#(my personal elaborate hc as to how this dynamic formed is that hunter as a child used to think Lilith was cool! he wanted to be like her!)

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#the owl house #toh #hunter toh #lilith clawthorne #i have hcs about their dynamic but they're mostly comedic tbh #like yeah it's fucked up that Lilith had beef with a child but it's also pathetic and i think that takes the edge off it tbh #hunter kinda knows this. he doesn't like her and i appreciate it when ppl read it as ''hes walking on eggshells around her'' #based on that one dana art #i think it's a fair read #but i personally like to read it as equal parts nervousness and annoyance at having to be placed with Mean Un-Fun Lilith #hunter thinks she's a loser and has no idea why she hates him so much. he's just trying to do his job man #(my personal elaborate hc as to how this dynamic formed is that hunter as a child used to think Lilith was cool! he wanted to be like her!) #(unfortunately his braggadocios persona as the golden guard gave Lilith the impression that he was Out For Her Job and also Life) #(and bc she's Lilith these threats from a child are taken seriously. she will play nice when Belos is around but she DOES NOT TRUST HIM) #(and she's just not going to interrogate her own insecurities regarding yet another bubbly teen prodigy coming in and stealing her thunder) #(she is definitely not getting reminded of her own insecurities related to eda being better than her growing up. no sir) #(she totally doesn't see the emperor as her mom whaaat that's crazy) #(ANYWAY post canon i think they could be good friends. bitchy friends but good friends) #(someone the other comes to when they need a brutally honest opinion! steve hangs out with them too. ex emperor's coven buddies!)