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[impernaway]

hunter: the parenting episode 4 spoilers + thoughts under the cut

hey

does anyone else remember how Marcus randomly burst out with "the sickness of dogs long past will haunt you" in the middle of the pub? 'cos i sure do now.

i think wolves might count as a dogs long past here. and given just how...thoroughly Fatigue was dismembered, it really does make me think that whatever is going on with Spit is unrelated to the Ghoul situation.

Occam was only choked out from behind, after all. Fatigue was broken down into pieces, much like he suggested Spit try for the problem he was facing.

[multiversemittens]

[citypoprevival]

major spoilers for hunter the parenting audilouge "GHOUL LORE" you have been warned!!!!!

h:tp confirming in the latest audiolouge that marckus IS a sleeper, or even, possibly is/was a mage in his most early stages of awakening is such a "yessss i knew it!!!"

but. if this was when marckus was a preteen, could marckus our beloved, possibly have fucked up/halted his awakening, or even repressed the memory of his awakening, thus, repressing his own magic abilities, and big-d, intrinsically knows this, and doesn't want him to remember australia, because it could possibly open a can of worms that leads to a proper awakening, and loosing another son to the unknown that is the world of the technocracy and the paths?

much to think about..........

[shazzaofdoom]

Ok spoilers kinda I guess for the new H:TP audiolog, but forgive me I am lying facedown on the floor about this Boy and how he looks up to his uncle:

“He was named Mars because his fiery red hair looked like the surface of Mars but ironically it was also the name of the god of war which Mars absolutely was when it came to fighting monsters.

He’s taught Akira all kinds of cool moves like how to hide wooden stakes in a vest under his shirt and whip them out when a vampire got too close.

Mars was like a big brother to Akira and the model of what kind of hunter he wanted to be.”

Screaming crying, etc.

[voidscreamintheories]

Boy and Door: You are NOT the Faeder

As always, spoilers for Hunter: The Parenting

Alright friends, this one I'm kinda shaky on and there's not much here at present, but I want to get my thoughts down.

TL;DR Door is not Boy's biological dad, and this might be a very important plot point.

As is my pattern, let's examine their TTS origins: Door was Rogal Dorn, primarch of the imperial fists, praetorian of terra, and Lord Adorable. Boy was a vox hailer serf with notoriously strong legs, and eventually the respect of some members of the adeptus custodes. Dorn became a father figure for Boy over the course of his appearance, mostly keeping him from being bullied by the custodes or Magnus. Also boy might have had latent psyker powers, we will return to this. As a side note: SuperAnchors and Nostalgia, the voices of Door/Dorn and Boy/Boy respectively are perhaps my favourite performances on TTS and H:TP. They are always a joy when they're on screen and I really appreciate their characters in both series. SuperAnchors gets a special mention for practically reshaping the perception of Rogal Dorn in the fanbase, and Nostalgia should be appreciated for turning a character litterally named "Boy" into one of the best characters in either series. Tts rant time done.

So. Boy. And Door. Look at these silly fellas, are you really going to tell me that Boy shares genetic heritage with Door? And where is his mother? I believe Door is not Boy's biological dad, and instead adopted him and has been raising him as his own. I think this is so easily accepted and never mentioned because I am honestly not convinced that Door and Markus are Big D's biological children either. I think their family is just super open to adopting anyone and everyone who comes along, and so Boy being adopted just means he's the youngest family member, no questions or qualms.

Now, this is where my REAL theory starts, and where my research into WoD kinda halted me a little bit. You see, in folklore a changeling is a child swapped with member of the fae in EARLY life. In the original WoD, changelings are... weirder... than that. I'm not sure. So I'm not a hundred percent on this one. But I think Boy is a folkloric changeling, a fae being in place of a child. I don't think Boy knows this fact, and frankly I don't think he would be able to access anything supernatural until recently. Recently being when he started experiencing "puberty disease" as listed in one cutaway card. That same cutaway card mentions it being "cured with meat". Now the fae have ofttimes been portrayed as dainty and nature loving and very "surface level fantasy" elf like. Reading about WoD fae made my head hurt so I don't know if that applies here, but MAYBE boy was starting to manifest his fae side, and eating a stable meat only (read: anti elf) diet staved it off for a time. I think those powers are now bubbling back up, despite the continued meat consumption.

I think H:TP is building up the awakening of many powers, when I get around to explaining the things we all know about Markus this will be relevant. But for Boy I think he is awakening some future telling fae abilities. I think Boy is keeping some of his hinted at seer powers from TTS, just in a different context. In the first arc we see a couple of hints to this: first episode Boy spots Pyotr while he's invisible (and you can too if you look very closely for his eyes), Boy doesn't know he has cool powers so he doesn't recognize fully his feat. But spotting an obscured vamp who can disappear even on camera is pretty above human. Next there is the final confrontation against Pyotr, some day I may type a long diatribe on why that scene in particular is great but not today. Boy manages to hit a shot on a target moving parallel to his position going LUDICROUS speed. I think he may have done this thanks to a lil bit of precognition. And finally there is the meeting with Horse.

Horse and what he IS will get another post one day, but for now let's talk a little about the vision. I think it's not coincidence that Horse calls Boy "oracle" and speaks of prophecy to him. I also don't think it coincidence that Boy sees shapes in the blood. I think Boy is a seer, and certain forms of divination uses blood and gore to make predictions (see Haruspex). Again, I will cover Horse's prophecy another time, but let's talk about the "Faeder" line. I don't think that word was chosen just cause it sounds olde. I think it's a hint and misdirection. Again, I suspect boy was not born into this family, but instead is a product of the faeries. This would mean he has a faerie father, or a fae father, or a faeder. I think Horse was telling Boy that his TRUE father will die. Buuuuuut WoD changelings are weird and Alfabusa has written important foreshadowing WAY too early before (Hello TTS Ghazkhull!), so I'm not sure. I will say to bolster this idea that it was weird for Horse to mention "milklings", another name for changelings, on the same level as other WoD big players. I think this was also a tip off to us the audience about our beloved family, aside from kindred I believe each group mentioned is represented in that role call.

Door. Door is simple, strong, and the only actual normal human hunter in the family (see my kitten theory, Markus and Big D theories pending). Based on the episode titles, and the show title itself, I think the "hunter" in question is Door, and "the parenting", refers to his relationship with Boy. Boy seems to be the writer of the episode titles (on the actual title cards) in arc 1. I hope we see Boy grow under Door's guidance, because I love these characters. And I really hope I'm right that Boy has a fae dad who will take the bullet of prophecy so we don't have to see Door desiccated on the rocks.

Let me know what you think, til next time

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what the fuck thats scary and cool

I thought we were done with the demon voices when we left TTS!

Also, Karl’s story being told throughout these stingers (in increasingly talented ways!) definitely means something important for the overall narrative

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It's both hilarious and horrifying to imagine that in 2024, Grimal is probably a VTuber.

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He doesn't realise that going into a 99p shop you always see at least a dozen other things you just have to buy.

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Only they never showed me The Pit.

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