i caved and made some icons for my boy there’s just not enough of them y’know? anyway, as always everything up until the community flag is a personal headcanon, feel free to request a flag (but idk when i’ll be able to do it since i’m having issues with clip studio atm)
reblog if using. credit me somewhere visible please
I’m never going to be over this image. Willow is slumped over, clearly exhausted, and uncertain. Amity seems to be trying to put on a level-headed look, but it honestly just makes her look even more tired. Luz is obviously distraught. Gus is… traumatized. They all are, but he’s twelve. And Hunter seems to be trying to block that all out, to comfort Gus instead. They’re all visibly injured.
I may have assumed too soon that this wouldn’t come back to bite them. Still hasn’t but there’s still time for it to happen
Tbh Im fine with them never telling anyone else about that. Sometimes some things are better left secret. And those things were heavy stuff. Im just clearly seeing that those two secrets will come back soon. And im worried for them
My thoughts on what happened to Darius, Alador and Odalia
Spoilers if you’re not caught up with at least 2x16 of TOH
I am on a roll with my TOH posts lately and brainrot so as a gift, have this draft I wrote a couple days ago
My personal headcanon until proven otherwise for why Darius is no longer friends with Alador and Odalia is that one, or possibly both of them, said something cruel about the previous Golden Guard’s passing despite knowing Darius was close to him.
A young Darius knows there’s something incredibly off about his mentor’s disappearance. It just doesn’t make any sense. Why would he leave without even telling him? Without saying goodbye to him? He’s in his final year at Hexside, ready to join the abomination coven. Why would he abandon him now?
Emperor Belos’ explanation isn’t of satisfactory to Darius. There’s too many holes in the story, he asks around and there’s no definitive conclusion, Belos is avoiding further questions, and the cherry on top of this crap cake is how unbothered Belos is about losing his right hand man. It’s fabricated grief. Darius knows bad acting when he sees it.
He brings his concerns up to Alador and Odalia. The only people who he thought would understand.
His friends. His best friends.
The three of them could be mean sometimes, he’ll admit that. They would tease other people, and even each other at times.
But he truly didn’t expect Odalia to laugh in his face while Alador stands off to the side silently. It pisses Darius off more than he can state.
So they argue. Verbally at first. Until Darius and Odalia are practically screaming at each other at the end of it and Alador is barely doing anything about it. Until finally, Alador sides with Odalia over Darius and he’s never felt more betrayed and alone. Only because Alador has a stupid fucking crush.
“Your attachment to your mentor is clouding your judgment. Belos has no reason to lie about that sort of thing. You have no proof in order to question him.” Oh Titan, how he hated Odalia in this moment.
He still hears Odalia’s tone in his head when he relives this memory. He remembers the way she sneered at him.
“He killed him, I know he did. He killed my mentor. His own family! I’ll prove Belos got rid of him, I swear on the Titan.”
“Even if Belos did kill him, he probably had a good reason. You out of everyone should know the Golden Guard can’t even do *real* magic, right? Who would want a little half-witch on their counsel anyways? The Golden Guard is better off dead, I say good riddance.”
If there’s one thing Darius hated more than dirt and hideous fashion, it was blind obedience. His mentor taught him that he has the right to question authority. He has the right to question all the adults in his life and the things he’s been told.
So that does it. Like the trigger of a gun that’s been pulled, he acts without thinking. A tiny part of him regrets it, now that he’s older. Only a tiny part. But if you were to ask Darius if it felt good, he’d say yes in a heartbeat.
In a flash, Darius was striking with abomination daggers. Alador is quick to retaliate before he and Odalia could get hit though.
The fight is short and ultimately ends in a draw. Neither of them win. Physically, everyone was fine. Darius was too tired; Alador is huffing and puffing as he stands in front of Odalia, and Darius can’t bring himself to attack anymore.
Darius walks away, hands clenched in tight fists at his side. He only turns back once to see Odalia and Alador glaring at him before he continues walking.
He hears Alador call out to him. One last time.
“You don’t deserve to be the Golden Guard’s protege.”
