#toh au angst

[keanoble]

been thinking about possessed willow and OH BOY does it make these all the more gut wrenching

[idoodlestuffsometimes]

Story Post 14 (Part 3)

AU MASTER POST

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[IMAGE ID: Two pages of a black and white comic. PAGE ONE PANEL ONE: On Dell as Gwen, from off panel, offers him the crow phone. "Well, your father wanted to call for good reason," she says. "Here, I'll put him on the phone!" PANEL TWO: "You should really talk to--" Eda stares down at the crow phone, horrified. PANEL THREE: "CLICK" The phone hangs up. A large panel of Gwen and Dell at their dining room table, stopped in the middle of Gwen giving and Dell taking the phone. "...him," Gwen finishes. PANEL FOUR: The same angle as before, but the the panel is mostly blank, empty except for Gwen and Dell. The two of them hold hands, their heads bowed in sadness.

PAGE TWO PANEL ONE: Whip! Eda hurls Lilith over her shoulder. PANEL TWO: Crack! Lilith slams against the ground. PANEL THREE: An overhead view of Eda standing over a defeated Lilith, crumpled on the ground. Instead of looking at Lilith, she glares up at the crow phone flying overhead in the foreground. "I told you to stop coming," she growls. PANEL FOUR: In the foreground, Eda's fist clenches around her lowered staff. Beyond it, Lilith stares up at her, hair in disarray, furious. PANEL FIVE: A distant view of the cliff-side path leading away from the Owl House. Eda stands near the house, glaring down at the ground while Lilith flies away on her palisman, glowering over her shoulder. Her scouts, groaning and decidedly worse for wear, trudge after her. PANEL SIX: Close on Eda's face, turned away, scowling. The panel is very wide, but the rest of it is empty. /End ID]

[pincushionx]

Realizing how much your Ghoul AU Hunter would break after flapjacks death, that boy will go through so much and probably think he is truly a monster for a long while into probably the first few months post WaD

Mwhehheehhe, enjoy this rendered sketch :3

How Hunter survived possession in this version, poor flapjack got caught in some crossfire, the shock of it forced Belos out (Belos , who already wanted out since he the bloodlust and painful hunger was too much)

Yup, my boy can fit so much much self-hatred

[emoreooo]

everything and every one you touch, you infect

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based on @lsoer 's fic eyeballs to entrails

[childlikegoblinqueen]

SCOM WRITERS NOTES! For Criminal…

Darius and Willow (and Hunter)

First? Some mental health stuff.

I’m back and my brain is working overtime not to panic and obsess about things that are currently out of my control.

Not easy. I’m sick to my stomach most days and raising my kids who are now WAY more aware than they were when they were literal babies in 2016 and have a lot of thoughts about *things* takes up a lot of headspace.

I’m going to continue to (try) distracting myself with fan fiction and writing notes… but I may be slower because of everything.

So see below for a few notes about Criminal and how Darius’ (and Steve’s) actions after Willow’s actions frame things.

Darius’ track record of truth versus omissions of full truth is BAD in SCOM. I know that a LOT of folks thought I was deliberately anti Darius etc and that is something that they are entitled to believe, but certainly I was working more with the idea that people are messy AF, especially people coming from an underground resistance to a fascist government, and Darius had other hang ups considering his own relationship with Hunter’s predecessor.

Darius made bad decisions that he meant well by at the time and sometimes even overcompensated to fix which ended up costing more to begin with. This is a REALLY HUMAN PROBLEM. He chose to dive back into government (and mend and reform it) which means it was IMPOSSIBLE for him to share certain things with others on the outside.

In SCOM Hunter, coming from the place he had been all his life needed distance from anything involving government. The two things just couldn’t fit together and as Darius had admitted (and Bria twisted) he’d felt sick when he saw Hunter realizing just how badly he’d failed at not mentoring him, but being in his life.

That said? Everything he had done (for better or for worse) was to protect Hunter and keep him out of government affairs so he could remain a private citizen.

And a big one, that displayed a TON of bias was how he handled the situation between Willow and Kikimora.

He has a lot of compassion for Willow and recognizes very well how someone can be pushed SO FAR PSYCHOLOGICALLY when it comes to the thought of a loved one being hurt and abused.

Further? Kikimora (unlike Hunter and Willow) was a grown ass adult when this occurred (more on that later in the story).

Torture is NOT Willow’s go to by any means. She felt outside her own body when she acted as she had. A feeling both Darius (and Steve) are likely to understand. And they believe she deserves a chance at healing.

So taking her memory and getting her into therapy was part of protecting Willow and Hunter at the time. Not only did he see her as a child who couldn’t process her emotions over not being able to protect someone she loved, but he saw her actual horror at her actions.

This shouldn’t be definitive of her future anymore than Hunter should be defined by his time as a child under Belos.

[artisiumstudios]

Some doodles for my Reverse portal au (two are spoilers ig???) anyways (also don’t mind that some look weird I was doing them while in class lmao)

[strawberrus0da]

[crimeronan]

Super indulgent too. The previous asks have awakened something feral.

But, what if Amity & Lilith do manage to get away with Hunter before Belos also offs him??? And maybe Luz stays longer in the in between with Papa Titan as they come up with a plan to destroy Belos. In that time, Belos brands Hunter, Amity, and Lilith as traitors and accuse them of having killed the princess. Then, Luz comes back epic style with titan powers, obliterates Belos, and takes back the throne. Now a grief stricken Hunter/Amity/Lilith see Luz with kickass titan powers and don’t think it’s her because OBVIOUSLY she died and they did see her dead. It’s only when she ends up saying something that only Hunter can know that they’re convinced and all like wtf happened. While at the same time Luz doesn’t want to reveal the grimwalker secret and Hunter can only keep guessing what happened to her while with Belos.

WOOOOO yeah sure. we can leave the characters crazed with grief for a little longer :)

the initial question is "where would they go," but given that lilith is with them, i think the Clear Answer is the owl house.

really i think the biggest obstacle here wouldn't even be the empire, it would just be hunter himself. he'd want to drag himself back to the castle and finish what he started. aka get himself killed. he has no expectation that he can Actually kill belos

i was trying to figure out what, if anything, could dissuade him from this path. and my main thought is that after a lot of exasperation on lilith's part and being corralled on hooty's, amity finally shouts, "she FUCKING DIED FOR YOU and you're just going to THROW IT AWAY???"

amity's sense of righteous fury is So Strong here. SHE wouldn't throw away a sacrifice like that. or at least she likes to think she wouldn't. that hunter doesn't seem to Care what luz did just makes the entire thing seem even more senseless.

and hunter just kind of. shatters. sinks onto the floor with his head in his hands like, "i can't do this, blight. i get it, i do, i'm hearing you, you think i have options but i'm telling you, i Can't Do This. i Have to keep moving or i--"

and then amity summons a weighted abomination blanket and goes over and wraps it around him. and he doesn't fight her or snap at her. despite his apparent determination not to stay still for more than, like, thirty seconds at a time.

& amity is just like, "okay. you can't do this. i hear you. but, also. you're Gonna Have To."

[dreamy-pill]

Luz and Steven fusion!

I wanted to get a slightly better picture how they would look like in motion…

So…

I spent the past couple hours just trying to get the animation right, and I feel like I’ve finally done it. 😁😁😁

[ppeasants]

trauma responses but make it about Time Hollow Hunter and Luz

it's the way that it's the same it always has been, for so long, yet it's so different now. So much worse.

How Hunter's first response will always be fawn. How he grew up under the thumb of an abuse uncle, a genocidal tyrant who made sure his every move was perfect. How Belos would manipulate him, either with honeyed words or with harsh punishments, to make sure he did what he was told. How Hunter learned not to displease him, to give up everything about himself, just to make sure he live another day.

How that hasn't really changed, even after his time in the Mindscape. How he learned that he was only created to serve, to be that mindless puppet, and how he subconsciously embraced that, his fawning becoming even worse. How he had to relive each and every memory, only exacerbating every response he's developed, turning that need to be useful towards every other authority figure, once he's out, just to make sure he's the only one that's hurting (turning that to Luz, making sure she gets everything she needs, making sure she never hurts again).

It's the way that Luz learns to freeze. How she's always been so loud, so outspoken, so free in the human realm. How she never seemed to learn her lesson, no matter how much adults tried to tell her. How she would always take the berating, the verbal abuse and just go back being herself. How she take the bullying, the loneliness, never telling anyone, dissociating, just taking it all and holding it in.

How that only got worse, when she was trapped by Belos. When she was hurt, beaten, tortured, told she could live when she gave herself up, admitted to helping him kill his Grimwalker and finish the Day of Unity. How she would never do that, could never do that.

How at first, she didn't say anything out of spite, and how that turned into her escape. How she would begin to dissociate, just to make it past this session, the next session, waking up later to her own screams as the pain comes back to her, her freezes the only thing that keeps her sane, keeps her alive. How that carries over even afterwards, how every slight is met with dissociation, with escape, just make sure she doesn't give up anything, making sure that she's never around during the moment, making sure that she's the only one hurting (turning that to hunter, making sure he's never found, never hurt by anyone again).

It's the way that those instincts, those learned responses are completely disregarded when the other one is hurt.

How both of them throw away every coping mechanism they've developed to survive, instead choosing to fight. Fight everything, fight everyone, fight the world, just to make sure the other is safe.

How Hunter, who sacrifices everything about himself, who has had the instinct to fight beaten out of him, will throw away all of that, will hurt anyone, will kill anyone, just to make sure she can see another day free.

How Luz, who hides into herself, who knows that it's better to say nothing, do nothing, how fighting will only lead to worse consequences, will fight tooth and nail, sweat and blood, just to make sure Hunter can live another day happy.

It's the way that for so long, it was only ever them against the world. And no matter how removed they are from that, how safe they may be, it will never be anything but them against the world.

And they will fight. It's the only choice they know how to make.

[a-e-redacted]

Special Delivery: PAIN

Attempt at drawing That Scene from MoonShadow Chapter 11

[scarletgemstone]

pomni comforts Jax after seeing his cursed

(Pomni is seen sitting with Jax on the roof)

pomni”soo Jax about earlier I”

Jax”yeah I guess you’re not use to seeing me and rags turn into nightmares but it happens when we don’t drink the elixirs “

pomni”does it happen when you guys get stressed?”

Jax”yeah but it’s over for now”

pomni”if you don’t mind but how do you stay so …clam?”

(Jax’s eyes widened slightly)

people “get out of here beast!”

Garuds”that kid’s a monster!”

pomni”Jax ?” Are you ok?”

Jax”I’m fine!”

pomni”..sorry”

(Jax’s face softins)

jax” look all it takes is having an elixir and having cool magic “

pomni”really?”

Jax”yep like this “

(Jax pushes pomni off the roof but before she can hit the ground Jax catches her )

Jax”haha you should have seen your face haha “

pomni”Jax that was not funny!”

Jax” come on I caught you didn’t I ?”

pomni” just don’t do that again “

Jax” ugh fine”

(pomni gets off his broom and they both head inside)

[idoodlestuffsometimes]

Brother's Keeper AU Story Post 11

Hunter doesn't know anything about his family, and if Caleb can help it, he never will.

AU MASTER POST

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[IMAGE ID: A black and white ink and pencil comic. PAGE ONE PANEL 1: A close-up on Hunter's eye as he looks at Belos' empty seat behind him. "So, Dad…" he says. PANEL 2: "Can I ask you something?" Hunter is sitting on Caleb's bed, watching as Caleb waters a potted plant in the corner, facing away from him. The room is brightly lit by the window, but with stark shadows in Caleb's corner. "Hmm?" Caleb responds. PANEL 3: "I've been thinking about your illness," says Hunter. The angle has changed so that we see Caleb facing us in the foreground, but we can't see his eyes, only his mouth fallen open in a frown. "I know Uncle says it'll be cured by pleasing the Titan on the Day of Unity, but I just thought…" continues Hunter. "Maybe I could help more." Caleb's watering can rattles. His hand is shaking. PANEL 4: A profile view of Caleb, still facing away from Hunter. He's in shadow, lit from behind. His eyes are wide in horror. "What are you saying?" he asks. PANEL 5: "There's so much I don't know," Hunter says, nervous but hopeful. "I don't even really know what our family was like before the accident. Or what exactly happened! If I just had more information, I could help look for a solution!" In the foreground we can only see Caleb's other hand, clenched and shaking on the grip of his crutch. "Fledge…" he warns. PAGE TWO PANEL 1: Hunter leans forward eagerly, excited now. "What kind of wild magic was it? Maybe some kind of oracle, illusions, and beast combo? If I did some resear--" PANEL 2: "HUNTER!" Caleb cries. The speech bubble and panel overlap with Hunter's dialogue, cutting him off. The panel is completely black. Caleb's eyes are screwed shut, his brows drawn down and his shoulders pulled up around his ears desperately as he shouts. PANEL 3: A wide black panel, small and isolated on the white page. In the center, Hunter sits small and chastised, his ears drooping. PANEL 4: Caleb sags on his crutches in the shadowed corner. He still hasn't turned around to face Hunter. "Please…" he says, "Don't ask me." PANEL 5: "You should listen to your uncle. Do not speak of wild magic," Caleb is looking away guiltily as Hunter sits, distressed, behind him. "Promise me, Fledge. Please." PANEL 6: Hunter turns away. Behind him looms Belos' chair. "I'm sorry," he says. "…I promise." /END ID]

[itzmellooo]

Request from @echodeltacove for their TOH AU! I hope you love it, and thank you so much for the req!

I included a rough sketch of Luz and Gracie under the cut :)

[sapphic--kiwi]

adrenaline rush ❄️💙

more fanart i did for @lsoer ‘s BTVS au fic - chapter 23 held me hostage and made me go insane

[dejaroze]

Oohhh kissing behind the church scandalous oh me geeee