Okay so- listen I have this crazy idea that is relative to The Hunter AU...
What if instead of Wirt... It's Greg?
OKAY SO, how does this happen?
It happens in chapter 8 "Babes in the woods". Instead of Greg taking Wirt's place, the beast (disguised as the queen of clouds) manages to propose to him the deal of being the lantern barned in a guarantee the beast would have both of the brothers in his hands So, Greg in his innocence accepted the deal, and since then Greg is the new woodsman
Greg as the woodsman takes his new duty very lightly, like an innocent game. He is like "well, this is my life now!" as a difference from Wirt, who accepts this life as a way of surrendering, Greg thinks this more like a phase and then Wirt will come back and they'll be together again
He is still waiting for Wirt to come back, Greg thinks this is temporary and soon Wirt will come out of the lantern. But for now he just does his voice as a favor, because Wirt can't speak anymore. Greg does this because he feels alone, and he is most of the time! But he genuinely believes that his brother is in there, and he can see him and hear him clearly...
How does Greg become the Hunter?
The beast turned him into a tiger, let me explain: The Beast tried to do the same experiment of "corrupting the spirit" but Greg is too goody shoes and small to cause real harm, so the Beast decides to take a more friendly take;
Since Greg was obsessed with magical tigers, the Beast pretended to make a spell for Greg to turn him into one, warning him that he should "attack" anyone who sees him. Greg will accept it, but now every time a person comes close to him he "transforms" into a wild evil tiger
Tho, Greg doesn't kill at all, he just bites, scares people and chases them until he loses them in his view. Basically, Tiger!Greg miss disguise people.
The thing is that there is one point the Beast decided to turn Greg into a tiger permanently, so now Greg is stuck into this new identity as Beast's crazy kitty, he just can't stop himself, not until he is back to normal! He is a really wild WILD tiger and he will attack every person he sees! Oh boy! This terrible curse of his! Greg has turned into the dark side forever!!!
What if they met each other?
Greg sees someone with really long and messy hair in the middle of the woods, he prepares himself to attack, and when he catches his legs... It's Wirt
They would be soooo HAPPY TO SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN AFTER SO LONG!!!!
So yeah, would they go back home? Yes, but I would like to explore how their dynamic would be
Wirt and Greg would talk a lot about how they were doing while they didn't see each other. Greg would be very reliable, while Wirt is still processing that his little brother is actually standing right there in front of him and he is actually hearing his real voice. They both keep the lanterns, because they still think they have each other souls on it, so they take care of their respective soul
I imagine that Wirt would want to share his rock facts with Greg, in hopes to hear one of his again, and also hear actual criticism from the only person he can genuinely trust
it's clear to see who's the crazier one.
Greg didn't keep the rock fact long time, because eventually the guilt would get him and made him broke in tears, so he just leave the rock, because not matter how much positivity he has, he knows they are not going home again
They are staying in the unknown because they have this morbid craving now and they won't let go of that, Greg likes scaring people and Wirt likes cutting them...
It's all game at start, they get around a person and play to get them. Wirt let's Greg have his fun, and when the fun is over, the real fun begans
Tho, Greg's brain doesn't process that his brother is actually killing them, and Wirt is very careful to make sure Greg doesn't see how he takes someone's life. They don't have a real purpose for this anymore, rather than accepting they both are twisted and being fine with that as long they have each other by their side
"I lost everything, but at least I have you, and that's all I need"
So yeah, they are like "The Hunter and The Tiger" basically. It took me a while to figure it out how a Hunter Greg would work, and then I remember all the 'magic tiger' thing and made something about it. Sorry if this is kinda a mess, this wasn't to be very serious, this is just to explore a fun and silly idea
I hope you guys liked this silly idea of mine! This was supposed to be published yesterday but it took me more time than expected- anyways! Tell me what you think about it!
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