#toh recs

[captainkirkk]

✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

All the fics I’ve read and really enjoyed in the past week-ish. Reminder: This list features any and all ratings and themes. Please look at tags and warnings on ao3 before reading.

ATLA

all my skeletons out for the taking by 136108

Azula wins the Agni Kai, and the playing field shifts.

The Owl House

Grom Knight by ObabScribbler

Belos is dead. The Collector is defeated. The portal door is working again and everyone now just has to move on with their lives and rebuild normality as best they can. This is easier for some than for others.

When Willow invites Hunter to Grom, he assumes it is so that he, as a non-student of Hexside, can still be there to help Skara in her duties as Grom Queen. Emerald Entrails stick together, after all. Clearly there could be no other reason for Willow to invite him. This is all set to be a simple, friendly combined dance and fight with a demonic entity that reads minds and conjures your worst fears into reality. No biggie.

Except with Boscha and her crew of bullies around and feeling braver than ever, this Grom might not be as simple as they all hoped. Especially when Hunter discovers that being the reincarnated container of hundreds of years of Golden Guards' fears is a bad thing to be around a fear demon.

Clone Wars

and through the spaces of the dark by blackkat (+ podfic)

Jon's attempts to avoid a war he wants no part in are ended when Dark Woman drags him to Coruscant and straight to a posting with the Guard. He intends to keep his head down and do his work, but the mysteries around the Guard - and Fox - immediately have him in out of his depth and on uncertain ground.

Nine Worlds / The Lays of the Hearth Series

Friday Keeps Coming Next by rattyjol

Cliopher's first morning with the Sun-on-Earth was everything he could have dreamed of, until it wasn’t.

or: Cliopher and his Radiancy break time. Again.

soon, they said, if not today by Ariaste

Cliopher passes the Imperial exams on the first try.

It changes everything.

one for sorrow, two for joy by Ariaste

The Emperors of Astandalas did not have daemons.

Cliopher knew this could not, technically, be true. Thinking this thought, even in the quietest whisper in his deepest heart of hearts, was undeniably treason, but…. facts were facts: The Emperors of Astandalas, though worshipped as gods on earth, were each of them born a human being before they were apotheosized by the crown and by law and custom. Every human being had a soul; therefore, every human being had a daemon.

So the Emperors of Astandalas must have had daemons.

But by tradition and ritual and magic and taboo: The Emperors of Astandalas did not have daemons.

you laugh and you gleam with that roguish air by lindsayraindrops

Notorious rebel-poet Fitzroy Angursell is captured and brought to the Palace of Stars. Cliopher... copes.

(A reunion.)

with a winged heart by celebros

"Cliopher. Cliopher. Cliopher."

I blink. It's Conju, standing with his hands on my shoulders, and I go to answer him and realize that I am already speaking, babbling, and Franzel is behind him, wringing his hands and looking near tears. I try to focus on what I'm saying, but it's like a stream, light and splashing past me, too quick to hold, not enough to catch, somehow, somehow –

(A few weeks before the start of the viceroyship ceremonies, Kip finds himself the unwitting recipient of a truth serum)

The Virtue of Being True by electropeach

"You're under an enchantment, Cliopher. The good news is that the protections his Radiancy has placed on you have shielded you; the bad news is that the protections that block the spell are also reflecting it, meaning that instead of you it affects everyone who comes near you. You may have noticed an unusual propensity for candor in your vicinity today?"

A reverse truth serum plot leads to Cliopher having a very strange day.

even a cat may look at a king. by mage-pie (looselipssinksubs) (Note: This fic is marked as abandoned, but it has some really great scenes that it's still worth a read imo)

"Hello, hello, hello!” said his Radiancy’s serval. She said it, in words, in Shaian, in a pleasant voice that came from her little snout quite naturally. “Good morning!” “Good…morning…?” said Cliopher, too shocked to control his voice. His mongoose got out of his bag and scrambled up onto his shoulder with an excited little squeak, her claws prickling through the tunic. “I have good news and bad news!” the serval continued happily. “Don’t you want to know what it is?” Cliopher could only stare. “Good news, I’ve figured out how to talk!” She lashed her tail excitedly, and finished with her voice full of enormous glee, “Bad news… I’ve figured out how to talk.”

The entire city of Solaara wakes up one day attached to magical animals that display each person’s innermost self with no regard for court protocol or even basic manners. It’s pure chaos… and that’s before the Emperor accidentally gives the soul-animals the power of speech.

#this round up is cramped full of nine worlds fic to the surprise of no one #hopefully the people i convinced to read hote now feel well fed #my posts #fic recs #weekly fic round up #sw recs #atla recs #toh recs #nine worlds recs

[glassduck]

been done to death but here's my contribution

#my mom and i have been watching parks and rec #ben is so hunter vibes #and then this scene which i had completely forgotten about comes on #i mean come on #hunter toh #toh #toh funny #the owl house

[ashanimus]

Vee and Hunter had not started off on a very good foot.

He had recognized her immediately and done his best to avoid her. She had pretended that she didn't know who he was and that had been just fine with him. They had spent weeks like that, tip-toeing around the truth like it didn't exist, until one of them had finally flinched.

Fanart for the always incredible @polyhexian's fic Empty Water Heater!

#the owl house #the owl house fanart #the owl house hunter #toh hunter #hunter noceda #the owl house vee #vee noceda #fic recs #seriously this one is so sweet #changed my freakin brain chemistry #I really love stories that dig into the relationship between these two #this is a top favorite #do yourself a favor and check it out!!! #emotional and heartfelt and bitter and comforting #nate you beautiful bastard you never miss #ash art #adorable siblings forever

[novelist-becca]

Amity: Hey, I love you.

Luz: Dude, shut up! That is awesome sauce!

#the owl house #toh #owl house #lumity #source: parks and rec #luz noceda #amity blight

[carpisuns]

“Is that where you have the orange tree? Could I see it?”

He says this quickly, in a small, hushed voice, as though he’s embarrassed to ask for anything so childish. Under other circumstances, she might have been offended. But there’s a familiarity to the way Hunter stops himself mid-sentence, or hides his notes in his lap when she startles him by entering the room. Whenever they discuss the things he's read, he tracks her expression, his eyes quick and searching.

Only three months ago, Willow had done the same. Her room had been barren of so much as a speck of green.

“Sure,” she says. “We can go up now.”

from chapter 4 of “which witch” by anonymous

THIS FIC IS SOOOOO GOOD if you are a huntlow fan please please consider reading it….it’s life changing

#huntlow #toh #the owl house #toh fic recs #mine #my art

[avatarmerida]

Hunter ever since new Dana art dropped:

#huntlow #Hunter toh #Willow park #winter toh #parks and rec #toh

[tardisman14]

#the owl house #toh #amity blight #boscha toh #luz noceda #willow park #gus porter #hunter toh #vee noceda #meme #parks and rec meme #eagle 1 meme

[welcometogrouchland]

I feel like for the first few years of guardianship Darius and Hunter really struggle to figure out how to refer to each other.

Like it's easier for Hunter, he pretty quickly settles on "guardian" for explaining their relationship to other people and just referring to Darius by name when talking to the man himself. Overtime the phrasing gradually warms, becoming "foster parent" and eventually, once Hunter's already an adult old enough to move out, "Dad".

(Sidenote: he doesn't move out til he's in his mid to late twenties, bc he's under no obligation too, Darius low-key doesn't want him too, and the two of them want to make up for lost time in a sense, since Hunter only had 2 years of legal dependency on Darius before aging out of the system. Darius adopts Hunter retroactively as an adult)

Darius on the other hand has a real conundrum on his hands for those first few years. He has a lot of options! But "ward" is too formal and makes it sound like Darius picked him up off the street like after his parents were murdered, "apprentice/student" isn't really accurate considering the focus of Darius and Hunter's relationship has less to do with Hunter learning magic and more to do with Hunter being housed and fed. "Kid" and "foster son" are there...but...

Look, Darius isn't going to refer to Hunter more familiarly than Hunter refers to him! He's not gonna make it WEIRD. He's not a dad, because Hunter doesn't want/need him to be (and also parenthood is scary <3). Darius doesn't know the first thing about being a dad, despite how his friend group teases him.

Eda and Eberwolf are the two who are worst about it. They torture him with how 'fatherly' he's allegedly being (allegations Darius will DENY til his GRAVE!!!) And Eda specifically compares his journey to hers, saying it always starts off with you referring to them as your apprentice (again, Darius doesn't plan on doing that), as your roommate (...kinda weird in Darius' opinion? But okay Eda), or even your pet (????HELLO???). But eventually, they always become your dumb kid when you least expect it.

She's had a couple cups of appleblood by this point, but Darius knows on some level she's right and he's steadfastly ignoring that fact, even as Eber continues to refer to Hunter as his "cub" (kinda cute but Darius doesn't know how Hunter would feel being compared to an animal). The only people who are even remotely reasonable about all this (besides Lilith who's a bit disinterested in kid talk) is Raine and Alador, who both sort of neutrally, a bit awkwardly refer to Hunter as Darius' Boy.

Darius referring to Hunter as "my boy" is funnily enough what sticks the longest before it evolves to son boy. Hunter's crushing it at a derby match? Darius is whooping and cheering, yelling "THAT'S MY BOY!!!" At the other parents in the stands. Hunter is doing something dangerous or inadvisable where others can see him? "Darius, your boy-" "AHH! MY BOY". Hunter, a year into his stay with Darius finally comes clean about everything to do with him being a grimwalker, and is afraid that he's going to go back to seeing him as just an inferior replacement for Darius' beloved mentor? Darius (who has just had to process some of the most bonkers, emotionally heavy information in his life) gently, hesitantly puts a hand on his shoulder (the 'good' one Hunter doesn't mind people touching), and says that Hunter's much more than that. He's Darius' Boy and he's not going to kick him out or get angry or love him any less for things out of his control. It's good. They're good.

Like I said, it evolves over time and 'boy' becomes somewhat obsolete as the two get caught up in the joy of finally feeling able to explicitly refer to each other as family. But unlike "guardian" or "ward" the word never gets fully retired. Even when Hunter is 30 and is arguing that he's more of a man than a boy now, he is still getting referred to by Darius as "his boy", the way some parents never really stop calling their adult kids baby or kiddo (Camila and Eda respectively btw).

Hunter makes one of those corny matching shirt sets at some point for a father's Day gift when he's 17/18, where the two shirts say "if lost, return Boy to me" (Darius) and "I'm Boy" (Hunter). Hunter mostly did it so he could own a funny shirt that says "I'm boy". Darius openly weeps upon seeing them. Like Oh my Titan he's boy. He's my boy. Oh wow

#ramblings of a lunatic #the owl house #toh #hunter toh #darius deamonne #dadrius #made this instead of finishing my dadrius week day 1 comic. it's okay i have time #i think this post dips it's toes into being one of those 'part writing drabble/part textpost analysis' posts #which I'm okay w/ tbh i love those #i just hope it reads well #the important thing about dadrius + eberwolf to me is that it's just as unlikely a trio as King Eda and Luz are #just as weird and has just as gradual and retrospectively funny a journey as them #i also specified foster parent instead of adoptive parent just bc i read it in a fic once where Hunter was placed in isles foster care- #-post canon and he had a social worker who was a gargoyle named Chantelle. it was delightful #this is my homage to that. the fic was 'the titan laughs in flowers' i think (thank you user yardsards for the rec) #alador still gets the instinct to refer to Hunter as the golden guard and amity gets on his case about it #so referring to Hunter as darius' boy grew out of that and spread to raine who finds it kind of adorable #darius refers to hunter as his foster son for the first time when his (darius' i mean) family comes to visit #not as like a statement of anything they don't deny Hunter as a deamonne. they love him like they love a scraggly cat #but just like. it felt right for Darius in the moment and Hunter got emotional about it #anyway happy early dadrius week I'm rotating them in my mind I'm biting down on them like a chew toy etc etc

[jattendschaton]

Fanart of the incredible fic which witch, the Huntlow fic of all time. Do yourself a favor and get ww brainrot with me <3

#the owl house #toh #huntlow #willow park #hunter toh #toh fic recs #my art

[existencebringsonlypain]

find me fics where willow is very obviously flirting with hunter and hunter either a: completely misses it, or b: short circuits. I require sustenance

#please #give me fic recs #huntlow #hunter #willow #willow toh #willow the owl house #toh willow #willow park #the owl house willow #hunter deamonne #hunter toh #toh hunter #hunter the owl house #the owl house hunter #toh #the owl house #hunter wittebane #hate that name. caleb was a clawthorne and hunter is not sharing a last name with his abuser #hunter clawthorne #hunter noceda #hunter porter #hunter park #any ones im missing? #hunter whispers #hunter the huntsman #ik thats not eber's actual last name but it sounds badass so who cares #hunter the golden guard #oblivious hunter #flirty willow

[captainkirkk]

✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

All the fics I’ve read and really enjoyed in the past week-ish. Reminder: This list features any and all ratings and themes.

Stranger Things

the lathe by palmviolet

"This time, do it right. This time Eddie won’t bleed out in his arms, in anyone’s arms. This time, Steve will do it right."

— or, steve relives the day they try to kill vecna over and over, and eddie just can't seem to stop dying. steve finds this totally unacceptable.

DC

The Body Keeps the Score by StoriesAreMagic

Tim is many things at many times. He is a detective. He is a photographer. He is a vigilante. He is a Drake, not a Wayne, even though he might wish differently. But underneath all of that, Tim is a metahuman with the ability to heal himself, even from some of the people who’ve hurt him the worst…

Including his own parents.

The Owl House

enough to leave scars by Haicrescendo

[“Hunter, right?” She asks softly. “Yes, ma’am?” “May I take a look at your arm?” Hunter goes stiff. Camila didn’t think it was possible, but he manages to pull even farther away from her. “It’s fine. I’m fine. I’m so fine. I’m the most fine.”] Or, Hunter is not fine.

BNHA

Reddit, AITA? by nocturnalgf

I (23M) faked my own death when I was 13. WIBTA if I didn't tell my boyfriend? (A story told through Reddit posts)

The Sandman

Things That Never Happened in History Class by darth_stitch (+podfic)

Professor Robert "Hob" Gadling's History 101 class is always fully booked each semester. This is why.

Untamed

i carry your heart with me by lulu_kitty

“Wei-qianbei, I don’t understand. What sort of curse is this?” Lan Jingyi whispers shakily.

He moves aside to reveal a small figure huddled in his husband's robes. A young child, no older than five or six, looking around in both confusion and fear.

Wei Wuxian can’t breathe.

Because the little boy has a Lan clan ribbon dangling loosely around his neck.

"...Lan Zhan?"

Or, Lan Wangji is temporarily cursed back into his six year old self. Wei Wuxian and his family must reconcile with the unexpected feelings that it brings.

Clone Wars

Good Man of War by scrapathon

During a medic’s first mission with the 212th, everything goes wrong. In the midst of it all, Cody deals with his growing feelings towards General Kenobi.

#the amount of fandoms on this list..................... sickening #i'm out of hyperfixation mode and it shows #weekly fic round up #my posts #fic recs #stranger things recs #sw recs #untamed recs #dc recs #toh recs #misc recs #bnha recs

[crimeronan]

Imagining Luz, Hunter and Amity being so like "it's so nice that Willow is oblivious to the horrors (affectionate) and Never Has to Know about any of that unpleasant business with Belos that we dealt with so subtly" and then she's visiting the castle at one point and drops into conversation, with an air of cheerful and relaxed curiousity, "so which of you was it who actually killed him?" 😊🌱

BARK LAUGH. i'm still thinking about willow and gus figuring out that belos was human in your fic. gonna shamelessly plug it again bc it's so good.

lumiter like it's so nice that willow is an innocent smol bean who never thinks about politics or violence. we mustn't corrupt her. meanwhile willow is like yeah guys. i'm about to engage in some Very Large Bean behavior.

#I LOVE HER. #replies #toh #princess luz au #willow park #lavender winter #fic rec

[zyrafowe-sny]

10 Fic Recs for Feedback Fest 2024/International Fanworks Day

There are so many amazing fics out there, but here are a few recs in honor of @transformativeworks's Feedback Fest.

But We Don't Have to Talk About It (The Owl House, by @halcyonhue): This is a brand new fic and so, so good. Excellent post-finale Luz & Hunter messiness.

A Potter's Field (The Owl House, by @sercezgazety): I can't make a fic rec list without this fic (I also had the pleasure of beta reading it). Fairly Hunter-centric. Written before WAD, but deals with post-finale politics, lustration, trials, grimwalkers, personhood.

phantom pains (The Owl House, by @crimeronan): RATED E AND MIND THE TAGS — SA! Not an easy topic, so gorgeously, hauntingly written.

get through it (The Owl House, by @polyhexian): Alador-centric. Excellent use of second person.

things we lost in the fire (Nimona graphic novel, by @prodigaldaughteralice): Wonderfully-written Comic!Ambrosius and Meredith Blitzmeyer.

Lunch and Other Obscenities (Star Trek 2009): Uhura & Gaila cross-cultural misunderstandings.

An Ever-Fixed Mark (Jane Austen, by @amarguerite): Augh, this series. Some of the best fic on AO3. Fantastic writing, Soulmate deconstruction, war, grief, politics, AU spin offs.

i'll write you a harmony in C (Jane Austen): Modern Jane Austen AU featuring Mary Bennett and Henry Crawford. I don't even remember when I first stumbled across this fic but I've revisited it multiple times over the years.

Beside me singing in the Wilderness (80 Days): Amazing work that really takes advantage of (and builds upon) the worldbuilding of the game.

have you heard (Star Wars sequel trilogy): Written between movies and no longer canon compliant, but a great fic about the power of stories.

#ifd2024 #feedback fest #fanfic rec #fic rec #toh fanfic #nimona fanfic #star trek fanfic #jane austen fanfiction #star wars fanfic #80 days #not my fanfic

[novelist-becca]

Fanfictions to read to cope after For the Future

@biblixsmia fics. They’re my inspiration and they warm my heart every time.

Light’s Song by @lazilysuperkryptonite. Whether or not you’ve watched Supernatural, it doesn’t matter. It’s full of found family, and good, good Raeda.

What Big Claws by @ito-itonomen. Or as I like to call it, the Domestic AU. Everything’s the same, except Luz is 10, and stakes are lower. (Love ya Bee!)

Tiny Freeloader (affectionate) by @ito-itonomen. Are you looking for an AU where Raeda gets together earlier after Eda gets an unplanned pregnancy, and Raine decides to love and pamper her through it all? Then this is for you.

You are Worth Being Loved by maxrimus. Old AU where Agony of a Witch never happened, and it’s a chuck full of found family and Lumity.

@cpu-butpickled’s fics. Another inspiring bunch of stories. Beautiful Raeda.

A Port in a Storm by @smile-dearie. Yes, it’s a darker AU, but if you like Hunter being big bro to Luz, and Vee being protective, this is for you. I say it’s worth it.

Chrysalis by @theravenmonarch. Another AU where Luz is years younger, and it navigates her discovering her identity.

Accidentally a changeling by @nonplayerchar. This takes inspiration from What Big Claws, and it’s beautiful.

“Am I in the bad place?” By @trevorendeavors. Luz tries to put up a front that she’s straight after Eda lightly teases her over Amity, and it becomes a little too much for her.

@lilyreallyreads fics. More beautiful found family.

You know, you remind me a lot of myself by @elizabethwolf.

The make my heart your home series by @tiredandjaded

@edenihira’s fics. Especially the ones about Luz.

@badgrlc0ven’s fics. They are SO good.

Take Me Home by @quinnsqueeries. Human AU surrounding Luz, Amity, and Hunter. The Luz chapters are especially my favorite, but the rest is ALL worth it.

#fanfiction #fanfic recs #the owl house #toh #toh spoilers #owl house #the owl house spoilers #found family #raeda #lumity #eda clawthorne #luz noceda #edalyn clawthorne #Hunter toh #Hunter noceda #mutuals

[carpisuns]

Flapjack flutters from the head of the wolf to perch on Hunter's shoulder, nuzzling against his cheek one last time, twittering a gentle Hunter is loved by Flapjack always, before flying back over to land on Caleb's shoulder.

"I'm very happy to have met you, Hunter," Caleb tells him, genuine pride shining in his eyes. "Live a long and happy life for all of us, would you?"

—“A New Familiar”

This fic was so warm and emotional and it has stuck with me since I read it! Thank you @fairytales-and-folklore for writing it💕

#toh #the owl house #Hunter toh #Caleb wittebane #I’ve read several of their other fics too and they’re all so good!! #check them out! #also I’m sorry if the colors on this are weird? #it looks fine on my iPad but on my phone it’s So yellow lol #anyway #Hope you enjoy this little tribute to your beautiful work 🤲 #mine #my art #toh art #toh fic recs

[chupachai]

in light of recent events i have sought out comfort in @plotek-the-first ‘s uncle belos au

*belos voice* give these kids a pizza and they lose all their table manners

click for better quality if tumblr decides to eat the images

#i highly rec reading thru their au its really cute :) #they gave belos a cool hair flip #i made headcanons for it constantly its iconic #uncle belos au #toh au #toh #emperor belos #philip wittebane #luz noceda #hunter the owl house #toh hunter #my art #uncle philip au