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I think Alice's and Barry's pre canon beef with each other is seriously underutilized in fan content which is a SHAME because its Fucking Funny. imo.
so yeah, obligatory Our Get Along Shirt meme
What is this? A crossover episode???
marcy wu its almost halloween wake up marcy wu
The Streaming Wars are destroying animation!!!
This video reminded me that Netflix was originally making an animated adaptation of Bone, a comic series made by Jeff Smith. It was in the works before Netflix pulled the plug during production, causing the whole thing to get cancelled before seeing the light of day. Which is a shame because, with how much buzz shows like Gravity Falls, Adventure Time, Amphibia and many others get, an animated adaptation of Bone would BLOW UP.
For those who don’t know Bone was a comic series that often mixed cartoonish nonsense…
(Issue #1)
With, uh……This:
(SPOILERS BELOW)
It’s one of those things that tried to toe the line between being silly and serious, offering something goofy to draw kids in but also give them something dark to read as a way to help them grow up and transition them to more mature stories.
In other words, it did what these shows basically did:
All of these shows and the stories they told, to this day, are held in highest regards. They were safe ENOUGH for kids but still challenged them, scared them, and made them stronger for it. They were goofy, sure, but they knew how to push the envelope and deliver something anyone of any age could enjoy. Bone was like that for the nineties, and it could be like that again today.
Unfortunately, it didn’t get its chance. And other shows trying the same thing don’t either, often being punished for wanting to play the long game when studios want quick things that could make them a faster buck. Why invest in an animated project that often takes two years per episode when they could put money in bullshit reality TV that can give them dollars per year. Don’t let a potential hit like Bone happen to some of YOUR favorite cartoons. Do exactly as the video above says and share wherever you can all your favorite shows that deserved better.
And remember: Animation is under attack. Which side are you on?
POV: you’re about to get beat up by two teenagers in party city masks
Okay, so this is a revision of that huge asf Lunter post i made before FTF aired:
Here's how the Luz/Caleb parallels don't work: here
So, for this one I'm going to point out all the... totally Sibling symbolism... between the two of them and specific details that tie them to Caleb/Evelyn.
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Okay so before I even begin...I just want to show you these images of Hunter's early designs:
Hunters early designs:
God... I really need to know whats in the TOH bible... He may have been conceptualized as a friend of Luzs before he became her enemy...
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Witches Before Wizards: Luz crushing on the prince character. First of all, you do know Nevareth didn't have to be a prince right? He could have literally been any other archetype. Also, Hunter is nearly identical to him character design wise, because:
He's older than her.
2. The angsty, warrior teen prince archetype
3. Has a compelling and tragic backstory.
4. Is on a quest of vengeance with Luz [after the events of Thanks to Them].
5. Had an animal sidekick.
6. Very similar shoulder armor Hunter has when he's in his GG uniform. There's no reason for him to wear gold shoulder armor so similar to the only other prince character in the show. it's also on the same shoulder Hunter wears his on.
7. Their hair length is the same and the hair on the top of their heads is slicked back [after Thanks to Them].
8. Nevareth and Hunter now have the same eye color.
9. I thought Nevareth's anime sword was just a anime reference, but we can see Hunter was initially conceptualized as a sword wielder
The curvy sword he used to have was repurposed into the dagger Philip uses to kill Caleb. You can also see this dagger in Hunters room in ASIAS and HP. And the character in the stain glass window is Hunter because they have the same profile:
10. This one is self explanatory.
I also want to show you the way their first appearances are contrasted... cuz I think it's neat
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The hints that will forever haunt me in Sense and Insensitivity:
"Luzura's tears fell on the frozen prince bringing him back to life."
So, I just wanted to highlight the dialouge here:
King: Luzura's tears fell on the frozen prince bringing him back to life? It feels a little unrealistic.
Luz: I see what you're saying, but in your version Ruler just destroys everything. I think a little romantic tension can help the scene.
2. Luz's drawing of herself kissing a prince that looks like Hunters early design in a story she wrote about her self-insert character. This is very suspicious because this episode actually does spoil some plot points that happen later in the series. The example i used in the first point foreshadowed Hunter dying and coming back to life. Im also going to include King's dialogue while this kiss is in the foreground, so you can see why this scene drives me fucking crazy
3. Look I know Huntlows are gonna chug their copium and pretend like this kiss is supposed to be between Hunter and Willow. But if they actually payed attention to this episode they'd realize that the story the lizard man is holding is about Luz's self-insert character. Here's what her self-insert character looks like BTW:
As you can clearly see, her self insert has POINTY EARS, not round ones! So this kiss is obviously supposed to be Luz and Hunter and not Willow and Hunter lol.
We ALSO know Luz has a thing for princes as this was presented in Witches Before Wizards [kind of suspicious its being brought up again... in an episode that foreshadows other events that have come to pass in the series]. So this is... obviously supposed to be Luz and not Willow.
This kiss is extra sus when you remember this card is in the episode:
This isn't Luz - it's Amity. In this episode, Luz and King are writing a story about their self-inserts. So the Prince and this girl on the heartbreak card are stand-ins for Hunter and Amity... because they are her Love Interests... Again, this episode spoils some plot points that happen later in the series... so you can see why this is something Im going to be wondering about for years to come. Why is Amity on a heartbreak card?
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"The First Day"
"And maybe [I'll] meet a hot yet vulnerable upperclassmen."
Look... this show is filled with shit that makes no sense to me in hindsight. I dont know if this dialogue was hinting at Hunter appearing at school at some point, but Im taking this line for the Lunter shippers since Hunter's the only kid in the main cast thats older than Luz. He's the only one who qualifies to be an upperclassman.
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Hunting Palismen:
Okay so before I even get to the fakeout kiss moment I want to tell you this is what Hunter looks like when he teleports back to the ship...
People say this is just him being confident... but idk man this looks more firty than confident. He also says "Hiiiiiii" in a sus manner... Later in the episode he talks to Luz in a way that sounds confident and weirdly flirty... and he never sounds like this again... I cant upload more clips and I dont really want to make separate posts just for those clips... but like, just go and watch these parts of the episode to see what i mean.
Fake Out Kiss moment:
This...
Is literally a callback to this (proof of concept video)
Despite this biphobic fanbases insistence Luz is a lesbian and think the story would somehow be "better" if she was one... she is not and she will never be one. Cry about it. Luz is also into boys - and she's into boys like Hunter - the angsty warrior princes who are older than her. So you can see why I think people who headcanon them as siblings are weird as fuck. Especially after they see this obvious fake-out kiss moment. Like seriously, people who draw them as siblings are fucking weirdos - this is something ill never EVER change my mind on lmao.
Moving on....
2. Flapjack connects Luz and Hunter the same way he connects Evelyn and Caleb:
Without Evelyn, Caleb would have never received Flapjack. If Evelyn never showed him how magic wasn't this evil and dangerous thing that should be feared and destroyed, Flapjack would have never been created. We still dont know WHO carved Flapjack. What Dana said in her post series Livestream was just her HEADCANON. This is something we'll never know most likely. As i doubt TOH is going to get a spin-off. But the point is... without Evelyn, Caleb would have never received Flapjack.
Hunter was taught to fear wild magic because it's dangerous. Wild magic is the reason why his family was wiped out. Luz's and Hunter's meeting in Hunting Palismen was integral for Hunter's growth. If Luz didn't show him wild magic wasn't dangerous, Hunter would have shunned Flapjack. Without Luz, Hunter would have never received his greatest source of emotional support. Without Flapjack, Hunter would not have gone back to save Willow and Gus from Darius. Hunter only went back to save them because he knew Willow's and Gus' palismen would get killed by Belos.
Flapjack is also the physical representation of Caleb and Evelyns love... So, now do you see why Luz giving Flapjack to Hunter is inherently a romantic gesture? Like lol...
3. Hunter could have taken the palismen from Luz
Hunter can teleport... he could have literally teleported to Luz as she was flying away on Kikimora's dragon and restrained her with ease if he really wanted to... like he did literally at the beginning of the episode. He could have also sent scouts to retrieve the palismen at the school. BUT HE DIDNT.
Hunter willingly disobeys the man who gave him everything knowing full well his physical safety could be put at risk. In Hunting Palismen and ASIAS it is implied Belos gave him his cheek scar. In the past, Hunter did something that required him to "earn" a second chance from Belos. Whatever this was we dont know - but Hunter's cheek scar is most likely something Belos gave him to teach him a "lesson".
Again, Hunter is choosing to disobey Belos - his abuser - for Luz even though he barely knows her, she's a wild witch, she's the protégé of a notorious wild witch AND he has the power to take those palismen away from her. Like... this is a big fucking deal lol. ESPECIALLY when you remember Caleb "betrayed" Philip for a witch. A witch - a.k.a a person that was considered evil and dangerous during Philips time period. Wild Witches are considered evil and dangerous in Hunter's time...
Hunter has been raised to believe wild magic wiped out his family, so him helping out a wild witch knowing his abuser could physically harm him for failing to bring him any palismen is FUCKING HUGE. This is why its weird to me when people call Hunter selfish... like the kid literally let Luz go and didnt bother to send any scouts to the school to get the palsimen... it didnt benefit him at all to show Luz this kindness.
4. Hunter tells Luz his name after she expresses disappointment in him and he protects her from Kikimora. Again, he doesnt have to protect Luz but he does... cuz hes not completely devoid of humanity.
It really is funny... like people dont realize Luz needed to be written out of ASIAS and Eclipse Lake because Hunter would have folded like an envelope the moment Luz expresses disappointment in him.
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Any Sport In a Storm:
When looking for a first and last name to call himself by, Flapjack coins in the name "Caleb". Which Hunter uses for his first name. Again, Luz is forced into a b-plot because if she was there, Hunter would have joined her side right then and there LOL.
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Hollow Mind:
We have the Grimwalker that looks the most like Caleb running away from Philip with a witch from another world... Both at the end of the episode and during the episode. You might be thinking, " but that monster wasn't Philip"... but... it doesnt matter because that is what Philip's monster form looks like...
2.) The jacket Luz wears in Hollow Mind has a big ol' "E" on it. It's a jacket that belongs to Eda... a Clawthorn... Evelyn also begins with an "E"... Golly, I wonder what the significance of an "E" on Luz's jacket could possibly mean in an episode that directly parallels Luz and Hunter with Caleb and Evelyn... It really is a mystery! [If you cant tell im being sarcastic]
Here's a picture of Luzs jacket:
Another thing... Look at whats going on here in this scene...
^ This portrait is in the the background of the above scene just so you know. And the scene with Luz, Hunter and "Philip" looks nearly identical to this painting...
3. This is the episode where we get these portraits, which by the way were not shown in this order during the episode. Someone on reddit put these images in this order. Again, TOH was made for nerds who like to look for the hidden details and find out how they fit together (me, im the nerd this show was made for.):
... The first portrait in the second row is a memory of Caleb choosing to go with Evelyn over Philip... shown to us in an episode where Hunter - the Grimwalker who looks the most like Caleb - runs away from Philip with a witch from another world... Like Hunter literally turns around to look at Philip as he's running away with Luz just like Caleb turns around to look at Philip when Evelyn is leading him away. Haunting, absolutely haunting.
4. I just want to say: in the painting where Caleb and Philip meet Evelyn for the first time, Caleb looks around Hunter's age - I'm basing this on how young Philip looks here and that he's holding the mask Caleb carved for him. Actually,, Here's the updated Hollow Mind portraits posted on TWT so you can see what Im talking about:
[link]
So, while the play in TTT and the book in Yesterday's Lie implied they met Evelyn as adults it actually looks like they met her when they were teenagers.
OH WAIT, I need to point out that they did these parallels WHILE LUZ IS DATING AMITY. This episode comes after Knock Knock Knockin on Hootys door, the episode where they officially start dating.
5. Another connection Hunter has with Caleb is that he's also a witch-hunter... His name is a short-hand for witch-hunter... Belos has been training him to be a witch-hunter because he expects every clone of his brother to be a witch-hunter... because you know... Caleb WAS a witch-hunter before he "betrayed" Philip...
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Kings Tide:
This is the first instance where we get Philip calling Hunter "Caleb".
2. Both Caleb and Hunter run away to another world with an expecting witch. Philip crosses worlds to track down both pairs.
Luz counts as an "expecting" witch because she is waiting for her palisman to hatch... Evelyn was pregnant when Caleb chose to "run away" with her
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Thanks to Them:
Okay where do I begin with this one... Let me say this again, pretty much confirm Hunter/Luz = Caleb/Evelyn AND they confirm these parallels WHILE LUZ IS STILL DATING AMITY.
First of all, they didnt need to give Hunter Calebs hairstyle. It's the same length but Hunter's is more unkept. They could have done that trope where the possessed characters hair returns to normal after they're unpossessed. Like... WHY did Hunter need to have a change in eye color and hair color if it wasnt going to go anywhere?
2. They did not need to make Luz look like Evelyn. Like... why does Evelyn have brown hair lol.
3. The framing on the carriage ride is really... interesting. First of all, they make Hunter sit next to Luz and not Willow as Masha is telling everyone The Tale of The Brothers Wittebane... a story where Caleb and Philip meet a witch from another world.... as Hunter is dressed as a human character and Luz is dressed as a witch character... and we know from Hollow Mind that Calebs and Evelyns relationship was a romantic one...
Oh right, and they only frame Luz's and Hunter's reactions to hearing Masha say how the brothers met a witch from another world name Evelyn... And Luz is the only character in the cast who fits the whole "witch from another world" theme
This is exactly how this scene happens btw
AND THEN Luzs and Hunters reactions are framed again while Masha says that maybe Philip is still chasing his brother, caught in a cycle of horror and strife...
Also in the storyboard version of this scene only Hunter and Luz have a negative facial expression.
Oh right and Flapjack is in this play... Evelyn is presenting Caleb with Flapjack, which neatly ties in with Hunting Palismen where Luz introduces Flapjack to Hunter
4. Philip calls Luz Evelyn before he tries killing Flapjack right in front of her. Then moments later, when Philip leaves Hunters body, he calls him Caleb AGAIN.
5. So, this isn't a parallel but I still want to talk about it: When Hunter asks Luz how she feels after what happened in Hollow Mind, she gives him a straight answer and even tears up in front of him. This is a big deal because when Luz has been prompted by other people, including her own girlfriend, about how she feels after a great emotional upset, she'll be vague, make something up, or tell them not to worry about it. Which is very fucking strange given what happens in FTF - where Luzs and Hunters bond is completely discarded even though TTT focuses on their relationship. Like Hunter literally asks her to help him fight Philip and he died and came back right before her eyes... but they treat each other more like strangers in FTF. Also in FTF Luz is the only one to ask Hunter if hes okay after Willow shows him the picture of Flapjack. Luz asking Hunter if hes okay comes a little to late in the episode to feel natural, but its still so fucking funny how LUZ asks Hunter if he's okay and not Willow... Like Willow deadass shows hunter a picture of his dead friend and for some reason HUNTER has to be the one to apologize to Willow when she gets upset over Hunter not responding the way she expected him to... Like my god... Anyways here are some links examining how Luz tends to keep her real feelings bottled up with other people vs Hunter.
(more in detail here. and here, aaaaand here. one more)
6. Hunter has his most vulnerable moment with Luz and not the girl he's crushing on. This writing choice makes no sense given what happens in FTF, where they focus on Hunter's relationship with Willow... but they dont actually canonize Huntlow. You... kind of have to make one character confess to the other in order for a relationship to start. Very, very strange to me... Yes even if its m/f you have to have a confession because... that's romance 101, buddy.
Again, FTF makes no sense with the context of Thanks to Them. In Thanks to Them, they focus on Luzs and Hunters relationship and bring Caleb and Evelyn to the forefront. So you think FTF and WAD are going to focus more on Hunters and Luzs relationship because theyve been established as Caleb/Evelyn.... they do not. All of Luzs scenes with Hunter could have gone to Willow in TTT considering what happens in FTF and WAD.
Like seriously, why didnt they make Huntlow canon is TTT and give all of Luzs scenes to Willow? Fanservice thats why, lol.
7. While I don't know every single detail about Hecate (the goddess) i do notice some similarities between her and Hunter. I also want to point out that the wolves on the shirt are Luz, the Hexside gang, Vee and Camila.
... People do not fucking get that this shirt didn't need to look like this... but they went out of their way to make it pretty clear this is supposed to be Luz, Camila, Vee and the Hexside gang.
The wolf with red eyes is obviously Hunter, the one behind it is Luz, the biggest one on the bottom left-hand side is Camila, the brown one is Vee, the blue one is Gus, the magenta one is Amity, and the greenish one is Willow.
But isn't it suspicious that the wolf representing Luz is right behind the one that represents Hunter...
Also just so you know, Luz's school team is called "Wolves". AND this scene at school comes BEFORE Hunter shows Gus his wolf shirt:
As of WAD this choice to color-code the wolves on Hunters shirt AND to put the wolf that's obviously Luz behind Hunter AND to call Luz's school team Wolves is going to haunt me for the rest of my life :)
8. Hunter has the same death pose as Caleb:
9. Philip : "Caleb, you would stab me in the back?"
Luz : "You did it to him first."
... Please just look at the painting of dead Caleb...
10. Flapjack only let Hunter and Luz use him. And he flies to Luz when he's mortally wounded.
11. They also made sure Luz was the one to express the most worry over Hunter drowning and not the girl he's crushing on. Luz was about to jump into the water to get Hunter if Camila wasn't faster on the response. I also need to point out Luz was the ONLY ONE who couldnt fight Hunter. She was the only one holding back. Im not counting Vee in the same group as Luz because while she didn't throw anything at him her magic absorption abilities could have damaged him. Hunter is a GRIMWALKER, Vee's attempt to such the magic out of him could have had negative consequences on him.
Sooooo.... again... Why did Thanks to Them focus on Luz's and Hunter's bond if they were going to pretend like it didnt exist in FTF and focus on Willows and Hunter's dynamic instead? So fucking weird.
The fact that they dont even show us Evelyn is very suspicious. I still do not understand why her appearance is kept in the dark. She couldnt even appear as a "ghost" in FTF. "They didn't have time" BULLSHIT - they had time, they just wasted it on FUCKING BOSCHA and school shit that exists specifically for Huntlow bait. They had the time but focused on the wrong shit because they didnt have the spine to show us Evelyns face.
Also i want to point out that Caleb's ghost is him when he was a teenager. Caleb died when he was a grown ass man and he didnt have a pony tail when he died. So like... Why does his "ghost" look like that?
12.) Evelyn was a Clawthorn
The way she is depicted in the play in TTT is heavily inspired by Eda. Her name is very similar to Eda's actual name: Edalyn (who is an actual Clawthorn by blood btw)
Luz is not a Clawthorn, but he is heavily associated with the Clawthorns - she is Eda's protégé. Also Luz does count as a witch even if she is not an "actual witch". God damn, do I really need to explain how Luz doesn't need a bile sac to be considered a witch? Im sure the people who are reading this have paid enough attention to TOH to realize Luz is considered a wild witch since she practices wild magic. She is also the ONLY CHARACTER who shares the whole "witch from another world" theme with Evelyn.
I also want to point out Hunter and Luz's costumes again: Luz is dressed as a witch while Hunter is cosplaying as a human... A witch and a human... gee that sounds familiar dont it?
I also want to point out that Willow's costume takes design cues from both of Evelyns INNACURATE and STEREOTYPICAL appearances. She has Evelyns devil tale from Jacobs book [Yesterdays Lie. Theres a picture of this depiction in the point that comes after this one] and she has the striped green tights from her depiction in Thanks to Them.
I also want to point out another thing that makes Evelyn a Clawthorn: the vial of titan blood has an owl head on it - which is another symbol that associates her with Eda. Also all the Clawthorns we've seen in the show have bird themed palismen
13.) Flapjack belonged to Caleb and not Evelyn: Flapjack was searching the house for the rebus... because that was Caleb's house... he knew Caleb hid it somewhere under the floorboards, but couldnt remember its exact location. Flapjack was with Caleb enough for people to record him of him in a "history" book:
there he is sitting on Calebs shoulder
14.) Oh right, So another obvious detail that connects Hunter to Caleb is that during the carriage ride, a piece of animation from Hollow Mind plays with Masha voicing over it. This piece of animation is the part where Belos flicks Hunters hair before he tries killing him. Masha address Hunter as Caleb during this voice over... like i have no fucking idea how yall could have missed that detail lmao.
LICHERALLY SHAKING RIGHT NOW,. I can't properly articulate my workds since it's late BUT here are some things that made my Lunter brainrot worse
1.) Luz: "Then how about we bring back some of that masked confidence?" And then Hunter says his line from Separate Tides
2.) Hunter fucking sobbing after Luz playfully punches his arm and says: "Yeah, I gotta make sure youre safe too, Hunter. You're family now." She leans on him and comforts him when he starts crying.
3. Luz using Flapjack and flash-stepping to Hunter - clinging onto him and talking to him in an attempt to break his possession.
4. Luz saying "No, no, no -" and rummaging through her bag for a spell. Then Camilla jumps into the river to save Hunter from drowning. I don't know its just funny that it's only Luz expressing fear for Hunters safety in this moment and not the girl he's actually crushing on.
5. Philip: Caleb, you would stab me in the back?
Luz: You did it to him first
LKDJRGLSD
6. Luz kneeling down next to Hunter and tearing up because Hunter isn't moving
7. Hunter reassuring Luz with: "You were tricked. That's what Belos does - he tricks people. But if it weren't you it would have been someone else and then there's be no one left to fight back. So let's do that - let's fight back. Please? For Flapjack." Like oh my god... it was his words that finally made her stop blaming herself for being tricked by Philip. This entire sequence almost took me the fuck out.
LIKE
PLEEEEASE ARE YOU KIDDING ME
See, the reason why the sibling coded bullshit sends me is because when I was a teenager messing around in fandom spaces nobody said that about ships they didn't like.
Yeah sure, someone would say something along the lines of : "I see them as brothers/i see them as sisters/ i see them as brother and sister" but nobody tried to fucking gaslight you into thinking unrelated characters are related. Or that the author/writers totally wanted you to see their relationship as siblings.
It just so fucking stupid. Dude, buddy, just say you don't like a ship. Because the way ya'll try to force Hunter and Luz into the sibling category is so fucking insecure.
None of you do that shit to Gus to even a tenth of the extent you do to Hunter. Why? Why is Hunter so threatening to you that you HAVE to shove him into the brother category? Why can't Luz and Hunter just be friends like Luz and Gus are?
it's so important to me how Luz parallels Evelyne.
it's so important to me that she introduces Hunter to Flapjack the same way Evelyne did to Caleb, it's so important to me that Luz and Evelyne are both (to quote) "a witch from another world" that dazzled Hunter and Caleb using wild magic, it's SOOOOOO important to me that Belos continues to hunt after Luz and Hunter like he did with Caleb and Evelyne, it's so important to me that the first time Belos saw Flapjack with Hunter he said Caleb's name and the second time he saw Flapjack with Luz he said Evelyne's name. I'm gonna eat cement.
Lumity and Huntlow shippers literally can't mind their own business. They constantly leave "They're sibling" comments under blatantly romantic Lunter fanart. Don't even get me started on the biphobic comments ya'll leave on Lunter art complaining about us "turning her straight" and how many times Lumity fans erase Luz's sexuality by calling her a lesbian.
It's hella weird to make a boy who fits Luz's taste in angsty prince boys into her brother. They had a fakeout kiss moment in Hunting Palismen... as a callback to the earlier proof of concept with a sleeping prince (who's a subversion of the sleeping princess needing to be woken up with a kiss)... and then there's that picture Luz drew of herself kissing a prince who looks like beta Hunter in "Sense and Insensitivity"... So yeah, it's gross of people to try and make him into her brother and you weirdos deserve to get chewed out for it lmao.
TOH really said to me: Let's give the main romance really lackluster development and cringy moments throughout the show. But let's give the protagonist and her enemy turned friend who fits her taste in boys The Good Shit by paralleling them with past lovers whose actions are the only reason the story of TOH exists. But they're never going to get together even though it would make sense from a storytelling perspective since the Main Conflict was started by past lovers and should be resolved by the characters who parallel those lovers.
OK.
The way season 3 started off with the cringe Lumity Montage and ended with the on-screen confirmation that Hunter and Luz parallel past lovers who are responsible for the main conflict of the story... truly insane of them to do that.
Hunter asking Luz to help him fight Philip for Flapjack - who is a symbol of the love between Caleb and Evelyn - is so fucking romantic are you kidding me.
Yes, Hunter (Caleb) asking Luz (Evelyn) to help him fight the man who destroyed their love TWICE is totally not romantically coded.
I'm cringy, I KNOW, but the lyrics:
but watching you stand alone
all of my doubt suddenly go away somehow
is just too perfect for them
TOH SPOILERS
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I have a lot of things to say about the last The Owl House special, but I want to point out something first:
Flapjack.
Flapjack only trusted totally in Hunter and Luz, Hunter was his partner, but the palisman was with Luz before he even knew Hunter.
For me, it's really interesting how Flapjack shared some kind of conection with them and no with someone else. How Flapjack understanded Hunter but had some Luz vibes. And the moment that made me got it was when Flapjack allowed Luz to used him for helping Hunter (to escape from Belos control)
Like, ARE U KIDDING ME. Flapjack was like a link for Hunter and Luz, he was with them when they had their mission to rescue the palismen, and Luz got attached with the palisman, and Hunter knew it.
Other thing, Flapjack flied right to Luz to die, he knew he didn't have too much time and he decided to lean on the other person he knew the most, before he were with Hunter and sacrificed himself.
Flapjack was so important for Hunter, and that's the reason he looked at Luz in the end, just at her and say that they had to fight for themselves... And for Flapjack, and she changed her expression and was agree, cause nobody else could understand it, the rest of the squad don't know how Hunter got Flapjack (or I believe that) or that Luz was involved in that first meeting.
Let's face it, Flapjack was important for Hunter, but for Luz too. They have in common that.
Well, let's wait what the destiny has for them.
... The way antis scream about Luz saying Hunter is family now as justification for them being siblings but then go completely deaf when Luz says "you guys are great friends" when Hunter and her are alone in the graveyard lol
Labyrinth Runners makes me want to turn into a demon
Okay so
1.) Hunter: "Truth is, my living situation has been compromised. Maybe. So, I just need a place to crash. Temporarily. Hexside was the only place I could think of."
Luz LITERALLY offered him a place to stay in Hollow Mind. I get that maybe Hunter wasn't in his right mind and that's why he ran off - but Luz wasn't. However, the show wants me to believe LUZ of all people will let a kid she knows has a death target on his back, run into the woods - running off to God knows where. I guess I should be fine with this since Luz is obviously psychic and just knew Hexside was the place he was going to...
2.) GOD the Huntlow moment makes me cringe. The way Hunter talks about Willow is like he spends alot of time with her, even though he is busy being a literal prince and has only played a single game with her.
3.) Okay, Willow is distrustful of Hunter up until he mentioned the breathing technique. So, who was he talking to on Penstagram in Reaching Out? Who was he trying to send a picture of sleeping Flapjack to? I thought it was Willow... so they haven't been secretly talking to each other?
Well, that would explain why he didn't tell her he was at the school for a whole week... i guess they're not friends? So how did Hunter figure out that Willow was a fake if it seems like they haven't been speaking to each other after ASIAS - because, ya know, Willow is clearly distrustful of him?
4.) Hunter's only purpose at the school is to develop Gus...
Okay so, when I say this I don't mean it in a mean way, I actually love Gus. The little man is one of my favs... but if I had to choose between making the main character act OOC just to develop one support character or cutting short the support characters development so that the main character is consistent - i would choose the second option.
It's just not worth it. It's just not worth Luz acting completely OOC and leaving Hunter to his own devices, which leads to him being woefully underpowered for the Not So Final Confrontation --- just to develop one support character.
It also makes you wonder why Gus is chosen as Hunter's main source of emotional support when Luz is off doing main character stuff and Flapjack can't give him what he needs. I guess it's because they're both prodigies? So they'll be able to "get" each other. But it's like... it STILL makes you wonder why it needed to be Gus.
I know Hunter needs friends around his age, so I don't have a problem with him being friends with Gus. I just think it's strange that they didn't pick Willow to be his main emotional support when Luz isn't around and a certain emotional issue is out of Flapjacks scope. You'd think they'd develop a strong rapport between Hunter and Willow since they're going to be endgame - and every healthy long lasting relationship is built on a strong friendship.
But... it's Gus? It's Gus that he has alot of heartfelt moments and not Willow? I am confusion.
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