#Luz's mutuals

[kipkoh]

I know it’s fairly popularized that Hunter liked being the Golden Guard but there was a line in Hunting Palisman that he says to Luz that has always captivated me: “At least you can figure out your own (future).”

This (not very subtle) statement of wishing to make his own decisions coupled with the fact that Hunter was studying wild magic even while he was still in the Coven is heavily indicative of the fact that he was dissatisfied with his role in life. I’m sure he was proud of being Golden Guard and really did want to help Belos in whatever way possible, but a big part of him did wish things could have been different for him. Those desires he announced in Thanks to Them were probably not spur of the moment ideas he wished he could have experienced before what he thought was going to be his death, but rather long term wants he’d been imagining himself taking part in even before he defected.

I’m bringing this idea up mostly because I keep thinking about Hunter’s life in the castle and the rare moments when he got to witness what normal kids lives were like. If the school tours of the castle were a common occurrence, I imagine he'd be curious enough to watch them when he could. At first he'd secretly trail them and observe how the kids interacted with each other, how they joked around with their friends, and overall how carefree they appeared. He'd watch the way they'd awe at the castle in a feeling of excitement he'd never gotten to share having grown up within those walls - the castle being all he’d ever known. Sometimes he'd imagine himself in one of their places - just a normal kid whose biggest worry was getting his homework finished before it was due instead of how he might be tossed aside and replaced by the one he called his family the second he was no longer of any use to him. At some point, maybe he would start avoiding the tours whenever they happened, not wanting to feel that painful yearning for a life that was never even within his grasp and instead choosing to try and forget about it completely in order to convince himself he was content being the person Belos wanted him to be.

Sometimes on his weekend missions he would encounter parents with their children just going about their everyday lives, smiling and happy and completely juxtaposed to his own experience with familial adults. He'd watch the ease of how a child's hand would slip into their parent's as if it was such a natural and common action, without even a hint of fear of negative consequence for the touch. Hunter would look down at his own hands mummified in leather and wonder why he'd never felt the gentle press of someone's loving palm against his own.

He'd watch two young children play fight with loose branches. He'd envy how their battle was pretend and the fact that neither of them were in any real danger. He'd silently scrutinize their battle form before offering to teach them proper tactics, only to be harshly turned away and reminded of the fact that normal kids didn't care, nor have a need, to know how to fight. He'd scoff at their lackluster ambitions and comment about how they would never join a decent Coven with attitudes like that, blatantly ignoring the fact that not everyone was forced to worry about proving their worth to everyone around them.

I don’t think Hunter going to Hexside to find new recruits in Any Sport In a Storm was just a random choice on his part. While there is some evidence that kids can choose to join the Covens early, it doesn’t seem like it’s something they’re forced to do before they at least finish school. Maybe they can be forced, which is what is implied when Hunter kidnapped the Emerald Entrails, but wouldn’t it be easier to seek out new recruits who would actually be willing to join of their own accord? Otherwise there would be no guarantee they would care enough to do their job well.

Hunter did try to recruit them naturally at first but when no one seemed interested, instead of moving on to a different group of people, he just chose to kidnap a group of kids and force them. He has this intense longing for a normal life but no way to reasonably go out and get it for himself, so instead he tries to bring that life to him instead. Maybe if there were other people his age around, it could be possible for him to experience even a taste of the camaraderie he’s seen the students on tours have towards one another. Of course a bunch of kidnapped kids might not want anything to do with him, but Hunter is probably desperate enough to where he didn’t really think it through that much. Either way, even if he can’t have that life for himself, maybe he’d feel less alone if he knew there were other kids experiencing the same struggles he was. Maybe he wouldn’t feel out of place if he wasn’t the only kid being forced to train for regular battles and missions. Maybe he wouldn’t feel as bad about not having the kind of parent-child relationships he sees in the streets if there were other kids around who never got to see their parents anyway. He wouldn’t be the only kid lost in a sea of adults at the castle who refused to respect him partly due to his age.

Of course we know it wouldn’t end up being the catharsis he’s seeking, but he’s willing to try. He’s spent over a decade in a life he wasn’t sure he wanted, constantly yearning for something more with other people always (though unwittingly) waving around their happy, normal lives in front of his face. He’s sad, he’s alone, he probably feels super guilty about it because he still wants to be what Belos wants and can’t… He’s probably spent his whole life in a constant internal struggle trying to either ignore his own desires or attempt to find a balance between his personal wants and his job that never truly existed.

[rhymeswithfart]

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[svnflowermoon]

BIRDS OF A FEATHER—

WE SHOULD STICK TOGETHER ˖⋆࿐໋

@pinkwinesupernovas

[oh-cramity-its-amity]

do u think they draw silly fanart of each others azura fanfics or write fics abt each others art?

(im too lazy to find all images where theyre drawing or where luz is writing fanfic w king but i think its so on brand and goofy that amity draws anime cartoon eyes. luz either taught her that or she was drawing eyes like that from square one even before canon. they are literally SO made for one another.)

[childlikegoblinqueen]

SCOM SIDE STORY FINAL CHAPTER! "And this is my four leaf clover"

Image commissioned by @skeptical-rainbows

RULERZREACHF4N to hello_willow: WiLlow …

Before considering what to say next, Hunter looked at the time and shook his head. He deleted the message and made another attempt at cleaning, only to hear his own scroll buzz on the table. 

hello_willow: Knock knock. 

A matching knock tapped on the front door. Raising an eyebrow, Hunter padded quietly to open it, and there, under the light of the Noceda’s porch – bundled in a thick jacket and a woolen hat in the shape of a bee, stood Willow Park. Her breath hung heavy in the air.

[luztoyeweek]

~ Luztoye Week 2024 ~

Hello, and welcome to the first official Luztoye week! Run by Rie @blood-mocha-latte, if you want to ask a question over there instead, feel free to!

Set to begin sometime in July, this will focus on one week of prompts for this lovely ship. Late submissions will be open for up to two weeks after the actual week, and will be accepted just as warmly :). For the decided dates of the week, vote for the dates, prompts, and more with the form below <3.

Prompts will focus on things like color palettes, quotes/dialogue, songs, and AU's, but aren't at all required to be followed!

For all Luztoye week posts, feel free to use #luztoyeweek2024, tag this blog @luztoyeweek, or even tag Rie :). More information on prompts and the specific date of the week in July can be learned via asks, and/or after the form closes on Wednesday, May 25th.

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[blood-mocha-latte]

a major breakthrough was made today with the luztoye sixties au part two and it WILL be posted by the end of the month!!

interact with this post in any way, shape, or form to be tagged when it is posted <333

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The guy just hummed. The leather of his belt snicked, quiet, as he slipped it back into the loops of his trousers. “You had a guy before, didn’t you?” He asked, low, dry. “One that loved you.”

George stared at the ceiling, bringing the cigarette back to his mouth. “About a million years ago.” He muttered, low.

“Mm. Dead or drafted?”

“I don’t know. Both, maybe.”

“Yeah, well.”

He looked like him. Dark eyes and hair, tanned skin.

It had been a recurring pattern since Joe. George just never looked too closely at their faces.

He missed what most of the guy said. “...hope you find him again.”

George put the cigarette out against the nightstand, not looking up. His heart was still beating too fast, and hadn't come down even as he grew more sore. “Exit’s to the left.” He said, quiet.

[footprintsinthesxnd]

Doomsday

So despite what the name of this post says this is actually a little surprise and a thank you to everyone from the discord group and tumblr who supported me recently. It’s inspired by the song ‘Doomsday’ by Lizzy McAlpine and is supposed to be a happy little thank you but the song says differently 😂 I’ve included all the characters that I know my mutuals love and ones people have chosen with the discord group. I just want to say a massive thank you to you all and I love every single one of you so much. So as a thank you please head on down below for your little surprise 🩵

Tags: @georgieluz @iceman-kazansky @mads-weasley @liptonsbabe @historyisfullofwars @sweetxvanixlla @ronsparky @mutantmanifesto @malarkgirlypop @bucky32557038ww2 @panzershrike-pretz @xxluckystrike @whollyjoly @land-sh @onlyyouexisthere @liptonwashere @samwinchesterslostshoe @coco-bean-1218 @next-autopsy @holdingforgeneralhugs @kafka-ohdear @wexhappyxfew @noneedtoamputate @lostloveletters @bloodstainedsaint @currahee @liptonsbabe

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

Now that I have your attention:

[smallturtlebomb]

Shrike: “SHE TRIED TO KILL ME!”

Luz: *holding onto Cali* “You’re overreacting, be quiet.”

[crimeronan]

it's not one-to-one given that it's seafaring-type folk music (and you have to switch the pronouns) but i've been thinking about this song as AU amity @ hunter about empress luz for HOURSSSSS.....

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"i'll keep the queen when you are gone away, in the darkness and howling, i'll keep her from drowning.... i'll keep her safe from the dark things that wait"

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"you fumble through the dark... the waves made of fingers and the madness that lingers rips into the bark of our bones"

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"every promise and lie, all hell and its fire waits for us"

[journallain]

They have so much in common actually holy shit

[rhymeswithfart]

Characters + purple 💜

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[svnflowermoon]

I KNEW YOU IN ANOTHER LIFE, YOU HAD THAT SAME LOOK IN YOUR EYES—

I LOVE YOU, DON'T ACT SO SURPRISED ˖⋆࿐໋

@pinkwinesupernovas

[oh-cramity-its-amity]

every time i see fanart of lumity cuddling on my feed, it makes the bad thoughts perish. you are literally doing the titans' work. im giving yall respectable handshakes and my gratitude <3.

[theprinceandthewitch]

People claiming Asami is a lesbian... in the year 2024...