#and eber too lol

[bwoahtastic]

plsss seb saving nico and caring for him and baby maxy 😭

so like after that incident they go eat in a private sitting area so they can talk more freely and nico is so in awe about sebby! he has been with many men but no one had ever defended him and his pup that fiercely. maybe even maxy’s bio-dad had once shielded himself from someone with nico while he was pregnant and that’s when nico decided he deserved someone better!

seb is also so soft, seeing his omega with the pup in his lap, feeding little bits of food and talking to him. seb wants them to stay with him forever. so he asks nico about mating, about adopting little maxy, becoming a family for ever. plss nico cries so much!

they get mated that night, the sex is so tender, seb takes his time eating nico out and then fucks him nice and slow, knotting him really deep after, and then he bites nico, who is seeing stars skskm

the next day they tell maxy that seb wants to be his papa on paper too! pls little pup is sososo exited! papa makes maxy so happy and takes such good care of momma!!! they are the cutest family and maybe even seb makes a statement in social media that if anyone dares to touch his mate and pup again they’re not walking unharmed (he’s short but sturdy okay, no pap dares to even go near nico again lol)

Oh plss! They manage to get to the restaurant and seb explains the situation kindly and tips the waiter so they can dine in the more private area so nico is more at ease and little Maxy can settle down. Seb sitting next to Nico instead of opposite and keeps an arm around them and nico feels so at ease, knowing seb will protect him! Maxy crawling into Seb's lap for some cuddles too and the pup is so comfy with the Alpha too! Nico flushing a light pink when he realises how much he loves Seb and maybe it'd the firdt time he talks openly about Max's sire? He wants Seb to know and understand now! It was a bit of whirlwind romance and they stayed together when Nico got pregnant but the Alpha really didn't see Nico as a priority and left the very pregnant Omega alone to deal with paparazzi more than once...

Seb so fiercely saying he would never, he would alwsys protect nico and wants to mate him so everyone can see they belong together! Pls Nico squirming because he wants that so bad too and then when seb says he wants to adopt Maxy too, have the 3 of them be a true family, Nico cries a little cos he wants nothing more!

When they go home they put maxy to bed together and the pup purrs a lot when Seb scents his blankie a little too! Nico taking Seb's hand and pulling him to the master bedroom and whispering he doesn't want to wait, he wants to be seb's right now!

Seb taking his sweet time eating Nico out and leaving little love bites all over his skin and fucks him nice and slow while whispering all his promises in thr Omegas ear, about how he will care for him and protect him and love him fiercely like Nico deserves! Nico is all giddy and a little knot drunk when Seb finally bites him, and ofcourse Seb makes him return the bite too!

And pls the day after they tell maxy seb csn be his papa officially and the pup squeaks so happily!

Seb doesn't use his social media much but posts a cute photo og himself cuddled up with his beautiful mate and the little cute pup ans makes sure everyone knows not to fuck with Nico eber! Seb might be shirt but he knows how to fight!

[numericalbridge]

it still upsets me that Eber's 'tail' is not a tail but his hair in a ponytail, lol. I only noticed it in the series finale, but on the rewatch you can see it during the Coven Heads' intro and in Eda's Requiem too. And I even used screenshots as drawing reference before that, and i remember thinking that his tail's placement was odd, but still i never figured it out until the end of season 3.

(and by 'upset' i mean it in a jocking way, it is actually an interesting design choice🤔)

[thousand-winters]

Do you headcanon Hunter as having any issues with food/ eating from the EC?? I’ve been projecting myself way to hard lol

It's likely he definitely has some issues with that, because frankly... his whole life there was SO bad.

Mostly I figure Belos didn't really withhold food from him or anything like that, not directly anyway, because Hunter was supposed to be an scout and then his Golden Guard, if he just doesn't give him food, Hunter is going to end up passing out and being unable to do his training and his missions. Which, you know, it's not like it was vital for Belos, but he did keep the appearances of Hunter being important to him to some degree.

Now, I say not directly because while I imagine Hunter had his meals in the mess hall or whatever the Emperor's Coven has for that, just like everyone else, he ended up not getting as many meals as he could have because he felt too committed to his duties. It's clear he didn't sleep properly already, and if he had too many responsibilities, he probably cut corners when it came to eating as well, very "oh, I think I'll be fine if I just have one meal today, this work is more important".

Also, there was the guilt factor, with Belos constantly reminding him he took him in and gave him everything he has, so every time he failed a mission or simply didn't perform to the level that was expected of him, while I personally don't think Belos would straight up go "you're not eating today" or anything like that, Belos would very much make him feel like a waste of resources. He took him in, he gave him a place, a room, food, clothes, and Hunter can't even do what's asked of him? Ultimately the guilt would have made Hunter simply decide that he has NOT earned the right to go get some food because he has obviously disappointed his uncle. I feel like it fits Belos' methods of manipulation in which ultimately he made Hunter feel like he deserved everything bad that happened to him and at some level he didn't have to punish him himself for it to work.

The one instance he could be a little bit more carefree with that, I feel, is his missions. Because Eclipse Lake also showed that those were like privileges to him, and being withdrawn from them was horrible to him, which makes sense with the extra context in Thanks to them that it was the only times he was even allowed outside of the castle. I'm basing this solely on that one box of crackers in Separate Tides, sue me, but I think he would feel that he's worthy enough during those, because the emperor has entrusted him with them, to not have to feel like he hasn't earned food.

The problem would be that anything he got that wasn't assigned rations would have to come from his own pocket, and he probably had an assigned budget for each mission, so I don't think he could constantly afford snacks and fun things anyway, so even if it was the one moment he let himself have a little treat, it wouldn't happen often.

Once he's living with Darius and Eber, this is absolutely going to come up. Maybe not right away because he also would have gotten a positive and healthy example from his friends at the Human Realm, but I could see him getting a bad grade at school or something like that and then just... deciding he can't go eat because he failed and he can't just go and waste resources when he can't even do that, right?

... So the short answer for if I think he has food/eating issues is yes.

[polyhexian]

Wait, I thought Darius said that he thought he was the only one who thought the Day of Unity was suspicious until he realized that Raine was running around causing trouble with the BATTs? And that He and Eber were the ones trying to apprehend Raine because Dairus was trying to find out what Raine knew? Which means he had reasons for feeling suspicious?

Which I mean, depending on your interpretation could still mean that Darius could have been loyal or at least empire-aligned only up until the beginning of Hunting Palismen when Belos gives the coven heads that vision of what the day of unity was supposed to be. So, at the very least, Darius was having doubts about the DoU, saw Raine obviously causing trouble, and went "Hmm, Do they know something I don't about all this?"

Feel free to correct me if I'm remembering wrong though, I try to keep my headcanons from skewing things too much, one of the fun things about characters that didn't get as much on-screen information is having fun filling in the blanks.

No no you're fine lol

When he's talking about his own heel turn he says that when he captured Raine he knew that if they were going traitor there must be a reason because he trusts raines judgement. So before that point he couldn't have been involved with the rebellion. I don't think Darius was EVER like actively malicious or cruel other than being an ignorant slut, so like. Unlike some of the other covenheads if you said hey Darius, would you like massive wealth and power at the cost of hundreds or thousands of innocent lives? He would immediately be like what the fuck???? No???? But also he never saw that until it was go time. He didn't want to you know. He wanted to be the cool leader of the abominations coven. Status and power and proof of his skill. I don't think he ever questioned the SYSTEM or what it stood for or how it affected people. Man raised in fascist hellscape does not cognicize that fascism is bad and enjoys the benefits of that system as he participates in it. Raine played in that system and ALWAYS had the intent of ending it. The perks of that status were incidental.

Now eber???? I guess. Eber is just. Along for the ride

[secretly-of-course]

What gave you the idea / inspired you to create the Steve x Katya ship? 👀 Also, can people write headcanons about them?

It all started with me day dreaming about Raine and Eda getting married and I wanted to draw their wedding reception (a drawing which I never finished LOL) and I started thinking about where all the characters would go. The Clawthorne family, Darius and Eber, huntlow, gustholomule, Camila and Vee, lumity and the twins, etc. Then as I was thinking about where to put the CATs I thought teehee wouldn’t it be fun to draw Steve and Katya dancing together! They are technically coworkers now so they know each other!

Then the insanity set in.

Also YES OF COURSE anybody can make or draw or write anything they want about them! I don’t have a copyright lmao you can go nuts! Feel free to tag me if you want to make sure I see it, I also check the stevatya hashtag most days so that works too :)

Here are the ancient texts that I screenshot a while ago for posterity btw. Shoutout to my lovely mutual @aydaines you were the first to witness this madness unfold 😁✌️

[kirbyofthestars]

BESTIE I LOVE UR ART... will u eber make a comic or smthn or a gif so i can staple it into my brain. Oghn nom oghn nom ur art metaphysically. Blease. ??? Tilting my head like a puppy btw.

AWAAUUSGHHHH maybe im just emotional tonight but this is making me misty in a good way :’> this is the sweetest, thank you sosomuch!!!!!! i cant tell you how much it means for me to hear that.

in the past i wanted to but i was too daunted lol, but now id love to give either of those a try when i can!! i will do my best for ya 🩵

[aquaaquila]

LoL felt like adding more:

Amity's relationship with her siblings is rather improved but they still like to mess with her as they actually want her to loosen up and let go of "I must be the best to be noticed" as they understand that their dads love them, they don't need to prove themselves and them not always being there is matter of circumstances and not because they don't want to be around

Amity attends Bonesborough Brawl without much of an issue, though Darius is skeptical as this place almost made him break up with Alador (not that they didn't break up and come back together at all, but this one felt like it was too serious)

Amity doesn't have aspirations to join the EC, especially since Darius is rather against it, but she does want to go in her dads' footsteps in abomination craft taking over both the title as the covenhead and the family business (even though at that point the business is an actual sham and just aiding the emperor, but Alador approves of Amity being a future engineer).

The kids at some point learn about the rebellion and want to join, but they come across the conflict of Darius not wanting to endanger and lose them (paralleling this conflict with Eda and Luz's fight). This prompts the kids to make a ✨brilliant✨decision to track Belos down as they think only he can stop the Draining Spell. The adults actually pull off the rebellion thanks to Aladarius but the kids make things worse by releasing the Collector, which adds to their guilt complex in season 3 as they still end up separated. I guess the twins join the rest of Hexsquad because of this, so now Camila has 8 kids.

Aladarius still has a banter, but it's way healthier and more openly homoerotic

The twins have no issue with Hunter becoming their brother (though they also didn't have a high opinion of him at first) but they also specifically push the "us against them" by picking collectively on both him and Hunter so Hunter and Amity can bond more often (so they either stop argue or argue even more which is hilarious and they win either way).

As I mentioned before, Eber lives with the family and is the fun, wild uncle/pet that adopted them instead of the other way around.

Emira is much more devoted to the healer and essentially falls more into the trap of a mom friend because of this, though Edric helps remind her that she's a kid too

Odalia is the covenhead of the oracle coven. Odalia always had high ambitions, but because she could not exploit either Alador or Darius, she had to took matters into her own hands and managed to get to the top through her loyalty to Belos, knowing very well he would kill lots of people but still being promised the "paradise" (so falling into the same trap Terra did). She also almost foiled Darius's plan by essentially outing out his betrayal to Belos, but since she failed to take control over Abomatons, the CATTs probably would've succeeded anyway (though it was a close call). Odalia also has personal vendetta against Amity

The blight kids but... It's MyAladarius AU I made these edits I while ago... so- I just wanted to share them now that my obsession for this ship has returned

[thehecklingmouse]

HUNTER THINKING HE HAD NO ONE WAITING FOR HIM THEN CUT TO DARIUS IM GOING INSANE

[drbtinglecannon]

Oh, Darius does care about Hunter :( And he must've known what happened to the previous Golden Guard/Grimwalker which is why he was sad at the new ceremony, and shows concern here when Hooty mentions that he's trapped too

Also love how this happens right after he tells Raine not to involved, even tho he was asking Raine to get Eda involved last episode lol

[misccy27]

Since everyone is talking about Belos' past anyway with the Hollow Mind portraits, I thought I might as well share my ideas/receipts about how Belos concealed his past when presenting himself as Emperor.

Like he's been a public figure in the Boiling Isles for a long time. So I was wondering how much others knew or suspected about the truth. Here's what I've come up with:

1. There are traces of Philip still around.

S2E4 Gwendolyn tells Luz, “Humans are rare. My great-grandmother told me about a human who once lived here. But one day he just vanished. Rumor has it he left something in the library.” 

S2E5 Luz finds an article in the library that tells her: “Hundreds of years ago, there was a human named Philip Wittebane living in Bonesborough. And he donated his diary to this library.”

The diary is so old that it’s kept in the Forbidden Stacks, only accessible by library staff members. It seems unlikely that many people have read it. But even if they did, there doesn’t seem to be anything really connecting it to Belos. Because:

2. Others think Belos is a witch

S1E18 Willow says, “the Emperor is the most skilled witch that's ever lived.”

S1E19 King says, “a mysterious witch appeared who declared that he, and he alone, could speak to the island.”

S1E19 King also says, "He's the Emperor! He's the most powerful witch alive!"

S1E19 Lilith says, "Being in the Emperor's Coven was my dream. I wanted to work alongside the most powerful witch on the Isles and make the world a better place."

I don't remember anything contradicting this. There are demons on the BI that look pretty similar to witches, and demons (like Hooty) can be immortal ig, so it matters to me that Belos was specifically presenting himself as a witch.

That said, the lifespan of witches is never officially confirmed afaik (and I do hate that thanks). Bump gets that throwaway line about 300 years until retirement or whatever. But since we are shipping witches and humans, they have to have similar lifespans. You cannot convince me otherwise lol.

So that makes it even more implausible that the human that showed up and vanished centuries ago is at all related to Belos, the ~most powerful~ witch on the Boiling Isles.

The fact that the Emperor also has a 16 year old nephew lends further credence to the idea that he's a normal witch, aging normally, with normal (if mysterious) family ties.

3. Belos’ appearance

S1E19 The Unauthorized Boiling Isles History reads, “Before he ascended to the throne, Emperor Belos gained prominence as a crusader for unity during the Savage Ages.”

S2E16 We get to see Belos during this crusade period. He definitely already looks old:

We also know that Belos has been Emperor for ~50 years:

S1E17 a Hexside teacher says, “Over 50 years ago, Emperor Belos appointed a head witch to each coven.” [Bonus fun: this means Terra could be the first head of the plant coven]

S1E18 Kikimora says, “Up until 50 years ago, witches and demons practiced wild magic during what we called the Savage Ages [...] until our great Emperor ascended to the throne, and taught witches how to use magic properly.”

So that's 50 years on top of his age when he was crusading. Hasn’t anybody noticed that Belos is unreasonably old for a witch yet? (And if so, what did they think he was?) 

I think Belos could have handled this discrepancy by carefully planning how he travels around the island and changing his name as he goes; standard secret immortality stuff. This would also serve the double benefit of making it seem like he has a broader base of support from the start, if there’s the appearance of several crusaders going around spreading the ~good word~. 

At some point, though, he did start covering his tracks. By present day (s1), Belos’ Emperor outfit makes his age much more ambiguous:

This is also how he appears in all the official, state-sanctioned portrayals of the Emperor that I remember seeing. Examples:

Which brings me to my main point:

4. History is written by Belos

Lilith is a historian and the former head of the Emperor's Coven. She didn't seem to know any truths about Belos' past. Hunter had access to and was actively reading restricted books about wild magic from the Savage Ages. We get no hint that he came across anything, either.

But they also weren't looking. So let's say you're highly suspicious of Belos and actively digging into his past. How much could you find out about him? We already have the official narrative: Belos ended the Savage Ages and united witchkind 50 years ago. So what about the unofficial narrative?

This brings us back to The Unauthorized Boiling Isles History from S1E19. This is a book owned by Eda, the most infamous wild witch on the Boiling Isles. Here's King's full narration from this scene:  

A mysterious witch appeared who declared that he, and he alone, could speak to the island. He said that we were using magic all wrong. His teachings took hold, his strength grew, and he became... Emperor Belos. Belos said that mixing magic was wrong, that only he had that right. So he created the coven system. And there, our knowledge was restricted, and our potential sealed away. Those who resist are called wild witches, and they face harsh punishment. Emperor Belos has since retreated into his castle. There are whispers that say he's planning something big. 

King's narration is different from the text on the page. Here's the page on Belos:

“He rules by fear and an iron fist, and his past remains largely unknown.” 

So it sounds like Belos has indeed done a very good job of establishing and maintaining information control. He has erased his past so thoroughly that even an unauthorized history book offers no real rumors or speculation. Both inside the castle and in pockets of dissent, we find no trace of the truth of Belos' past. It is believable to me that even highly-ranked coven officials who are suspicious of Belos and actively looking for information about his past from inside the castle still wouldn't be able to find anything at this point.

With that said: there are probably rumors. There probably are witches who remember Belos from his crusades and grew suspicious. They probably did try to spread the word and warn others.  

At the same time, I’m sure that there are plenty of witches saying plenty of things about Belos. Belos is the most influential and powerful witch on the Boiling Isles, after all. So looking at it from the perspective of someone trying to piece together the truth:

How plausible does it sound that the witch ruling the Boiling Isles is actually a human? How plausible does it sound that he’s actually 400+ years old? How do either or both of those rumors weigh up against all of the other scraps of information and official propaganda and baseless conspiracy theories that you’re also coming across?

How much are either of these rumors worth considering if your primary concern is to, say, try to figure out what’s actually going to happen on the Day of Unity?

(At what point do you decide to just go straight to the source?)

[taylorspoetry]

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[thousand-winters]

⏱ for the fic asks!

Hi, Daveyyyy 💖💖💖

⏱ What’s the fic you spent the most time on? (Was it worth it lol)

Probably 'The stars too, they tell of spring returning' because... well, it's a multi-chapter so that's very self-explanatory. With how I haven't updated in a couple months you would assume it's not worth it, but it is to me 😔 My baby whom I work on very slowly

If we're talking fics stuck in wips hell, I got a little one about Darius and Eber meeting and starting to trust each other that I've had on the works since... prooobably august of last year. It's dreadful. I have the vision but not the divine inspiration

[chocolatemilksmoothie]

Any Sport in a Storm

Listen I didn't get the time to do this w the last 2 eps (even though I had a lot of thoughts and feelings believe me) but I'll do it now bc this episode was so cute? And it surprised me too! Let's see

all the coven heads ignoring him is unsurprising, tho Raine hesitating didn't escape me. even under Terra's control they seem a bit concerned

Belos being like a single working parent leaving notes on the fridge or smth

so. the old golden guard sigil is also the Gravesfield sigil? I already had noticed it looks similar to the Emperor's coven symbol but the bird's wings are more closed. thinking...

grown witches let's stop bullying the literal teenager

"Little Prince" is the cutest nickname ever and if Darius is the closest thing Hunter will get to a mentor figure I love the idea of it going from a condescending name to an affectionate one. I love it

seems Darius and Eber are very involved in Belos plans? what are they doing

Darius knew the previous Golden Guard? He was his mentor?? There was a previous Golden Guard???

So I was wondering how or why he would be sent to Hexide, turns out it wasn't Belos idea at all. Makes sense

Willow is an absolute badass and I love her YES GIRL GO

like SHE'S SO POWERFUL god

HER DADS? awww jock nerd family!

Luz dropping all the books really got me for some reason. my child

"spill it hermosa!"

I suspected Luz and Amity would be busy elsewhere, and really enjoyed their B plot! Theorizing just like us about the mysterious person, the answer was the simpler option

I had assumed Eda had brought the books and sold them at some point. It was smth like that but without Eda lol

Tiny Nose has a name now also? good for her

To the surprise of no one, he sucks at interacting with other kids but this is even worse than expected lmao authority! and rules!!

heck yea Jerbo fight the system!

Professor Homunculus is a big jerk. tho we already knew that

Glad our boi Hunter gets to show off a little with the flying skills, he's had a, uh, rough season. He also got attacked by Puddles

I thought Caleb was the name of the museum guy obsessed with witches but it was actually Jacob generic english man names got me confused my bad

"hm, I don't feel sick" oh you clueless child

Gus being suspicious and protective I love my son

the Best and the Brightest I love them

Two "half-a-witch" witches huh? Loved the parallel but also ouch. Guess that's a common insult for kids who struggle with magic which is yikes

Skara tactical genius hell yeah!

"now I'm only scarred emotionally ;)" girl omg

I hope Viney and Jerbo can reconcile after this. He looked terrified lmao we take sports very serious here

I love Hunter's teleporting technique. sneaky boi

TEAM SPORTS. TEAM SPIRIT. Hunter making friends!! and he came up with the team name! Cute and creative

"Icepack for Steve"

seems training for the emperor's coven is brutal. Yet to hunter it's whatever lmao oh boy

also one free day a year.... yikes

Darius pushing Hunter to make choices for himself let's gooo

Boop

and he gave him a phone scroll thingy 😭 which means he can keep in touch. Typing like an old man

I hope he won't get in trouble for it but Belos is ancient af he probably thinks social media is the real dark magic so he'll never see it I guess

sewing is indeed a very helpful skill to have

so third time was the charm, after Luz then Amity tried to reach out it seems Willow and her team might be his first real friends!

what's his username I need to know

I already liked Darius as a fabulous jerk and antagonist but now I'm super interested to see more of him

also his past with Amity's dad SPILL THE TEA! bitter exes? former besties? rivals since forever? is it a one sided aggression thing? please I need it

and he follows him on social media just to scoff and mute him, petty king

obsessed with Amity and Luz showing up at the end like oh did we miss anything imporWHAT

Little Prince!!

So yeah, very cute and fun over all, and revealed more than I expected. S2 has been fantastic non stop. Glad Hunter got to have some fun bc I feel he won't for too long

oh, spoilers for the upcoming episode synopsis:

So next week we'll have Amity and Luz focus, and it seems Amity wants to impress her dad so we might get more Darius too! Show me the handsome witch again!! Not expecting to see Hunter next week but maybe more Willow and Gus. I love them. I do hope we keep seeing the Emeralds hanging out in the future as a club and having practice and playing matches, idk. also show them talking w hunter through the scrolls? it'd be cute

[numericalbridge]

previous tags:

#poor Eber lol#I do think with as adamant as Gwen was about curing the curse she might’ve tried to go to the coven heads at some point

This is an interesting idea. I had an imression that she and Dell were not exactly trusting of the Empire and the Covens so maybe she wouldn't go to any random Coven Head. But in theory someone like Terra could potentially exploit someone like Gwen just as a powerplay. Although the Coven Heads are probably too proud to scam, they could have even exploited her to get to Eda.

Do you think Eber ever had to deal with Gwendolyn before her character development?

During a demonstration of proper Beast care at the Coven Convention or something:

Gwen, assuming that because Eber acts like that he should be pro-everything 'natural' and against 'evil potions': a long, long speech basically asking for confirmation of her fantasy anti-vax opinions.

Eber: :3 (<- dying inside)

[spaghettiandart]

I love your Peepaw Philip AU but I’ve got a few questions that might or might not have already been answered. (Hopefully they haven’t, I don’t like being a parrot!)

How is the Emperor’s Coven operating? Is the Boiling Isles coven system self-efficient enough without Belos manning the helm?

Is Hunter freaking out about his missing uncle and trying to find him or has he been coerced into a better health schedule by some of the coven scouts (ie Steve) and possibly Darius and Eber and Raine?

Speaking of RED (lol, my little nickname for the three rebellion coven heads), are they investigating Belos’s disappearance?

And my last question - how’s Philip’s interaction with King and Amity? Those two I haven’t seen and loved comics/art of his interacting with them yet and I’m curious how that would all go over.

Hello! Firstly I'd like to apologize for taking a while to reply, I've been a bit busy irl lol. Secondly, it's all cool! I'm always happy to answer questions, and these ones haven't been asked yet (im??pretty sure?? I dont have a good memory pfft) so it's all good haha.

A little warning, both for mention of death (just like off handedly, treated as a possible result of the emperor going splat out the window), and also I'm gonna ramble A LOT, so this will probably be... very, very long. And filled with my bad humor since I cannot control myself ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. It's been only a week, maybe less, since I came up with this au so I dont have many solid ideas in place. Everything is open to interpretation!

I've actually been thinking over how the Emperor's Coven, and by extension the coven heads and the boisling isles itself, would react to Belos' predicament. I've written out a few scenarios, roughly plotted out some scenes that would go down between characters, but nothing's really set in stone. Here's what I have so far, but I honestly encourage people to have their own interpretation of what would go down if they wished :)!

So. Belos' epic fail (real not fake) (coven scouts called) via falling out a window was obviously witnessed by some scouts down the hallway, either that or they heard a loudass noise coupled with the Emperor swearing which was totally Not Good. One of the images I'd planned to draw later but didnt get to was one where there was a coven scout (STEVE!!!), Lilith, and Hunter all staring out of the window.

Now on one hand, the coven could come to the conclusion that the Emperor is dead (because who the hell can survive a fall that high + if the emperor survived he "totally would have come back as soon as he could" = emperor is dead oh crap). Hunter would VEHEMENTLY deny this ("He can't! There's no way that could happen!" Followed by him having a rough time of it poor guy).

Either that or they come to the conclusion that this was a kidnapping attempt or soemthing of the like and Belos is missing, which is just as bad. Hunter is still suspicious about that, because /who the hell could be able to kidnap Belos/? Obviously not a human teenager. Cough.

Either way, Lilith, as the head of the emperor's coven at the time (since its early season 1, right before the convention episode too), has to deal with... a lot of things, including dealing with other coven heads, the emperor's coven, and just trying to get things in order in the chaos that came from the emperor's sudden and tragic "death". Still on the fence about if someone in particular takes over his role or if all the coven heads work together (poorly btw they're gonna fight a lot over it), as well as if the general populace is informed about him "peacefully passing away from old age" or his "sudden disappearance" or whatever.

Anyways shes working herself to the bone. Shes got eyebags for days, plus the added stress of the dude who /PROMISED/ to cure her sister of her curse just up and vanishing to who knows where, so shes. Having a rough time.

Hunter is, as I said, not doing well!! In his mind Belos has always been this sort of... untouchable figure, you know? Nobody could hurt him. Now hes missing, and since Belos is his only "family", Hunter is determined to find him, wherever he is.

So then I had this scene written down where Lilith, still wanting a cure for her sister (plus some other things she needs for the coven itself), and Hunter, wanting a clue about his uncle's whereabouts, both decide to. Uh. Break into Belos' quarters and pilfer his shit.

Does he even have quarters canonically? Its so weird thinking of this dude like... legitly sleeping. Like in a BED. Either that or he sleeps on his throne ahdhshava just imagine that. Hes sitting on his throne all day listening to people with his mask on and hes not responding because hes completely OUT behind that thing ahagdhs.

Okay side tangent over. Basically Hunter is sneaking down the hallway, all sneaky like, and he stops by the door. He reaches out to open it, but before he could it opens to reveal lilith, carrying several books that had probably been banned from the public, and they're both staring at eachother.

"I wont tell if you wont."

"Deal."

A few other notes I had detailed a scenario in which Lilith and Hunter either a) work together to carry out the Emperor's will while he's gone (or presumed deceased) or b) investigating into what occured due to their own interests, which eventually winds up with them uncovering the mountain of wtf that the Emperor had hidden. In my notes I wrote down about them potentially meeting the collector because I thought'd it be funny to draw their reactions to them. Fun!

(Also the collector has been around Belos for a while now, just kinda stuck in place. What the hell is he gonna do when the only contact they've had with another person- albeit not a GOOD one, not by a long shot- suddenly disappears???)

As for RED (THATS WHAT THAT MEANT!!! I SAW IT BEFORE IN A FEW FICS AND I WAS SO CONFUSED AHFHSGWGAH ANYWAYS-) they probably get involved later on with this whole mess. At this point of time Raine isnt a coven head- unfortanutely, but they only become one in season 2, and since its season 1 it's up to Darius and Eber instead. I do contemplate if, in this state of chaos, Raine is promoted earlier on so that theres more stability or something,,, idk. I'm still not sure ^^;

Goodness but. This kid. Hunter needs some people to make sure he doesnt wear himself down to the bone just scouring the isles. Imagine if he arrives in places to investigate like RIGHT after Phil leaves the place, both none the wiser. Gah.

Honestly though, I think if anyone would be able to coerce this kid into sleeping a full night's sleep, it'd be Steve. Hes not involved with all this conspiracy-investigatory-drama stuff like all of the other responsible adults in Hunter's life, and he has big brother energy.

Okay, onto King and Amity: I- uh, I'm still figuring things out with these two. Amity is Lilith's personal apprentice (I'm pretty sure? At this point in time at least), and the au begins before her character development really kicks off, so I dont think its until later when she gets to meet Phil and also experiences deja vu "hey your voice is super familiar?" like Eda and Lilith. Just like RED, I'm not sure what to do with Amity yet, unfortunately. I'm open to suggestions/ideas though! :)

As for King, Phil is like... you know cat trees/perches? Yeah. That's what Phil is to King. Hes like an adequate Grandpa, he has some responsible instincts, but hes kind of reserved to being King's personal perch when he wants to feel tall.

Somewhere in my notes I also wrote down the following:

"King and Phil are mysterious origins buddies

King: maybe you were also a malevolent and terrifying (though not as terrifying as me) ruler like I once was?

Phil: hm... no, I dont feel like I would have been a very good ruler"

It was for something I wanted to draw but,,, yet again, I didn't get around to doing lol.

I hope that answers your questions! If you have anything else you might like to ask, or suggestions or things you want to talk about, feel free!

Thank you for your ask!! :D

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