#i could write like thousands of words more but xnjknsk this is ENOUGH probably lmao

[astrolavas]

Do you think there's a chance hunter is going to be killed off since he's a grimwalker? I don't think so but I've seen some people say that he can be killed because he can always just be created again

.........okay, another hunter analysis time let's go lmao

short answer: no, he's not going to be killed off.

long answer:

him being finally confirmed as a grimwalker doesn't change anything. so what if he "can be replaced with another version of himself anytime" or if he "isn't an actual witch", THAT'S THE POINT.

hunter being a grimwalker (one of many, at that) actually works really really well with just.. his character at its very core; it perfectly contrasts his previous opinions and plays with his fears and dreams and challenges him, and it's painful but will only make it good in the end.

because the point is that he IS a person, he's just as important and individual and meaningful as everyone else, despite being an "easily replaceable clone", and the point of his character arc is him seeing that and being able to become his own person, on his own terms; to become who he actually IS and not who belos wanted him to be.

like, let's look at the present situation; after being told that he's "special" throughout his whole life (but still feeling replaceable because of how belos was treating him), he now found out that he actually was replaceable, that he could be replaced at ANY moment, that he isn't even "his own person". he found out that when he'd always thought he was doing a good thing (because he WANTS to do good, he has always wanted to do good; he'd always thought he was doing good), he was actually helping belos'... not-so-good plans all along. he found out that he had been lied to about everything throughout his entire life...... and now he has nothing.

so it's gonna hit him... hard. it's gonna hit him a lot. the identity crisis is gonna be big, but then he's gonna learn self-worth and finally learn how to just... be himself, and get to be free; construct a new life, construct new views, based on the truth this time, with ppl who care about him supporting him.

and it's gonna be NICE. they wouldn't have written his arc the way they had written it so far, hinting at his entire journey since the very start, if there wasn't gonna be a good, satisfying conclusion to it. sure, the road to it is.... definitely gonna be rocky, but he IS going to find real happiness in the end.

so........ yeah lol

tl;dr: they're not going to kill him off, most definitely. the very POINT of hunter's arc is breaking free from abuse and finding self-worth and happiness and people who care about him, despite him being "replaceable". killing him off doesn't even work narration-wise. and also there's no way they would kill off an abused 16 year old, like...... lol yeah. so he's 100% getting happiness, we just gotta wait for it. he's on a good path already