#toh 2x16 spoilers

[toh-described]

[ID: Digital fanart of Hunter, Darius, and Eda from the Owl House. Hunter rests his head on Eda's chest, in a sort of hug, looking very upset and crying. Eda puts a hand in his hair. Flapjack flies towards him. Darius rests a hand on Hunter's shoulder, looking over at Eda with concern. Only the bottom halves of Darius's and Eda's faces are visible. /End ID]

nooo hunter come back your new parents just dropped

[perrypixel]

You're the sunflower

[wokeleftistmob]

Thinking about how both Luz and Hunter blame themselves for everything. How Luz probably blamed herself for Hunter's "death" and how Hunter is going to blame himself for Luz's capture

[mother-ofthe-universe]

The memories inside the hall of the deaths of the previous Golden guards.

There seems to have been seven before Hunter (unless the big portrait in the back is the death of Philippe’s actual brother, which lead to the Golden Guard’s creations) . At least two of them where killed in a knife fight by the looks of it.

[toh-described]

ID: a screenshot from a YouTube video titled “Carving a Comfort Bird out of Cherry! BeaverCraft Comfort Bird Carving Kit” the image has someone holding a box with an image of a wooden bird on it with white text saying “Comfort bird carving kit for beginners” End of ID

Philip's brother when Philip started getting spooky

[arceus-ex-machina]

okay but where did Hunter go between being swallowed by the ground and reemerging from above

I assumed that was the 'devouring' mentioned earlier, but he's alive, so obviously that's not all there is to it. What does one have to do to be properly Devoured and be trapped forever?

[7-crows-in-a-trench-coat]

toh theory: spoilers for ‘hollow mind’!!

i’ve seen bits and pieces of this theory floating around, so i wanted to sort of lay them out here. i think that belos/philip’s brother (who i’ll be calling caleb bc i’m like 99% sure that’s his name) fell in love with and married a witch. caleb never seemed very on board with what philip was doing. we all know that caleb was killed by philip once he stood up to him and/or started prioritizing his wife over philip and their witch-hunting. i’m also going to guess that philip attempted to kill his wife, but she fought him off after he had already killed caleb.

but, before he was killed, caleb and this witch had a child, a child who i believe was an ancestor of the modern-day clawthorne family (specifically on dell’s side). this idea is supported by the fact that dell is a palisman wood carver, similar to how caleb carved the wooden horned mask for philip in their childhood. plus, dell has a cardinal palisman just like caleb had. and dell has a similar nose to caleb.

update: after watching a video about hollow mind by VGMarkis on youtube, i have something to add to the theory. in his video, he suggested that caleb is the one who made the door, but he hid it from belos once he realized what belos would do with it. i like this theory for a number of reason. first of all, if caleb is an ancestor of dell clawthorne, this would explain why the door was hidden in the dirt on/near the clawthorne estate where eda found it. secondly, it would also explain why belos never made it home. i wondered why belos ever lost the door if it had worked and he wanted to return home so badly. but, if he worked on it *with* caleb (or it was just caleb’s) it would explain why he lost it eventually. caleb would’ve hidden it from him. it’s also possible that caleb hid it just so they would stay on the boiling isles. if he had a child with his wife, it would make sense why he wouldn’t need the door. he wouldn’t want to go back to the human realm at all. maybe he also didn’t want belos to leave so he tried to keep him on the isles by hiding the door (sort of like what marcy did by bringing anne and sasha to amphibia). i would like to know what y’all think about this too :)

[multifandom-but]

My thoughts on what happened to Darius, Alador and Odalia

Spoilers if you’re not caught up with at least 2x16 of TOH

I am on a roll with my TOH posts lately and brainrot so as a gift, have this draft I wrote a couple days ago

My personal headcanon until proven otherwise for why Darius is no longer friends with Alador and Odalia is that one, or possibly both of them, said something cruel about the previous Golden Guard’s passing despite knowing Darius was close to him.

A young Darius knows there’s something incredibly off about his mentor’s disappearance. It just doesn’t make any sense. Why would he leave without even telling him? Without saying goodbye to him? He’s in his final year at Hexside, ready to join the abomination coven. Why would he abandon him now?

Emperor Belos’ explanation isn’t of satisfactory to Darius. There’s too many holes in the story, he asks around and there’s no definitive conclusion, Belos is avoiding further questions, and the cherry on top of this crap cake is how unbothered Belos is about losing his right hand man. It’s fabricated grief. Darius knows bad acting when he sees it.

He brings his concerns up to Alador and Odalia. The only people who he thought would understand.

His friends. His best friends.

The three of them could be mean sometimes, he’ll admit that. They would tease other people, and even each other at times.

But he truly didn’t expect Odalia to laugh in his face while Alador stands off to the side silently. It pisses Darius off more than he can state.

So they argue. Verbally at first. Until Darius and Odalia are practically screaming at each other at the end of it and Alador is barely doing anything about it. Until finally, Alador sides with Odalia over Darius and he’s never felt more betrayed and alone. Only because Alador has a stupid fucking crush.

“Your attachment to your mentor is clouding your judgment. Belos has no reason to lie about that sort of thing. You have no proof in order to question him.” Oh Titan, how he hated Odalia in this moment.

He still hears Odalia’s tone in his head when he relives this memory. He remembers the way she sneered at him.

“He killed him, I know he did. He killed my mentor. His own family! I’ll prove Belos got rid of him, I swear on the Titan.”

“Even if Belos did kill him, he probably had a good reason. You out of everyone should know the Golden Guard can’t even do *real* magic, right? Who would want a little half-witch on their counsel anyways? The Golden Guard is better off dead, I say good riddance.”

If there’s one thing Darius hated more than dirt and hideous fashion, it was blind obedience. His mentor taught him that he has the right to question authority. He has the right to question all the adults in his life and the things he’s been told.

So that does it. Like the trigger of a gun that’s been pulled, he acts without thinking. A tiny part of him regrets it, now that he’s older. Only a tiny part. But if you were to ask Darius if it felt good, he’d say yes in a heartbeat.

In a flash, Darius was striking with abomination daggers. Alador is quick to retaliate before he and Odalia could get hit though.

The fight is short and ultimately ends in a draw. Neither of them win. Physically, everyone was fine. Darius was too tired; Alador is huffing and puffing as he stands in front of Odalia, and Darius can’t bring himself to attack anymore.

Darius walks away, hands clenched in tight fists at his side. He only turns back once to see Odalia and Alador glaring at him before he continues walking.

He hears Alador call out to him. One last time.

“You don’t deserve to be the Golden Guard’s protege.”

He never hangs out with them again after that.

[arofalin]

[ID: two drawings of specific scenes from the Owl House. The first shows Amity and Hunter, from the Eclipse Lake episode. Hunter is lying on the ground, looking up at amity who is kneeling and holding out her hand to him with a gentle smile.

The second is from Hollow Mind, and shows Luz standing partially inside one of Belos’s memories, but with most of her body outside and reaching for Hunter. In this scene, unlike with Amity, Hunter is taking her hand. The whole piece is done in shades of grey-ish purple. End ID.]

HE ACCEPTED IT THE SECOND TIME

[wokeleftistmob]

Welp, time to add Gus to the list of kids traumatized by Belos's mind along with Luz and Hunter

[toh-described]

[ID: Two storyboards from the episode Hollow Mind. In the first image, Hunter is sitting on the floor in the Owl House. Eda extends a hand to him from off-screen. Hunter is distressed. In the second image, Hunter turns his body away from her and is visibly panicking. /End ID]

NO LOOK AT THESE STORYBOARDS I’M GONNA CRY AGAIN

[toh-described]

[ID: five images posted together to make up a comic of Philip sitting by a desk in candlelight with a quill and inkwell. The artwork has a purple light to it. Phillip is furrowing his brow in frustration looking at crossed out names for Hunter on a journal page.

There is separate image of the journal page showing crossed out names as follows, Trapper, Tanner, Ryder, Slater, Fletcher, Carver, Granger. Hunter is crossed out and circled. an arrow points at the name ‘Walker’ ? with the following notes. pros: hilarious, cons: ‘only I will get the joke’ :(

Killer, Bruiser, Crusher - too on the nose (save for demon guardian) ? New Caleb, Better Caleb, Caleb two point oh. Son - too personal, Boy - too impersonal. there are various scribbles on the page including the interlocking ‘S’ symbol with a note saying: cool new coven symbol? and fire Kikimora. The next two panels shows Philip looking up from the page as he says: maybe it’s time time to admit I’m running out of ideas. END ID]

send this man to babynames.com

originally inspired by this post because I'm a slut for other people's TOH ocs and anything that expands on the lore. (see under the cut for a translation of my hideous handwriting)

(crossed out) Trapper, Tanner, Ryder, Slater, Fletcher, Carver, Granger, Hunter

Walker? pros - hilarious. cons - only I will get the joke :(

(crossed out) Killer, Bruiser, Crusher - too on the nose (save for demon guardian?)

(crossed out) New Caleb, Better Caleb, Caleb 2.0, son - too personal, boy - too impersonal...

cool new coven symbol

*fire kikimora

[toh-described]

plain text: these guys suck lol end plain text

image ID: two separate pages of digital drawings on a white canvas in a comic format. It’s read from left to right. In the first image An unmasked Belos looks at a young happy Hunter who is wearing a cloak and holding a book.

“Intelligent, aren’t you?” Belos says. Belos kneels down to the young Hunter’s height as he speaks “I’ll tell you what, ask Lilith to take you to the castle library. You’ll have access to any books you desire to read. And I may add, some restricted books that others are not allowed to access. For their own safety.” Belos brushes the child Hunter’s hair softly. “But I can trust you with them. Now, go on” Hunter walks off in the next panel. Belos gives a tired look once Hunter is gone, his eyebrows are low and his mouth is in a firm line. The Collector shows themselves from behind Belos’ throne, they’re smiling and clasping their hands together as they speak “awww, cute widdle baby!” Belos looks at the collector now with one eye open and the other closed. the rest of the comic is continued in the next image. As The Collector dramatically leans over Belos’ throne they whine “what’s this, like number twenty-two billion?” Belos seems to be content with both his eyes closed as The Collector continues, “Ugh, what makes him any different from the other ones?” Belos now facing The Collector replies with “nothing.” Belos continues explaining “No significant changes are made on his part. It is a long, calculated path, modifying my behavior to get results. Each one gives me insight into what makes him tick. Letting him read whatever he wishes produces better results than not.” The Collector is shown floating next to Belos as they talk back and forth. “You’re writing reports? Lame.” Says The Collector “I’m conducting scientific research. Thank you.” “Psh. Yeah purely scientific” “You’re unreasonably perceptive…” “I am lol!”

these guys suck lol

[toh-described]

[ID: two traditionally drawn comics of Philip and his brother Caleb. Caleb and Philip are drawn as adults and Philip has long hair and a wild beard. Comic one: Caleb smiling, you live in a society, I live in the woods! Philip is in a frame in the corner labeled live brother reaction. Comic two: Actually, Caleb, I’ve been living in a CAVE! oh. Caleb says with a blank face. Caleb’s witch wife appears in the next frame her face obscured, Caleb has his hand over her shoulder as he points to her with the other and says, You can stay at OUR house now! I already have a house! ON EARTH! Philip yells. End ID]

i havent written anything abt what i think Caleb was Actually Like yet so

[toh-described]

ID: a drawing of Hunter nearly drowning in a Red Sea of Golden Guard masks. He’s on the top of all of the masks crying as he holds his staff. Red eyes look at the viewer from the black background. End ID

It would be such a hassle to find a replacement.

[arofalin]

[ID: a drawing of Luz face-down on her elbows and knees, as she was after trying to save Hunter in Belos’s mindscape.

THIS FUCKING EPISODE. AMAZING BUT OH GOD SO PAINFUL

Luz really needs a freaking break. And a lot of therapy. She cant even go home anymore, or even talk with Camila

And now she also has to bear the realization that the day of unity will kill everyone with a sigil and that she helped and fell for the manipulations of Belos when she thought she was immune to it

Not to say that she also almost saw Hunter murdered in front of her, and SHE almost died too. Of course, she has almost died a lot of times but 1) this is not any less worrying 2) it was the closest she got to dying and belos wasn't playing around, he was going for the throat. And all the other fucked up shit she found out in the mindscape

She must be so tired, i dont know how she hasn't had a full on breakdown already