#the owl house writing

[wackulart]

What about a human!reader that fell thru a temporary portal and Belos accepted them into his life bc he wants information about the human realm and they kinda just do random tasks for Belos bc they can't do magic and Belos begins to dote on them after enough time

Aww!! thats so cute

Belos x Human!Reader

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You could still remember the day you had fallen through that lake, the day things had turned completely upside down for you. Quite literally at the time as you had fallen face first into what you assumed was quick sand and revealed itself to be a portal to a realm you had never seen before. Everything around you had either wanted to kill you, eat you or rob you for the first moment you had got there. It was frightening and difficult to navigate, you were almost convinced that you were living out a nightmare. Then you met him. You weren't sure what he was doing out there in the forest now that you thought back on it, you just remembered him surrounded with what you know now were coven scouts and barking orders. His stature and mask had scared you enough, not to mention the boom of his voice made your chest tighten. In an attempt to not be detected you tried to sneak your way through the bushes. Unfortunately for you, that was where a rather hungry bird like creature had decided to rest. The moment you had gotten halfway, you stepped on its tail and it attacked you, throwing you down and out of the bushes. Scouts had cleared it off of you, pulling it away with bright spells and sending it back into the wild. Before you could get up, you saw a shadow cast over you and your eyes met two glowing vibrant ones. You thought he was going to make you disappear with the intensity of his gaze before a scout pointed a staff in your face. After seeing what it could do, you fearfully backed away into the legs of the masked man. He lifted his hand in a halting motion and helped you up. While you were still nervous, something about the way he took your hand had made you relax if only for a second. You learned a lot more about the Boiling Isles after that. You and Belos had grown rather close after he saved you that day. He had taken you in and allowed you to stay in the palace with him. Out of all the time you had on the Isles he had been the nicest person you had met since, providing you with more than enough to survive. Since you couldn't use any magic like he or the other demons of the realm could, you helped in other ways. The Emperor assigned you as his personal assistant, to the dismay of another smaller demon you had met during your time in the palace. He would have you help with organizing his schedule, take you with him during meetings to take notes and generally kept you around during his day. Suddenly while you two were in the throne room together, he began to ask about the human realm, your home. You were surprised to hear him ask since you hadn't even thought about it in such a long time, but you told him about it. At this point, you could consider the Emperor a friend so telling him of your home was quite nice. He asked all sorts of questions, he asked about the technology, the wildlife, the changes in society, you were beginning to wonder why he had been so curious. You brought it up and it was almost as if he had been shut off, his face froze as he stared at you for a long moment. He told you he was human and it was as if a weight was lifted off of his shoulders. While it raised a few questions, it had brought you both closer. Now you were currently helping Belos with recopying a few important files that had to do with construction within the palace. You hadn't truly paid much attention to what was being written on them as you had several pages to complete. The both of you were just working quietly in his office, he was sitting at his desk and you were on the sofa just a few feet from him. Some days, similar to this one, just consisted of you two sitting in each other's company without a word between you. It was nice to just be around him, just knowing he was there with you.

"And I'm done!" You announced as you straightened out the papers and piled them into the folder you had taken them from. Belos chuckled and shook his head. "Once again, you have beaten me." You smiled and leaned your head on your arm. "Aww, c'mon. It's not a race because if it was I would totally floor you."

He rolled his eyes yet there was still that amused grin on his face. You stood up and peeked at his work, leaning your head on his shoulder. With how often you two had been around each other, you had often been in each others space. That certainly didn't stop from Belos' face reddening slightly at your closeness. When he had first found you, he was more than excited to find another human. His hope to save you where he had failed before had influenced his decision to have you work with him, but you had slowly grown to be such a regular part of his life. Even with separate rooms, there had been some nights where you had asked to sleep in his room and occasionally he would come to yours. Not to mention you had brought a new perspective to everything that he did. He almost wished to see the world through your eyes, if only for a moment. He wondered how you saw this world, how you saw other demons. How you saw him.

"I've only this page left," Belos spoke up. "Then perhaps we could go eat something, it's been a rather long day." You let out an excited gasp and threw your arms over his shoulders, wrapping them around to not get in the way of his view. "That sounds like a great idea." He hummed and continued working on the page, though his focus tended to shift as you stood so close. It was almost instinctual when he leaned into you, your cheeks pressing against one another. He could feel the small smile grow on your face.

"What do we have in the kitchen?" You asked. There was a pause from Belos which you had assumed he was trying to remember what you had, but he had been convincing himself to take a risk. He cleared his throat as he finished the last sentence on the page and put his pen down to take your hand into his. "What if we went out to eat instead?"

That hadn't sounded like a bad idea at all, it did open up your options. Plus it had been a while since you had left the palace, work was really catching up on the two of you. Of course, you had also seen the opportunity to tease Belos at his phrasing. It totally wasn't because you had to get rid of the nervous energy that had come up when he had taken your hand and ignore how warm it made you feel. "Ooh, you wanna take me out? Like on a date?" You sang.

When you expected him to playfully push you off and shake his head and he didn't, your smile faded. He instead turned back to you with a look you had only seen a few times but never understood the meaning behind. His eyes were so gentle that it caught you completely off guard that you almost didn't notice how close your faces were. His eyes looked away from you as he spoke in a near whisper. "Is that something you might like?"

Oh.

You wanted to act composed but it was almost impossible to fight the stupid smile that pulled onto your face. He waited patiently for your response as he watched you carefully.

The second you leaned your forehead against his, he relaxed. "Yeah, I think it would be."

He lifted your hand to his lips and laid a soft kiss on the back of it. You moved it to hold his face and he sighed pleasantly, he was putty in your hands.

Belos would thoroughly enjoy sweeping you off of your feet.

[moistbread]

dadrius reunion huh

extra:

[rileyclaw]

is this who you believe you are?

[astrolavas]

thinking about the... potential clawthorne woodcarving mentorship.

+ bonus cuz also thinking abt how if hunter ever met dell's palisman and got reminded of flapjack, he'd probably feel bad abt making that association cuz he knows what it's like to be seen only as someone's different version (even though the bird wouldn't mind much so lol)

[candyskiez]

one of my favorite subgenres of writing tropes is "[insert common trope] but how traumatizing and emotionally taxing it'd actually be to go through is addressed and worked through."

I eat that shit UP. I love you chosen ones with massive emotional trauma and a crushing fear of disappointing the people around you! I love you kids who were lied to that they were chosen ones to manipulate them and were taken advantage of via being promised a purpose and something to keep them going! I love you stories where the hero and villain used to be best friends that show how horribly painful that split is and how crushingly isolating it feels! I love you stories where the comedic relief character has massive fucking issues nobody pays attention to! I love you stories where teenage heroes are actually addressed as "hey why the fuck is everyone treating a child like this???" I love you stories about siblings on the other side of a war that show how crushing that separation is! I love you stories where the protagonist not having parents isn't just played for explanation or tragisad points, it's addressed as massively traumatic! I love you isekais that address how terrifying itd actually be!!!! I love you sins of the father stories that address how unfair and horrible and painful it is and the complicated emotional reality that is revenge and guilt and grief and responsibility!!! I love you stories about monster slayers that actually address the potentially gray or difficult undertones!!! I love you stories where the protagonist was on the wrong side and abandoned their home that address how terrifying it is to leave behind everything they ever knew!!!

I love you trope subversion in the form of "yeah, we're gonna do this trope. but how do THEY feel about it?"

[airis-hunter]

Airis in the Owl House

(Happens before S2 E10)

Airis ran and ran, running from the monster who, who, hurt her so much. She was happy! And than he had to come and ruin it!! As she ran she sniffled and squeezed her eyes to try and push back the tears but they where already falling.

She yelped when she tripped over something and slammed into the ground scrapping her already oozing injurys, causing her to scream in pain.

Luz was walking through the forest at night, she knew it wasn't the best idea but it was one of those nights where she had a nightmare and missed her mom to the point where she couldn't sleep. She froze when she heard a scream.

Determination suddenly blazed through her and she ran towards the direction the scream came from.

Airis laid there and whimpered, what was the point? He would find her no matter where she hid. At the sound of a twig snapping she snapped her head up and in the direction it came from, her pupils dilating as she looked.

Growling at the sight of someone she tried standing but her legs quickly gave out from under her, surfacing a whimper from her damaged throat.

"Hey, hey, it's okay I'm not gonna hurt you." The strange girl spoke.

"Ggrrrrrrr!!" Airis growled as she backed up only to bump into a tree. Her eyes widened in fear. Seeing no way out Airis started whimpering in defeat.

"Shhhhh, it's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you." The human smiled before sitting in front of Airis just out of arms reach.

Airis's ears drooped as she whimpered, and made confused noises.

"I'm Luz what's your name?" Luz asked with a tilt of her head and a smile.

Airis tried to say something really she did but nothing came out resulting in a sob racking through her.

"Hey, hey, no it's okay! Why don't you just write your name in the dirt?" Luz suggested reassuringly.

She made a warbling noise of excitement comframation before writing Airis in the dirt facing Luz.

"That's a pretty name, Airis." The human girl giggle and smiled.

Airis grumbled in embarrassment annoyance as a blush crept onto her face. When she looked up Luz was closer to her and reaching out her hand towards her.

"I promise I won't hurt you. I only wanna help you, please." Luz asked with sincerity.

Airis looked into Luz's eyes and all she could see was promises of safety, home, trust, and love.

Hesitantly Airis grab the humans hand, and as soon as she did she fell off the edge. In a second Airis pulled Luz to her chest and buried her head in her hair and Sobbed. She let it all out, years, and years of hurt and pain, she let it all out.

Luz comforted this creature she had just meet but she already knew that she was her new friend, and Luz would do anything to protect her new friend. She rubbed comforting circles in between Airis's wings as Airis sobbed.

It broke something in Luz to hear such pain and anguish coming from such a beautiful creature. How could anyone think of hurting Airis? Luz didn't know but she would protect her from whatever hurt her.

As Airis Sobbed Luz whispered. "I promise you're safe with me."

[hoperays-song]

I don’t think you’re getting it guys, there are two types of found family: the organized type, with “I chose you and I choose us’, healing together, and nurturing vibes, and the chaotic type, which mainly falls into the “good luck getting rid of me now” category like bringing home stray cats does.

Sometimes it’s just one, other times it’s both combined in some way. And both options are so fucking amazing.

[smallpapers]

Commission I did a few months back for @gracefulsouffle ‘s Hunter-centric time loop fic, Again and Again, (Chapter 17!) Go check it out!!

[ratlingrun]

Ive only seen the “character goes berserk after loved one gets hurt/dies” trope done with romantic relationships so the owl house doing it with found family? I need to tear something apart with my teeth

[toh-tagteam-au]

I really like how Thanks to Them makes Belos physically and literally represent his core character traits of manipulating people and discarding them the second they fulfill their purpose and are no longer useful to him by making his main powerset in the episode possessing things and then discarding them, usually completely stripped of life.

[cy-cyborg]

How The Owl House did amputee representation right before Eda ever lost her arm - Disability in Media

[ID: A screenshot of Eda from The Owl House, an old woman with pale skin, very large, grey hair and pointed ears in a red dress. Beside the screenshot on a dark pink background is text that reads "Disability in media, How the Owl House got amputee representation right before eda ever lost her arm." /End ID]

Dana Terrace's The Owl House has some of the best disability rep I’ve seen on a Disney channel show in a long time, with Eda, the main character’s mentor, being one of many stand-out examples.

Plenty of people have discussed how Eda’s curse and the loss of her magic can work as an allegory for disability and how refreshing it is to see a story (especially one aimed at a younger audience) who’s focus is not on her “overcoming” it, but learning to accept it as a part of her and go from there. Eda’s story tackles a lot of subjects that are often mishandled in other examples of disability representation, from the subject of parents who refuse to accept, to glass siblings and much, much more, The Owl House handles all these topics beautifully.

But one thing that dawned on me during my most recent re-watch of The Owl House is how well Eda (and later Lilith) worked as amputee representation, long before Eda actually lost her arm.

One of the side effects of Eda and Lilith’s curse is that sometimes their body parts, mainly their limbs, can fall off. It doesn’t hurt them, and Eda is seen removing them intentionally at multiple times in the series, but they can always be reattached.

[ID: an image of Eda holding her sister Lilith's hand. Lilith is a pale woman with long, black hair, wearing grey clothes. She is looking at her other arm suprised, as her hand is missing. Luz, a Latina girl with short brown hair and a purple hoodie is looking on, smiling. /End ID]

While most likely unintentional, the way the show depicts this with Eda in particular is exactly what I wish more people would do with their prosthetic-using amputee characters.

Eda detaches her limbs, especially her legs, when they’re inconvenient or when she’s relaxing.

[ID: an image of Eda laying on the couch in a bathrobe, her hair in a towel. She has taken her legs off, throwing them to the other side of the seat. /End ID]

The fact that this is mostly played for laughs is actually a good thing in my opinion (though obviously, the show’s overall tone is part of that), as it shows the audience who are mostly children and teens, that in a world of weird and downright scary (from the perspective of the characters) things, this isn't one of them. It’s just a thing she and Lilith can do, and it can even be funny.

[ID: An image of Luz and Eda dressed as pirates. Eda is sitting on the ground, her legs detached and off screen somewhere. /End ID]

It does startle Luz and Lilith on a few occasions, but that’s more because they didn’t know the curse could do that, but once they’re introduced to it, it’s never really brought up as a big deal again.

I’d love to see more amputee characters who do this with their prosthetics. So often media is almost afraid to have amputees take their prosthetics off on camera or on the page. For some folks, our prosthetics are like a part of our bodies, but that doesn’t mean we never take them off. Show your leg amputee flop on the couch and throw their legs across the room. Have them go without on occasion, not because they have to, but because they just don’t feel like putting them on.

Likewise, the owl house creators never shy away from showing Eda when her limbs aren’t all attached. A lot of media, and kid’s shows in particular, will avoid having an amputee character’s stump visible if they ever do take their prosthetics off - treating that part of the character’s body the same way they treat gore or nudity. I’ve talked before how this actually does have a real impact on how kids in particular react to amputees - I’ve legitimately had kids I worked with cry when I took my prosthetics off, then immediately calm down when they see there’s nothing "scary" under my socks. As much as I love How To Train Your Dragon, it’s very guilty of this. Hiccup looses his leg at the end of the first movie, and wakes up with his prosthetic already attached. The Netflix series has a few instances where he has his prosthetic off, but the camera almost always avoids showing it until he can cover it up again, or is super zoomed-out so you wouldn’t be able to “see anything”. To their credit, they do get better with this in the last movie (though it's still always covered), but for the majority of the series, they are very reluctant to have any shots where hiccup’s leg is in view without the prosthetic (unless they’re very far away).

[ID: a screenshot of Hiccup from How To Train Your Dragon 3, a white man with short brown hair, and one leg missing, wearing armour made of black dragon scales and no prosthetic. He is holding onto toothless's head, a black dragon. /End ID]

Ironically, Eda does (permanently) loose an arm at the end of season 2, but I don’t really have much to say about her as amputee representation on that front, since she’s absent for a lot of Season 3, and when we do see her again, everything is so hectic, the story doesn’t really have any time to focus on her missing limb (which is reasonable). I will say, I do appreciate that they kept the amputation when she's in her owl-beast form in the finale, but there's honestly not much more to say about it. We do see her again in the epilogue after she’s had some time to settle into the amputation, wearing a hook prosthetic, but it’s, once again, too quick to really say anything from a representation standpoint. There's a few little nit-picky things I could bring up, like the fact they seemed to change the type on amputation she had (when she looses it, we see the split was very close to the elbow, but in the epilogue she has most of her forearm again) but those read to me more like animation mistakes or an odd prosthetic/clothing designs rather than a representation issue - and as someone who's worked in animation, given the stress the team was under for the finale, I'm not really worried about it. Like I said, it's more nit-picky than anything.

[ID: A screenshot of Eda, her hair tied back and wearing a red robe and a hook for her right hand. /End ID]

Despite all that though, I still think Eda is still good amputee representation, but mostly because of how they depict her curse’s side effects rather than her actual amputation. She’s honestly one of the only characters that I think you could refer to as “amputee coded” (outside of maybe Teen Titan’s Cyborg), and I genuinely wish more creators would treat their actual amputee characters the same way the Owl House treats Eda in that regard.

[wackulart]

Ngl, I like Deadwardian Era Philip best. He's dirty, doesn't bother to shave his beard, and constantly steals. I would like a prompt where Deadwardian Philip picks up and carries Reader over his shoulder because Reader thinks that would be cool.

YES, THE FLAVOUR OF DEADWARDIAN PHILIP IS AMAZING!!

hes so very 🧍‍♂️ and i will not elaborate further

Part 2

Philip Wittebane x Reader

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It certainly wasn't the weirdest thing you had asked of your boyfriend.

Over the time of dating you, Philip had gotten used to you having strange demands out of nowhere. You would ask to braid his hair, you would ask him to hold your legs up while you practiced a handstand, you even asked him to paint your entire back a solid colour one day.

He still had no clue why and honestly he didn't want to know at this point.

So when you asked him in the middle of your stroll if he could try and carry you over his shoulder, he simply raised his eyebrows at you.

"Why do you want me to carry you over my shoulder?" He asked back to you.

You just smiled at him with that goofy grin you pulled whenever you had one of your ideas. Walking beside him, you squeezed his biceps and leaned into him.

You traced a finger down his arm. "I don't know, it would be kinda cool to see if you could."

He could not begin to understand what about that seemed cool to you and a part of him didn't want to try to argue because no matter what he said he always ended giving in to your antics, but he couldn't help himself.

With a heavy sigh, he pinched his nose bridge. "It would be cool to be tossed over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes?"

He should have seen you simply nodding and reaching out for him to pick you up, coming. Yet he couldn't fight the sigh that fell from his mouth at the sight. Philip pulled a hand down his face only to look back and see that pouty face you would put on. His frown quickly turned into a smile as he remembered why he could never say no to you.

"Fine, fine, you win." He laughed defeatedly as you hopped up and down, standing in front of him.

Philip was weak to your charm, he couldn't stand the thought of upsetting you. That was why he was currently crouching to wrap his arms around your waist and hoist you over his shoulder, just like you had asked.

He wouldn't particularly call himself a buff person by any means, but he did have enough strength to not struggle too much with carrying you.

Once Philip was sure you were secure, he let out a huff. "Alright then, on our way we go."

He saw as your feet kicked and he could hear the sound of your laughter from behind him and he had lost all complaints. You were far too adorable for him to be upset at. He even began to laugh a bit, finding your giddiness to be rather contagious.

There were a couple of strange looks from people that had made Philip consider how he looked carrying you like cargo, but he brushed it off. This had made you so happy that he would do it for hours if his body would allow it.

Your walk had finally come to an end as you returned to your home. He pulled you off of his shoulder, gently letting you get your bearings as your feet met the ground once more. You looked the way someone would be expected to look if they were being carried out on a walk.

The vaguely stunned expression as you shook your head made Philip laugh louder than he had expected. He helped tidy you up as you both entered your home and he kissed your forehead.

"The things I will do for love." He mumbled as he held your face.

You smirk back at him and wrap your arms around his shoulders, leaning your head on him. "Thanks for indulging me."

Philip hummed and tilted his head. "It is always my pleasure to be a part of your unusual ideas."

[captainmera]

... *sighs at myself* .... It's the angst for me.

FYI - THIS IS NOT IN THE NEXT CHAPTER, IF ANYONE THOUGHT THAT. JUST SAYING.... *wheezes* it's a future one... far in future..

I do this to myself- okay look I just-- HAVE THIS IN MY HEAD. I'M WRITING REALLY SLOW NOW. ol< I'm sorry............. ol<

*dies*

[probablyhuntersmom]

Endless things to say about these two...

Luz means "light", while Hunter was named by Belos in accordance with witch hunters:

Their encounters with one another in Hunting Palismen and Hollow Mind would set future events in motion:

and also led up to Luz telling him "You're family now":

What happened in Thanks to Them reflects the Hollow Mind paintings shown below:

Belos took both of their lives, and we hear a contrast between Luz saying "I feel like I should be used to this by now, but...I still don't know what to say" and Hunter expressing the desires which he never dared to express in Belos's throne room, since the Titan had yet to pass the wisdom of choosing oneself to Luz:

They were pulled out of the water in which they were sinking, by the parent of their adoptive sibling (who also cared about them deeply):

The loved ones who revived them, passed them the last of their strength in order for these kids to have new life:

And King's dad asked Luz to choose whether she'd receive his life force which he offered, while Belos coercively violated Hunter to use his body like he would a puppet.

The things that Luz and Hunter went through, in parallel, underscore the clash between Belos who told endless lies about the Titan's will, and the Titan himself - King's father - who had very different plans for the Isles. Caught in between:

They were put through so much.

(The big comparison post I made before thinking of this analysis - it's just a picset and not a meta/analysis - is here: link)

[theellipelli]

he's neurodivergent

[graysmiles-world]

forget therapy. ima go read about someone who has the same problems as me fall in love with someone who also has the same problems as me