#Did he like Mattholomule more than Matt?

[guest-1-2-3]

"Wait. Has Tholomule been your last name THIS WHOLE TIME?!"

[tohwitchesduels]

REQUEST BATTLES OF WITCHES DUELS - Battle 31: Matt Tholomule vs Gus Porter

Disclaimer: This is not a popularity contest or which character you prefer, in this tournament, you decide who is stronger/better/smarter/etc. opponent.

information for both opponents under the cut to those who don't know what they can do in their battle:

Matt Tholomule:

Mattholomule specializes mainly in construction and illusion magic.

Matt is known to be quite underestimated by those around him, but he does possess the skill, even if gloats to be able to bite more than he can chew. Matt is however pretty smart when it comes to the usage of his powers, even if he doesn't use them too offensively. He can however be pretty hopeless at times, being taken out easily if his opponents prove to be more formidable than him. He does lack drive and fighting spirit if he does not have confidence in his abilities.

Matt originally was looking forward to battling Gus in the semi-finals or maybe even during the second round, but life ultimately got other plans making it Matt almost impossible to meet Gus within the tournament in an official match-up so it ended up being a request battle which did not do well for his ego. To gain some confidence and compensate for the humiliation he felt over losing constantly he started to act extra cocky and once again put Gus down and his skill just to feel good about himself, even if he's not sincere in the slightest.

Matt does not possess any known palisman, nor showcased any on the screen. Because of this anyone fighting him would also not be allowed to wield a palisman

Size alteration - Matt is capable of altering the size of any of his body parts. This displayed first during Covention with his head.

Construction Tool - Matt is capable of creating tools made out of earthen materials as displayed TTLGR when he created a key/blade to cut Gus free. This ability during battle can manifest as Matt is capable of creating any kind of tool or weapon to help him during the battle.

Geokinesis - Implied in TTLGR that Matt can telekinetically move earthen materials as displayed when he helped clean the graveyard by moving the broken parts of the statues placing them back and making them stick together. During the battle, Matt would be capable of throwing rubble at his opponents.

Rock Wall - as displayed in LR, Matt is capable of creating walls to block attacks. The walls are thin so can be broken through enough force, but Matt displayed pretty great reflexes with those walls and they are still fairly durable.

Rock Dummy - as displayed in FTF, Matt is capable of creating a rock dummy of himself to appear wherever he feels like it.

Camouflage - Displayed in its full glory in FTF where Matt made Amity completely disappear. During the battle, Matt can turn himself invisible temporarily and other people as well (battle royale-exclusive)

Cloak - I'm allowing this ability because with Gus's clones running around amok, it would certainly become effective here. Matt can take the form of anyone that can be used to confuse his opponents. He doesn't however gain their abilities.

Smokescreen - Matt is capable of releasing a smokescreen that can disorient his opponents.

Link to more of Matt's capabilities here

Gus Porter:

Gus Porter is a prodigy when it comes to illusion magic. Prodigious enough to skip a few grades and even defeat the coven head of illusions with his sheer raw power. Gus displays insane potential and a big imagination when it comes to his magic. Now his powers are still limited by his own imagination and creativity meaning his illusions for the most part can be used mostly for deception and distraction, but during this tournament, Gus finally revised his own skill to find even offensive capabilities of his powers. While Gus did display the willingness to study other tracks, he ultimately never did due to his reassurance in being a master illusionist how easy it comes to him, and how much he can do with illusions alone.

One must know how intelligent Gus is during his battles. He can easily fool and toy with his opponents thanks to his illusions and Gus is also not afraid to either mock or straight-up torture his enemies during his battle just to get the results he needs, and has more than enough raw power to pull his schemes to their fullest. It's worth noting that when Gus feels extreme emotions, his magic only gets amplified, however, the side effects could be that Gus actually loses control over his own powers and gets to be the victim of them too, though thankfully to the magical amplifier from Graye, the risk of that is lesser.

Gus was originally looking forward to facing off against Matt in the official battle of this tournament as they had very ongoing frenemy situationship with one another but figured that Matt most likely wouldn't last that long, which certainly didn't do well for his self-esteem (something something toxic Yaoi something something the first write of this was better but it's gone because fuckin Tumblr 🤬🤬🤬 something something). Gus did not take it well however Matt becoming extra cocky and putting him down when Gus was certainly doing better in the tournament than Matt did as while Matt kept on losing to everyone within the losers bracket, Gus won almost all of his matches except for one, and even that one loss was 1. To his friend who he's proud of. 2. An honorable loss and well put-up fight 3. Said loss didn't completely close doors to advancing further in the tournament for him, unlike Matt's case which made it downright impossible for them to meet officially. Therefore Gus decided to not hold back in the slightest and put Matt right in his place.

During this battle, Palismen are not allowed.

One of the artifacts I allow Gus to have independently regarding whether or not his opponent also has any supportive gear is the looking glass earring he got after he defeated Adrian. The magical amplifier allows Gus to further concentrate his raw power into specific abilities he has a hard time pulling on his own and even enhancing them in the process, growing more powerful.

Light Spell - as proven in UW, Gus is capable of utilising light spells. Gus can use it to either illuminate the terrain or blind his opponents with it. He can produce multiple blinding orbs at once with his power and will usually use it in tandem with absolute darkness to make the light orbs all the more effective. He can also create quite large orbs of light.

Illusion Perception - Gus can see through the illusions of others. He can however be taken by surprise.

Illusion Cancel - Gus is capable of completely canceling the illusions of other people with no real effort.

Telekinesis - Gus displayed the capacity to move multiple objects with his mind. Usually, the objects are rather small and it appears Gus can't use telekinesis on a person, but he can utilise this ability offensively to throw projectiles at his opponent or to potentially deflect incoming attacks if they're little projectiles too.

Glamour - Unlike other examples of battle-royal glamour, Gus can use his glamour in 1v1 scenarios thanks to his ability to create clones and entities of any kind. This means Gus can easily disguise himself among the crowd as he can create a crowd himself. Gus is capable of taking the form of anyone he desires or merely amplifying the form he already has (like putting on additional clothes or features like devil's legs).

Mini Clones - Gus is capable of creating mini clones of himself (usually up to 3) that can be used to nag his opponents as seen in TTLGR.

Illusion Clones - Gus is capable of creating huge numbers of clones. The clones can take either the shape of himself or even other people. The clones usually don't display the capacity of the people they were cloned from but can develop a personality of their own. They still remain obedient to Gus and can be used as a great distraction, This ability also allows Gus to use his Glamour ability. The close will disappear upon impact.

Strength Enhancement - Gus is capable of enhancing the strength of his illusions, himself, or even others and the magic of others as proven in the First Day when Gus created buff arms for Willow's plant monster. The enhancement is still illusionary in nature.

Camouflage - as proven throughout the series, Gus can disguise himself and remove himself from the sight of his opponents. He can also do it to large chunks of areas or other people. As seen in KT he can also make his disappearance cover in flying birds. He could also potentially create bushes to camouflage as shown in Hooty's Moving Hassle.

Illusion Teleport - whether it's camouflage hiding his movement or true teleport, Gus can reappear wherever he pleases with a puff of smoke. The range of it doesn't seem big though. It was demonstrated during Covention.

Light Construct - Gus is capable of creating constructs of poor light. Usually unlike the illusions, they don't necessarily look like real objects but energy taken shape of objects, but can be used as effectively by creating tools Gus needs during the battle.

Illusion Construct - a stronger version of light construct, Gus is capable of creating constructs that seem like real objects. Gus showcased it throughout the series.

Illusion Beast - a stronger version of his illusion clones, where Gus is capable of creating living beings that are illusions. Said beings can take any form, be it mirror and gender-inverted versions of their opponents, or completely unrelated beings. Usually, however, the said beings don't necessarily have the true power of their own and are nothing but a mirage, though Gus potentially could create the illusion of damage they cause thanks to his strength-enhancing ability.

Absolute Darkness - Gus is capable of covering the entire battlefield in absolute darkness that can camouflage him and disorient his opponents. The darkness can be dispelled with enough force, though it's usually more durable than most of Gus's illusions. Gus can utilise this ability to hide his true intentions and sneak attack.

Illusion Terrain - Gus is capable of changing the terrain with his illusion magic however he pleases, taking the shape of anything from Gus's memory. Be it his room, the carnival, the graveyard, whatever. Said technique can be used to confuse and disorient his opponents. Gus is also capable of making the terrain switch from one imaginary to another. Sometimes the terrain can actually perfectly match the terrain that is beneath the illusion. It is also very difficult to cancel.

Illusion-Shifting Terrain - amplified version of the previous attack, in this case, the terrain is constantly shifting and moving, completely covering the battlefield that can disorient and confuse the opponent. Also, so many details at once constantly changing could give people some serious headaches with sensory overload.

Magic Cancel - not real magic cancel but with the help of Illusion Terrain, Gus is capable of making people believe their magic circles have no effect.

Sensory Confusion - as proven in TTLGR, Gus managed to somewhat successfully convince Bria that her hands were missing.

Traumatic Re-memory - Gus is capable of using his magic to get inside the heads of his opponents to make them re-live their worst memories. Gus can use this ability to learn the weaknesses of his opponents or render them completely useless as they are stuck in their own heads. The only person that is known to be able to resist this ability is Hunter as in some cases could stick for a long time depending on how strong-willed Gus's opponents are. This is Gus's most painful attack.

Trauma Bubble - a technique of traumatic re-memory. Rather than focusing his magic to invade the mind of someone, Gus creates a bubble of pure magical energy that anyone who touches it would begin to re-live their worst memories. The side effect of this shield is that Gus could also potentially be stuck inside the bubble for some time before managing to dispel it.

Mind Illusion - a variation of traumatic re-memory that isn't necessarily harmful but is the ultimate culmination of Gus's illusionary prowess by making his opponents be stuck in the maze of illusion that is solely inside their heads. Demonstrated by Hunter who was completely disoriented by Gus's illusion not being capable of seeing where Gus truly is and wandering from place to place that did not even exist. The illusions could be Gus's memories, his opponents' memories, or just illusionary images.

Link to more of Gus's capabilities here

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The Shirt

A Gustholomule Ficlet

(jesus christ don’t ask. don’t even read this one if you can help it. the discord server made me do it i swear)

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_luzura: hey matt

_luzura: you like

_luzura: like dudes, right?

president.matt: what part of the everything about me would make you think i don’t

_luzura: you got me there!

_luzura: i have the perfect shirt for you

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“Hey, professor,” Matt crooned, leaning against the doorway of Gus’s classroom. Gus cringed, his face falling into a deadpan, and turned to look at his boyfriend. His straight face quickly morphed into a look of—well, of what he wasn’t sure, but one look at Matt cause him to scrunch up his nose and furrow his brow.

“Mattholomule Tholomule—“

“Not my name.”

“—what are you wearing.”

Gus had spent plenty of time in the human realm. Since his middle school days of wondering at human culture from afar, he had learned a thing or two. He even had his own human realm device (an eye-phone, Luz had called it when she gave it to him). He knew plenty about fandoms and shipping and fanfiction—hell, they had that sort of thing on the Boiling Isles. But they didn’t have all of the same words for it. And Matt’s shirt, currently wrinkled and sweat-stained from a long day at work, had a very specific human realm word on it. Yaoi, it read.

Matt smirked. “Luz gave it to me. What, you don’t like it?” He struck a pose, making Gus cringe again. Matt cackled at Gus’s reaction.

“Yeah, she said you would hate it. So obviously I had to have it. Anyway,” Matt moved from the doorway, closer to Gus, “I brought you a snack. Wanna head back to yours and hang for a bit?”

“You are not wearing that thing for more than thirty seconds in my house. Besides, you’re gross. You can come over only if you shower and let me wash that thing.” Gus was already formulating his plan: he could wash it and hope Matt would forget to take it home, and Gus could be rid of it before Matt remembered he left it.

(In all honesty, the shirt was kind of funny, and the dark blue color suited Matt. Gus didn’t really hate it. But what was their relationship if not back-and-forth antagonization?)

Matt sighed and rolled his eyes at Gus’s request. “Fine. But only because I like you, Augustus.” Offering a crooked grin, he snagged Gus’s pinky with his own.

“Ew, dude. Gross.”

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Gus put Matt’s horrible shirt in with a load of laundry as soon as his boyfriend was in the shower, setting out some of his own clothes for Matt to change into. (Strangely, laundry was one thing Earth and the Boiling Isles did relatively similarly, though while Luz put her clothes in a “washing machine,” Gus tossed his in the laundry tree that grew in the backyard.)

And, according to Gus’s plan, Matt forgot all about the shirt. But unfortunately, so did Gus.

In the Porter household, it was Gus’s job to gather the dirty clothes and put them in the tree; it was Perry’s job to take them out and fold them. So as Perry folded their clothes that night, he paid no mind to the dark blue shirt with a large-print word on it.

Surely one of Gus’s bands, he thought, or one of his CB shows, and he paid it little mind.

But though he assumed it was his son’s, it wasn’t uncommon for the Porter men to share clothes. So when Perry reached for a t-shirt the next morning, grabbing anything from the pile of folded clothes to throw on before going downstairs for breakfast, he didn’t think twice when the shirt he grabbed was one of Gus’s.

Gus was already downstairs, eating bloodered toast and reading something on his scroll. He looked up at his father came down the stairs, did a double-take, and promptly choked on the food in his mouth. Perry looked down at himself, confused.

“What, do I have something on my shirt?”

“No—well—rggch,” Gus spluttered and choked, beating his chest to clear his esophagus. “It’s just, uh, that’s Matt’s shirt, and, uh…”

“Oh! Oh, sorry, kiddo. I thought it was yours, one of your bands or something. You’re into so much weird stuff, Yah-oy seemed right up your alley.”

Gus looked like he was going to choke again. “It’s not Yah-oy, Dad, it’s pronounced— never mind. Just— just make sure you change before you leave the house, okay?”

“Why?” Perry cocked and eyebrow as he sat down across from his son. “Is it something… inappropriate?”

“No! No, Titan, I mean, not really, it’s just…”

“Just what, Augustus?”

“It just means, like… gay. Like, men liking men.” Gus looked like he wanted to melt into the floor.

“Oh!” Perry laughed loudly. “Well, then I should be allowed to wear it! I’ve done my fair share of man-liking!”

“Nope, that’s it, I’m out! I do not need to hear about your man-liking or woman-liking or any sort of liking you’ve done!” Gus practically jumped up from the table and sped to the stairs. “Keep it, for all I care! I never want to see that thing again!”

Perry chuckled and shook his head, snagging Gus’s unfinished toast off his plate. I have a weird kid, he thought.

[hiccuppps]

completely forgot i made this blog specifically for my writing LMAO...

anyway, here's some snippets from upcoming chapters 3 and 4 of hold me like a grudge!! read it here

“Titan, why did I do that?!” 

Mattholomule lay sprawled on the purple bed, his head in his hands. It shook slightly under his friend’s added weight as she climbed up, throwing a pillow at his chest. 

“Your brother was right, you are a mess.” Amity sighed, muttering more to herself than him as she set down a few bottles of nail abolish. 

“Steve doesn’t know anything.” He grumbled into his hands. 

“Same colour?” She asked, ignoring him.

He sat up, nodding his head and held out his hand for her to paint.

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“Hijo de Titàn,” Mattholomule stared angrily at his scroll, gritting his teeth. “Aquellos pendejos.”

“Hey, Matty!” Gus leaned over the counter and began absentmindedly fiddling with Matt’s hair. The events of the day before remained undiscussed.  

“¿Qué quieres, Augustus?” He tilted his head to the side, making a poor effort to escape the hand. 

He quickly mumbled something, though Gus couldn’t quite make it out.

“What do you want?” 

“Stop slacking and come help me hang the sign, everyone will be here soon!” Gus grabbed his arm, smoothing out one final strand of hair. His face lit up with a grin. “There!” 

(totally not because killy's wip tag🫣)

[drachenfalter]

For the Future

Okay, let's start on some of my thoughts for this episode.

Overall, great episode. But feels very much like a 'Part 1' (which i suppose it is.

Yes to Willow getting the spotlight, and giving her a character arc a conclusion

(Also, obv. Huntlow is canon now.)

We actually got a a Kiki/Boscha team up.

"Because you're Losers!"

Glad to see that Mattholomule - sorry, Matt Tholomule didn't get woobified now that he's 'a good guy'

Puppets - suddenly, episode 2 seems much more important than ever.

It's weird seeing Kiki's mouth so much.

Also, Kiki pulling a full-on "hello, fellow teens" thing here.

Still not sure about String-bean. Yes, it's technically a snake, but the snakeshifter still feels a bit like a copout, like a way not to decide and make everyone happy.

Oh, and of course Collector Lore. Guess that means there were multiple collectors.

Were they all imprisoned? Or are some of them still out there, in some other corner of the Universe/Multiverse?

(I guess alternatively, it could be one Collector who reincarnates; But I'm pretty sure multiple collectors is what's happening.)

Mattholomule trying to flirt with a literal ROBOT!

(Was the Matt-Roka thing going since they arrived, and Boscha had to listen to the nonsense for WEEKS, or is that something that happened entirely in Matt's mind?)

(Because if it's the former, Boscha's reaction would be earned.)

Also, how many people did the Collector 'collect'? We only really see the Coven Heads and a few dozen others on screen, but there were thousands of people at the Day of Unity, and we don't see anyone on the streets of Bonesborough.

In other news, this episode confirmed the idea that Luz and Camila moved to Gravesfield because there was a better hospital nearby that they hoped could help Manny.

And I wonder if that is the reason that Luz didn't know about the Wittebane brothers, despite living in a town with a literal monument to them.

Seeing Hexside like this again makes me wonder about the other schools and towns. Are there like dozens of groups like "New Hexside", formed by survivors now? Or is it only NH?

(I think the multiple groups makes much more sense, tbh.)

Oh, and we saw Caleb again. Animated, but not speaking.

Anyway, those are most of my thoughts for now. Maybe I'll eloborate on some of those later.

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#5

Huntlow: I can fix him

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Matt you are tricking nobody LOOK HOW HAPPY HE IS!!!!!!

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Did you kNOWWW that Badyah let go of her hand because she knowsss Norma doesn’t like physical affection but then Norma was so relieved to see Badyah again that she initiated contact and jumped and gave Badyah a hug… did you guys know that

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My #1 post of 2022

Have these been done yet

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[blackyote]

Answering this ao3 wrapped (writers edition)!

1. How many words have you written this year?

24,930! Plus a couple drabbles that were only on tumblr.

2. How many works did you publish this year?

18

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

Probably "Classic." Got those brainworms and ran with it.

4. What work of yours has the most hits?

"Love Remains the Same" at 1869! It was my first TOH fic :)

5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Maybe "What's a Sprog" given how short (and lazily written) it was lol

6. Favorite title you used

"Classic" for how perfectly referential it is to the fic's content. But I also thought "Planting a Seed" was clever.

7. If you use song lyrics, which artist's songs did you pull from the most?

I think "Love Remains the Same" was the only lyric I used and I couldn't even tell you who sings it.

8. Pairing you wrote the most for this year?

Huntlow.

9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

Gustholomule! I didn't even write them a ton but I love them okay.

10. What work was the quickest to write?

Not counting collection chapters, probably "What's a Sprog."

11. What work took you the longest to write?

Uhh I'm guessing "Whittle Talks" because start to finish was a few weeks because I was so busy.

12. How many WIP's do you have in your docs for next year?

I have ideas written down but no actual WIP.

13. What's your longest work of the year?

"The Birds and the Bees" is 2848 words atm, but if we're talking one-shots, it's "No Stone Unturned" at 2464 words.

14. What's your shortest work of the year?

"Santa DNI" at 610 words.

15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

I really want to write a Steve-centric fic...

16. What's your most common "Additional Tags" tag?

Probably something boring like "Season 3" idk.

17. Your favorite character to write this year?

You'd think Hunter or Mattholomule but I keep wanting to say Steve. I love Steve TOH.

18. The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

I'm not sure but I'd like to get better at writing Gus.

19. What's one pairing you want to explore next year?

Platonic, obviously, but Steve and Matt. Also Gustholomule.

20. Which work of yours have you reread the most?

Probably "Bury the Lede." I couldn't even tell you why. It was the first piece I got beta'd and I just wanted to make sure it was perfect.

There were also bits and pieces of "Anchor" I reread a lot for the same reason.

21. How many kudos in total did you get this year?

2239!

22. Which work has the most comments?

"Pleased to See You" has the most comment threads at 11.

23. Did you do any collaborative works this year?

Nope! Might be fun to try one day.

24. Did you write any gifts this year?

No. I'm a grinch.

25. Did you receive any gifts this year?

Two from angelcloves! One I did not ask for.

26. What's your most common category?

G

27. What do you listen to while writing?

I can't really listen to music while writing. It's too distracting for me. But I like writing at coffee shops and stuff where there's background chatter.

28. Favorite work you wrote this year?

"Classic" :) Also partial to "Planting a Seed" and "No Stone Unturned."

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

This one from "Bury the Lede" is a favorite:

A veritable wall of spectres face him now, slashed across the darkness, receding into the black. The orb's light dances across their ragged, broken forms, revealing and concealing in turn. All wear the familiar owlish mask, all wear the white and gold, but the masks—

Cracked.

The uniforms—

Ripped and bloodied.

Hunter stumbles over his feet, bumping into the ice behind him. They're coming closer. He doesn't see their feet move, but they're closer.

Closer.

Also, from "Planting a Seed":

“Come, child. Let’s get you up.” He extended a hand, and the grimwalker paused, taking a moment to assess the first person they would ever see. Their mouth hanging open like that revealed a gap in their front teeth. A deviation from the blueprint, but it somehow made this face feel all the more familiar. Belos smiled.

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?

Gustho is literally my first time writing mlm fic??? Also, the fandom friends I made! Love you guys.

[unlikelynutperson]

|| there is a distinct lack of Steve fanfiction and I need to change that || this was way longer than I ever anticipated

if there's a spelling/grammar mistake, no there isn't - ignore it.

Stress Toy

Sub!Steve (The Owl House) x Dom!GN!Reader || smut, non-specific hole penetration, gentle and a little bit sleepy, Dom!Reader, Sub!Steve, pet names, thigh humping(?), established relationship, reader can be witch or human, a sprinkling of my Steve hcs, grinding, hj, fingering, praise, hair pulling, Gus x Mattholomule (MENTIONED), begging, does this count as cuddle fucking?, slight breeding kink (Steve), cockwarming(?)

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It had been a long day...

A VERY long day.

Steve's muscles ached and his head pounded and he was almost certain he could feel his bones. It wasn't anything he wasn't used to but it hurt none-the-less!

It must have been the early hours of the morning when he finally got home but all he cared about was stripping out of his uniform and crawling into bed for a few hours of sleep, at least.

The moment he opened the front door of the small house, Steve autopiloted to his bedroom. Stripping down to his briefs, the coven scout flopped into his bed and--

"Ow."

Huh?

Steve peeked his eyes open to look at where the noise came from: beside him.

Did he accidentally go to Matt's room? No, Steve could traverse the house in his sleep (and he had!). Was he hearing things? Likely, but the voice was too clear and sounded an awful lot like--

"Welcome home, Stevie," a figure sits up and just before he can panic-cast a spell, a warm hand touches his bare back.

Steve hisses a little as a small ball of light shines in his tired eyes. Adjusting to the light, he can see who cast it (and who's lying in his bed with him).

"(Y/N)?"

"Morning, baby."

"Hhnnggg," Steve snuggles his face into his lover's lap, arms wrapping around their waist, "turn the light off pleeeeaaaase"

Steve's head jostled with the movement of (Y/N)'s light chuckles.

"Don't worry, Stevie, I got you," the room goes dark once more and the tired witch digs his head further into the warm lap beneath him. "Ah- mmff-- Stevie, baby- Horn."

"Huh?" Steve lifts his head from where it was lying, very comfortably might he add. "Oh. Right. 'M sorry, baby." Steve mumbles before adjusting himself so his face presses into the side of (Y/N)'s stomach.

(Y/N) lies back down and adjusts themselves to drape their arms over his shoulders, rubbing meaningless patterns into his sore back muscles, smoothing over the scar-covered skin (from both battle and acne).

In the process of moving themselves, (Y/N) ""accidentally"" brushed their knee over Steve's crotch. With his sensitive everywhere and little more than the thin fabric of his boxer briefs separating them from skin on skin contact, the scout found his hips seeking slow and gentle stimulation against his lover's thigh.

"Steve, sweetie, you need to sleep while you can" (Y/N) giggles lightly at their boyfriend's desperation.

"I know but you're so warm and soft and I haven't seen you in ages," Steve slowly lifts his head to look (Y/N) in the eyes, choosing to ignore the fact his are half-lidded and feel heavy. "Who even let you in the house? It wasn't Mattie, was it? He'll give me shit about that later."

"Hehehe, no, baby. Your mom let me in. Matt's gone to a friend's place. Gus, I think?"

"Ah, his boyfriend. Good. Means more time with you." Steve starts to grind his hips harder into the thigh between his legs.

Lifting a hand to stroke the back of Steve's neck, right on his nape where short hairs blend out to skin, (Y/N) giggles.

"Stevie--"

"Mmm~"

"Steve-"

"Ah-- Oh... fffu~~ ck."

"Babe--"

"Fuck! please--"

A hand firmly grasps at the longer strands of Steve's hair and pulls, forcing his face upwards.

"Mmmmmh~ please. pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease," Steve's hips grind faster as his pleas get more desperate, "please. I'll be good, I swear. I-"

"I know you'll be good for me, baby, but you're tired. You have scout duties later today, you need the sleep."

Stroking his hair, (Y/N) coaxes Steve to lay his head back down atop of them. A large, rough hand comes to grip (Y/N)'s hip as the scout switches up the position - bringing (Y/N)'s legs over his thighs so he can grind on them properly.

"Steve, baby." And the scout just knows he's about to be scolded and so just lets as many believable half-truths out as he can manage with his overtired, overworked and lust addled brain.

"Please! Ah-- I've got the- hnng~ I've got late patrol. My-- My shift won't start till 12.30. Please, baby. I need you--"

"You promise you'll sleep afterwards?"

"Yes! Yes. Yes. Yes. Any-- oh~ anything. Anything for you~~"

"Do you think you can hold on while I prep us, baby?"

"Mmhmm~~~" Steve nods his head into (Y/N)'s stomach.

"Can you use your words, Stevie?"

The scout lifts his head to look his lover in the eyes as he nods enthusiastically, hands gripping at (Y/N)'s hips tighter.

"Yes. I can wait. Just please--"

"Take your briefs off for me, baby. Can you do that?"

Steve sits up on to his knees as quickly as his sore back muscles allow, reaching for the elastic hem of his boxer briefs and pulling them down as far as he could get them.

Cock flopping upwards, smearing precum just below his bellybutton - Steve's hands flex as he resists the urge to start stroking it and looks back up at (Y/N).

The view he's met with makes all previous attempts to not touch his dick completely invalid. On their knees reaching over the edge of the single bed, ass framed in cute little shorts that hug the skin as they bend at the waist, thighs on full display.

...Steve is but a man...

Grabbing the head of his cock, Steve uses the precum he's leaked (and is still leaking) to lube himself while staring at (Y/N)'s gorgeous frame.

Tossing his head back, the witch closes his eyes, imagining what he'd do to his lover. If only he weren't so tired! Or sore! He could just reach over, finger them open and listen to their heavenly moans before he replaces his fingers with---

"Ah ah ah, Stevie. Hand. Off your dick. Now."

A frustrated groan escapes the back of his throat as he complies.

A hand touches the side of his face, running their fingers along the bumpy, acne-scarred surface and Steve leans into the touch. Slowly opening his eyes, the scout is met with (Y/N) staring lovingly at him.

They run their fingers up to his horn, rubbing the base of it. Steve's hips buck forward as his eyes close in pleasure. It's not like his horn is an erogenous zone - it's just pleasant.

Steve hums in the back of his throat as (Y/N)'s other hand runs through his hair gently.

"Ah~♡!" The hand in his hair is suddenly not gentle and instead grabs the brown locks, pulling his head back.

"You told me you could wait." (Y/N) is scolding him.

"I- Hnnnnnn~ I'm- I'm- I'm so-- Oh~♡! I'm sorry!"

"Ssshhh, shshshshsh. Quiet, baby," Their lips come to his neck, kissing up and down the length, teasing the spot just below his ear where he likes it most, "I'll give you what you want but I'm gonna punish you a little bit, is that okay?"

Steve nods as best he can with the hand still in his hair. (Y/N) pulls away from his neck, moving their hand back to resting on his jaw, fingers pressing on the bruise just below his ear.

"Words, sweetie. You gotta tell me what you want with your words."

"I- I can take it. You can punish me. Just- Touch-- Touch me. Please."

"I'm already touching you. Where do you want me to touch?"

Oh fuck. This was so embarrassing. Steve whined, facing his head down so he wouldn't have to look his lover in the face asked for this.

"Come on, Stevie~ I'm not gonna know what you want if you don't tell me."

Was this his punishment for being impatient? It felt like it was.

"My--- Can you please touch my-- Nnnnnngggh~ Do I have to say it? You already know what I want!" Looking back up at (Y/N), he could see now that they wore a smug little smile on their face.

"I can only guess what you want, baby. You have to tell me so I know I'm right. So, yes. You do have to tell me."

Steve flops his head onto their shoulder with a groan.

Maybe if I can't see them it'll be easier

"My... My cock. Want you to touch my cock. Please."

(Y/N)'s hand leaves where it's teasing his jaw and wraps it around the base of Steve's dick. The pleasant feel of a hand rubbing the sensitive skin at the base of his horn and dick has the scout reaching for (Y/N)'s waist, squeezing them.

When Steve goes to thrust into the warm tight feel around his penis, it leaves.

"Huh? Wh--Why? I told you what I wanted. I was good-"

"Yes, such a good boy for me," a kiss is placed to his temple, "but I don't want you doing any of the work. You're tired and your muscles are so tense, surely it hurts. You just tell me want and I'll give it to you."

"Mmmnnn~~~♡"

"How do you want me to touch your cock, Stevie?"

"Rub it. Please~♡"

"Do want my hand or my mouth to rub it?"

"Fuuuuuuuck. Don't give me options!"

"Okaaaaay~~ Do you want me to talk to you while I touch you?"

A beat passes. If (Y/N) gave him a hand job, they could call him a good boy again. But if they use their mouth, they could touch him more. Of course, the ideal solution to this problem would be to actually fuck them and then he could hear them moa---

"You'll get to fuck me, don't worry. I just wanna know if i should use lube on you or not."

...

"If- If you," Steve lifts his head from where he was hiding in (Y/N)'s shoulder, "If you give me a handjob... Can- Can I-- finger you? Please?"

The blue of Steve's eyes seems to glow in the darkness as he asks... It could also be how immensely horny he is but that's beside the point.

(Y/N) gets a smug look back on their face after getting over the surprise how bold their boyfriend just was. Leaning in to whisper in his ear, they pop they cap open on the lube they had pulled out of the bedside drawer.

"You wanna finger me open while I play with your cock, baby? Want me to moan in your ear how good you make me feel?"

"Ooooooh fffuuuuuuck~~~~♡!" A cool, lubed hand wraps around the tip of Steve's dick as he melts into a pleasure puddle underneath his partner.

A few strokes up and down his penis and Steve is gone, completely forgetting that he had asked (Y/N) if he could touch them.

"Baby," the strokes slow to a near stop, "thought you were gonna get me ready for you? I already lubed your hand for you. Does it feel that good?"

"Huh?" Looking at his hand, it is, in fact, wet with lube.

When did they do that?

"'M sorry. Feels so good~~ Aah~♡," Steve slides a wet finger into (Y/N), "Nngh~ Can't wait to be inside you~♡"

"Patience, baby. Gotta get more than one finger in me first."

Steve opens his eyes (when did they close?) and lifts his head to look at (Y/N), leaning in just enough that his lips brush theirs, silently asking permission.

(Y/N) leans the rest of the way in, licking at Steve's bottom lip. Steve let's his tongue meet his lover's and in a short moment, (Y/N) has him pinned to the matress - their tongues dancing in each other's mouths.

A second finger slides into (Y/N) and they speed up the strokes on his cock as Steve starts to pump his fingers.

"Ah--Aaaah~~♡! (Y--Y/N)! Please!"

(Y/N) moves to kiss Steve's neck again, their fingers rubbing harder at his horn as they play with his cock.

"Mmmmmh~♡ Good boy. So--So good for me~~"

With a final kiss to the scout's lips, (Y/N) pulls back to sit up, straddling Steve's thighs.

"You think I'm ready for you, Stevie?"

"Titan, I hope so~~~ Need you~"

(Y/N) gently guides Steve's fingers out of themselves and holds his hand, intertwining their fingers with their boyfriend's wet ones.

They back off slowly, coaxing Steve to sit up, before laying down against the nest of pillows, draping their legs over Steve's thighs. The coven scout follows and connects his lips with (Y/N)'s.

"Go on, Stevie. You've waited so long. You deserve it."

The coven scout presses kisses along (Y/N)'s neck as he guides his cock to their entrance.

"Thank you~ Thank you, baby. So wonderful. So gorgeous. Thank you~"

Steve mumbles sweet words and praises into their shoulder, lightly nibbling at the skin as the head of his dick slides in their hole.

Taking a moment to regain his composure so he doesn't immediately bust a nut, Steve slowly pushes himself into (Y/N), tiny moans and whimpers shared between them, hands holding each other tightly as they lay against the pillows.

The lovers lay there for a minute or two once Steve bottoms out, simply taking in the feel of the other's body against their own.

"You okay, Stevie?"

"Mmhm~ Trying to not bust my load immediately."

"Ah. I had to make you didn't fall asleep on me."

"How could I ever fall asleep with you constantly squeezing my cock." For emphasis, Steve gives a little thrust.

"Aaah~ Hehehe~~♡ You like how I make your dick feel that much?"

"Mhm~~~~♡ Fuck, baby♡!" Another little thrust.

And another.

And another.

And another.

And at this point, Steve is just desperately rutting into (Y/N). He doesn't dare pull out too far, not wanting to leave the warm, wet hole he's fucking into.

Both lovers lie in an entanglement of limbs, humping and moaning against each other. Steve let's go of (Y/N)'s hands in favour of grabbing their waist to pull them back down onto his dick.

(Y/N) hands grab at Steve's head, pulling his face into their chest - one hand grabbing his horn, the other running through his hair and gripping at the tousled locks when Steve hits a particular spot within them.

"Oooh~~♡! Fuck, baby! Touch me. Touch me, Stevie. Please~♡!"

Steve reaches down and follows through with his lover's demands.

"AaahAahAh~~~♡! Please! Oh fuck~♡ Feel so good~~~ 'm gonna cum. (Y/N). Please ♡! Needa cummmmm~"

"Sa-AaahAh~~♡ Same, baby! Come here. Cum with with me, okay ♡?"

The hand caressing his horn moves to his jaw, pulling his head up and into a kiss.

"Mph! Mm~~Mmh♡ Mmmmm~~~♡!"

It only takes one, two, three more well placed thrusts in (Y/N)'s hole to have Steve cumming, hips rutting as his seed fills his lover.

But he keeps moving his hand and even continues his thrusts after he's cum, pushing himself into overstimulation, just to have (Y/N) cum while his cock is inside so he can feel every throb of raw pleasure that pulsates through their body.

"Mmmmm~~~~♡"

The two part lips, a string of thick saliva still connecting their tongues.

"Thank you, (Y/N). I needed that. I love you so so much." The scout kisses along (Y/N)'s jawline and down their neck.

"I love you too, Stevie. Wanna go get cleaned up?"

Steve pushes his dick seemingly deeper in retaliation to thought of having to leave the comfortable warmth of his partner.

"Nngh~~ Steve, we're gonna be all sticky and gross when wake up."

A sleepy mumble passes the scout's lips as he let's tiredness weigh down his eyelids.

"Don' care. Wanna stay... inside you. Keep you full."

(Y/N) feels their entire body warm in a flush of embarrassment and pure love for the dumb himbo that is their boyfriend.

Closing their eyes, (Y/N) wraps their arms over Steve's shoulders, patting his hair as they both fall into a deep sleep.

A gentle snoring fills the room.

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[lollytea]

Gustholomule seems like one of those relationships that, to an outsider, both seemingly makes no sense and perfect sense. They don't do anything seemingly romantic because what's romantic to them is very different to what others consider romantic. You describe them as a comedy act. I think that's a perfect way to see it. A comedy act filled with actions and words that hold significance only to them. It doesn't really make sense to anyone but them. Just some words on how I see Gustholomule.

YEAH

I think if you weren't that familiar with either of them, the relationship would appear a lot more dysfunctional than it really is.

From an outside perspective its like "Aw Gus is so sweet but Matt is constantly saying mean things to him for no reason."

Or

"Gus keeps throwing his arm around Matt and hugging him even when Matt clearly doesn't like it."

However if you were to say to Gus that he deserves somebody who's nice to him, he's sincerely confused.

"Mattholomule is nice to me?"

Matt often speaks in a language only Gus can really decipher. This includes a lot of ribbing that Gus doesn't bat an eye at. More often than not, it makes him laugh. Sometimes Matt compliments him, which everybody else hears as a backhanded insult, but it causes Gus to beam and stand a little taller with pride. Cuz he knows what Matt is trying to say. He always knows.

(There's that one tweet that I can't find right now where it describes a deconstruction of the whole "sunshine and grumpy" ship trope where its like. The sunshine is with the grumpy because they're like that, not in spite of it. They think grumpy is the funniest person alive. That's how I see it.)

Gus has several insecurities and Matt knows all of them. He'll "insult" Gus at least fifty times a day but he never says a word on anything that would actually upset him.

Or if you tell Matt that he should communicate with Gus about his boundaries he's like "The fuck are you talking about? "Boundaries"??? I don't care if Augustus touches me. That's just what he does. He's a clingy little dork. I complain about cuz that's just our thing. Get outta here with your "Boundaries." Psh."

Matt actually gets mad if Gus forgets to bother him with affection at least once a day. Like "excuse me??? Isn't it your sole duty to be insufferable?? Hello??? Will I perish a touch starved neglected man??? What if I did that right in front of you???"

Sometimes he'll get so fed up with the ✨️Neglect✨️ that he'll just give Gus the affection himself. To which Gus cackles maniacally because this was his evil plan all along!!

They're both such fucking melodramatic unhinged little weirdos. And sometimes it's a difficult relationship to wrap your head around.

But then at some point, you actually spot them sitting alone somewhere and they're both laughing so hard there's tears in their eyes and in that moment, whatever they got going on just clicks.

[samcat0925]

So this has been on my mind since watching the 'Looking Glass' episode and it made me think if Gus and Mattholomule would be obliviously dating from other people's perspective because I don't think they would tell people that they were going to the graveyard to fix it up. So rumors would start flying around about them especially if people saw Gus and Matt meeting up, then heading off into a direction together.

XD

Yes! I love this so much!

I like to think that everyone at school would see Matt and Gus actually getting along as friends and their normal insults or banter would sound more playful than mean which would confuse so many people at their school and would probably cause some of them to want to figure out why they’re all the sudden like this. This would lead to some people following one or both of them and see them meeting up while maybe engaging in some playful banter (like they did when they were leaving the graveyard in the 'Looking Glass' episode) and that, along with them leaving to head off together, would cause those people to think that they are either dating or crushing hard for the other and they don't know it yet.

Rumors would start to spread almost overnight until it reaches Luz, Willow and Amity. I like to think that Luz, who probably saw that Matt was in the group with Gus, would believe the rumors right away and would be happy for Gus while Amity and Willow would have a harder time with believing the rumors and just assume that they're just friends and that someone is just over exaggerating until they see Gus and Matt interacting with each other and immediately go 'Never mind. We get it now. They've for sure got something going on there.'

I like to image that there would be at least one person at their school who will go up to them and either congratulate them for becoming a couple or tell them that they think that they'd make a really cute couple which would make the two blush and go into a spree about how they're not dating or that they don’t have a crush on each other and that they're just friends which is not convincing at all and just cause the rumors to become even worse.

Then when Matt joins the Illusion track, people would tease him a little by asking him why he all the sudden decided to join the illusion track to which Matt would avoid answering. It would, again, cause even more rumors to spread that Matt joined the illusion track to either be around his crush or to spend more time with his boyfriend(both are referring to Gus).

[originalwinnercheesecake]

More Idea’s for multi-track students

Multi-track studies is starting to become more popular at hexside

Edric and Emira taking multi-tracks has literally been the ending I have wanted for them since 1x12 “Adventures In The Elements” when we learned they are top scorers, and got strong hints that one reason they skip school frequently is that they are bored in class and do not see the point when they already know most of whats being taught. Like I do not care about seeing them in ships (I have seen people post pretty compelling reasons why they should at least become friends with Viney and Hunter, and I would like to know whom the “date” Edric went out with in TtLG is, but ultimately that is not what I am most interested in with them) just put my children into a curriculum that is both challenging and rewarding to them. Its even better that while they are still taking illusion together (something they have always done as a team); they also have classes where they will be separated and can have their own space to pursue individual interests. I don’t think anyone has pointed this out yet but Edric and Emira are only like 1 year younger than Stan and Ford were in A-Tale-of-Two-Stans and we got a tiny glimpse of them starting to have similar problems to Stan and Ford in Grom. So changing things up now can help spare them a lot of bad/issues down the road.

Now let’s move on to Mattholomule. Him deciding to take illusions along with construction is something I did not see coming, but I love it. Thank you Gus. It makes a lot of sense too. We saw Matt try and do construction magic in TtLG and we saw how his efforts were... kinda rough/ not exactly tuned. Its not that he is necessarily bad/has no talent for construction. It’s just that he seems to struggle a bit with turning images in his head into actual objects outside his body. This is a very real and common issue for a lot of people. It does not mean give up, it just means that maybe someone needs to add an extra step or try apply a diffrent way of going about a task. Illusion magic is a perfect example of that. Lets say Matt needs to design a structure. Do it in illusion first. Get the height, angle , and all those little details smoothed out. Then use the illusionary structure as a diagram for the real 3d structure. By Labyrinth runners Mattholomules magic has already become much more fluid. He may have started out as just a stooge for a jerk who had an easier time than him,but our little construction rat will make a great witch yet.

Now with season 2 ending and season 3 shortened I do not expect many more episodes to take place in Hexside (sighs because Hexside is one of my favorite places in the boiling isles) and I really do not think we will have time for an episode surrounding the cast trying to encourage more into students into multi-tracks. But we could still get an ending where the show is going over all the changes that have been made on the isles over the course of the show, and one scene shows a bunch of secondary/background characters now wearing multi-track uniforms as they mingle around Hexside. Here are some ideas for who may be interested in what.

Skara: Starts taking healing as well as bard magic. She very well may already want this. So much of Skara’s time and so many of her actual genuine friends are with the healing track

Boshca: I could maybe see Boscha, if given the opportunity, deciding to take beast keeping as well as potions. Fairies would be her favorite beast.

Puffer fish headed Abomination Student who “just wants to get through the year”: you know the one with the cute sloth palisman. I am less sure about him than some of these others, but what if he starts taking oracle and abominations.

redheaded queer oracle student: oracle and bard

Hunter: So whatever Hunter decides to do at the end of the season and whomever he decides to go with we all agree he will be enrolling at Hexisde right? As for what classes he will take I can see him enrolling in potions and plants. (Not just for Willow, again I am not basing these off ships). Both are courses he could take even with his setback of not having a bilesack, both kind of fit in with the types of wild magic he has let himself slip into having fun discussions with Luz on. And the colors to those tracks could kinda represent his two personas “The Golden Guard” and “Caleb, star player of the Emerald Entrails” and him fully fledging into his own person. If these two are not enough for him maybe throw in oracle, depends on if that would make him more or less anxious.

Amity: okay so I can never see Willow or Gus taking multi-track classes. I really think they are supposed to be personifications of plant and illusion magic and all that those particular tracks are capable of. So if that's the rule for Luz’s inner circle of friends, and accounting for just ho much Amity has been shown to genuinely care about and have passion for Abomination magic, then I kind of want her to just sick with it... But I also note just how much she has been shown to care about and be passionate for books and literature. So I would also maybe like to see her join the bard track and go on to write abomination tutorials or stories surrounding abomination witches.

[anxious-lee]

Where's That Smile? || A Gustholomule Tickle Fic

Summary: Gus notices that Mattholomule is especially grumpy while they're fortifying the Illusionist Graveyard and tries to put a smile on his face. This is a tickle fic, you all know where this is going 😏

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It wasn't that off-putting that Mattholomule never smiled. Admittedly, it would have been more startling if he did. He must have been destined to be a miserable little agent of chaos. But still, everyone has to smile sometimes, it's witch-nature. It's uncontrollable and contagious, like a yawn. A yawn but for happiness. Mattholomule must be capable of smiling, and Gus was going to prove it.

Luckily enough, he had the perfect setting. Him and Matt were spending their Saturday like they usually did, continuing to reinforce the Looking Glass Graveyard. It had become an unspoken agreement, that they would return every weekend, and work till the sun went down. It was a lot more fun than it sounded. They laid out illusion boobytraps and pranks to frighten off unsuspecting looters. And of course, they needed to be tested. Matt would "accidentally" trigger the traps and scream dramatically to make Gus laugh. But all the lab rat offered in turn was a smirk, which was not the same as a smile.

On that particular Saturday, Mattholomule hadn't even given him that. He seemed deflated and irate, whereas his usual self was at least a little cheeky. Gus wasn't about to let his new friend go home with the blues. During one of their breaks, he plopped himself down next to Matt where he sat on a bench, and turned to face him.

"You alright? You don't seem like yourself", asked Gus cautiously.

"Why? Did I forget to tap my heels during my peppy musical number?", was Matt's reply, abundant in sarcasm.

"You don't have to be such a jerk, you know. No one's here to make fun of you." Gus's feelings weren't hurt. He willingly spent time with Matt despite his cold cover, but he was concerned about his cru-friend. His friend. The boy who used to be his enemy, now his friend. His new friend. The one he was worried about. Yep.

Mattholomule gave a small sigh and averted his gaze to the ground. He spoke as kindly as he could, "I'm fine, Augustus. Nothing happened. It's just one of those days, you know."

The illusionist decided not to acknowledge the decency Matt showed him, for fear he would revert back out of nervousness. Instead, he lightened the tone.

"Maybe I could help cheer you up!"

The boy next to him rolled his eyes.

"I'm serious! C'mon, there's gotta be something I can do to make you smile!", Gus grinned.

"You're sweet, magician boy, but I don't need cheering up", Matt's voice suddenly took on a gruff, melodramatic tone, "My soul is cold, rock-hard, untouchabLE-"

His monologue was interrupted by a double poke to his sides, courtesy of Augustus 'fed up with your bullshit' Porter. To be perfectly honest, Gus didn't actually know what he thought would happen. But seeing his cocky friend jump at his touch gave him an idea. This would definitely make him smile.

"So you're suuuurrree nothing can make you smile~?, the illusionist teased.

Matt had a bad feeling about where this was going, and summoned the strongest grimace he could muster.

Gus slowly pinched up and down the boy's sides, "Are you suuuurree you're not... ticklish?"

Mattholomule was in deep water now. This was the last thing he wanted to happen in front of his cru-friend. His friend. The boy who used to be a nuisance, now his friend. His new friend. The friend who was sitting very close. Yep. His face grew red and he turned away, hoping the boy in question wouldn't notice.

But oh he definitely noticed!

Gus grinned with excitement, "Ohhhh I think you are~! I think you wanna laugh~"

The sparkling sensations on Mattholomule's sides were starting to get to him. His chest shook with suppressed laughter as the corners of his lips turned up.

"I think I see a smiilllee~!", teased Gus.

Matt shook his head sternly. He was not about to be humiliated in front of Augustus Porter of all people.

"No?", asked Gus dubiously, "Guess that means I have to do this!"

At that moment, he scribbled his fingers all over the poor boy's torso, scritching and scratching over his belly and sides.

Mattholomule doubled over, flopping right onto the ground like a fish.

Gus roared with laughter at the less-than-graceful whale breach and followed after him, tickling him still.

"I know this tickles! I'm not gonna stop until I hear a giggle. I'm going to tickle you all day if I have to~"

Poor Matt was barely keeping it together. He clapped his hands over his mouth to keep any noises in. The illusionist took notice of this.

"Are you embarrassed?? It's just me. I want to hear the real you. Pleeeaase??", Gus cooed affectionately.

Mattholomule's face burned like the sun. He COULD NOT believe this was happening to him. He was embarrassed beyond help. But at the same time, he knew Gus's words were spoken out of sincerity, and he knew if he really asked, Gus would stop. Maybe this dork really did just want to make him happy. Even still, Matt hated his own laugh. It made him sound like a loser.

Gus paused for a moment and made a show of pretending to be puzzled.

"Hmmm... oh I know! Your giggles must be buried in your belly! I better dig them out~", the illusionist said as he lowered his wiggling fingers toward their target.

As they clawed softly into the front of the Mattholomule's tunic, Gus could've sworn he heard a few jittery giggles muscle their way out the former bully's lips. He almost had him.

"C'mon Mattyyyy, cootchie cootchie coo~"

Hearing that corny petname after so long caught Matt off guard, and in that brief moment of flusteredness, the dam broke.

He couldn't fight it if he tried. He giggled so hard his body shook. He squeaked and squealed and squirmed and even snorted unintentionally, causing him to try to hide his face.

Gus was beaming with glee. He hadn't expected the bully's laugh to sound so... sweet. It sounded like a child's almost, which made sense considering they were children. It was the happiest noise he had ever heard.

He wasn't blind, though. He could see that Mattholomule was feeling vulnerable and embarrassed right now (which as to why Gus couldn't understand. His laugh was so charming, who made him feel like he needed to hide it??) and smiled assuredly down at him.

"Awwww Matty~! There's nothing to be ashamed of. Your laugh is adorable! It suits you..."

Gus was being honest with him. Matt could hear it in his voice. His words brought a rush of relief throughout his body, which just made him laugh more. This wasn't actually that bad. It felt really good to laugh like this, even if he still thought it sounded stupid. At least Gus didn't think it sounded stupid.

Mattholomule bubbly giggled, not only because he was still being tickled, but also he had never felt so safe and carefree in his life.

Eventually, Gus had to stop. The poor boy had started to wheeze. They laid together in the dirt, the loopiness in the air slowly fading out.

Gus was the first to speak.

"I promise not to tell anyone. This'll be our secret."

"Thanks, Gus. I appreciate that", Mattholomule said warmly, still smiling from ear to ear.

He looked over to find that his wonderful friend was already staring agape at him.

"What?", queried Matt.

The illusionist suddenly bore a grin almost as big as Mattholomule's. "You just called me Gus."

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FIRST TICKLE FIC! WOOO 🍾! Of course there is still room for improvement, but I had SO much fun writing this! Hope you like it!

[tohwitchesduels]

LOSERS BATTLES OF WITCHES DUELS - Battle 36: Matt Tholomule vs Barcus

Disclaimer: This is not a popularity contest or which character you prefer, in this tournament, you decide who is stronger/better/smarter/etc. opponent.

information for both opponents under the cut to those who don't know what they can do in their battle:

Matt Tholomule:

Mattholomule specializes mainly in construction and illusion magic.

Matt is known to be quite underestimated by those around him, but he does possess the skill, even if gloats to be able to bite more than he can chew. Matt is however pretty smart when it comes to the usage of his powers, even if he doesn't use them too offensively. He can however be pretty hopeless at times, being taken out easily if his opponents prove to be more formidable than him. He does lack drive and fighting spirit if he does not have confidence in his abilities.

Matt does not possess any known palisman, nor showcased any on the screen. Because of this anyone fighting him would also not be allowed to wield a palisman

I think it starts to hit Matt that so far he hasn't won any battle he has participated in and he starts to lose it, becoming both more determined and more reckless to succeed.

Size alteration - Matt is capable of altering the size of any of his body parts. This displayed first during Covention with his head.

Construction Tool - Matt is capable of creating tools made out of earthen materials as displayed TTLGR when he created a key/blade to cut Gus free. This ability during battle can manifest as Matt is capable of creating any kind of tool or weapon to help him during the battle.

Geokinesis - Implied in TTLGR that Matt can telekinetically move earthen materials as displayed when he helped clean the graveyard by moving the broken parts of the statues placing them back and making them stick together. During the battle, Matt could throw rubble at his opponents.

Rock Wall - as displayed in LR, Matt is capable of creating walls to block attacks. The walls are thin so they can be broken through enough force, but Matt displayed pretty great reflexes with those walls and they are still fairly durable.

Rock Dummy - as displayed in FTF, Matt is capable of creating a rock dummy of himself to appear wherever he feels like it.

Camouflage - Displayed in its full glory in FTF where Matt made Amity completely disappear. During the battle, Matt can turn himself invisible temporarily and other people as well (battle royale-exclusive)

Smokescreen - Matt can release a smokescreen that can disorient his opponents.

Link to more of Matt's capabilities here

Barcus:

Barcus specializes in oracle magic and potion magic the most. He did not show spells that go outside of those two magical tracks.

I assume Barcus is actually a beast demon (even though Wikia says his species is a witch, even though while he is smarter than most beast demons, he hardly seems to share characteristics of your typical witch) meaning he doesn't draw spell circles to cast spells and specializes in two tracks that don't require it. That doesn't mean Barcus is not a spellcaster in the same right as all the other tournament participants.

The head here is a concept art from Wikia, not a special ability.

To our knowledge, Barcus does not possess a Palisman, so anyone battling him would also not be allowed to use Witch's staff.

Barcus does not take Matt seriously and Barcus so far has been doing pretty great in the tournament, so he's willing to make his last battle a victory.

Barcus utilizes his intuition the most when fighting his opponents. He has a strategic mind and is quite knowledgeable and he uses his magic to enhance his knowledge of his opponent to get the upper hand during battles. (Lowkey confirmed by him playing Hexes Hold'em). He also is brave enough to put himself out there during battles.

Explosive Potions - Barcus is capable of brewing potions that explode upon shattering, thus can be used offensively, but also as a distraction and defense (the best defense is offense and the best offense is defense after all). It's Barcus's primary attack. Barcus can however throw only one at a time and can't spam them. His throwing range is also not very big considering he uses his mouth to throw the potions.

Death Perceptive Potion - Barcus by throwing or pouring potion on the floor is capable of showing the fate of his opponents who dare to look at either their reflection or the mist released by the potion. It can be used as both a great intimidation trick (as seeing your own death can be frightening) and a distraction.

Precognition - Barcus can craft a potion that allows him to predict future events. Barcus will use the potion to find all the possibilities of how his battles will turn out and find what should he do to ensure the victory. He can also learn all of his opponent's capabilities and weaknesses that way. That ability is based on his "Palm Reading" ability, but I enhanced it so it can go beyond pouring the potion into the palms of his opponents and prepare himself before the battle but it can be still used in the traditional sense during the battle.

Aura Reading - A weaker version of precognition that allows Barcus to sense the true intentions of his opponents and have better reflexes regarding what they would do. Barcu's aura reading abilities improved for the sake of this tournament as in the show it's quite not infallible and even during the battle it is still not foolproof.

Scrying Potion - now Barcus never showed himself the capacity to brew this potion in canon, I do allow him to know the recipe for this tournament as scrying potion excellently blends both oracle magic and potion magic together. Barcus can brew this potion to help him monitor the battlefield in the present or use it as also preparation beforehand to learn what his opponent is planning or capable of.

Phantom Potion - completely fanon move I made up you don't need to account for it when voting at all but I figured it would be nice. By throwing potions Barcus is capable of releasing oracle phantoms that he can use to fight his opponents during the battle. Barcus can release multiple phantoms by throwing multiple potions (granted there's still some time between each throw so one could wonder if Barcus would succeed in outnumbering his opponent). The phantoms are intangible to the physical attacks but are still capable of attacking the opponent through physical means. They can also phase through any physical barrier. Possible special attacks like fire spells light spells or physical spells of great intensity (like a raging plant spell made by Willow for example) could potentially disable the phantoms, but typical punches or either construction or abomination magic could be proven useless (especially if construction magic isn't particularly swift or strong). Illusion magic probably would have no real effect on the phantoms, same for healing magic and beast-keeping magic. Bard magic could potentially disrupt the phantoms. The phantoms themselves are also capable of precognition and scrying by themselves. This is Barcus's strongest (and non-canon) asset during his battles.

Link to more of Barcus's capabilities here

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Sleepless Nights

3:00 A.M. Mattholomule was still not asleep. The light of his scroll hadn’t been a distraction for hours, now a harsh glare that bored into his skull. He couldn’t look away though. It just wasn’t worth it, like the half-kicked-off blankets draping over his sweaty legs. He’d been lying here for hours. And for what? He was just getting more and more exhausted — more and more miserable — but no closer to sleep.

3:01 A.M. The clock in the corner of his scroll ticked along, agonizingly slow. What was even the point of lying here? It wasn’t like he was going to sleep anytime soon. Might as well get some work done on the graveyard to rub in Gus’ face.

Matt: hey loser >:p gonna go get my grind on at the graveyard. You wish you were this determined.

His arm flopped back to his side as he stared up at his floating screen. Now he just had to get out of bed. Before he could do so though, a new message popped up.

Gus: Oh no you don’t!

Gus: It’s 3 am, you are not going off in the woods on your

own! >:(

Matt: It’s 3:02 actually

Matt: why the heck are you awake

The little typing symbol popped up for several seconds. Went away. Came up again for a little longer, then disappeared again. Finally a response popped up.

Gus: Well, why are you up right now?

Matt: Because I’m better than you

Matt: only weaklings need more than five hours of sleep

Gus: You know, that certainly explains the dark circles.

Matt: are they really that obvious?

Gus: Please, I’m an illusionist. It’s my job to notice small details.

Gus: But yeah, definitely.

Matt rolled his eyes. Great. Maybe he could steal some concealer from his sister or something to hide them. Although… no one else had pointed them out. Maybe he could get away with it at Hexside. While he was turning that over in his head, a small chime brought his gaze back to the scroll.

Gus: Hey

Gus: You wanna come over to my house?

Matt: Why?

Gus: Is my illustrious presence not enough for you?

Matt snorted. Oh, this old game. Nothing like some banter to pass the night.

Matt: Don’t kid yourself, dork.

There was a pause. A couple minutes trickled slowly by.

Gus: Please?

The word seemed to stand out on Matt’s screen. That… was unusual. Definitely a lot more direct and less witty than he’d expected. He swung his legs over the side of the bed and sat up.

Matt: yeah, sure

Matt: Be there soon.

He started changing back into his day clothes. There were certainly worse ways to spend a sleepless night than hanging out with Gus. Most of them were, actually.

~~~

It was cold in the house, and Gus’ eyes didn’t leave his scroll as he shivered under his covers.

Be there soon.

Be there soon.

His eyes flicked up to the clock. Five minutes had passed. Matt would be getting here soon, right? He just had to keep reading the message and not think about— Blood on the tile. His mom collapsing. Rattling coughs and calling for help and—

Be there soon.

A long, shaky breath in. A long, shaky breath out. His ribs ached as they expanded and contracted.

Be there soon.

Six minutes. Why did the nightmares always come when no-one was around? When his dad was out on a night shift and his bed was empty when Gus came?

When it was just him

all alone

with the nightmares.

Be there soon.

~~~

Matt: I’m here

Matt: Come open the door before I bang it down

Matt leaned against the side of the house. His walk here had been uneventful, but you could never be too careful, even if this was a nicer part of town. It was a nice night though. Toxic fumes from the gutters aside, the walk had done him some good and though he was still exhausted, he felt at least a little better.

The lock on the door clicked next to him, and he turned as it opened. “Matt! There you are!”

Gus… did not look good. His eyes were puffy and slightly unfocused, and his skin was slightly ashy.

“Woah, you look like shit,” Matt blurted out, and immediately regretted it when Gus’ eyes started welling up with tears. “Wait, I didn’t mean that! I, uh— why’d you want me to come over?”

Matt also regretted that as soon as it came out of his mouth. It was pretty obvious why Gus had wanted him to come over, he was obviously sick. Why that meant Matt had to come over though was still unclear. Maybe it wasn’t a stupid question after all. Wait, why wasn’t Gus responding? They were just staring at each other awkwardly!

Gus seemed to realize this at the same time and shook his head. “Oh, well, you see, my dad wasn’t home— but I don’t mean that in the kissing way!” he clarified hurriedly.

Matt blushed. “What do you mean the kissing way?”

“My dad says when the people in shows say their parents aren’t home it means they want to kiss the person they’re talking to. And I don’t want to kiss you. I mean I do. No, wait—” Gus flushed and slammed the door shut.

As Matt stood there trying to process that conversation, the door — somehow not closed even with the amount of noise it made — gently swung open, revealing Gus curled up on the floor facing away from the door, his shoulders shaking accompanied by faint sniffles.

“Gus? Are you… ok?”

Gus shook his head, almost imperceptibly. Okay, what to do now? He didn’t really have much experience with sick people. His brother though! He’d just do what his brother did whenever he got sick. First things first— check for a fever. He crouched down.

“Hey, I’m going to check your temperature, okay?” Matt said, parroting his brother. From what he’d heard from his brother, he used to have a tendency to bite at sudden touches when he was sick. He was pretty sure Gus didn’t do that, but better safe than sorry. When Gus nodded, he gently put his hand on his forehead. Gus flinched, then leaned into the touch slightly. He was burning up.

Matt stood up. “Alright, you are getting to bed, and then I’m getting you something hot to drink.”

“No!” Gus shot to his feet. “Not the bed! I don’t want to be alone!”

“Well you need to lie down somewhere!” Matt protested. He looked around. “Ok, how about the couch? I can make us some boiled bile and then sit down with you.”

Gus mumbled something.

“What’d you say?”

“—ounds… fine,” Gus got out, then collapsed to the ground.

Matt sighed. Of course he passed out. Why would his job ever be easy? Still, at least this meant he couldn’t protest the couch. With a bit of effort, he got his hands under Gus’s arms, and dragged him over to the couch, then — lifting with his knees like he’d learned in class — heaved him up onto the cushion. As he draped a nearby blanket over him, Gus sighed happily in his sleep.

Next step: boiled bile. As Matt rummaged around the kitchen trying to find all the ingredients, his mind was elsewhere. What did Gus mean with all that kissing talk? He wanted to kiss Matt? But also didn’t? Did that mean Gus... liked him? His ears flicked happily at that thought. He flushed and held them still. What was that supposed to mean? Did he like Gus too? Why was he so happy that GUs might like him?

...But wait, Gus was sick. That might’ve just been delirious rambling. And Gus did say he didn’t want to kiss Matt. Maybe—

Before Matt could think any further, he heard quiet whimpering from the other room. He started the kettle boiling, then went over to investigate. Gus was tossing and turning in his sleep. Fuck. Okay, first things first. Start the drinks.

Matt walked quickly back to the kitchen and started the kettle. Then he walked hurriedly back and shook Gus awake. “Hey dweeb, wake up!”

Gus shot bolt upright and Matt dodged back to avoid getting his head whacked. “Dad, Mom’s—” Gus paused mid shout, looking around bewilderedly. “Wait, what? Where?”

“Hey, calm down. It was just a nightmare,” Matt reassured him. “Will you be fine for a couple minutes? I need to get the boiling bile.”

Gus just shook his head. “Don’t leave. The nightmares…” A tear trickled down his cheek.

With a sigh, Matt gave in and sat down next to him. The drinks weren’t that important anyways. They sat like that for a few minutes in silence. Matt was very conscious of Gus’ hand next to his, especially considering what Gus had said earlier. Maybe he should offer to hold hands. As a comfort thing, of course. Gus was in need of comforting right now, after all. He took a deep breath.

“So, uh, Gus,” He began, throwing together words in his head to try and make a phrase resembling an offering to hold hands without making it obvious he had a crush. “What are your opinions on, uh, expressions of physical affection?” Shit.

Gus blinked. “Well, since you ask, I think kisses are weird. You just shove your mouths together? What?” Warming up to the topic, he started gesticulating wildly. “Especially if you use tongue, because apparently that’s a thing? Like, excuse me? Your tongue belongs in your own mouth, not someone else’s.” He paused. “Though I can make an exception for just tiny kisses. Like, just a touch of the lips is fine. Why do you ask?”

“I…” Mattholomule wasn’t sure what to say to that. Maybe the sickness was playing a role, because he definitely hadn’t expected a rant. Though to be fair, he had asked. Speaking of which. “I just wanted to know if you wanted to hold hands.”

“Oh.” Gus blushed. “Yeah.”

He reached out, and Matt took his hand. It was hot, but… it felt nice.

“Goodnight, Matt.” Gus leaned over onto Matt’s shoulder and closed his eyes.

“Oh. Goodnight,” Matt replied. His eyes were starting to get heavy, but maybe he’d just spend a little bit more time awake. Just in case Gus had another nightmare. Yeah.

~~

When Perry came home from work the next morning, he found the two boys fast asleep on the couch, each leaning on the other. He shook his head and smiled fondly.

“Ah, young love.”

[littlemisssquiggles]

So…about Steve from the Owl House…

I didn’t have to make a post talking about this little development from today’s TOH  episode but me being me, it should be no surprise to myself that I want to talk about this as its own separate thing.

That being said, I think it should honestly be a crime in itself that Belos forced such a fine-looking young gentlemen such as Steve to hide such a wholesomely handsome mug behind a pigeon mask this entire time.

Dana and the TOH team did not NEED to make Steve this cute but dagnabbit, they done and did it! And for that, this squiggle meister says both “How f***ibg dare you!” and “Thank you!”’ not necessarily in that same order.

It should be a CRIME, I say. Steve is a cute patootie! How dare you Owl House team! My heart was not prepared for this. He is so adorable! His sweet baby face actually matches his sweet baby personality! I mean look at this sweetheart! 

Giving us another reason to love Steve because as I’ll say again, he is CUTE AS CRAP! 

I mean look at him!

I just...DANA WHHHHHHY...I already have Hunter, I didn’t need another son...

“…I don’t want people to see me as a big, scary monster anymore…” “Me neither.”

First of all Steve-y m’boi, I for one have never EVER, not once in the history of this show for as long as you were on screen, saw you as a monster. Like NEVER. In fact you were the one scout that I genuinely liked after Hunter.

Seriously guys, protect him! Protect that precious smile! No seriously, PROTECT HIM! He is going to die soon in the show!!!!!

I also didn’t expect Steve to be this…old, to be honest. I mean if I had to guess, I’d say Steve is probably in his early 30s? While he may definitely be older than Luz and Hunter who are just teenagers, he’s definitely younger than Eda, Rayne and even Darius.

I’m also worried about Steve since…if he’s a part of the Emperor’s Coven then this also means that he’s been branded with a sigil too which means his life is potentially on the line as well for the Day of Unity unless the C.A.T.T.s (Loved that name reveal scene btw. Rayne is just so extra and Darius’ reaction is just the best) discover away to reverse/remove the sigil magic.

As an additional note on a completely different subject, am I the only one who also thinks that Steve may be related to Mattholomule?

Since it was mentioned in a previous episode that Matty has an older brother, I’m starting to wonder if that older bro he was alluding to was Steve? Minus the very prominent left horn on his forehead (wasn’t expecting Steve to be part Demon either), Steve bares quite the resemblance to Matt. I mean I can’t be the only one who thinks this, right?

Steve could very easily pass for an older Matty. Plus I love the irony of Steve being the wholesome and light-hearted older brother why Matty is the more serious, bratty “jerk” of a little brother.

And if Steve is Matty’s brother, it could also potentially explain why he made him endure noogies in exchange for a map. Giving noogies to your younger sibling just sounds like a playful big-brother thing to do and I can imagine even wholesome Steve acting like a “jerk” towards his “jerk” baby brother as a way of playfully messing with him. Y’know giving Matty a taste of his own medicine type of deal while still loving him as family all the same.

Yeah, that makes sense. But like I said, this is just a thought. Again, I could be very much wrong about Steve being related to Matty. But nevertheless, I’ll treat it as a fun little TOH headcanon until proven otherwise since…I honestly cannot unsee the resemblance now.

~LittleMissSquiggles (2022)

[sleepingdeath-light]

Alrighty, do you think maybe you could do a drabble or anything you'd like about Mattholomule with a gn reader? Reader is a sweetheart and loves physical affection/contact but would also happily throw hands(and win tbh) with Bria/Boscha? They're just kind of overprotective and enjoy loving on him

Fluff Drabble | Mattholomule

thank you for requesting, anon!

word count : 739

reader uses they/them pronouns

note : I couldn’t find any clips of this character, so I’m basing all of this off of what I can find on the wiki.

Today had been an especially difficult day - seemingly dragging on for longer than it had any right to be, at least in his mind. It started off with him stuttering during his exam, just barely managing to calm his nerves enough to pass (warning the mockery of his peers); then he was sentenced to detention for something he didn't even do - the perpetrator blaming him and the teacher not even questioning it because of his reputation and punishing him despite his protests. And to top it all off, his partner-in-crime had been absent all day due to an injured ankle, meaning that he'd had to deal with the likes Boscha and company on his own (something that he was more than capable of but that felt wrong regardless as they were always there to jump to his defence).

But as the final bell rang, Mattholomule was met with a wave of relief; his punishment wasn't until tomorrow, so he could finally leave this Titan-damned establishment and go somewhere - anywhere - else. And, naturally, the first place that came to mind was his partner's home, a decent jog away (and a journey that he had made many, many times before).

So, off he went - his demeanour quiet and downtrodden as he made that all too familiar trip through the streets of Bonesborough.

—

By the time he arrived at their front door, the blazing sun had just started to set - the sky alight with bloody reds that were slowly fading into misty, total blues (surely it hadn't been that long, right?). He stilled for several moments, just staring at their house and trying to steady his nerves before finally regaining his composure and harshly knocking on the door.

"Hey honey," they greeted warmly, offering a loving embrace that he quickly leaned in to, "how was school?" He didn't respond verbally, instead opting to pull them closer and busy his face in the crook of their neck, mumbling quietly as he did so - a gesture that made them smile to themselves. "You don't need to talk about it if you don't want to... let's get inside, it looks like it's gonna rain."

That got more of a response out of him as he nodded quietly and squeezing them tightly for a few beats before letting go and following them inside; flushing a pale pink when he noticed that same affectionate glimmer in their eyes as they smiled sweetly at him. No matter how long they'd been together it seemed as though he'd never truly grow accustomed to the unconditional adoration and kindness they showed him.

“Honey? Matt?” Their sweet voice coaxed him out of his thoughts and he quickly returned to his usual confident demeanour, pulling them close by their waist and pressing a chaste kiss to their lips before smiling crookedly (down/up/across) at them.

“Let’s stop talking about me… how was your day, angel?”

They scrunched up their nose slightly at that, not fully believing him before they started responding - slow and cautious at first, slowly getting more comfortable in what they were saying as they swayed to-and-fro in his arms.

“It was okay - well, as okay as it could have been, I suppose.” (Y/n) giggled quietly as they leaned in to press a gentle kiss to the tip of his nose. “It’s a lot better now that you’re here, my love.”

“You really like to flatter me, don’t you angel?” He laughed quietly, desperately hoping that they didn’t notice the heat rushing to his cheeks at the affection they showed him.

“It’s not flattery if it’s true, Matt!” They insisted with a huff, wrapping their arms around his shoulders loosely. “You always deflect like this; did someone say something today?” Their statement was punctuated by a gasp as they suddenly pulled away and looked up at him with a mixture of fieriness and anger in their eyes as they continued. “Oh I bet it was Boscha, wasn’t it? I swear… the moment I see her I’m gonna-”

As they ranted on, Mattholomule couldn’t help himself but smile - a gesture that reached his eyes as he admired the passion they had for defending him. It reminded him that it was all worth it: all of the teasing remarks, the long walks and the affection that left him unable to speak, all of it was for them.

And he wouldn’t have it any other way.