#eda au: golden cage

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Just saw the ending of the owl house, that seen where darius and embrwolf chasing people away from the throne. Do you have an equivalent in any of your aus?

Nope because either Darius just doesn't care about the throne in particular (Unhinged, Mostly Evil Family and Golden Cage)

Or everyone is too scared to even dare try (Cycle of Abuse and Multiple Hunters)

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Hunter Whispers AU!

A quick (hopefully) post about the basic things that change on the au!

Also a quick warning about blood on one of the images in the middle of the post when I start to talk about Lilith.

Like the other two aus here, it is being developed together with @bernardo-draws-and-cries, who drew some of the drawings on this post.

- Raine meets Hunter when he's pretty young, like around 8 years old and training to become the Golden Guard. They show genuine kindness to Hunter and there's a very slow adoption process (like socializing a feral kitten), Hunter sometimes sneaks out to their house, and then when the cheek wound happens when he's 12, that's the breaking point for Raine to go "that's it" and get Hunter out of the castle and adopting him.

- Hunter managed to stay pretty undetected from the EC even if Raine was getting higher and closer to the EC on the bard coven. He's not on Hexside, he and Raine managed to figure out a homeschooling system. And usually if he's not helping Raine with things, or at home, he's likely on the library or outside in the forest.

- He's part of the BATs! (Took a lot of convincing for Raine to let him join) But sometimes when dealing more directly with the EC, Raine doesn't want to risk him being caught and doesn't let him join in these missions. Resentment happens.

- Hunter resenting and feeling trapped and like no adult thinks he's capable of doing what he wants to do is a theme. He's doing better emotionally than Canon Hunter but there's a lot there that he is not doing well with and still some unprocessed trauma.

- Lilith is the in place of the Golden Guard. She has scars across her face from one time fighting Eda, where she intentionally made her turn into the Owl Beast, to try to capture here, which is why she almost always uses a mask now. She ended up telling her family about her cursing Eda and decided to isolate herself and focus only on the EC. Which is... not good for her mental health.

She still appears mostly on the same momentos as on Canon, but the more friendly times, like Sense and Insensitivity are way less friendly and Eda is less cheery with her, for good reasons. She is Canon Lilith before s1 finale but if she stayed and spiraled.

- Raine has a flying fox palisman! I haven't decided a name for them yet

(haven't digitalized it yet)

I based them on the animal head on their violin looking a bit like a bat! And this au is working with the headcanon that palismen for bard witches can either transform into instruments or join their witch's instrument to help with the magic casting.

So, they're the violin!

- Raine is the one who gets fooled by Belos about the whole "I'll cure Eda" thing. They don't trust Belos for obvious reasons, but they hoped this would help Eda, and they're not going for the capture path, they want to talk with Eda about all this but they never find the time to tell her their plan. Which wasn't going to be 100% doing their part of the deal either, they were planning on getting Eda cured and then let her escape. Also they also have a path of realizing that the curse itself isn't the problem, but it happens a bit too late. And Hunter doesn't know about it. Until YBOS.

- Lilith had also been trying to capture Eda, being way more aggressive about it. And she's still the one who captures Luz in AOAW and makes it seem like it was Raine's choice. Very angst

- The two appear way earlier, in Covention, and appear some more other times, like Hunter in Escape of the palisman, and the two on Grom (and more times. They become semi regular characters but we haven't figured out that much)

- Hunter ends up befriending Luz (and hexside trio) and goes to quite some sleepovers there, specially after discovering about the glyphs! (his love language is snack giving and one constant on these aus besides Hunter having a bad sleep schedule is him having a great relationship with King)

(both him and Raine have bad sleep schedules)

- Hunter gets Lil rascal on SOTP. He has the same wish as canon, just a different situation. He still feels caged and unable to fully decide what he wants for his future

- There's the obligatory awkward pining Raeda

- Eda's requiem has quite some changes that i will probably make a separate post about

- Amber, Derwin and Katya are basically like Hunter's older sibilings. He's the baby of that found family

- And on this au he acts more like an older cousin than as a brother to luz. Still close but not like a brother.

- He can kinda use bard magic but it's kinda weak since he himself is powerless (Lil Rascal helps with that), and we're using another headcanon, about bard magic being able to be used by beings without innate magic in them, just less powerful than if performed by a being with innate magic

- Raine ends up sharing the curse with Eda (the assumption that Eda cursed Raine and not that they shared the curse gets spread around) and Raine can become the Bat Beast

Very fluffy. They can still do bard magic (but way weaker) as it is Eda who is still the main carrier of the curse.

- Things get...pretty tense with Raine and basically everyone else (specially Eda, Luz, King and Hunter) after ybos. Their relationships get slowly rebuilt but then Eda's requiem happens.

- But before that, they're around quite often on season 2, together with Hunter

This au is a lot of "Raine fucked up and is trying to fix it/make up for it" and it's really fun to work on it, even if it looks like it's mainly angst, we still have some non angst stuff about it fksmdmfm

And that's it! The basics about this au! There's a lot more stuff we're going to be slowly sharing

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;; Gonna just make a note here of things I need to write up stuff for.

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Hunter’s Verses

The Right Hand Soldier (Golden Guard, pre/early canon verse)

The Beast Beneath His Command (Cursed AU)

A Whole New World (Human AU, Luz’s ‘friend’/classmate from school)

What a Wretched Future (Fugitive criminal future verse)

The Wildest Witch (Raised by Eda AU)

A Lone Wolf in the Night (Werewolf AU)

The Prince of the Pride (Animal verse)

His Rightful Place (Future verse, Hunter becomes Emperor)

Shining Scales of Glittering Gold (Dragon/Spyro verse)

The Young Guardian Bear (Banjo-Kazooie verse)

A Wizard in the Making (Hogwarts verse)

If Only I Could Touch the Sky (Harpy verse)

The Clouds Call to Me (Winged verse)

Caged Little Bird (Slave verse)

Far More Than What He Seems (Titan verse)

Singing Songs of the Deep (Siren verse)

The Patient Serpent Strikes Truest (Naga verse)

Probably more to add later. I’ll think on it.

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In mef, coa, and golden cage, I can see hunter getting his wisdom teeth/fangs out and swinging on the chandler and hugging embrwolf like a puppy or somthing. In short how would darius deal with a chaotic hunter high on pain killers

In all the AUs Darius would just think it's adorable and film Hunter on his drugged up antics. Even CoA Darius would take the time to watch over Hunter and dote on his docile drugged state. I can't think of much that would differ between Golden Cage, Mostly Evil Family and Cycle of Abuse.

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Would Darius kidnap Hunter in a sack?

No

Darius has much more respect for Hunter then just to throw a sack over his head like that.

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How would Darius react to possessed hunter? 🤔

I imagine he would react as well as canon Darius would.

Like in canon, there wouldn't really be much Darius could do but talk Hunter into taking back control, of course in these AUs Belos is long go and no longer a problem.

Unhinged AU begins to be canon divergent post-series so Hunter was possessed already in that AU

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Mef,coa, and golden cage, how would darius deal with someone kidnapping his son and holding him for ransom? Would he comply to there demands?

Mostly Evil Family would instantly without thought comply with their demands, then once they have Hunter back its time to murder some people while Hunter is asleep.

Golden Cage Darius and Eberwolf would also quickly comply with their demands but also be planning a trap of their own. They'd use the want for a ransom against the kidnappers and be all sneaky until they get their son in their hands and reign a blood bath to those who dare try to take Hunter from them.

Cycle of Abuse is the most strategic, they'd play around with the poor souls who thought it rise to kidnap the beloved Prince. Countering their offers with mercy and thinly veiled threats of what could possibly happen if they don't let Hunter go asap, if the kidnappers are moronic enough to continue the game, they hunt the kidnappers down and take Hunter back by force while also making the kidnappers wish they were given death.

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How would each darius react to hunter getting a valentines from a "secret admirer"

MEF! Darius would be happy for his son

GC! Darius would be cautious with it but still let Hunter have it after talking over it with Eber.

Unhinged! Darius would see it as a threat and get rid of it only mentioning the letter in a passing conversation

Multiple Hunters!Darius and CoA! Darius would look over every single Valentine to see which ones are appropriate to give to his son. As a prince, Hunter has quite a few admirers probably and not everyone who writes keeps their fantasies about him to themself.

As much as I love all the asks I'm getting, I'm going to ask that you limit the amount of AUs you want to talk about to a max of three in one ask, preferably keep it to 1. Any ask that asks about all Universes are going to be ignored from now on.

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What would happen if unhinged and golden cage hunters where switched during the night cuz of univers shenanigans? How long would it take for them to realize they aren't in the right universe? How would darius react?

It wouldn't take too long for them to figure it out, Golden Cage would instantly realize that Darius is well acted unhinged and crazy and keeps mentioning on how many times Hunter has died in the past, the fact that Darius never leaves the house would really give it away. Unhinged Hunter would realize that Darius is a lot more chill and seems genuinely confused and worried when Hunter brings up dying in the past.

The Darius' will be frantically searching for their respective Hunter's, Unhinged Darius thinking the worse and that Hunter's going to die in some unknown universe and that Darius won't be able to bring him back while Golden Cage just wants his Hunter back.

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In unhinged, gc, mef, when did hunter first call darius dad and how did he react?

Unhinged: Hunter called Darius dad before his first death so before all the insanity. It happened before even Darius officially adopted him. Darius was over the moon when Hunter called him that, Hunter got extra dessert for a weak because Darius is soft for his kid.

Mostly Evil Family: it was kind of expected since Darius introduced himself as Hunter's dad and since Hunter was young at the time, he just went with what Darius told him to. Still made Darius feel giddy.

Golden Cage: Probably when Hunter started adjusting to his new life, he still wasn't completely on board with Darius and Eberwolf but he was getting comfortable. It just slipped out without thinking and Darius was pretty ecstatic.

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How angry would GC!Darius would be if he spent weeks looking for Hunter, thinking its another escape attempt, only to find him locked up in some cabin in the wood, looking like he got trampled on from how rough up he looks

He would be furious and once Hunter is safe and sound at home under the watchful eyes of Eber an additional guards, Darius would hunt the person that did this to his son.

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For CoA, GC and Multiple Hunters, how would Darius react if, due to magic shenanigans, Hunter got physically deage to 5 or younger?

CoA! Darius would try to raise Hunter "better" in where Hunter won't try to rebel against him.

Golden Cage! Darius would use it to his advantage to manipulate Hunter into thinking he was always Hunter's father.

Multiple Hunters! Darius would be panicking and keeping 5 year old Hunter near by him at all times till he finds a cure.

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which au does Darius keep Hunter in the dark about about his darker deeds and which one he doesn't?

Unhinged!Darius lets Hunter know all of his darker deeds and what he does to bring Hunter back in hopes it will guilt Hunter into being a good boy for him and not risking his life.

CoA!Darius lets Hunter know all about the rules, heavy choices he made and etc now that's he's older. Hunter's going to succeed him in being the emperor one day and it's Darius' job to teach him everything he needs to know.

Golden Cage Darius hides a lot of his more darker deeds from Hunter and Eberwolf helps him knowing that Hunter would probably not understand why they are doing what they do or worse, fear that they would do that stuff to him when they would never.

Multiple Hunters! Hunter knows most of Darius' darker side having witnessed it for himself in how he treats William and Jasper. William also constantly talks about how Darius treats them. What makes Darius evil in this AU is mainly the fact that he's controlling and a real shit father to William and Jasper.

MEF! Hunter has a rough idea of what his father and uncle do but his father and uncle leave out a lot of the details and Hunter is smart enough to not ask questions he doesn't want the answers too. Despite the fact Hunter knows that his father and uncle are evil, he still doesn't want to taint his image of them so he chooses to stay naive and be their morality pet.

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In golden cage, has hunters friends ever tryed to rescue him. If he already has stalkholm syndrome then I can see them rescue being viewed as kidnapping by hunter and darius. How would that play out

Hunter would have a sort of understanding where his friends are coming from but would go back "home" if his friends prevented him from doing so he'd be annoyed and persist eventually fighting his way to freedom.

Darius would be enraged and view it as a kidnapping attempt. His friends are no longer allowed to spend time with Hunter unsupervised.

Darius would like to outright ban Hunters from seeing them but he knows that it will only destroy his relationship with Hunter.

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What would happen if hunter got stuck in the human realm? Would darius invade it?-golden cage and cycle of abuse

Cycle of Abuse!Darius would not necessarily "invade it" he'd bring guards with him and Eberwolf of course to track down his missing son, who better have a good excuse on why he's in the human realm

Golden Cage!Darius would do roughly the same thing but probably think it was some sort of elaborate escape attempt and once he found Hunter, unless Hunter has a real good excuse to be there, he's going on lock down again.

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In golden cage how is Darius keeping Raine brainwashed? If he is still using Tarra's potion? If so what is his relationship with her?

Darius' relationship is not good with her considering he had her imprisoned for crimes the moment he took over the Isles for himself but he did learn her brainwashing tea recipe before his take over and has made it himself ever since his take over. When Raine was captured before they even got the chance to try to avoid drinking the tea, Darius was there watching them making sure they didn't do anything weird to change the effects