#Emperor || Belos Verse

[amischiefofmuses]

Emperor Belos || Open Starter || Mutuals Only

perfect for human ocs/canons not from the owl house

The Boiling Isles is a place of chaos, he knows that more than anyone but none of that chaos is unexpected. Magic has rules, afterall and he has studied them religiously. Mastered them. There's little that happens in this particular realm that warrants more than a well-placed order, he barely has to lift a finger to manage it all. Which is why it's so startling to hear of another Human in the boiling isles. They had been spotted in Latissa and collected up by the guards- their assumption being that they were the Owl Lady's little apprentice. It's a little surprising when the Human led into the hall is not Luz Noceda, his brows raising under his mask as he looks upon this completely new face. Maybe there's more Titan's blood to be had afterall if the realms still bleed between eachother like this. It's in his best interest to play nice, an ally in all of this would be ideal. -- ❝It isn't often we get Humans here, you know- I apologize for the unpleasant welcome from my guards. Who are you, exactly? And how did you get here?❞

[artificialalienn]

Hands you this foul creature

[multiversal-fusion-reborn]

"Alright, tell me which one of my kids it was so I know who’s allowance to raise."

Eda, after hearing how one of her kids caused trouble for Emperor Belos and The Gray Horde.

[stardustedstories]

@missallanea asked:

There's a quiet, CHILDISH humming through the unoccupied space buried so deep beneath the castle halls. Shadows twist across the walls, manifesting into the only visage that he was able to take from within their prison. If his humming is bothering the only playmate they have, Philip was keeping it carefully concealed away — much like the rest of him, behind that mask of his.

"Y'know, now that I'm thinking about it... I think all your time wearing that demon mask makes this history's looongest game of dress-up. Aren't you bored with it yet?"

There's something so childish about the Collector, despite the fact that he was immensely powerful. Philip found himself wondering how old the being would be considered among his peers. Was he still a child? Did such beings have a concept of age or were the rest of them like this, forever wanting to play games and have fun? And how much longer could he continue to string the being along, offering him empty promises he never intended to keep?

At least a while longer, it seemed, if the humming coming from the shadows is any indication. For if the Collector did not intend to continue playing Philip's games, he would have simply fallen silent. But Philip has come to realize that he craved companionship and fun more than just about anything else. And as long as he indulged in those whims from time to time, he could placate the creature within the tablet. After all, they had to complete the Draining Spell in order for him to free the Collector.

Or so Philip had told him. While it was true to a certain extent (he would need the power from the Draining Spell in order to free the Collector without Titan's Blood), he had no intention of following through with that plan, certainly not when the Collector could take everything away from him, everything he'd worked so hard for, with a mere snap of his fingers.

Philip had worked too hard, done too much to let it be taken away from him, especially when he was so close to finishing what he'd started so long ago.

He looked up at the Collector's voice, lifting a hand to take off the mask, so he could offer the child-shaped shadow something of a smile.

"Oh, I don't know, Collector," he started, keeping his tone mild, warm, as though he was truly considering an answer to his question. "Disguises can be quite fun, after all. There are all sorts of games in the Human Realm that involve disguises, you know." Because if there was anything that could distract the Collector, it was the mention of a new game.

[imperatorisaureinova]

VERSE POST: Will be ocassionaly reblogged if I add any verses but for now these are it

A time of innocence- Child Philip

Philip in his childhood years, just a lil muffin

Something lost something gained - Young Philip/EAE Philip

Philp between his time as a witch hunter in gravesfield to a bearded caveman in the demon realm The grand scheme of things- Preacher Belos Philip as he preaches about the coven system to the islands Ruling with an iron grip- Emperor Belos Emperor Belos, self explanitory The fall - Post DOU (Not cannon) Philip after the failed draining spell, reason it's not canon is because I've yet to think how to incoperate season 3 into my au, while I will be doing rps in this verse they won't be canon to the main verse if that makes sense Grisly reminder - Ghost!Philip A verse where Philip at some point died and is now a ghost, the parasite that was housed in his body either died or for anyone who'd like to interact with a cursed Hunter (or be a cursed Hunter) then the parasite will have moved to him instead, do make it clear if you'd like any starters from this verse please! Together once more - SPOILERS Grimlip Rather than the final grimwalker falling appart, Philip uses it, in a sense reuiniting him with Caleb as he so desired.

The beast of gravesfield/Philip snaps - Werewolf/Werebeast Philip/Belos au

Based on the movie Ginger snaps initially, has the brothers in modern day gravesfield but some variations can be had. Either case Philip is a werewolf/werebeast

[marcmarcmomarc]

Three seconds later:

POV you’re Belos and you just walked back through the portal

[goldenbeastkeeper]

Valor didn't like going into town. He'd avoided it whenever possible, but unfortunately he was the only one available to go out today, and they needed the ingredients to make some healing potions tonight for someone who was to pick them up tomorrow.

So he'd donned his fire bee mask and his cloak to conceal his identity and flew out to Bonesborough.

He naturally gravitated towards the least crowded areas of the marketplace, where there'd be less of a likelihood of getting accidentally brushed by strangers just trying to get passed. And there he cast his gaze around the place. Now, where was the shop . . . ?

But rather than the shop, it was something else that caught his attention.

[crimeronan]

I did the equivalent of mentally rising from my bed like a vampire rising from their coffin yesterday as I was trying to sleep as a thought struck me; There's a high chance there's a verse of the PrincessLuz AU where Belos *doesn't* kick the bucket early or pre-story start, and for Reasons Luz and Hunter has to make a run for it from the castle (Belos is about to kill Hunter and Luz gets a good hit in before they book it. Or Hunter walks in on the Nightmare Dinner Scene and they make a run for it. Many options.) and Belos proceeds to spin a heartwrenching, complete bullshit lie how the Golden Guard has lost it and abducted his beloved daughter and who knows what he will do to her. Not directly stated but highly implied that Hunter is now Kill On Sight.

Meanwhile Amity, at undecided rate of knowing Luz+Hunter well but knowing Hunter would rather break his own bones than purposefully make even a scratch on Luz, is watching this all unfold like "uuuuhhh, Doubt™". And if she has the luck of running into them, well she can't kill Hunter! For reasons. And Luz seems to really not want to go back. Maybe one of the scouts she's with is about to hit Hunter and she just- moves without thinking. Knocks the fucker out and oh that sure is a choice she can't take back. Fuck guess she's a deserter now.

At the castle we have the separate but synchronised freaking out of Darius, Raine, and Lilith, who are Losing Their Minds over them being out there and actively being hunted down to be brought back to the saw trap that is the Emperor's Castle. Possible team-up after Darius and Raine see how hard Lilith is spiralling and she lets something slip?? But also laughing over the possibility of Lilith swallowing her pride and going to Eda for help. Maybe with some pressure from Darius and Raine. Eda opening the door to three Coven Heads, one being her estranged sister and one her ex, and she wonders if the appleblood she had yesterday was spiked with something.

MMM YES YES YES EXCELLENT CONCEPTS. poor amity rapid-cycling between "luz is clearly fucking Terrified of belos and i'll be damned if i drag Anybody back to their abusive parent" and "oh titan. i just chose HUNTER over LILITH".... poor girl. im love her.

a while back there was a timeline where luz hunter and vee ran away several years pre-fic-canon... i could see events unfolding here similarly. "okay, we'll be found on the isles, we either have to sneak through the castle portal or eda clawthorne's portal so we can hide out in the human world" <-three people who don't realize Just How Out-Of-Place a group of scruffy obviously unhoused teens will be in suburban connecticut.

[amischiefofmuses]

Emperor Belos Starter Call

LIKE for a random starter or REPLY if you want me to jump into DMs to plot!

[stardustedstories]

The eyes that peer out from the bard's familiar face are not theirs. They are cruel and blue, full of contempt, full of malice. And the puppeteer currently in control of them had known full well what he was doing in choosing such a vessel. Not only was Raine a powerful witch in their own right, even among the other coven heads, but using them against the others, especially the Owl Lady….., well that was an opportunity Belos hadn't been able to pass up.

And sure enough, the moment she sees the bard, the moment their voice says the words that Belos wants, Edalyn Clawthorne, who never froze in the face of any of the Coven guards that had been after her for years, freezes.

Belos watches, a cruel smirk on Raine's face as their body stands fully upright, looking down at Eda, despite the difference in their heights.

"What's the matter, Owl Lady?" Raine's voice comes again, and it is dripping with venom. "Having trouble telling friend from foe?" There's a pause, and after a moment, Raine's voice is filled with mock-surprise. "Oh. I mean something to you, don't I?" The choice of words is deliberate, reminding Eda just who she's dealing with, even though their actions are not their own.

But Raine has never been one to just sit back and let life happen to them, and they're certainly not going to just allow their body to be used, especially not to hurt Eda.

They push back against Belos in their mind, golden light shimmering at their fingertips in the inside of their mind. Belos may have chosen them for their power, but he had miscalculated if he thought that having control of their body meant control of their magic.

And even if it's only for a moment, the hateful expression on their face shifts into one of intense concentration, even as their body seems to shake for a moment.

"Eda," they gasp out, fighting back, "Get out of here. Go. Run!" She needed to leave them behind, needed to save herself and her kids. They weren't gonna give up, but they would not be responsible for hurting her. That was not happening.

@stardustedstories : ❛ you're gonna pay for what you did to me. ❜ [posessed!Raine to Eda because I like pain]

For a moment, she can't breathe.

She can't breathe because it's Raine — but it's not. Because they're so close and they're okay, they're alright, but those eyes aren't their own. Not once has she ever seen Raine look at anyone, anything with such hatred. Even when they were trying. Even when they were doing everything in their power to convince her that they hated her, fought against her, they couldn't summon an ounce of hate to their eyes.

But it's there now, and it's familiar, and it's twisted.

It's them but it isn't, and what can she possibly do but to stare back at them? Whatever strength she has, it falters in that moment : all of the bluster and thunder that so often made up the Owl Lady lost when it was them she was expected to face off against.

"Raine..." It's their name that falls from her lips, even though she knows perfectly well it isn't them. Or, it isn't all them. "...don't make me do this."

random dialogue sentence starters

[kindestegg]

Collector, Hunter and Caleb: On cycles of violence

Baby titans. Flapjack. Evelyn. What do they all have in common?

If you guessed "they were key components in making a character question what they've been told and pursue a new life, kickstarting major events", you're correct!

Hi, I'm Romeo the local Collector obsessed TOH fan!! And I REALLY need to talk about how Collector's backstory parallels Hunter's and Caleb's. Like I REALLY REALLY do.

Just as a quick disclaimer, if you're still feeling lost on Collector's backstory, I made a quick write up of my analysis for it here.

Now, if you're up to speed, we can start talking about the parallels. You see, I feel Collector's backstory is so fascinating because it really solidifies one of the recurring themes of The Owl House: cycles of violence.

Specifically, I want to talk about cycles of violence that aren't easily changed or broken. Societal ones, ones that worm themselves into the very norms of conduct that inform a certain people's behavior.

For Caleb, that was being a witch hunter, something that not only do we know was part of the local culture of Gravesfield back when he and Philip came to it, but that also apparently by Philip's memories, was even something he looked forward to.

I'm not going to get into how this ties into historical, real life witch hunting, because I feel it's hardly appropriate I, as someone who's not that well versed on such history, go into it in a theory post about a Disney cartoon.

But even in this fantasy world, the fact of that matter is that this witch hunting was enacting a system of organized violence. Children were brought up since early on to act out witch hunts, to understand witches were enemies and should be hunted. The othering of witches, the insistence of them as monstrous and inhuman. All this must have led to the witch hunting culture of Gravesfield.

And Caleb and Philip were deep in it.

Now, we know how the story goes. Both brothers go to the demon realm, meet a witch. Caleb gives it all an earnest chance, resolves himself to learn about how witches really are, and humanizes them, even possibly falling in love with a witch, who we now know as Evelyn. Philip despises it all from the start, refuses to ever see the place as anything but damned and monstrous.

From this, Caleb and Philip become symbols of opposing forces: That of change, a break in the status quo, a shining light of questioning why things are and calling for peace VS That of tradition, the desperate want to keep the cycle going, inability to envision anything different than has ever been, to question the old teachings.

Each fought for what they believed in. But Caleb lost and the cycle continued, evolved.

In the real world it is much of the same. Change happens gradually, but even when it does, the cycle does not break easily, it evolves into something else.

Philip's hunt turns to the entirety of the Boiling Isles. He creates the Coven System, to get rid of all witches, yes, but also to keep them easier to control, predictable. He becomes Emperor, and now there is a new system of control, a new cycle of violence.

The Emperor's Coven is suspiciously the only one allowed to use all kinds of magic, a way to assert this authority as well as making recruiting Coven Scouts easier. Witches who do not conform to the system are captured and petrified en masse, the Coven Scouts ensure all witches and demons must fall in line, or else. The parallels to our world and state forces used to control the population is not something that goes unnoticed.

Hunter is part of the Emperor's Coven, too. He's placed as the Golden Guard, the most important symbol of the Emperor's Coven, a substitute for Lilith once she reforms. As such, Hunter too starts out by enforcing a system of violence, just as Caleb did before.

The cycle even more glaringly becomes a cycle now, as Belos literally keeps making grimwalkers and restarting the cycle of the golden guard. Belos enforces the cycle of violence, and hopes this "new Caleb" will do it too, and every time he attempts to break it, Belos breaks him first. In a way, there are two cycles of violence at play: that of which is systemically mantained over the Isles, and that of which Belos mantains over Hunter and every other grimwalker he's made.

Hunter, of course, eventually defects as well. He meets Luz, Flapjack, and then Willow and Gus and when he knows it, he's got a whole lot of people he cares about and that care about him. And he becomes a little less willing to carry out the system of violence he was placed in every day. Until he defects for good.

So the cycle breaks once more, but this time, Belos doesn't catch up to him, at least not yet. In the present, Hunter is still surrounded by friends and a loving mother figure. He was part of breaking the cycle, of at least helping stop the Day of Unity. Change is starting.

So where does Collector fit into all of this? Well I'd first like to address the elephant in the room. For a character whose backstory also involves breaking cycles of violence he sure was aiding in one, by giving Belos the draining spell and encouraging the creation of the coven system. But that's just another aspect of cycles of violence.

Because cycles of violence don't just imply systemic violence or even violence perpetrated through constant abuse. But also, the cyclical nature of violence. The ability that someone who has grown up with violence normalized and has had violence done unto them can then channel that into violence towards others.

Now, before I am misinterpreted, I'd like to make some things clear: One, I am not of the simple opinion that "abused people turn into abusers", that is an ugly myth. Two, I have been a victim of abuse myself, and am a psychology graduate. I feel confident speaking with authority about this subject. Third, there is a difference between the psychological concept of generational trauma and internalized violence and the idea that being abused will turn someone violent.

What I am implying here is that Collector's behavior of dismissing both the violence done unto the grimwalkers, as well as towards the victims of the draining spell is something that he has learned and internalized as normal due to his life experiences.

Recall if you will that Collector is a member of an alien species that has a high disregard for life. In the same breath that they will say they preserve creatures to study them, they will also attempt to destroy all that opposes them. Collector grew up with this violence being seen as normal. He was brought to meet the titan trappers and taught to wear the titan skulls, following in his family's footsteps.

But... just like Caleb and Hunter before them, they saw a different path they could take when it came to the titans. A way to approach them without violence. They gained an interest for titans, just like Hunter with wild magic, just like Caleb with the demon realm.

Once left alone to do so, they approached the titans, specifically young ones, close to their age. They played and maybe even learned some of their favorite games for the first time there.

They also became horribly traumatized.

Both Caleb and Hunter have suffered greatly as a consequence for their defiance. No system of violence lets itself be broken peacefully. Caleb had his life taken, so did all the grimwalkers. Hunter, while having escaped with a good support system, lost Flapjack.

For Collector, that came in the form of having to watch all the remaining titans he had so happily introduced himself to play with get killed off by his own family. We do not know the full logic of how or why his family did this, but we know it was brutal and we know the end result: King's egg alone and Collector in the disc, imprisoned for centuries.

Collector is a child, and if there was still any doubt in any fan's mind of this, For the Future stomped it out for good. Collector was a child when he had to watch his family kill off his new friends. He was a child when King's Father, likely in the middle of these attacks and motivated by it, sealed him away. He remained in stasis for centuries during this imprisonment.

I can only imagine that would really mess up any kid up. And through that, I think we can begin to understand what the mindset was for Collector when he took Philip up on his offer.

I've seen people be surprised by how friendly and childlike Collector acted in this latest episode when compared to his previous appearances in season 2, and I think we need to remember that Collector was in a much different condition back then. He had lost everything he cared about, got stuck in a prison for centuries with no one to talk to and no hope of anyone ever finding him, and when someone did find him, it was Philip fucking Wittebane.

And something I think most of us have already clocked about Philip is that he prefers the people he collaborates with to be vulnerable. Someone he can easily control, usually through their emotions and attachments.

We see this in Elsewhere and Elsewhen with his tendency to praise and lead Lilith and Luz on to get what he wants, knowing they need something out of this and are desperate.

We see this with Lilith, whom he uses the guilt of her sister being cursed to make her follow his every command and not question his rules.

We see this with every grimwalker including Hunter as they're told he was the one who "saved them and took them in".

We see this with Luz and how he leads her thoughts around in Hollow Mind to twist it in how she helped him unwittingly before.

And though his relationship with Kikimora and her schemes is more of an odd one, with him mostly paying her no mind, Follies at the Coven Day Parade at the very least touched on the fact her mental health at the Emperor's Coven is not doing well. She's also desperate for something and being led around by Belos' promises, even if that thing she's desperate for is... power. But er, we love an evil girlboss.

Look, what I'm trying to say is that Philip saw a child that had been horribly traumatized from seeing his friends die and then getting stuck in fantasy perpetual prison for centuries with no enrichment, no one to talk to, just eternal loneliness and sadness and he absolutely took advantage of it.

He used every single part of Collector's broken psyche to his advantage, including possibly withholding his freedom to interact with the outside world through the disc, shutting him up and cutting his vision whenever he might have wanted to.

And Collector, having grown up in an environment that encouraged killing everything in your way if necessary, having nothing else to lose because everything he could have cared about not killing was to his knowledge gone...

Absolutely took him up on the offer. And so, the cycle of violence is mantained, the one who had to witness such violence, unable to stop it, now carries out the same type of violence against others. Out of anger, maybe, but mostly out of desperation. For Collector, there's nothing left to do but do what Belos says, otherwise it's back to loneliness and darkness. And if Belos says "kill every last witch and demon in the Boiling Isles", he'll get that.

Collector's glee in this is not something that can be excused, however. It must be examined through the lens of understanding this is a bad thing, that this is a case study in how children internalize violence and learn to be not only compliant to it, but also even revel in it. He's gone from victim to perpetrator. Not because of any of the abuse or trauma he faced, but because of his environment creating the perfect conditions for it.

But that's when our heroes come in. The cycle of violence did not complete itself. The draining spell was stopped. And the way it was stopped is also incredibly powerful in its symbolism.

Because it was King who went out of his way to contact Collector and who freed him. King, a titan, the last of a species that was at war with the collectors, now extended a hand for our Collector to be free. Despite everything indicating that they should not find each other, should not be together, they came together to stop the Day of Unity.

In the Day of Unity being stopped by the Collector, so another cycle of violence is broken: that of titans and collectors being at odds with each other. In them is represented the hope for the future: two children who are free of the anger their species would hold for one another, now united in their wish for a better future.

When King decides Collector shouldn't be imprisoned again and insists to Lilith and Eda that they let him talk to them peacefully, that's him taking a step to break the cycle of violence. When King says "it didn't work" he's not just talking about the fact Collector could go free. He's talking about the fact imprisoning Collector was a violence done unto him that only brought about more danger and more violence, did not teach him anything, and doing so again could risk worse things to come.

When he says "it's worth a shot if no more people get hurt" he includes everyone in that equation. He includes Collector. And that's breaking the cycle of violence.

In a way, you could say if Belos and Collector's arcs as villains are both about stopping cycles of violence in different ways.

With Belos, he has spiraled down so deeply he has become the cycle itself, eating everything in the way and infecting everything, unable to live on without creating more violence onto others, and so he must be stopped by force if necessary. In this, The Owl House doesn't shy away from the fact that in the real world, sometimes you need to fight back, you cannot resolve everything peacefully, and breaking the cycle will involve hurting someone before they hurt more people.

But with Collector, another side is shown, one that reminds us that we must have nuance, and sometimes, we will be faced with the difficult reality that those doing violence unto others are also people who are hurting, who are lonely, who are sad. Specially children who have grown in environments where violence and prejudice was normalized. Sometimes children will be violent, will be bigoted, will repeat every little horrible thing the adults in their lives taught them. But they're still children. And they still deserve a chance to learn and a chance to grow.

It's about recognizing the difference between a young person who genuinely wants to learn and hasn't had the opportunity to, and someone who is not interested in this. Collector's backstory tells us he does have an interest in being good, he just needs the opportunity.

Collector isn't an easy character to approach like Hunter or Caleb. They do not have the benefit of starting off the narrative dead and buried, leaving the audience to assume mostly good things out of his deviation. Neither do they have Hunter's rebellious teenage bravado that allows him to show his defiance to Belos or his tragic fate of being a grimwalker binding him. They just are an alien child with immense power who tried once to deviate from the norm and then got the worst luck of the entire universe after them, and procceeded to become bitter and angry and absolutely sadistic afterwards.

But there's still good in them. And just like Caleb and Hunter, their efforts to break the cycle of violence they were raised in, as well as the efforts to denounce their fellow collectors will not go unnoticed.

[f-o-and-selfship-club]

NEW F/O List!!!

Romantic F/Os❤️💖

Scarecrow (Batman The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Nolanverse, Brave and The Bold, Arkhamverse, Fear State, Injustice 2, Audio Adventures, Tomorrow-Verse, Harley Quinn Series and Happy Halloween Scooby Doo)

Luigi, Bowser and Daisy (Mario)

Meta Knight (Kirby)

Mad Hatter (Batman The Animated Series)

Penguin and Ragdoll (The Batman 2004 Series)

Riddler (The Batman 2004 Series and Arkham Knight)

Joker (Batman The Animated Series and The Batman 2004 Series)

The Question and Huntress (Justice League Unlimited)

Gentleman Ghost (Justice League Unlimited and Batman - The Brave and The Bold)

Spawn (Image Comics)

Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Snork (Moomins - 1990s)

Radley Heeler and Frisky Heeler (Bluey)

Wes Weasley (Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog)

Unexplained Noises (Orion and The Dark)

Mr Shark and Diane Foxington (The Bad Guys)

Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Electro and Shocker (Spectacular Spider Man)

Bender (Futurama)

Po and Lord Shen (Kung Fu Panda)

Mr Scatterbrain (Mr Men Show)

Alastor, Zestial, Velvette and Sir Pentious (Hazbin Hotel)

Blitzø, Paimon, Asmodeus, Sallie May and Striker (Helluva Boss)

Dr Krankcase (Skylanders)

Professor Venomous (OK K.O)

Girlfriend, Chris, Nikku, Nikusa, Garcello and Tabi (Friday Night Funkin)

Taki (Friday Night Fever)

Zavok and Zazz (Sonic)

Paintbrush, Silver Spoon, Candle, MePhone4S, Bandana and Hay Bale (Inanimate Insanity)

Conch Shell and PDA (The Power of Two)

Needle, Pen, Donut and Tennis Ball (Battle For Dream Island)

Six, Lollipop and Gaty (Battle For BFB)

Thrax (Osmosis Jones)

Amadeus Wolfgeist, Hellen Gravely and Morty (Luigi's Mansion)

Scar and Lex Woods (Alien Vs Predator)

Vex (Sackboy - A Big Adventure)

Sideshow Bob, Ned Flanders, Moe Syzlack and Waylon Smithers (The Simpsons)

Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)

Fred Jones (Scooby Doo)

The Earl and The DangerGrid of Doom (Skatoony)

Monica (Oggy and The Cockroaches)

Black Hat (Villainous)

Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)

Maleficent (Disney's Sleeping Beauty)

Captain Hook (Disney's Peter Pan)

Hades (Disney's Hercules)

Katz, Freaky Fred and Computer (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Espresso Cookie, Clover Cookie and Frost Queen Cookie (Cookie Run - Kingdom)

Rainbow Dash, Princess Cadence, Discord, Cheese Sandwich, Trenderhoof, Pinkie Pie and Tree Hugger (My Little Pony)

Fear (Inside Out)

Eddie Brock/Venom (Venom)

The Mole (Happy Tree Friends)

Goofy (Disney)

Simon Belmont (Captain N The Game Master)

Izzy, Chris McLean, Mike/Svetlana/Manitoba Smith/Mal and Zoey (Total Drama)

Nordic Bunny (Shred Force)

Mr Puzzles (SMG4)

Mario.EXE (Mario's Madness)

MX (Mario 85 and Mario's Madness)

Dr Nefarious and Emperor Nefarious (Ratchet and Clank)

Claude Frollo and Esmeralda (Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Ales Mansay and Mr Dark (Rayman)

Ramon/Rayman (Captain Laserhawk)

Midnite and Edge (Mario + Rabbids)

Darkwing Duck, QuackerJack and Negaduck (Darkwing Duck)

Sniper, Medic and Spy (Team Fortress 2)

Right Hand Man (Henry Stickmin)

Sasha Waybright (Amphibia)

Wally Darling (Welcome Home)

Caine (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Dr Strangeglove and Luvli (Moshi Monsters)

NOS-4-A2, Zurg and Ty Parsec (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)

Emperor Belos and Raine Whispers (Owl House)

Devil, King Dice and Baroness Von Bon Bon (Cuphead Show)

Elvira (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Happy Halloween Scooby Doo)

Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal TV series)

Suki (Avatar - The Last Airbender)

[Queerplatonic]����💚

Maud Pie (My Little Pony)

Rattlesnake Jake (Rango)

Ford Pines (Gravity Falls)

Trenderman (Creepypasta)

Gaston (Disney's Beauty and the Beast)

Toffee (Star VS The Forces of Evil)

Rita (Flushed Away)

Blaze, Espio and Tangle (Sonic)

[Crushes]🌸

Pinstripe Potoroo (Crash Bandicoot)

Tawna Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot 4 - It's About Time)

Kasane Teto (Vocaloid and UTAU)

Rango and Beans (Rango)

Peppino Spaghetti (Pizza Tower)

Nasira (Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge)

Anxiety (Inside Out)

Gia (Madagascar)

Platonic F/Os💛🌹

Kuromi and Cinnamoroll (Sanrio)

Moony (ENA)

Henry Stickmin, Ellie Rose, Reginald Copperbottom and Sven Svensson (Henry Stickmin)

Dr Flug and White Hat (Villainous)

Benrey (Half Life VR)

Boyfriend, Carol, Annie, Pom Pom and Ash (Friday Night Funkin)

Edd, Eduardo and Zanta Claws (Eddsworld)

Ell (Ellsworld)

Rayman (Rayman and Animated Series)

Globox, Grand Minimus and Teensies (Rayman)

Betina (Rayman the Animated Series)

Flynn, Cali, Hugo, Tessa, Eye Brawl, Chop Chop and Wrecking Ball (Skylanders)

Bambi and Faline (Disney's Bambi)

SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks and Karen Plankton (SpongeBob)

Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer)

Poppet, Zommer and Katsuma (Moshi Monsters)

Wall-E, EVE and M-O (Wall-E)

Charlie Morningstar, Angel Dust, Vaggie, Nifty and Vox (Hazbin Hotel)

Bunny, Kitty, Shirley the Medium, Cajun Fox and Black Puddle Queen (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia)

Red Action (OK K.O)

Cream Puff Cookie, Strawberry Crepe Cookie and Cherry Blossom Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Rocko Rama and Filburt Shellbach (Rocko's Modern Life)

Maria (Unicorn Wars)

Luca Paguro (Luca)

Curse Of X, Lord X and NormalCD (VS Sonic.EXE)

Bubble, Ice Cube and Pin (Battle For Dream Island)

Four, Eight, Nine, Ten, Fourteen, Five and Two (Battle for BFB)

Iscream, Fwench Fwy and Cofi (Chikn Nuggit)

Freckles and Rocky (Lackadaisy)

Alex, Marty and Vitaly (Madagascar)

Charlie Dompler and Pim Pimling (Smiling Friends)

Mario, Peach, Wario and Toad (Mario)

Sonic, Amy Rose, Vector and Chip (Sonic)

Knuckles (Sonic Movie)

Po, Laa-Laa, Tinky Winky and Dipsy (Teletubbies)

Alice (Batman The Animated Series)

Donutella (Donutella)

Bianca (Pokémon)

Nazz (Ed, Edd N Eddy)

Oggy and Marky (Oggy and The Cockroaches)

Verosika Mayday, Collin, Vortex and Queen Bee-Zlebub (Helluva Boss)

Pomni and Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Gus Porter and Hunter (Owl House)

N-Gin, Small Norm, Big Norm, Komodo Joe and Komodo Moe (Crash Bandicoot)

GB (Mario's Madness)

Bullfrog (Captain Laserhawk)

Bubble (Fundamental Paper Education)

Glendale (Centaurworld)

Vanity Smurf (Smurfs)

Bernie and Marina (Zig and Sharko)

Flaky (Happy Tree Friends)

Snorky, Fleegle, Drooper and Bingo (The Banana Splits)

Karen, Axol and SMG3 (SMG4)

Familial F/Os💙🍒

[Parents]🍁

Bandit Heeler, Chilli Heeler, Calypso, Pat and Brandy Heeler (Bluey)

Eda Clawthorne, Lilith Clawthorne, Darius Deamone and Camila Noceda (Owl House)

Millie, Moxxie and Stolas (Helluva Boss)

Lucifer Morningstar, Rosie, Carmilla Carmine and Husk (Hazbin Hotel)

Jack Skellington and Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Moominpappa and Moominmamma (Moomin)

Mama White and Papa White (Sanrio)

Victor, Laverne and Archdeacon (Disney's Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

King Andrias and Lady Olivia (Amphibia)

Lila and John (Spooky Month)

Wallace, Lady Tottington and Wendolene Ramsbottom (Wallace and Gromit)

Muriel Bagge (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Yor Forger and Loid Forger (Spy X Family)

Solazar, Ruv, Sarvente and Dr Springheel (Friday Night Funkin)

Alice (Pokémon - Rise of Darkrai)

Count Bleck and Tippi (Super Paper Mario)

Tankman and Steve (Tankmen)

King Boo and Rosalina (Mario)

Dr Eggman and Vanilla (Sonic)

Optimus Prime (Transformers)

Ventriloquist and Scarface (Batman The Animated Series)

Catwoman (The Batman 2004 Series)

Connor and Lieutenant Hank Anderson (Detroit: Become Human)

Jason Voorhess and Pamela Voorhees (Friday The 13th - Original)

Ragatha and Kinger (The Amazing Digital Circus)

EteleD/Henry Morris and Corrupted Mii/Austin Sanders (Wii Deleted You)

Genie (Disney's Aladdin)

Mrs Piggy and Swedish Chef (Muppets)

Mao Mao, Badgerclops, Shin Mao and Eugene (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart)

Funella and Furgus (Furchester Hotel)

Majin Sonic (VS Sonic.EXE)

Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, Oswald The Lucky Rabbit and Ortensia the Cat (Disney)

Tom Wachowski and Maddie Wachowski (Sonic Movie)

Melman and Gloria (Madagascar)

Smee (Disney's Peter Pan)

Mona and Mike (Warioware)

Rarity, Princess Celestia and Thorax (My Little Pony)

[Siblings]🦋

Moomintroll, Snorkmaiden and Little My (Moomin)

Octavia and Loona (Helluva Boss)

Bluey Heeler, Bingo Heeler, Rusty and Mackenzie Border Collie (Bluey)

Slushi (Chikn Nuggit)

Marcy Wu/Darcy, Sprig Plantar and Polly Plantar (Amphibia)

Mabel Pines, Wendy Corduroy and Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)

Meggy Spletzer, Tari and Melony (SMG4)

Meilin Lee, Miriam Mendelsohn, Priya Mangal and Abby Park (Turning Red)

Jenny Wakeman (My Life As A Teenage Robot)

Soft Boyfriend and Soft Mouse (Friday Night Funkin - Soft)

Streber (Spooky Month)

Rabbid Rosalina (Mario + Rabbids)

Tails (Sonic)

Giulia Marcovaldo (Luca)

Selever, Rasazy, Cassette Girl, Sunday, Rascal and Hex (Friday Night Funkin)

Nezuko Komado (Demon Slayer)

Shaggy Rogers and Madelyn Dinkley (Scooby Doo)

Darrell, Shannon, Raymond, Enid and KO (OK K.O)

Dee Dee (Dexter's Laboratory)

Edd/Double D (Ed Edd n Eddy)

Olivia (Oggy and The Cockroaches)

Hilda (Hilda)

Iris (Pokémon)

Patsy Smiles (Camp Lazlo)

Noisette (Pizza Tower)

Orbulon (Warioware)

Tiana and Charlotte La Bouff (Princess and The Frog)

Loona (Helluva Boss)

Emily, Odette, Clara and Nifty (Hazbin Hotel)

Wubbzy, Widget, Walden and Daizy (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy)

Luz Noceda, Willow Park, Vee, Collector, Eberwolf and Kikimora (Owl House)

N (Murder Drones)

Zooble (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Charles Calvin (Henry Stickmin)

DogDay, CraftyCorn, Hoppy Hopscotch, KickinChicken, CatNap and Boogie Bot (Poppy Playtime)

Molly McGee and Libby Stein-Torres (Ghost and Molly McGee)

Sniffles and Lammy (Happy Tree Friends)

Toaster (The Brave Little Toaster)

Elflin (Kirby)

Phoebe (Furchester Hotel)

Gordi (Unicorn Wars)

Tord and Tom (Eddsworld)

Tamara (Ellsworld)

Mags (Skylanders)

Squid Ink Cookie, Parfait Cookie and Custard Cookie III (Cookie Run - Kingdom)

Iris (Pokémon)

Lamb and Goat (Cult of the Lamb)

Berk (The Trap Door)

Pasadena O'Possum, Lani-Loli, Crash Bandicoot and Coco Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)

[Children]🍰

Child! Blitzø, Child! Stolas, Child! Octavia, Child! Fizzarolli, Oliver and Child! Moxxie (Helluva Boss)

Pom Pom, Lila, Muffin and Socks (Bluey)

Cyan Fitzgerald (Todd McFarlane's Spawn)

Penny Crygor, Kat, Ana, Ashley and 9-Volt (Warioware)

Hello Kitty, Mimmy White, Fifi, My Melody, My Sweet Piano and Julianna Scott (Sanrio)

Eri and Kota Izumi (My Hero Academia)

Maggie Simpson (The Simpsons)

Nugget (Super Meat Boy Forever)

Anya Forger (Spy X Family)

Bubbles (Powerpuff Girls)

Adorabat (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart)

Skid, Pump and Robert (Spooky Month)

Hat Kid (A Hat In Time)

Sam (Trick R Treat)

Cream, Cheese, Orbot, Cubot, Sage and Charmy Bee (Sonic)

Kirby, Ribbon and Adeleine (Kirby)

SCP-053 and SCP-239 (SCP)

Baby Doll (Batman The Animated Series)

Cub (Happy Tree Friends)

Lazlo, Gretchen and Edward (Camp Lazlo)

X and Cake (Battle For BFB)

Lumas (Mario)

Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach, Bowser Jr, Boo and Luma (Mario)

Onion Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Three Diablos (Puss In Boots: The Three Diablos)

QT (Friday Night Funkin)

Fink (O.K KO)

Pinocchio (Disney's Pinocchio - 1940s)

Egg Boiz (Hazbin Hotel)

Blanky (Brave Little Toaster)

Flips (Rayman The Animated Series)

Henry Hugglemonster (Henry Hugglemonster)

Sunflower (Plants Vs Zombies)

Gangle (The Amazing Digital Circus)

[Others]💜

Grandma White - grandmother and Grandpa White - grandfather (Sanrio)

Chris Heeler - grandmother, Trixie Heeler - aunt and Stripe Heeler - uncle (Bluey)

Gwendolyn Clawthorne - grandmother, Edric Blight - cousin and Emira Blight - cousin (Owl House)

Nanny Plum - grandmother and Wise Old Elf - grandfather (Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom)

Uncle Hairy - uncle (Humf)

Isabel - cousin (Furchester Hotel)

Samantha Coleman - cousin (Wii Deleted You)

Alice Green - grandmother (Big City Greens)

Alicia - grandmother (Pokémon - Rise of Darkrai)

Nina Cortex - niece (Crash Bandicoot)

Burt Curtis - cousin, Earrings - cousin and Dave Panpa - cousin (Henry Stickmin)

Dribble - uncle, Spitz - cousin and Dr Crygor - grandfather (Warioware)

Soft Pico - cousin (Friday Night Funkin - Soft)

Hop Pop Plantar - grandfather (Amphibia)

Iroh - uncle (Avatar - The Last Airbender)

Granny Smith - grandmother, Pharynx - uncle and Princess Luna - aunt (My Little Pony)

Leatherface/Bubba Sawyer - uncle (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

May Parker - aunt (Spectacular Spider Man)

Pet F/Os🐑🤍

Gidget, Daisy and Chloe (The Secret Life of Pets)

Fat Nuggets and Keekee (Hazbin Hotel)

King, Hooty, Flapjack and Clover (Owl House)

Thumper (Disney's Bambi)

SCP-999 and SCP-131 (SCP)

Artemis, Diana and Luna (Sailor Moon)

Zero (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Puss in Boots, Kitty Softpaws and Perrito (Puss in Boots)

Gary (SpongeBob)

Ringo (Eddsworld)

Pipsqueak (The Lorax)

Shirousa, Kurousa, Strawberryusa, Blueberryusa, Momousa, Vanilla, Aousa, Pandausa, Balletusa and Primausa (Sugarbunnies)

Pusheen (Pusheen The Cat)

Cheezborger and Chikn Nuggit (Chikn Nuggit)

505 (Villainous)

Gromit, Feathers McGraw and Hutch (Wallace and Gromit)

Jeffrey The Land Shark (It's Jeff)

Polterpup (Luigi's Mansion)

Jess (Postman Pat)

Garfield and Odie (Garfield)

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private (Madagascar and Penguins of Madagascar)

Bond Forger (Spy X Family)

Courage and Le Quack (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Hypno (Pokémon and Friday Night Funkin: Lullaby)

Pikachu, Pichu, Jigglypuff, Eevee, Sylveon, Darkrai, Piplup, Wynaut, Manaphy, Togepi, Togekiss, Pawmi, Mudkip, Torchic, Chikorita, Jirachi, Emolga, Axew, Cosmog, Mew, Celebi, Zorua, Minccino, Cinccino, Ralts, Azurill, Latios, Latias, Riolu, Lucario, Buneary, Dwebble, Altaria, Swablu, Quaxly, Espurr, Meowstic, Gengar, Misdreavus, Audino and Diancie (Pokémon)

Shinto (Friday Night Funkin: Lullaby)

Scooby Doo (Scooby Doo)

Chao and Yacker (Sonic)

Rilakkuma

Zippy (TUFF Puppy)

Pugsley (Dead End: Paranormal Park)

Jiji (Kiki's Delivery Service)

Mog and Owl (Meg and Mog)

Peep, Quack and Chirp (Peep and The Big Wide World)

Baby Rox, Jeepers, Sleepypaws, Shishi, Holga, Suey, Fifi, Capt Squirk, Tomba, Kissy, Roxy, Grinny, Gabby, Mr Snoodle, Scamp, Bingo, Misty, Blinky, Marsha, Priscilla, Gingersnap, Fernando, Scrumpy, Penny, Tingaling, Pip, Prof Purplex, Honey and Nodkins (Moshi Monsters)

Nine (Frankenstein's Cat)

(dividers owned by @enchanthings-a)

Pr0ships, c0mships, bigots, z00, anti-self shippers, NSFW, necr0 and p#do DNI!!!

[stardustedstories]

@missallanea asked: i won't let anything happen to my family. / eda @ belos

found/adopted family prompts // accepting

The Emperor surveyed the once-mighty Owl Lady, held in chains in front of him. He had brought her back to her senses, but she still appeared in her more monstrous form, something he found immensely interesting. Perhaps he shouldn't petrify her after all. Perhaps he should keep her around for study. It would certainly be quite the insight into Wild Magic, after all. If he could discover the reason for her ability to transform into such a beast…., well, the possibilities were endless. And if not….., well, there was always vivisection.

Her sister had begged, pleaded for him to cure her, and he wondered if he could. He had a feeling, with his little confidant's help, he could do just about anything, but it was an interesting question. One he was very curious about answering.

Still, that didn't fit in with his current plans, so petrification it was. It was one of those things he told everyone couldn't be undone, that it was to be used as a last resort, the ultimate punishment. And he hadn't had any cause to undo a petrification, but perhaps that would change, if he decided he did want to study her further.

For now, he observes her from his throne, amused behind his mask. Even though she was in chains, she still had quite the bluster. It was almost impressive, really.

Almost.

"I won't let anything happen to my family," she spat in his direction.

He stood from his throne, seeming to glide down the steps from the dais. Belos moved slowly, deliberately, not a movement wasted, as though he had all the time in the world, as though he was above such things as time. He would decide when the petrification took place, and they would wait until he was ready.

The Emperor slowly leaned down until his mask was inches from her face, head tilted almost curiously.

"I don't think you're in much of a position to make threats, Owl Lady," he replied, his voice almost conversational. "Though I would love to see you try." It would be quite the interesting experiment, to see if she could get out of those bindings.

[madsceptictrooper]

After watching by Skylanders Toons: Trapped on Vacation by Blackrhinoranger, I decided to make this meme featuring villains I would have loved to see being trapped by skylanders.

Life

- Terra Snapdragon from The Owl House

- Poison Ivy from Batman: The Animated Series

- Scorpion from Spider-Man: The Animated Series

- Angostura from Comet in Moominland

- Blackarachnia from Transformers: Animated

- Flowey from Undertale

Water

- Tamatoa from Moana

- Arktos from Tabaluga

- Mutated Hun from Turtles Forever

- Icy from Winx Club

- Ice Titan from Disney's Hercules

- Water Mystic from TMNT 2003 series

Earth

- Azala from Chrono Trigger

- Long Feng from Avatar: The Last Airbender

- Rhino from Spider-Man: The Animated Series

- Giant Lizard from Comet in Moominland

- Rock Titan from Disney's Hercules

- Earth Mystic from TMNT 2003 series

Air

- Mephos from TMNT 2003 series

- Vector from Despicable Me

- Axel Gear from Rocket Knight Adventure games

- Stormy from Winx Club

- Tornado Titan from Disney's Hercules

- Wind Mystic from TMNT 2003 series

Fire

- Firelord Ozai from Avatar: The Last Airbender

- Tighten from Megamind

- Kikimora from The Owl House

- Dormammu from Spider-Man: The Animated Series

- Lava Titan from Disney's Hercules

- Fire Mystic from TMNT 2003 series

Magic

- No Heart from The Care Bears series

- Odalia Blight from The Owl House

- Rumpelstiltskin from Shrek Forever After

- The Fairy Godmother from Shrek 2

- Robbie Rotten from Lazy Town

- Metal Mystic from TMNT 2003 series

Tech

- Ch'rell the Utrom Shredder from TMNT 2003 series

- Megatron from Transformers: Animated

- Dr. K from Cubix

- Dr. Olivia Octavius from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

- Syndrome from The Incredibles

- Jinx from Arcane

Undead

- Emperor Belos from The Owl House

- Ghost Farquaad from Shrek 4D Ride

- The Demon Shredder from TMNT 2003 series

- Joker from Batman: The Animated Series

- Malefor from Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon

- Death from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Light

- Saruman from Lord of the Rings

- Dr. Yung from Pokemon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon

- Adrian Graye Vernworth from The Owl House

- The Y'Lyntian High Mage from TMNT 2003 series

- Arael from Neon Genesis Evangelion

- Spamton NEO from Deltarune

Dark

- Sauron from Lord of the Rings

- Eris from Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

- The Prowler from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

- Darcy from Winx Club

- Iron Masked Marauder from Pokemon 4Ever movie

- Jevil from Deltarune

Original template by AlmagusLipes

[acetypeface]

what if tua was in toh?

Continuing my quest to clean out my ask box-- this one has been in here for a few days (which isn't that long, considering) so yes!! I shall talk about my two special interests!!

I'm assuming you mean if the Umbrella Academy characters were in the Owl House world? Oh gosh... the Hargreeves on the Boiling Isles.

Shit, now the brainworms want to create witchsonas for the Hargreeves. Which could be a very good thing. Or a very random time consuming thing that has no real purpose or merit besides satisfying the brainworms...

Anyway. I apologize for the pure hyperfixation nonsense that's about to take place below.

Luther. I can absolutely picture Luther being a Steve-esque character, someone who was a firm supporter of Emperor Belos (and very much taken advantage of emotionally/mentally) until it comes to light just what Belos was up to. I feel like he'd be in the Construction Coven, otherwise-- super strength and all that. Maybe with a job like Hunter's after everything's over... Luther the Palismen carver is actually a super tender image. Something gentle and meaningful, something that's a big difference from his tough grunt job of the past.

Allison. My first thought is that Allison would be in the Illusions Coven. Perhaps even a Coven Head, although someone more in a role like Darius or Raine, where she's a double agent. Then again, I feel like Allison would be comfortable with the power she had, at least until she figured out just what the man she was working for was planning to do. Or maybe she'd be like Odalia and be a very influential and powerful ally of the Emperor, although Allison isn't nearly as shitty as Odalia. And a damn sight better mom. I'm going with double-agent Allison, final answer.

Diego. We all know what Diego would do. Him and his little vigilante act. Perhaps he'd be like Eda, existing just to piss off the Emperor's Coven and refusing to get branded. I don't think he'd use a specific type of magic, but also I just can't really picture him relying on magic at all. He's much more of a hands-on sort, preferring head-on confrontation rather than a more tactical approach.

Klaus. First and foremost, Klaus on the Boiling Isles would absolutely be a demon hybrid and he would be fantabulous. I'm thinking... something Adrian Graye adjacent, with a tufty tail. Do you see my vision? It's an excellent vision. Anywho. He'd be in the Oracle Coven, obviously, with communicating to ghosts and all. Although, the gifts of the Oracle Coven aren't nearly as sinister as Klaus' are made out to be. And if we're going off of death connections, Klaus the grimwalker...? I think I have a new vision.

Five. As I was writing this, I was possessed by the idea of Five being an Archivist. Just a little chaos creature who isn't completely aware (or doesn't really care) about the causalities his actions leave behind. Constantly straddling the line between hero and hindrance, both a help and a burden to the protagonist. Oho, I really like this idea of mine. Also, it fits with his time and space bending abilities. That aside, Five's Palismen would be a small dog named Mr. Pennycrumb. I don't make the rules here.

Ben. Hmmm, Ben's actually kinda tricky for me. The others had relatively easy powers to translate in the TOH-verse, but Ben's powers are a lot more dark and gorey. Although, if I'm going with my Grimwalker!Klaus idea, picture this-- Ben's a previous Grimwalker who's haunting (helping?) Klaus? Or perhaps a former ally of Belos's who was killed off for being too dangerous/a threat (perhaps Ben's a demon, and that's how his powers would manifest in this universe. Tentacle boy.)

Viktor. I can actually picture Viktor in more of a Luz role... a human, or half-human, someone who doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the Boiling Isles until he uncovers latent powers or figures out magic through the use of glyphs. Plus, similar to Luz, Viktor was used and manipulated into creating a series of events that almost destroyed the world they loved. Although, in Viktor's case, he really did end the world. Whoops. Also, Bard Coven Viktor???

Anyway, that's me tossing some of my favorite fictional characters into one of my favorite fictional worlds! Honestly, I feel like the characters wouldn't be too different in another universe; both shows have a very dark, chaotic undertone, although one of them is far more family friendly...

Thanks for the ask, Anon!! This was really fun to think about.

[imminent-danger-came]

i am so glad theres someone else who also thinks lmk executes its ideas and themes much better than toh. rip belos you will never be lady bone demon

TOH wasn't that strong in the themeing department in general (though I'm not well-versed in that show). I remember finishing the finale and being like....damn. What was the overall message of this show? ("Weirdos stick together" maybe?) Does toh have any consistent motifs or symbolism? If memory serves, not really?

Like, you rewatch episode 1x01 of LMK and MK goes "Well...I am invincible. *sigh* Anytime I try to do anything, I just gunk everything up!", and you're like. Woah. The Sun Wukong parallels are that strong from episode 1x01? Invincibility/Immortality and hurting the people you care about? No matter what you do, it leading to pain? Holy shit.

Contrast that with TOH where it's like, in episode 1x02 Luz learns she's not "the chosen one" and that the boiling isles are very different from the magical realms she imagined...which is kinda undone by the reveal that the Titan chose to show Luz the Glyphs. And while Titan Luz is very fun, it's not thematically sound—which is just kinda that whole show, you know? If you're not thinking about it that deep, then it's like "holy shit cool concept!" (which is totally valid of people), but if you do it's pretty empty. (Hi Hunter getting flapjack-based teleportation powers. What was the point of this.)

Which, I think this becomes super apparent with the Luz and Belos foil. Luz and Belos had a lot of interesting parallels (both of them being humans in the isles, each coming there wanting to fulfill a certain "role", for Luz being the "Great Witch Azura" and for Belos/Philip being a "Witch Hunter General", the whole "protecting the things you love" deal). And then, where does this all go?

It leads to Luz being told "no. You're the good guy and Belos is the bad guy! You could never be the same! Belos is motivated by his own 'need to be the hero'" (which was definitely what Luz was motivated by over the course of the show, even if it was more innocent, but whatever), and riding off of tdp s4's "In the name of love, you will do things so dangerous and vile—you will never be able to forgive yourself" and the lmk s3's "to pain" scene, it fell really flat for me—like it's not bad, it's just really mid.

(Post where I go on a rant about Luz's s3 arc being kinda lame)

And then, you have the LBD & MK foil. You have MK's s4 arc. The "to pain" scene is such a unique "you and I are not so different" moment—but it's also relevant to the whole show. And LBD is right, doing what you think is right does lead to pain. Like, even looking at MK's journey over the seasons, every action has had it's consequences.

Saving Pigsy and Tang in 1x04? Spider Queen snagged MK's hair and that let her dominate the city later. Stopping DBK in 1x10? That freed LBD. Stopping SQ in ROTSQ? That gave LBD access to the trigram furnace. MK trying to gain more power in s2? Well, "Now do you understand? From the start you never had what it took to defeat me. All your power could do was make me stronger." SWK leaving in s2? "You're the one always running off, trying to get more power or more sources of immortality." Trying to get the Samadhi fire in s3? Opps, now Mei has this uncontrollable flame within her. Monkey King running off to fight LBD alone so MK doesn't have to? He get's possessed. Freeing SWK from possession? Now LBD has the power to fulfill destiny. Attempting to free your friends from the scroll? Now Peng and Azure are also free. Trying to get SWK back? His scroll piece has been split in half. Stopping Azure from destroying all of reality? Now the Jade Emperor's power is without a host, flower fruit mountain is destroyed, and you can't help but feel they played into the puppet master's hands.

It's thematically consistent and banging. Like....anytime they try to do anything, they just gunk everything up. Like....sometimes you hurt the people who care about you the most. Like....whether you want to help people or not, everything you do can just make things worse.

AND MAYBE. Just maybe, you can also leave the world a little better than you found it. The pain that's been caused doesn't undo the good that's been done. And I guess I think that's more interesting that just like..."no! you're intent was good and theirs was bad!", you know?