dragonflies_and_autumnskies
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The Golden Guard is perfect. He is the Emperor's chosen soldier, the Right Hand to the Throne. He never wants, never wavers, existing simply to serve however he can.
Hunter is not perfect. In the flickering candlelight, he doesn't gleam, doesn't glisten. But he's unflinchingly, unamendedly loyal, and he'd do anything for his Emperor. And that must be enough, right?
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Or, Hunter spirals, through the analogy of a chess game.
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- Part 1 of Skin and Bones, and Brains and Blood
Bookmarked by dragonflies_and_autumnskies
20 Oct 2023
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Hello, greetings, how would you like to have your heart wrenched on this lovely day featuring: horrifying nightmares, stunning chess metaphors, amazing character study, and of course pain. Beautifully written and amazingly executed, re-read this asap!!
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Set in a "Hunter stays at the owl house post-Hollow mind/before the day of unity" Au/Canon Divergent. Hunter struggles to sleep in the strange place called the Owl House. Between Sleep-talking humans, couch-hogging witches and demons, and an owlbeast curse with no respect for personal space, he could almost miss the solitude of his old bedroom. Almost.
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"Hunter never did sleep well, but he could reliably fall sleep anywhere. Except, it turned out, at the owl house.It wasn't the faded old mat serving as a bed, which was so thin he could count the cracks between the boards on the hardwood beneath him by feel alone. He'd slept on much harder and much lumpier surfaces countless times before. It wasn't the drafty room or single blanket. He'd survived the snowy mountains with just his scout uniform and cloak, and anyways it was summer and the breeze felt nice. He had slept under almost any hardship he could bring to mind. Where his body drew the line apparently, was at sharing a room with one 'Luz the human.'"
Bookmarked by dragonflies_and_autumnskies
24 May 2023
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This is too cute!!! Peak Hunter stays at the Owl House content with Luz, Hunter, and King being the siblings ever, like the relationships? Immaculate. The dialogue? Chef's kiss. The humor?? Witty and perfect, a must read!!
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Three months after everything, Hunter picks up a carving knife.
He knows exactly what palisman he's going to carve for himself, a new staff that will allow him to use magic again, beyond a flashstep that doesn't even work anymore. But time keeps turning on, and trees keep growing, and The Collector keeps annoying him, and there the palistrom wood sits, untouched.
One day, Hunter tells himself, I'm going to have to move on.
But for some reason, he just can't seem to.
(On losing your best friend: how Hunter and Waffles met.)
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- Part 1 of i'm still here
Bookmarked by dragonflies_and_autumnskies
09 Apr 2023
Bookmarker's Notes
This is soooo sweet just the way his grief is told through Hunter becoming a palisman carver and the switching back and forth between his friendship with Luz and then the Collector is just phenomenal. Everything about this is every sentence just makes me feel emotions and this is so incredible dfhjsdfafjdfhjdfs
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The process of letting fear go and allowing freedom to take its place.
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Hunter, Flapjack, his friends, and a kite.Series
- Part 1 of silly goofy witches
Bookmarked by dragonflies_and_autumnskies
04 Apr 2023
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Do you like happiness?? friendship?? kites?? broken bones?? the sense of failing over and over again no matter how hard you try and that you'll never ever get it right even so?? emotions?? READ THIS!! This is so well-written it's perfection I'm screaming I can't express how much I love 10000/10