#drunk hunter

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Art from @lovemoroporo ! (Commission this artist ASAP!)

I have a few headcanons about Lilith and Hunter’s post Belos relationship.

One being that Lilith knows that Hunter prefers his alcoholic beverages with little cocktail umbrellas in them.

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Idea that probably won’t happen.

Drunk! Hunter doing his own version of Bo Burnham’s “Inside” after what’s going to happen in the next few chapters…

Except that he’s in the Owl House and not his and Willow’s house…

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Throughout Sweet Child, Hunter tries (and fails) to concentrate on his home life and impending parenthood as everything breaks around him.

He totally stumbles into the limelight all the time and becomes an unwilling fashion icon.

But the worst consequences might be that a recording of Hunter drunkenly singing Bitch by Meredith Brooks is now the most downloaded song in the entire Boiling Isles.

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Not saying I’m going to write this but …

If Hunter and Lilith got drunk together again, who should babysit them? Assuming Steve is drunk too and Hooty is egging them on.

(Giving Willow and Camila a rest this time)

Who gets to deal with that mess?

Eda

Raine

Darius

Luz

Alador

King

The Collector

Gus and Matty

Perry … because he’s a masochist

Voting ended onAug 6, 2023

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Sweet a joke poll: Drunk! Hunter’s personal motto.

I’m feeling silly again. Indulge me!

Is it…

I drink therefore I am

I drink and I obsessively research stuff

I drink and (hruck) 🤢 🤮 🌈

Voting ended onAug 13, 2023

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Some more previews for Chapter 71! (Plus writing notes!)

You're gonna get.

More Drunk Hunter.

More Drunk Lilith.

Some interaction between Edric - Josh - Hunter.

And ... Some context about the lost night.

Now on to notes! Below the "veil".

Hey there readers!

So for some context

FIRST!

Re: Josh and Hunter... in my previous fic Stranger Tides, the Hexsquad met Vee's Cabin 7 friends and eventually began to hang out with them along with Vee as she re-established her identity not as Luz's stand in.

I've mentioned this before, but Sweet Child is NOT a sequel to Stranger Tides -- but it does share the root that the Hexsquad became friendly with Cabin 7 over their summer and bonded over pop-culture and music etc.

In Stranger Tides, Josh had a massive crush on Hunter -- who was mostly clueless until the end where he had already established budding relationship with Willow -- and anyway, Josh was a player, which doesn't strike me as Hunters type.

I loved writing Josh so much that the concept of him dating Edric was a fun one I wanted to play with. First, I am aware of the fans who ship Ed and Hunter. The character I call Josh (Joshua Chhibber -- a nod to one of my favorite Desi Geek Girls, Preeti Chhibber. ) is voiced by Zeno Robinson as well. So first, I thought the concept of Hunter's V.O. technically hitting on himself was funny. And then I just kinda wanted to play with the concept of Josh dating Edric -- whom I adore and wanted more of in canon.

in Stranger Tides, when Josh met Hunter, he gave him a cafe drink with his (Josh's) number written on the side, instead of Hunter's name and teased Vee (disguised as Luz at that point) for bringing him a Targaryen Prince to date (Hunter's eyes would have still been magenta at that point).

Josh was never that aggressive. He was aware that Hunter was a hot mess and had another love interest -- but he still flirted a lot -- and in spite of this Josh always seemed to be dating someone new and forgetting to break up with the last one.

Second:

Re: Gavin.

It's difficult for me to write Gavin's character as awful as he is -- because without too much info about my personal life, Gavin is also the name of a very sweet kid in my life. Either way, his character works best in this context.

We've already seen Gavin's father (whom he was desperate to impress in canon) as an antagonist in Sweet Child. Gawain Tripe was scoffing at Alador's proposal to have Tripe Corp invest in tech that removes sigils. Gawain also made comments against basilisks, grimwalkers, and to a lesser degree, humans.

Gavin hints that his father's company has a common interest with Tibble's campaign.

Third:

Re: Darius' Arrival and Hunter's push to stand up for himself.

Yeah, so Darius HAS arrived ... finally. This is as Gavin makes comments (jokes?) suggesting that Tibbles would like to see Hunter executed for (supposedly) targeting Bonesborough businesses that displayed support for his very speciesist campaign.

Hunter is finally allowing himself to express anger for what is being done to him by the tabloids -- AND by Tibbles who had run a tabloid (acquired by Odalia) and is now running for a major office that could have dire consequences not only for Hunter as the last grimwalker, but for his and Willow's child.

With this, Gavin drops some of that propaganda from the so-called history books which Flora lauds. Historically, he claims that the sentence for a "disobedient grimwalker" was death -- so there's a precedent -- and that brings us to Belos' pit.

While Darius has shown up, Hunter is remembering the press conferences he was propped up at -- by Darius' suggestion. He'd never told Darius "no", but at the time he would never have stood up for himself. He trusted Darius that these conferences were for the best -- even though each one ripped him apart.

Darius has arrived... but is his presence actually helping? Or is it digging up more anger?

Last:

Re: A possible incarceration or execution?

The idea that Hunter could be imprisoned or executed for any reason is literally what Vee had been afraid of happening to him.

But in this case, who benefits most from this?

Questions welcome, but answers will only be non-spoilery!

For Chapter 71 we're returning to BACHELOR PARTY FOR STEVE to get a better picture as to what happened the night in question.

See you all tomorrow. I hope!

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Silly SCOM crack fic idea.

Hunter gets really (really) drunk again and takes to the Clawthorne’s piano to make up his own lyrics to “We Didn’t Start the Fire” using stuff that happened throughout TOH and maybe even just the plot of SCOM.

Note: This idea came to me after remembering an incident where a friend was working in NYC and ran into Billy Joel drunk off his ass mid-day playing piano in the lobby of the office building she worked in.

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Chapter 72: I've been poking a voodoo doll that you do not know I made. For you, of you...

 “Ha! You really are pathetic.” They taunted with a light chuckle.  “That was too easy.” 

With the toe of their boot, the Guard kicked Hunter lightly in the side of his ribcage. His head wobbled as his forelock brushed over his forehead. 

The Guard gave one more smug snort as they raised their wrist and spoke into a what appeared to be some sort of communication charm…”  

“Success.” They hissed, “The target has been neutraliz –” 

“ Target? ” Camila’s voice squeaked. “Mijo. What was… was he?” 

“I-I don’t know, I don’t –”. Hunter closed his eyes trying to pull up any memories of this event. Willow’s hand rested on his back. He focused on the warm weight of it.

“WAIT WHAT?” Amity shrieked. She pointed into the Memoryscape.

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