#the owl house pitch

[jess-the-vampire]

honestly out of all the pilot/pitch stuff that was removed/changed, i am the most sad about william's removal if anything

arguably his character was later transformed into hunter, but i can see why dana claims technically his character was removed entirely because everything we get on him showcases him to mostly be wildly different from hunter

he's younger, from the 16th century so he's apparently centuries old, the concept was he and luz seemed to be the only humans on the isles, he's also basically everyone's idea of like.....baby philip with the witch hunter aspect more prevalent.

Honestly his pitch design even looks more like baby Philip then hunter.

how he went from this design to the more prince-like design down the line is worth asking. Cause by the time we got to the animation test he was known as "Prince william" (Idk, maybe in the pitch he was gonna be secretly a prince who regains his memories or something?)

he's just a weird kid who lives nearby and screams at the clouds.

apparently he also had a memory problem that would regain over time and reveal he and obron (pitch belos) are family and i assume had some past that probably explains them both being so freaking old and how william fell asleep with memory issues.

Maybe obron was responsible for william's condition, or maybe someone else did this and it led to obron's actions in modern day? i wonder how this would of played out had it been in the final draft.

also their relation, would it have been another nephew-uncle situation? would their relation have been way different, maybe they're brothers who were witch hunters and this was transformed into the wittebane backstory instead? william's also been asleep for centuries so it's been awhile since they've seen each other so their relationship would have a different vibe to it overall.

it's quite interesting, sad we never got to see where it would go but it would be cool if maybe a future project might go through with the unused concept someday.

[evevoli]

this is my only contribution (original under cut)

[brother-bon3s]

They want to know if William is homophobic

He's not, but now he's thinking about mpreg and he's not happy about it

[amoritasart]

ALSO I just … NEED to mention this creature. LOOK AT HIM. WHAT IS HE. WHO IS HEEE? So this is what is supposed to be Beta Hunter or whatever. Interesting, but even more so that apart from his familial connection to Obron and his eventual bond with Luz (that starts off a bit antagonistic) he is SO different to what ended up in comparison to the other characters. But you know who he does remind me of though?

Red overalls. Blue eyes. JAGGED KNIFE SWORD. Avid witch HATER. ENGLISH?? ANYWAY-

This kiiiind of convinces me that Belos and Philip were originally different characters because ?? What is this. BECAUSE HE JUST STRAIGHT UP SOUNDS LIKE HOW I’D IMAGINE TWEEN PHILIP TO BE LOL a bratty witch hater who is too proud to ask for help, but will happily accept it. Except he would have gotten to actually interact and bond (EEEEP🥹!) with Luz as humans out of place. What a tragedy !!

He sounds like such a little shit. But he’s cute! I ADORE HIM. All this time I thought William was the original Hunter… but this sounds more like he was the original Philip 😆 but contained in a time capsule instead of allowed to grow into a menace.

Alas, poor William went from witch lunatic, to knight prince, to being eradicated from existence. Such is fate. But parts of him live in Hunter and Philip. But just like the non existent Wittebane story… Won’t stop me from wondering what if !

[vyvilha]

okay so it seems that contrary to many people's theories belos was meant to be revealed as a human witch hunter from his very conception. william (beta hunter) was supposed to be a 16th century witch-hating human boy and his description in toh pitch bible already mentions a familial connection to councilor obron (beta belos). the only thing is i am not sure if they're supposed to be puritans, since william's attire doesn't seem puritan to me

[waywardsunlight]

On the meta level William died and his remains were used to make Philip, Caleb, and Hunter. On the textual level Caleb was murdered to make Hunter. In this essay on the process of creation-

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[morablackbird]

card 11 justice, wittober prompt: masked (with what little time I had today I hope I did my best) sincerely Dove

[sepublic]

I need people to understand that this dude Pasha from the pitch bible was definitely blended with Obron to become Belos. That he is in fact the Philip to Obron’s Belos.

A human with long brown hair tied up, and a scraggly beard. Struggling to survive on the fringes of society. Seems to be a victim of tragedy and circumstance, and is sympathetic to Luz because she’s a fellow human… Until it’s revealed that no, all his misery of his making because in his xenophobia, he refuses to accept help or co-exist with witches and demons, especially in the same space. He builds up an Us VS Them mentality and designates Luz an enemy for not going along. He’s a cowardly bully who looks for easy targets to minimize the harm he receives.

And because of his refusal to listen to the people of the isles/accept them as having the full depth and variety of humanity, he has mutated due to consumption that otherwise could’ve been avoided. Something something, his colonial ancestors getting into trouble with the local environment because they were too racist to listen to indigenous people’s experience. Has the hypocritical gall to treat them as monsters for how they look and hasn’t learned from his transformation whatsoever.

[enchantedchocolatebars]

"Woah... This is beautiful... Why would anyone throw this away?"

[volleypearlfan]

William is the type of guy to call women “harlots” for showing their ankles 💀💀💀

[jess-the-vampire]

i'm losing my mind rn you have no idea

forget the beta luz and amity aus where they're the older siblings of the canon characters, where's my aus about this utter insanity?

[gayowlsntitans]

Lilith Clawthorne everyone. I’m still Inlove with her

[brother-bon3s]

Could yo draw more William and Paulina? 🗣🗣💯💯

No idk who that is sorry :(

Joking……… obviously- HESJHFJSHJSFE

To clear up any possible confusion: Paulina isn’t in my William&Pip au so sadly there’s no willina/pauliam content planned for it and William will not be getting with Willow because…… I don’t think Hunter would like that very much

I’m going on a trip to the woods (camping) so I won’t be posting or online for a short bit :3 so I wanted to draw something quick before I go

[amoritasart]

Greetings my fellow humans I have seen the original TOH pilot and I am going insane. HEADMISTRESS LILITH?? AND WHAT WAS HER BAT TRANSFORMATION WAS SHE ORIGINALLY THE CURSED ONE? OR WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WITCHES JUST DO AT WILL?? (SHE’S SO CUTE LOOK AT HER ) I HAVE QUESTIONS !

(Her bat form remind me of the Chiropterans from my fav anime next to Pokemon: Blood + 😭!!) Anyways her interactions with Eda were so fun !! Man I would have been so curious to see where she ended up at the end ! And her relationship to Obron. Speaking of which, sounds pretty ruthless! So it turns out the gems on their clothes originally did have a purpose (apart from showing Eda’s curse progressing). They can shock you! Reminds me of the shock collars in the original Zootopia storyboards.

I read from the pitch that Eda is offered to heal her curse (which appears to just cause her to age?) in return for giving them Luz. Apparently a human soul is required for whatever Obron wants to do. Curious that it is mentioned there are more stray humans than just Luz… but he still wants HER (and not William? Hmmm). ANYWAY yeah this… COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than what we got. 😭 Lilith being headmistress sounds so cool to me, but I do wonder if this version of her was also gonna get redemption considering she seems more cold.

[vyvilha]

DON'T TALK TO ME NEW BELOS CONCEPT ART JUST DROPPED

(from the leaked toh pitch bible)