#toh angmar

[jess-the-vampire]

few more extra palsiman designs

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Day 44 of posting Owl House characters until season 3:

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Modern Crusaders

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babe wake up new TGP chapter just dropped

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“I let myself get tricked, again. Everyone thinks I’m the smart one-- why do I keep acting so dumb?”

You have a good and trusting heart, which isn’t a flaw. You just need to cushion yourself a little. Also... I know it doesn’t necessarily help to hear, but you’re twelve. Maybe thirteen now? It is... not shocking that you don’t have your shit together yet. People trick you because you want to believe the best in them. It’s not something to feel guilty about. Just... take care of yourself, kid.

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The real reason why Angmar covers his eye

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Summary:

Bria gives into Gavin's wishes since he won't stop talking about their friend's disappearance.

[disco-girl]

An unnecessary and in-depth analysis of magic colors used in TOH (Part 1):

At first glance it might seem like the colors used in spell circles and other magic casting is associated with the type of magic used. However, the colors that different characters use tends to be constant regardless of what type of magic they’re casting (with a few exceptions). It may not actually have any significance other than being their favorite color, but I decided to look into it further since there is a ton of symbolism in this show.

Red:

Skara, Belos, Hunter w/ staff

Red is associated with love, passion, strength, leadership but also aggression, war, danger, defiance.

In Belos’ case, the red can be seen as a symbol of his desire for power and determination to succeed in his goal to destroy witches and demons. Hunter, likewise, was influenced by Belos during the time that he used red magic, though it’s unclear whether it was from the staff itself or as a result of his influence over Hunter. Skara, on the other hand, though also very passionate, fiery, and strong, has been shown to care about her friends and take initiative to help them, so red isn’t necessarily bad.

Orange:

Boscha, Bria, Tinella Nosa, Eberwolf

Orange is associated with enthusiasm, fun, determination, success, but also being over-emotional, superficial and insincere.

I would have expected Boscha and Bria to have red magic, considering their desire for power, but after giving it some thought it’s really more of attention-seeking behavior, which fits right in with these traits. They clearly are determined to succeed in whatever they try as well as superficial and insincere. We don’t know a lot about Tiny Nose and Eberwolf, but they both seem to have fun and ferocious personalities which also fits with the orange symbolism.

Green:

Willow, Principal Bump, Demon Hunters

Light green: Terra Snapdragon, Angmar (possibly Jerbo)

Green is associated with harmony, safety, growth, and of course nature but also with jealousy, greed and corruption

Green fits Willow not only because she excels at plant magic but also because of her personality. Willow cares very deeply about harmony and safety among her friends and family and also has gone through tremendous growth as a character. Likewise, Bump is shown to be protective of the safety and harmony of the Hexside students. The demon hunters don’t share any of these positive traits, but the one defining characteristic that they do have is greed.

Angmar and Terra having similar colors puzzled me because they are so different aside from having plant magic in common. Greed and corruption suits Terra quite well though and while Angmar has also shown to be somewhat greedy, he is also very whimsical and seems like somebody that values harmony (he likes butterflies!). Apparently yellowish green can indicate decay (Terra) while pale green can signify peace (Angmar). Jerbo is listed as using white magic but I think his may also be a light green.

Blue:

Gwendolyn Clawthorne, Viney, Hettie Cutburn

Blue is associated with stability, loyalty, responsibility, security, but also coldness, control, depression

Viney is studying both healing and beast keeping, and Gwen’s coven is beast keeping, while Hettie is the healing Coven Head. Both of these types of magic are rooted in caring for others; or responsibility for others. Gwen can be oblivious and controlling but she’s still very much loyal to her family and seeks to provide a (somewhat misguided) sense of stability and security for her children. Viney also seems very self-assured and dependable which fits well with these traits. We don’t know much about Hettie but she definitely comes across as cold and possibly controlling.

Part 2

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Mattholomule is Gus Shadow

Oh boy! I sure do love everything about Watching & Dreaming but I have to say my favorite part is when Gustholomule became canon and that's a thing that happened actually!!! Anyway, it's neat that most of the TOH ships have a sort of opposites attract dynamic: Lumity has the shoujo rivals trope; Huntlow is crushing-watermelon-with-thighs meme; and Gustholomule has the best dressed boy with an unwashed rat-man.

But with I told you that Gus and Mattholomule are more similar than they seem? What if I told you that the two boys are so similar to each other that they are like two halves of the same person?? What if I told you... ehh, you already read the title.

What is a Shadow?

First we need to go over what a shadow is: A shadow is: "an unconscious aspect of the personality that does not correspond with the ego ideal, leading the ego to resist and project the shadow. In short, the shadow is the self's emotional blind spot..." (Wikipedia). In other words, the Shadow is the shadowed side of one's personality, the part of themselves that they don't want others (or themselves) to see. However, ignoring the shadow dosen't make it go away, it just makes it stronger, seeping into one's everyday life as flaws and bad choices. Or in the case of Persona, giant fetish monsters (this is a joke, the persona games actually do a really good job of writing psycho-analysis even without the video game bosses). So, what does any of this have to do with Gustholomule? EVERYTHING!!! Which get's clearer in the next few paragraphs :)

Gus & Mattholomule's backstories

From TOH wiki: "Augustus Porter is the son of reporter Perry Porter, who wants his son to be a master illusionist (there's a source for this but I deleted it so Tumblr dosen't hide my post). Due to his skills in illusion magic, Augustus is one of the youngest students at Hexside School of Magic and Demonics, taking high school-level classes despite being twelve years old. However, due to his young age, Gus was often overlooked and ignored, and he was gullible to the various students that took advantage of his intelligence. The only place where he felt he mattered was the club he led, the Human Appreciation Society. Besides the other members of the H.A.S, the only other student he befriended was Willow Park, who helped him calm down from an illusionary memory with a breathing exercise he remembers to this day."

In short, Gus comes from a history of people tricking him in order to advance themselves (this is in Bold because it's gonna be super duper important for my argument later). Despite that, Gus wasn't destroyed by his backstory because he had people like Willow to help him (also important).

For Matt: "Mattholomule used to attend Glandus High, where he was friends with Bria, Gavin, and Angmar. Due to Glandus's social structure favoring the strong, Mattholomule was bullied by other students, including his three "friends" who had manipulated him. Eventually, he switched out of Glandus and started to attend Hexside, but still stuck around Bria, Gavin, and Angmar due to having nobody else to be his friend."

Just like Gus, Matt comes from a history of veing bullied and used by others. Unlike Gus, Matt didn't have anyone in his corner but himself (and Steve but like apparently adults are weirdly useless at helping their kids witch school problems which is actually extremely realistic now that I think about it).

In otherwords, Gus and Matt have nearly identical backstories, but turned out differently because only Gus had a real friend. And in my next few paragraphs, we find out that the "difference" between them is a lot smaller than it seems.

Something Ventured, Someone Framed

So if you've been paying attention, you have probably come to the conclusion that Gus is "good" person. And while that definitely isn't a bad conclusion to come to, this episode is going to hit you like a truck:

Gus: L-Luz, a-about the ban, I, uh, used my H. A. S. presidential authority to pull some strings. You've been given a full pardon!

Luz: You mean...

Gus: I got the ban lifted!

[Does a little dance when she's gone lol]

Willow: You lied to our best friend and told her you got the ban lifted. That seems like a potential problem to me.

Gus: You don't understand. The members were going mad. They were bloodthirsty. They were touching objects. I had no choice!

Note: instead of saying something like "one of the members is lying to the others" or something like that, Gus "had no choice" because... they were breaking his rule of no touching?!

Now, some people did catch on to Gus behavior and were mad at him for it. I'm not one of those people, in fact, I'm the exact opposite. This episode made me LOVE Gus' character! Before SV,SF Gus was just comic relief that was attached to Willow's hip. But now, Gus has flaws! He can exist as his own character!! He's lying to and mainipulating people like the little illusionist he is!!!

... wait a minute, "...and he was gullible to the various students that took advantage..."; "...Gus comes from a history of people tricking him in order to advance themselves."; "...ignoring the shadow dosen't make it go away, it just makes it stronger, seeping into one's everyday life as flaws and bad choices." This is Gus Shadow: a hurt child that's willing to trick people the same way that other people tricked him. Heck, there's even a name for the exact shadow that Gus possesses: The Know-It-All Trickster (I swear Im not anti gus wtf). From Artofmanliness .com (That name is so much worse than it seems), "The Know-It-All Trickster knows how to charm his way out of trouble. He’s adept at deception and manipulation and will gain the trust of those around him, only to betray it when they least expect it." While this is a lot more sinister than Gus at his worst, it dose perfectly describe what happened in SV,SF: Gus became friends with Luz recently and deceives her at a time when she would never expect it. Although, that description also sounds a lot like another character that shows up this episode (Mattholomule is inside your walls).

Of course, while Gus has flaws, he isn't the same as the people that tricked him. The older kids got their homeworks worth out of Gus and left without taking any responsibility for their actions. But Gus didn't do that, he endanged himself in order to save Luz from detention, and then he took responsibility for the mess he caused. He even saved Mattholomule from detention because "no one get's left behind"! Gus has flaws, but he was able to rise above them during his first focus episode, which is highly impressive for a twelve year old.

Through The Looking Glass Ruins

This episode's plot is interesting in that, while Gus is technically lying to people again, it wasn't even his idea! Gus was the one that didn't want to hang out with the Glandus because "he's just an illusionist" (an idea that Gus Shadow, Matt literally echos) so Luz goads him into hanging out with him in order to build back his self confidence.

Unlike SV,SF where Gus creates a lie that endangers Luz, Luz starts the lie that Gus is a "super witch" and Gus only upholds it to hang out with the Kool Kidz. Basically, Gus did nothing wrong.

Anyway, Gus gets a crush on the Boneghazi girl. Weird. I don't want to spend too much time talking about Bria because she's crazy shaped, but she is the next entry in a long line of older kids that trick Gus and ruin his self confidence. Then, the most important part of the episode happens:

Mattholomule: This is exactly how it was at Glandus. Always Bria's stooge.

Gus: Better a stooge than a clown. Bria was right, illusions are nothing but high-def party tricks.

Mattholomule: Yeah, I used to think that too. [He makes a saw of rock to cut the vines trapping Gus and The Keeper.] But then I met some dork who used his powers to save me from a man-eating detention pit. All I'm saying is, if a dumb illusion can save a jerk like me, maybe it's not as useless as you think.

Replace illusion with "Gus" and this conversation is practically the same. Gus is saying he can't help anyone and Matt is telling him "you already helped me" (the perfect start for the perfect ship).

Focusing more on Matt, this moment is a bit more than just him reaching out a hand or doing the right thing. As I said before, Matt has the same history of people using him just like Gus (it even happens in this episode). But unlike Gus, Matt didn't have anyone in his corner but himself. So instead of staying the victim, Matt became "villain". He most likely joined the H. A. S. with the intention of replacing whoever was in charge by using the same methods that Bria uses, trickery. Matt wanted to be on top of the social ladder through any means nessasary, and when his plan failed in SV,SF he went crawling back to Bria so he could gain some sense of power.

So why does Mattholomule help Gus in this episode? Simple, He's not Bria. Even when Matt tried to walk the same path as his bullies, he could never fully suppress the part of himself that had morals, that wanted to help people. And by choosing to help Gus even though the odds are stacked against them, Matt finnaly accepted that he wasn't a 100% jerk.

Plot twist: Gus is Mattholomule's Shadow. Just like how Matt represents Gus's capacity to become like the people that took advantage of him, Gus represents the part of Matt that was weak enough to be taken advantage of, a good person. There's even a word of Matt's Shadow: a Golden Shadow, the positive qualities of one self that they suppress.

Conclusion

Gustholomule is a deep relationship between two people who are really the same person that walked to different paths. However, it's only through meeting each other and forming a tight bond with each other that these two boys were able two accept their hidden selves and complete the process of self actualization. Truly a magnificent journey of self growth indeed.

Gustholomule is best ship fight me

[darrowfire15]

Just a personal TOH AU. Kind of a swap AU? But different, in a way. The specifics are down below.

(Original Role - Character who replaces the role)

Luz - A different human(An OC, perhaps)

Eda - Robyn (OC, we'd give him a curse)

Raine Whispers - Vitimir

Darius Deammone - Hettie Cutburn

Eberwolf - Mason

Lilith - Wilder (One of Robyn's brothers, a small personality change)

Clawthrone parents - Giselle and Alto (Robyn's parents)

Terra Snapdragon - Darius Deammone

Adrian Graye - Raine Whispers

The BATTS/CATTS - Eda, Lilith, and Morton

Boscha, Cat, and Amelia - Bria, Gavin, and Angmar (They hold themselves higher than the weaker studenta)

Hexside is switched out for Glandus High, along with the students, teachers, and principal.

King, the Collector, Steve, Hunter, and Belos are the same.

The HexSquad would be made up of Glandus students who were known to be "weaker"

Hooty won't have the Owl motif, more of a dragon than an Owl? Or a Griffin? Maybe, still working on it.

The story would also obviously change slightly based on the characters, especially with the location, Coven Heads, and school changes. A few iconic scenes would've been altered as well, like the Raeda scene in the forest. I doubt that Vitimir can learn Bard magic in a day /j

The name is still being thought up. The Griffin House? The Dragon House? Depends on what kind of curse I give Robyn, which is another can of worms.

I love figuring out small details. It's so fun! /pos

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First time watching ToH S2E5 (Through the Looking Glass Ruins). Thoughts below:

Detailed thoughts:

This one’s for the shippers! There were so many cute moments b/w Amity and Luz this episode. The fact that they ended the episode w/ one of them is definitely overshadowing the rest of my thoughts about it. It’s just really sweet to see how much Luz and Amity care about each other at this point that they’re willing to go to such lengths to make sure the other is happy.

Ed and Em have been really supportive of Amity too. Their debut episode really set my opinion against them when they tried to reveal the contents of Amity’s journal as part of their ‘tough love.’ However, since then, Ed and Em have been doing everything they can to help Amity become a more capable and independent person free from her parents’ influence just like them. In that way, I can definitely relate more to the Blight family.

I love that we got another Gus focused episode since he’s rarely in the spotlight. So far, Willow’s gotten at least some focus in four episodes: S1E3 (“I was a Teenage Abomination”), S1E6 (“Hooty’s Moving Hassle”), S1E15 (“Understanding Willow”), and S1E17 (“Wing It Like Witches”), while the only episode that’s focused on Gus has been S1E9 (“Something Ventured, Someone Framed”).

This episode presents us w/ a different character dilemma from the usual, although it’s still a variation on the theme of self-discovery and identity. Here, Gus is questioning his choice of magical focus. His issue isn’t trying to learn a different type of magic or master a new spell, Gus is already talented at illusions, but whether or not he’ll ever be good at using them and if he should just give up on the for a different, more practical, type of magic.

Framed in another way, Gus is faced w/ whether to continue pursuing a career path that he’s skilled at and passionate about in favor of one that wider society views as more practical or useful, a situation that I imagine many creatives find relatable. I certainly do.

In addition to this difficult personal question, Gus also faces a more clear-cut moral question on whether to let the others take the Galdorstones and desecrate the Looking Glass Ruins graveyard. The choice is somewhat easier for Gus since he himself can’t use the Galdortones, but he doesn’t hesitate for a second in preventing Bria and the others from taking them.

We also got a surprising redemption arc for Mattolomule with this episode revealing that Mattolomule’s treatment of others was just a legacy of his time at Glandus High, where bullying others to assert one’s own superiority and dominance over others was expected behavior. Although Mattolomule still treats Gus w/ hostility at the start of the episode, he’s ultimately able to move past that mindset and help Gus strike back at Bria and her clique.

I’m not sure where the plotline w/ Philip Wittebane’s journal, the Echo Mouse, and the portal door will end up going. I can’t imagine they’ll just have Luz create a second portal, especially from a narrative perspective considering that Belos is reconstructing the original one. Perhaps he’ll have to take the Echo Mouse from Luz to activate it?

General thoughts:

Oh, that’s a very different tone for an episode opener.

Man, I’m watching the intro and we sure haven’t seen Nose Girl in a long time. I hope that changes soon.

I love that Gus kept his Bad Girl Coven t-shirt with a bunch of objects from the Human Realm around his room.

Gus must have had King record him that voicemail message recently since he has his broken horn reattached.

Watching Gus’ illusions dissolve was disturbing.

Luz doesn’t have a library card? She needs to borrow Gus’? Is it because she got kicked out w/ Ed and Em last time?

Also Luz keeps visits Amity at the library?

Oh! It’s the head demon hunter! Whelp, he didn’t last long.

So Angmar, Gavin, and Bria are Glandus High students.

Mattholomule’s back? Didn’t expect to see him again. He goes to Glandus now?

Galdorstones?

So are illusionists regularly disrespected by the other covens?

Oh, Forearm Forest! Not Four Arm Forest.

So Mattholomule is in the Potion Coven? Is he really one to talk about the Illusion Coven being useless in a fight?

Looking Glass Ruins?

Skara’s at the library! She may be mean, but she likes to read, just like Boscha.

Philip Wittebane.

Wow, Amity’s got her hair down! She looks so different! I’m guessing her brown roots supports the idea that she dyes her hair to look more like the rest of her family.

Luz is blushing so hard! ^^

Ed and Em are back! Does Em regularly piggyback on her Ed’s shoulders?

“Picking up Amity?” “Nah, looks like you got that covered.” - DAMN! EM JUST KILLED HER!

Amity’s actually library staff?

THEY’RE FACES ARE SO RED!

Aw, Em’s trying to give Luz and Amity some privacy. c:

That skull mouse is cute.

Master librarian Malthus.

THEY’RE SO CUTE TOGETHER OMG! ;v;

Luz’s glyphs are so powerful now!

I’m sure Malthus will understand if they just talked to them.

AMITY WANTS TO GO ON A DATE W/ LUZ IN THE HUMAN WORLD!

Oh, did Mattolomule transfer out of Glandus to Hexside?

By the sounds of it, Bria and the others would still accept Gus even if he was just a witch.

Okay, that butterfly threat was a bit much.

They’re grave robbing?

Shoutout to Gus for respecting the dead and standing his ground.

So Malthus is just a regular person!

OH LUZ AND AMITY. Is that they’re confession to each other or are they still processing things? ;_;

I’m sure if Gus just talked to the Guardian then it’ll all be fine.

The Guardian is an illusion too isn’t it? It’s an illusionist’s graveyard.

Called it! A little late, but called it!

I was wrong about Bria. She’s awful.

Mattolomule redemption arc?

I always had a feeling that illusion spells could be used to cause people some serious mental trauma and here we are. Very spooky!

PURPLE AMITY! AMITY SHINY SPRITE! 1/4096 CHANCE!

PROJECTOR MOUSE! PROJECTOR MOUSE!

So Philip Wittebane made the portal door!

KISS! KISS! KISS! AMITY KISSED HER! OMG!

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doodle dump #8739281347193840235834065

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Glandus Boys

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TOH Stand #22

Stand name: Modern Crusaders

Stand users: Angmar, Gavin, and Bria

Stand ability: Can steal one object from a specific source. Each user can steal a different category of item which are:

Angmar: can steal a physical object

Gavin: can steal a concept

Bria: can steal a stand ability.

However the stand can only steal a single item, and if another user wants to steal a different item the previous stolen item is immediately returned to its owner.

Stats:

Power: D

Speed: A

Range: B

Durability: E

Precision: C

Potential: E

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'sup losers, chapter 2 is up

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Angmar, buddy, you deserve better friends

he just wants to grow his own forest and study bugs 🥺🥺🥺