons for Willow to strive to become the toughest strongest version of herself (to protect her friends and whatnot.) But there's something very chaotic and funny about her being partly motivated by pure spite. Gotta knock this cocky bitch off his high horse. (Griffin? Staff?? Whatever, she's gonna knock his ass off something or die trying.)

I love to think of Willow being involved in an antagonistic dynamic that doesn't make her feel small, but rather it just encourages her to hype herself up in order to prove him wrong. Because she already found him a bit snobby to begin with so has wanted to show him up for quite some time. She is mortified by the fact that she originally had a little crush on him (before she was made aware of what a chilly jerk he was.) so now she makes a point to stubbornly disagree with everything he says, just to prove to herself that there's not even an ember of that flame left. Of course she's awesome. Because the Golden Guard doesn't believe so, and he's never had a halfway decent opinion on anything in his life. Fuck that guy. Plus he's not even that cute.

Whether the two of them like it or not, in any universe, they're kinda destined to have this spark of mutual understanding very early on. (Like how they were having full out conversations with their eyes in ASIAS after knowing eachother for a day.) But it's like. On a subconscious level. They don't realize that they're enjoying this little rivalry even though they'll insist they don't care for each other and yet it never even occurs to them to try to cut the other deep with a remark that would actually hurt. They both understand feeling worthless too intimately to inflict it on anyone else. However there is no harm in getting a little competitive when the person you can't stand has this annoyingly smug look on their annoyingly pretty face that you're just itching to wipe clean.

I think when this whole feud over Gus started off, Hunter didn't even see Willow that often, not that he was going out of his way to do so. Willow wasn't in the castle very much. The Emperor's Coven doesn't exactly supply extra rooms for friends and family. (An exception was made for Gus as Perry was a single dad so Gus had nowhere else to go.) Usually Willow stays at home with Harvey. But she'll show up at the castle a few days a week to visit Gilbert when he has a free moment from his duties and she'll hang around until the evening when Harvey picks her up. Occasionally she'll stay the night.

Gilbert's room happens to be directly across from Hunter's. So when Willow does stick around, she has the misfortune of being Hunter's neighbour. (💘😡)

Usually when Gilbert is busy, Willow will hang around with Gus. Hunter gets very annoyed that he's usually unavailable to butt in between them and establish his friendship because he's carrying out Golden Guard duties.

I think Willow's crush was still kinda there when she first showed up, because she never really got the chance to interact with him, and she was way too shy to approach him herself. However it was immediately stamped out when he found her wandering the castle hallways one day.

"Oh. It's you." He had said, his expression hidden beneath that mask. Willow swore she picked up a hint of distaste in his tone but she wasn't going to dwell on that.

"It's me! Hi!" She had answered hurriedly, a little flustered that he apparently knew who she was. "I've got a name too. It's-"

"Everyone has names." Interrupted the Golden Guard, confusingly snippy. "Are you lost? Should I return you to your father?"

Some of the charm Willow had always heard in his voice drained away.

She didn't like the insinuation that she had to be shepherded around like a child.

"I'm just exploring."

"This castle is not the place for that."

That was a lie. Willow had heard all about Gus venturing around every nook and cranny of this old place. And she knew for a fact that the Golden Guard sometimes tagged along.

"But I guess your school still hasn't taught the lesson about respecting the Emperor's home."

Oh. Bitch.

"Are you..." Willow began uncertainly, gobsmacked by the audacity. "Are you seriously making fun of me for being in school?"

The Golden Guard shrugged jauntily, before polishing his gloves knuckles against his uniform. "When I was your age, I was already serving the Emperor." He declared, the words dripping with pride.

"When you were my age?!" Willow spluttered, incredulous. "You mean last year?!"

"It's a significant amount of time!"

"It really isn't."

He had gotten huffy then and strode away, his ridiculous cloak dramatically flapping as he departed.

Alright. Willow had been made insecure before but she just simply couldn't summon that emotion this time. Not with this guy. Because, frankly put, he was fucking stupid. She was fourteen, where the fuck else should she be but at school?

It became more obvious to her over time that he didn't turn up his nose at her specifically, but the whole world. He was just so much better than everyone, wasn't he? He was so obnoxious, just his presence alone made Willow livid. He wasn't like Boscha or Amity (sometimes), as he wasn't really mean about it but....Titan, she could feel self importance radiating off him.

If nobody was gonna show him up, then she supposed she would just have to do it herself. His smugness was maddening.

I like to imagine that Willow does not see Hunter's face until they're really down bad in the throes of this flyer derby antagonism. He'll ditch the uniform and the cloak during practise but the mask is always there. It's a barrier Hunter establishes between the two, to convince himself that she's nothing but a civilian. He only goes maskless around higher ups of the Emperor's Coven, the occasional scout and those close to his heart (Gus) and Willow is none of these things. She's not important to him.

She is not important to him.

And maybe the mask makes him feel more confident. Which is really useful during his interactions with Willow. It's freeing to know she can't see his expression.

Plus she's really pretty (an objective observation! Hes not blind for Titan's sake.) while he's....not. So he'd prefer to leave his appearance anonymous for now.

They also don't do first names. Obviously Willow has known Hunter's name since before she met him cuz Gus talks about him nonstop, but she never refers to him as anything but "Golden Guard." Or sometimes just "Guard" if she's flirting antagonising him.

When they first met, Willow was referred to as nothing but "You" or "Her" or occasionally "Park's daughter" when she wasn't around. It bothered her. She liked to be called something.

So, after begrudgingly allowing him to join her derby team, (he was a good flyer and she hated it.) she made one thing perfectly clear.

Willow strode up to Hunter with a rolled up jersey and shoved against his chest so forcefully he nearly topped over.

"I know you might be used to taking the lead, Guard." She said. "But this is my team. You are my player and I am your captain."

"Captain." He had tested the word on his tongue. To Viney and Skara, it may have sounded pleasantly cheerful but Willow knew better. As this was a boy without a face, she had to pay special attention to the subtle lift and fall of his voice. She believed herself somewhat fluent in reading his signals by now.

He was humoring her and thinking himself so very decent for doing so. He was baiting her and she wasn't going to tolerate it. That one word expressed a challenge.

Why don't you show me what you got then?

Willow had every intention of doing so. The Golden Guard was going to do what she told him to do. And with the Titan as her witness, by the end of the week, she'd have him asking "how high?" if she ordered him to jump.

At first, Hunter only called her Captain sparsely. Like when she had gotten all up in his face, or when he was teasing her or being so Hunterishly annoying. "Captain" had become something he used to get under her skin. It made her bristle with irritation.

He was always sending her some kind of message when he used it. But as time went on and it became a far more frequent nickname, Willow started to lose her grip on what those messages meant.

Sometimes when he said it, his voice was strangely soft. Sometimes it was loud and enthusiastic. And sometimes it was so completely neutral that it made Willow feel funny. He was not using that term to antagonise her. But rather...it seemed like "Captain" was simply the nickname he had decided suited her.

She would never tell anyone just how much she liked it. But she often wondered when he had chosen to stop using the name as ammo. Or....the shift had been so gradual...had he even realized....?

But yeah. When Hunter came strutting up to join her team, Willow anticipated that he would be difficult. She had geared herself up for somebody who would challenge her authority at every corner. And she was prepared to fight fang and nail to keep him in his place.

So she was very surprised to find that....he didn't actually do that? Sure he made a point to show off and boast about how easy Willow's team warm up exercises were. ("It's my Coven Training. But I guess you wouldn't be familiar with those kind of brutal drills, huh Captain?") But when Willow gives him orders, he follows them. And then he proceeds to blow her away by doing what he's told expertly. And he has the audacity to do a cocky little gesture at her while doing so.

He's perfect. She can't stand him.

Willow does everything within her power to outdo him. Which results in her pushing herself during practise until her bones ache and she smells awful.

Something Willow doesn't take the time to realize is that Hunter is trying just as hard, if not harder to outdo her.

It straight up isn't about Gus anymore. The issue with Gus was like the training wheels on the bicycle of their rivalry. It wouldn't have been able to get moving without them but at some point the training wheels have been removed and they haven't noticed yet because the bike is still rolling.

Like. Seriously. Are you guys really arguing over who's gonna give Gus a piggyback home for Gus's sake or is it because you both wanna show off how strong you are to the other?

Gus is aware of this and quite frankly, he doesn't give a fuck about the reason. He just wants the piggy back.

It's so funny to think about how Hunter was originally miffed that Willow was taking away all of Gus's attention. But at this stage, Hunter and Gus will be having a sleepover and Hunter will spend all their quality time ranting about his feud with Willow.

"Dude you realize that you're like....obsessed with her?" Gus interrupts.

Hunter vehemently denies this.

Meanwhile Willow has been spending the night at the castle a lot more frequently lately. Who knows why this is.

Probably not because when the three of them return home from practise, Gus splits for his room at least 20 doors down, so there's a whole hallway walk where it's just her and Hunter.

They never really spend any time alone. Why would they? Not like either of them want to. But they have no option in this case. But she supposes it's....tolerable. They're both too tired to be antagonistic so they just....talk.

On one occasion, as Willow reaches her room and her hand rests upon the handle, she swallows and says something she's never said to him.

"Goodnight, Guard."

She can't see his reaction. But he freezes where he stands, his grip on his own door handle tightening. He doesn't dare look back at her.

"Night, Captain."

A jolt of nerves strikes down both of their systems as they turn in for the night without another word.

Something is beginning to change. But they cannot put their finger on what.

All they know is that person in the room across from theirs makes them behave like a fool.

[felesrubrum]

im gonna roughly liveblog my thoughts on The Owl House i think because i don't want to watch the whole show and forget it!!!

ep1 - A Lying Witch and a Warden I liked it! Intriguing sense of world building and scale. I like Eda. I had a few moments of "why the FUCK does she sound so familiar" and it's bc she's Chichi from The Emperor's New Groove. I loved the 180 on King's crown, that was very cute. I also like Luz' attitude, even if she feels very Main Character. I really like the dynamic between all the characters.

ep2 - Witches before Wizards Cute! I love how Eda stuck up for Luz even though she technically doesn't like her (or acts like it). If I was in Luz' shoes I absolutely would not have fallen for that. ... ..... ....... unless I was between the ages of 5-17. Then I absolutely would have.

ep 3 - I Was A Teenage Abomination I really liked this one. I love Luz's dynamics with willow. I really understand Willow's attempts to force herself into a school of magic she doesn't jive with. (speaking as someone who went to uni for robotics... when i was always an artist :P) I like Amity as well. I already know about .. Amiluz? Lamity? But it's great to see how they started. Also lol at Luz getting banned from school.

ep 4 - The Intruder Ooo, classic stay-at-home episode. This one was fun and surprisingly thrilling. The animation of the intruder lurching around the corner after King was so good, the whole chase scene was very animated. I definitely called that it was Eda. I wonder how she got that way. I wonder who the person in her dream is. It was also so cute to see how Luz deals with magic and how she found her own way. I wonder how she's going to learn more spells if she needs to know the symbol that witches seem to instinctively know.

ep 5 - Covention This one was interesting. Why would you want to join a coven only to seal away all other forms of your magic? Given that, I totally understand the appeal of the Emperor's Coven. I also loved the reveal of Lilith. I think she may be the one who cursed Eda. I also wonder why the Emperor's Coven wants Eda specifically. It must be separate from her curse. Current theory is Lilith cursed Eda bc Eda was more powerful than her. I also really liked the interactions with Luz and Amity. Boy howdy, as an immigrant do I ever understand how hard fitting in is in a new community when you don't know the social structures or even any of the social norms.

ep 6 - Hooty's Moving Hassle Very cute. Standard rebel plot. I love that they accidentally animated the whole house. Makes me wonder if Willow is actually much, MUCH stronger than most other witches or whether Luz has some innate incredibly powerful magic. I don't think it's Gus but specifically I don't think he's the type of character who has a slumbering power type of deal. Also, love the episode title. I like Eda's side-plot as well. I respect forgetting to refill your meds till the absolute last second.

ep 7 - Lost in Language Okay i REALLY liked this one. My favorite so far. I love the dynamic between Amity's siblings and Luz. I also really like that Luz has this strong sense of justice (even if she's easily won over, like in ep 6). I love the little laugh Amity had toward the end. And I also really like the fact that Amity feels like a rounded character. I bet she very much plays up this snobby brat when she's at school bc she's the Emp Coven's protege.

ep 8 - Once Upon A Swap This one was also fun. Felt like a bit of a filler episode but seeing Luz deal with having basically unlimited magical power was fun.

ep 9 - Something Ventured Someone Framed I liked this one as well. Further cements my idea that Gus isn't some sleeper agent type character. I did like the 'human appreciation' thing, and the rivalry between Gus and the new kid. Didn't really like the faux apology but it does very much track. I'm also so proud of Eda for getting over her anger at the school and The Man so that she worked really hard to get Luz accepted into the school. Can't wait to see what Luz can learn there.

[wedding-shemp]

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#5

look man here's the thing. i hear people talking about ai "art" and saying "well it's bad that the datasets they're trained on are using stolen assets but the technology isn't inherently bad" and look. no. no, listen, the stolen assets are a symptom of a larger problem. these programs are made by and for people who see art as a commodity. that's why they feel entitled to art they do not own. framing this as "ai art would be fine if they used data they owned" is missing the forest for the trees. this contempt and hostility for working artists and their livelihood is a symptom and not a bug. you can't do an ethical version of technology whose end-goal is to eliminate the already shrinking pool of entry level art jobs. this is hateful vile technology that is going to have devestating consequences on the art community and the fact that I'm seeing people who dislike ai "art" being framed as snobby elitists who want to ruin other people's fun makes me want to chew glass. this is not hipsters being mean to poor widdle proletariat tumblr users who want free pictures of their ocs and can't afford a commission this is working artists who are already scramnling to stay afloat in an industry that devalues them at every turn watching techbros build a Push A Button And Free Art Comes Out machine and realizing that no matter how shitty that art is the people with money will choose free art over good art whenever they can. but you guys want to make this into Let People Enjoy Things. okay.

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#4

obsessed with these new armed forces ads that are blatantly saying "modern life is empty and alienating, come join us to have a semblance of purpose" like not to be one of those armchair cult experts but are those not the exact same recruiting tactics of a cult

165 notes - Posted March 10, 2022

#3

Actually international woman's day was originally a pagan holiday that honored the pagan goddess Woom-hæn. They won't teach you this in high schools

265 notes - Posted March 8, 2022

#2

i know everything about it sucks on a deep systemic level but idk i thnk it's kind of adorable that england has a queen, like im sorry to you gus about the monarchy and all but its very very funny that you have one very old lady who is like the Head Old Lady and there's a big party going on about how long she has been the Head Old Lady. that's DEMENTED and I love it.

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it is his birthday.....

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the fact that two of my most reblogged from blogs were my own blogs...

[mourningmaybells]

I feel sorry for adults who act snobby just because they only watch children’s cartoons and act like everything in media for adults is about senseless sex and violence with no meaning. they will never know gus fring or ignacio vargas.

[whenthepwn]

asher lindo + AEOUX

spell my muse's name in my askbox and i'll tell you... estrelando asher hwang!

A: who are their exes? do they still keep in touch?

unsurprisingly, asher is exactly the kind of guy who says he has no exes because no feelings besides horniness and need for company are involved. lots of quick and unimportant flings, the only ex you need to know about is almost mrs. hwang herself, sofia (don’t remember gus’ fiance’s name in the book so just coming up with a random one)! they dated for four years and had a great three-year engagement because both were in no rush to actually get married (he should’ve known, he knows). they started out as that snobby and pretentious couple that goes to local movie theaters and art galleries and silently judge their friends for getting children and worked out fine, but truth is they just really didn’t want to commit to each other, so kept making excuses to not plan the wedding. he wouldn’t even be that sorry for breaking off the engagement if, along the way, he hadn’t become to obsessed with the idea of writing romance as a way to study how to have the perfect relationship. he stalked her vicariously for almost a year to check if she had already moved on, but now he doesn’t even wanna her name. no hard feelings. he just wants to kill himself everytime he remembers it.

E: are they the happiest they’ve ever been?  

from the starting point... no, but he also doesn’t expect to be. he is alive, there is that, and he desperately needs to write a book, so no real time (and will) to seek happiness. but when he starts getting along with joan, having fun, being reminded that life is not all pain and tears... yeah. you just have to be patient and let the guy write this book and learn to properly communicate, then you’ll see him at his happiest, too busy bothering joan to bother himself.

O: how much have they changed in the past five years?

honestly, not much, but it’s purposefully. his life has been on a hold and the only thing he wants to do is hiding himself from anyone who knows him. he became more of a hermit, that’s all. that also changes when joan gets in the picture.

U: would they rather be single or in a relationship?

single because then he doesn’t have to talk to anyone, he doesn’t have to answer to anyone. he can just disappear completely and there will be no one to look for him. it’s clinical depression, i tell you.

X: what’s a song that is always stuck in their head?

i bet that you look good on the dancefloor - arctic monkeys... so sorry. he is also THE kind of guy who had a strong arctic monkeys/the strokes during his formative years and never really grew out of it. he certainly also had a french movie watcher phase. sorry joan for giving you such an annoying boyfriend. i know you’ll figure it out!

[skelegun]

When I was a lad before Redlettermedia and such, we had individual websites that would review bad movies, and the first one I discovered was called Stomp Tokyo. They used to have to type words because videos weren’t really a thing the internet could do well, you used to have to read those words with your eyeballs. Stomp Tokyo was part of a group they called The B-Masters Cabal which was a gathering of similar websites that would sometimes collaborate together and promote each other, and each of the B-Masters had their own gimmicks and niches that made them all kinda unique. Sadly most of the websites, while still up, haven’t updated in years, and are riddled with broken links. They are relics of a forgotten era of the internet when people had their own webbed sites, and not just a fucking discord server.

My favorite of the B-Masters was called Teleport City. Teleport City had a bit of different atmosphere compared to the other B-Masters. I got the sense, even as a kid, that Teleport City fucked. What sort of made them different from their compatriots was that Teleport City also covered music, like cool music I had never heard of, and they also covered alcohol. They would describe alcohol in intriguing and evocative ways, and while I couldn’t relate to these due to lack of personal experience, the way they were written always stuck with me.

I had always thought alcohol was just gross medicine tasting stuff people drank exclusively to get drunk, but here they were, a website I trusted to tell me which Godzilla movies to watch, was saying that there was a whole tapestry of flavors to explore when I was older.

I am older now, and truthfully I don’t drink that much. I haven’t had anything to drink actually in well over a year until today. However I am very bored, and I went to the liquor store today to try something new, so I thought I’d take a crack at writing a snobby alcohol review.

I went to the local discount liquor store and bought a mediumish sized bottle of Gordon’s London Dry Gin, I had wanted to buy the fancy blue bottle stuff but I’m kinda poor. After that I stopped at Taco Bell. They were out of chalupas so I got a Doritos Locos Supreme Tacos Value Meal with a Mountain Dew Baja Blast.

I don’t believe I had never tried Gin before, if I had I forgotten by now. I was intrigued by the promise of Juniper and Citrus. What the fuck is Juniper? Turns out it is like a pine tree. Why would British people in the 1700s riot over liquid trees? Surely trees must taste good, England is well known for having good taste in food and beverage. I had to know more. The anticipation was building.

I opened the bottle, and was greeted by an intriguing aroma. Christmas Tree, and nail polish remover. I poured some into a metal cup I had because I couldn’t find a fancy glass, added some ice cubes, and I took a swig… Then I realized I can’t beat around the bush anymore. I don’t know how people go on the tv and or the internet and tell lies about base spirits being anything other than toxic waste. Shits nasty on it’s own. Stuff tastes like floor cleaner. The vile taste of rubbing alcohol soon gave way to hints of licorish, orange rind, and car air freshener. The flavors call to mind a chilling holiday scene, Victorian London, Tiny Tim at the hospital, his leg freshly amputated. Watering that shit down with soda water and fresh squeezed lime juice made it more palatable, but still not ideal. I mean it’s like okay at that point I guess. What made it truly edible was mixing it with my half drank cup of Baha Blast, and like heaping helping of angostura bitters and a little orange blossom water.

I will say however, of all the base spirits I’ve tried, gin was not the worst, but at the same time it’s also kinda cheating in a way since gin is like a vodka tea from what I understand. My point being it’s already got shit added to it to begin with so it starts out with an advantage. Anyways, alcohol is gross on its own, don’t drink it, unless you want to I guess, whatever.

I’m gunna go watch a shitty Italian movie and maybe paint some Orks.

[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

Gus quoted Shakespeare wildly out of context/incorrectly on purpose to watch his actor friends sputter indignantly at him

[asmodeus542]

Now I know why everyone was freaking out about today's episode. It's a great one!!

We're finally introduced to the Blight parents. I love that both have different personalities, I was worried they'd be the typical rich snobby parents cliche. Alador is such a mood!

I love that this season is exploring different coven magic, season one was lackluster when it came to that. I'd still like to more from Oracle but this was a great start. Hopefully we'll learn more about Bard magic when the Bard leader, Rain I believe, I introduced.

Lilith!! Why is she so cute!?

I would love a flashback Episode of Eda in Hexside.

Alador, I already love you. I will protect you.

Bump you big softy! I hope someone draws fanart of his reaction when the three are admitted back.

I love seeing them interact without Luz. Amity's like, "These are my friends now and I love them."

She finally stood up to her parents!

Yeah, they cute, keep scrolling.

Probably my favorite moment of the episode was Alador, not really standing up to Odalia, but trying to honor the deal she made with Amity. He saw that his daughter is growing stronger and may end up being a Coven leader someday, more honor to the Blight family.

Like I said, great episode. New characters, a look into the Blight household, glyph combos, puberty hit Gus like a bus, Luz blushed at Amity, and the emperor bought all the Abomination Bots! Can't wait for next week!