Ough this art was a tough WIP in my art-folder for months!! And finally I finished it!! Hell yeah!! Obadiah's own character reference!! It portrays her before she realised she is a woman, but still-. OBI MY GRIM BABY!!!
Just to be clear, Obadiah is AMAB. During this time in her life she would use he/him pronouns. But she always was a trans woman, so thats why I use she/her in the describtions.
(I really need to finish my Photoshop WIPs so i could move to ClipStudio completely.)
now that you have your inbox open again, I'll start with something simple: how many AU's do you have?
*EXCITED HAPPY FEET ON THE BACKGROUND*
Okay. OKAY! I will try to shortly describe the basic premise of each of my aus in this list so you could find ones that interest you! And maybe then you can ask more about them!
So!
1) Our Love Is God
The premise of this AU is "What if instead of Caleb running away with a witch it was Philip?" So that is exactly what OLIG is with the witch in question being Camila.
The plot of the AU consists of several parts:
a) Philip meets Camila, they fight, they learn, they bond, but in the end yonger Wittebane escapes into the demon realm;
b) Caleb accidentaly finds a way onto Boiling Isles and sets on a journey to save his long lost bewitched brother; c) The next generation: Luz, the daughter or two rougue witches, decides to go out on a quest to make new friends in Bonesborough.
2) It could have been different
The AU I posted the most about! Yay! It is based on the fandom's ideas about the Wittebane brothers before the episode "Elsewhere&Elsewhen" aired. Mostly.
Back then, Philip was thought to be much more like Luz with the journal entries believed to be genuine. A misunderstood and shunned dreamer, who genuinely loved the Boiling Isles and was fascinated with the magic. As was theorised by many at the time, Philip Wittebane was cursed by his own brother, whom he later accidentally killed with an involuntary outburst.
With grief and ambition fueling the need for a real fantazy, Philip still ends up becoming the Emperor Belos we knew before E&E and HM. But, he isn't trying to eliminate the witch kind. The day of unity will bring the Boiling Isles to the Human Realm and all the magic along with it. But don't be alarmed, there is no plan of conquest, "Titan's plans aren't so borish".
As for the Hunter, the boy always was supposed to be a.. vessel for Philip's brother's soul to posses, eventually. A necessary sacrifice to conquer death itself.
3) Grimwalker Island
I wanted a place for the dead grimwalkers to meet up that isnt above their rotting corpses in a pit. So I gave them an entirely new Titan Island to live on.
So... Papa-Titan wasn't the only spirit of those ginormous creatures that walked the earth that stayed in the inbetween. And one of them, a compationate soul, pitied the dead grims as they were born from murder, lived in pain and died in vain. So, far far away from the Boiling Isles, in the ancient abandoned shrine deep inside the Titan's skull, with the small power that He has left, He made it so the grimwalkers are resurected on top of the ritual table after their death.
And so, now it is up for the walking dead to built themselves a life they never got a chance to have. Together, in a community.
My characters there are: Caleb (1st ever grimwalker), Obadiah, Mebeeb (a baby archivist), SushiTuna (an accidental Titan toddler).
4) History Repeats Itself
The name of the AU thread on the server is "Jacob is a new Caleb WOW" so its a funny alternative title that explains the premise of the story pretty well.
Jacob Hopkins wants to follow the Owl Lady's little familiar to the portal door and get more information about the martians. That goes south pretty quickly and Eda blackmails the modern witch-hunter with his only way home to help her retrieve King's crown out of the Conformatorium. But.. after that adventure..., after finding empathy and relating to the witches stuck in prison, Jacob can see that, clearly, not all martians are evil. (Duh. Its clearly a distopia plot.) So, to understand the enemy better, Hopkind decides to stay in this "Demon Realm" longer than he originally planned. Especially since both Jacob and Eda agree that they can find use for each other.
And since that point forward, it the journey of a town's weirdo towards learning truth he was so hungry for. Whenever he is ready for it or not.
5) Mewing cats catch no witch (or "Crack and Nya")
If this AU was on AO3 it would have "Crack treated seriously" tag to it. And "Nya" part refers to the main change taking place - Philip's curse is being a cat boy. For real. And, perhaps, in a way, I made it worse than the original curse, because now Belos has a big appetite for human flesh... Because of that Philip gave up the idea of returning back to Gravesfield himself, but.. he still can make sure that Caleb does.
Here, Belos is a good uncle, who cares about his round-eared nephew a whole lot. Hunter is promised to be have a really special mission in the Human Realm on the day of unity and to be prepared for it emperor personally tutors him on what it means to be a human.
And just like any other witch, Belos has a sigil, that will work as intended when the judgement day comes. At least it was supposed to, but, obviously, Luz Noceda, a teenager with a book of two tragic siblings, will come and change everything.
6) "I was reborn as a genocidal maniac that I hated the most."
This one is also a Crack Fic of sorts if you will. Guess who likes Vilanesses and Isekai manga/manhwa/comics? Me. Guess who had a dream about waking up as Belos? Also me! So you see where I am going with it, right?
Basically, a fan of The Owl House suddenly gets isekaied into the world for the show but in the body of the main antagonist - Belos, a week or so before the main's character's arrival. Oh no! How will they survive without stumbling into the consequences of not their actions! And perhaps, maybe, how will they be able to change things better?
7) Little Mermaid Lunter ver.
I guess this one is self-explanotory, even if it doesn't follow the plot of the original film. I would even say that it is more similar to the straight-to-dvd sequel.
Belos takes the role somewhat similar to Triton, who hates the landwalkers after what happened to his brother. Hunter is still the emperor's nephew and the Golden Guard that can't help but be curious about the humans.
Luz is a human teen who lives in a small town next to the sea. Ever since she was saved from a ship wreck by someone, who she swears on her dying breath was a mermaid, she can't help but be fascinated by the idea of exploring the deep waters. With a help of a sea witch Luz was able to get the fins and tail she dreamed of and now she lives with octo-mom Eda in a oooo-spooky cave.
Then the plot of the first half of the show happens (somewhat), but without Luz and Amity getting together, because I don't want them to go through the breakup.
8) Pure Spite
Honestly.. I won't describe this AU. Why? Well, to be completely, it is based on already existing AU that is not mine. And I don't want to disrespect the original creator by putting this thing out there. So, most likely, I will never post about it anywhere, unless, by some weird impossible miracle, the authour will come to my dms and say that I am allowed to do so.
But, maybe I can tell you one funny fact about it that isnt relevant to the plot and therefore can't put shade over the original work. Cough-Cough. Caleb works as a MacDonald's manager and is an alchoholic. Thats it.
More down below ->
Not an AU, but a headcanon I would love people ask me about:
9) Morally Dark Caleb Wittebane
My inner contrarian saw very popular headcanon about Caleb being a good brother and decided to do the oposite. After all, the depictions of the older brother on the portraits and a few phrases about him in the canon show are vague enough for people to view the shory however they please. So, I took the worst interpritation possible that doesn't make Caleb cartoonishly evil and based my headcanon on that. And, in my honest opinion, it is fun as hell.
You can find details here -> link
AUs that original author allowed me, and his friends, to continue:
10) C+R Twins AU
Creator of this AU is @trippy-maskow
An AU that originated from and old and new version of custom discord emoji on a Belos server. Yeah. And that made us think about them as.. twins.
Wittebane family consisted of 3 boys: Caleb, Philip and William. When the time comes to leave the Human Realm hand in hand with Evelyn, the eldest takes the twins along with him. Yet, they didn't have the peaceful life they were searching for and, after a few years both Evelyn and Caleb are killed in a war-like conflict.
A tragedy like that wasn't anything out of an ordinary on the devided Boiling Isles, but it was non-the less traumatizing for Philip, William and the half-witch Clawthorne baby left on their hands. So the brothers swore on the graves of their loved ones that they will find a way to make this world a better safer place.
Modern day. Luz, raised Catholic, runs away from home in panic after her school bullies outed her in front of everybody. Luckily she finds her way into the demon realm and now lives with the Owl Lady, who slowly teaches the girl how to stand up for herself against the society that keeps conservating itself in a can of outdated dogmas.
11) Pip Blight
Creator of this AU is @trippy-maskow
During a witch-hunt, Philip runs through the portal after Caleb, but looses his brother's trail. During his frantic search, the younger Wittebane accidentally stumbles upon and falls into a timepool that leads him to the modern Boiling Isles, a few years before the start of the show's plot. There, Philip is lucky to stumble upon the Blight's manor, where he is noticed by the matriarch of the family. Odalia thinks the human has potential to strengthen their family's status and takes him in.
So, when Luz goes to Hexide for the first time, she is surprised to find that she isn't the only human stuck in the Demon Realm.
AUs that don't belong to me, but with which I am a co-author:
12) Stubborn Dreams
Author of this AU is @nova-streyart
An aligment swap AU: "Good" and "Evil" switch places. But, since The Owl House is a show that does talk about how not everything is black and white, in this world everything is not that plain and simple either.
Caleb takes place of the Almighty Emperor of the Boiling Isles and of the Titan's prophet. He takes care of their only fledgeling and spreads the will of the demons' and witches' God.
Meanwhile Philip, now going by the name Wisteria and hides herself in the shadows on the outskirts of the Isles, along with her loyal hotheaded companion - Kikimora. One day they will find a yong woman named Luz, who have yet to tell her story.
Follow @sd-au-comic for updates.
13) Switching Seas And Pupper Strings
Author of this AU is @talisman975
A role swap AU, that I have been obsessing over since 2023. Its the year 201X, around a year and a half after the Wittebane brothers, ages 13 and 15, were adopted by Masha Kalama. And one day, the boys will find themselves chasing a red-hooded trash-thief through the portal door and reach the completely different world of fantazy and magic. But there is one crutial nuace to this fairytale - almost every witch and demon on the Boiling Isles wants all the humans dead. Oops.
Thankfully, Clawthorne clan, or at least what was left of it, are here to help! And so, Caleb gets a chance to be what he always wanted - a hero of his own story. But is it what he really needs?
One day, hopefully, I will write a fanfic about this AU. At least the first season of it! This is my dream I am ready to skip university for!
Plus, I made a second timeline for that AU, where Caleb gets "spirited away" by the Empress Luzura, with his memory erased and altered so he would think he was always a witch and a prince. And Philip with Evelyn are on the quest to bring him back.
Follow @switchingseasandpuppetstrings for updates.
This is my version of the FTF Grimwalker that got possessed by Belos and then was resurected on GrimIsles!
His name is Cheese! ...Bear with me here-
His grimwalker siblings let him to choose his own name, because they didn't want to force something so important onto him. Especially when this "newcomer" was lucky enough to not be named by Belos. So the freedom of choice felt pretty important to consider for his ability to built his own identity and carve his own destiny.
But.. Cheese was litteraly "born yesterday" and he didnt understand the language yet. At all. So, of course, when he started to learn some words, he chose to identify himself with something he really really likes. And.. this thing he related to happened to be a block of yellow dairy product with holes in it and a funny taste. He is too much of a cheese lover.
Later on he often "changed his name" from Cheese to Onion to Gerald to Boot to Nike... Uhhh..., it was difficult to say the least. But the name Cheese stuck with others, so now it is how he is called. Although many end up pronouncing it as "Chez", which is valid too.
As you can see on my art, Cheese doesn't have his legs rotting like the body in the s3 ep2. Thats because it was part of his "mortal wound". In otherwords, Chez wouldn't be able to live with parts damaged like that. Usually all that left after the person's "mortal wound" after the resurection in the temple is a small light scar. But, even if Cheese got his body fully in tact now, the bottom part of his body nonetheless seems to be paralised. Thats why he requires a wheelchair to move around the Isles. (I wont deny the possibility of him getting a jetpack or something like that so he could move thought the air on his "loyal carriage". Imagine that vine video but with Cheese. He would be very enthusiastic about creating and building shit like that.) Chez also happens to be mute due to his damaged throat and vocal chords also from Belos'es possession. Thats why he has that little oracle stone on his hair-clip that helps him speak his thoughts out loud! He wasn't always able to use it, so he was also taught how to use sign language. His siblings were glad to learn it along with Cheese so they could finally chat.
I was initially imagining Cheese to be enthusiastic about sports. Especially since the grimwalker body in FTF looked quite buff weirdly enough XD. But he slowly grows to be much more than "CHEESE IS SPEED". Perharps our discovery of him as a character reflects his own journey of getting to know himself. Chez came to be as a blank slate. I guess he is technocally the happiest grimwalker in this AU, since he never experience any kind of abuse and has a loving family that treats him with respect even if he doesn't understand everything yet.
It was my first time drawing a wheelchair I think. So I really heavily referenced just to get its structure right. Maybe when I draw Chez again I will decorate it to his liking. He would probably enjoy some stickers on it. Especially of space and ships. Or Cheese could have a Starwars (or however that franchise is called in TOH universe) merch on it! He likes spaces, because it is full of infinite possibilities.
Thank you, @crypticpara and @talisman975 for inspiration!
Finally! I finished the "Rejected Collector" from the Grimwalker Island AU! Their name is Mebeeb and they are non-binary!
I think it is fair to say that this baby is heavily on the spectrum. Tacos are their special interest, so they can tell you everything about that "culinary marvel that transcends the mere boundaries of sustenance and enters the realm of gastronomic artistry".
Mebeeb does not have a lot of control over their God-like powers and can't use them most of the time. So thats why the Archivists just blatanly forgot them on the planet (or assumed they were killed by the Titan) they couldn't really fly after them or anything like that. So they stayed.
I guess they spent the last centuries perfecting the taco-receipts in a room they created, completely closed off from the outside world. /hj
Mebeeb was based on the Discord Bot that often popped up in random moments and scared people became a meme on the Belos Simp Coven server (Invite Link). After a while people started to call it the "Rejected Collector" and this just stuck. When anyone tried to talk with this bot they always managed to come onto the topic of tacos, so that is where the idea of the special interest came from.
There is also a character such as "A basilisk disguised as Belos" in the Grimwalker Island lore. They dont have a reference yet (do they even need one?) but I think they and Mebeeb do hang out very often.
I adopted a little Dead-Baby-Titan design and so I decided to put them into the GrimwalkerIsles AU!
I imagine the appearance of a titan-baby in the inbetween to be a complete accident. The GrimIsles-Titan's spirit suddenly gets a fucking straight-from-the-egg fledgling in his giant ass paws. Shocked, he doesnt know what to do with that sudden development. The Titan expected only for the grimwalkers to be able to enter this liminal space, so he wasnt at all prepared to deal with one of his own kind. ESPECIALLY A TINY BABY!
Uh..., well, the giant's confused anxiety became worse when the fledgling started crying hystericaly ("Big strange guy - scary!").
So... with nothing else he could do, The Titan sent this baby to be resurected in the shrine, just like he did with every grimwalker soul he got in his grasp before.
Later, after the baby titan was found by the residence of the Skull-Isle, one of the smallest grimms - CJ, a brave 4 y.o. - "adopts" them and gives them their name. So, yeah, Sushi+Tuna was an idea of a child who was happy to have a weird dog pet to play and snuggle with.
Or her original nickname "the Brutus'es simp". He would say they are "friends with benefits", but... it is just nice to have someone actually loyal by his side, you know?
Race: demon. Preferred magic: natural/elemental, potions, oracle and crystals/gems. One of the few non-grim residents of the Head-Island.
Brutus is a grimwalker that belongs to @talisman975
Grimwalker Island doodles! Full-page of drawings from Uni!
Wanted to try and use all the space on the drawing page and that is what i have got. Personally i enjoy thinking about undead Grimwalkers interacting on the head-isle. It is nice too imagine them building houses, becoming friends, cooking, fooling around. That is so heartwarming.
But lately it is just me rambling about it on the server. Ppl dont exactly have ideas what to do with all of that. I hope it changes in the future. At least i will try to maybe try and create some actual grand plot that will include every grim! As you can see i am too ambitious for my own good.
Ivan (he/him) belongs to @oldmanpip
My bro my homie Ivan. My favourite boy and Obadiah's best friend. He doesnt have an official palisman design so i improvised with the broken-deer concept. I adore his nerdy choice of close. He is a little smart engineer. Needs to learn what is it mean to live love laugh and how it actually feels to be valued and loved.
Judas (he/him) and Brutus (he/him) belong to @talisman975
I was Brutus simp for a LONG time, ppl from the server channel know that well, but i am slowly fall in love with each of Talisman's babies.
Brutus wants to be more like Belos so, i thought, what if he gets himself the similar hair? I think it suits him well! He looks gorgeous. My little ambitious 25 year old tyrant. He is so much fun of a character! So much potential.
Judas. Oh Judas. He is a bitter boy. "Drop your coven and join my emo-band" type of guy. Funny how he shit-talked Belos from the start and was the worst kind of Golden Guard. At least after his death he can start enjoy what he really wants to do for life and leave any fight behind. Music is his passion. I drew the music notes from "Lemon boy" song by Cavetown and some random cursed guitar. Maybe there will be more to it.
Obadiah (she/her) belongs to me.
My gorl. Happy being as wild as possible. Shoes? No! Fuck those! Dress? Why the fuck not?? Lolol. Definetly a chaotic good woman, loves adventures with a lot of risk to them. Usually Obadiah drags Ivan with her in all the shenanigans, because he us her best friend and younger brother. She also very silly. Her palisman named Beer (Bear + Bee), come on! I think she adorable.
Obadiah (grimwalker on the left) calls @oldmanpip 's Ivan (grimwalker on the righ) her pogchamp.
On the Belos Simp Coven discord server we have a whole thread (okay, multiple threads) dedicated to grimwalker oc's. And you know what? We decided they all deserve to have a good life! So there is a little pseudo au we came up with...
After death grimwalker appears inside the skull of another dead Titan. The "shrine" room is very similar to one, where the collector was burried. The doors lead grimwalkers to the surface, to the new bright tomorrow!
Together grimwalkers build their own town on the head-island where they originally "spawn". They discover local glyphs and study new magic. Every grimwalker can get their own palisman if they wish so. With enough of knowledge of local magic system and how to use it properly, grimwalkers are able to travel on other parts of the Titan and befriend their locals.
(There is also a Basilisk-desguised-as-Belos who is their good daduncle. *Wink-wink*)
