Hunter Needs To Be Protected At All Costs! (The Owl House Video Essay) (25K Subscriber Special)

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Комментарии • 434

  • @bootay2835
    @bootay2835 2 года назад +1199

    I always thought the reason Luz made her palismen an egg so it could "decide" what it would be was because her interaction with Hunter saying "at least you get to decide"

  • @DragonGoddess18
    @DragonGoddess18 2 года назад +1155

    Minor thing: I disagree with the whole "annoying voice" thing
    Hunter's voice sounds perfectly fine. Sometimes, it sounds charming

    • @Rosa-he6xb
      @Rosa-he6xb 2 года назад +214

      Yeah I really don’t get the whole “Annoying voice” deal with Hunter. It’s not the factor that I like Hunter is why I don’t find his voice annoying, but it just doesn’t sound annoying. Like it’s not making you cover your ears after hearing a chalkboard being scratched on with a metal fork bad nor high pitch voice that sounds worse even that person laughs or keeps talking. Probably just some characters think it’s annoying because he’s young mid teenage boy(puberty does change your voice) and they don’t like him(only ones I believe who said this to him is just Kikimora and Eda that one time, but for Eda, she didn’t know him personally and he was on the opposing side so yep).

    • @FrannyMichelle-xl9mq
      @FrannyMichelle-xl9mq 2 года назад +140

      I agree, his voice is actually my favorite of the cast besides Eda's.

    • @Riaah_love
      @Riaah_love 2 года назад +52

      I can see where people are coming from because even though I don’t hate Hunter’s voice it can sound somewhat off putting, it is a little weird that they brought it up though because the only thing I’ve seen in terms of Hunter criticism is
      1. Design
      2. Story / inflation
      Nobody really talks about his voice and I think that’s just because most people already like the VA already and are accustomed to his voice

    • @rl9217
      @rl9217 2 года назад +101

      (Mostly)Everyone in the show: “His voice is annoying.”
      (Mostly)Everyone that watches the show: “His voice is great!”
      Dana Terrace and the writing team: Ah yes, perfectly balanced as all things should be.

    • @Riaah_love
      @Riaah_love 2 года назад +10

      @@rl9217 Are you new to the fandom? Balanced Hunter opinions are not a thing

  • @rl9217
    @rl9217 2 года назад +1834

    Luz seeing Hunter without his mask on: This is the Golden Guard? He looks like he could be a student at Hexside.
    Flapjack seeing his face: HELL YEAH BABY, 350 YEARS LATER AND WE’RE FINALLY GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER!!!

    • @dandywaysofliving
      @dandywaysofliving 2 года назад

      Flapjack:...
      Soo when we gonna stab them hoes..
      .
      Hunter: they're not all bad.
      .
      Flapjack.
      :...
      But what if I gotta stab em?

    • @darkdreamstays641
      @darkdreamstays641 2 года назад +90

      I love this comment it's perfect 😭🤣

    • @fakeusername.
      @fakeusername. 2 года назад +36

      OH NO 😭😭😭

    • @astarryglitch
      @astarryglitch 2 года назад +131

      “HELL YEAH, THERE’S MY BOI! CALEB I MISSED YOU!” -Flapjack, probably

    • @greygaston1263
      @greygaston1263 2 года назад +26

      Foreshadowing the plot of any sport in a storm.

  • @casualpequod6054
    @casualpequod6054 Год назад +48

    My first thought when hearing hunter was "he sounds like a 14 year old trying to sound tough"
    Turns out that was exactly what was going on.

    • @christinewhoyt
      @christinewhoyt Год назад +7

      Actually I am pretty sure is supposed to be 16.

    • @goldencllaw
      @goldencllaw 5 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@christinewhoyt he's definitely sixteen. Darius mentions it in the flyer derby episode, after Hunter saves the gang from being forced into the coven. "You're what? Sixteen? It's about time you made connections outside the castle."

  • @veronicapiccinini7956
    @veronicapiccinini7956 Год назад +68

    And then in “Thanks To Them”, Hunter gives us another lovely depiction of his life in the Emperor’s Coven.
    He spent most of his life studying and training, he was never allowed to interact with other people nor his subordinates, and he couldn’t even leave the castle unless Belos gave him some missions, which happened in the weekends.
    All because people would eventually realize that all the Golden Guards were clones, and because Belos didn’t want his “brother betraying him (a.k.a. Getting wise)” again.
    Remember guys, social isolation is abuse.

  • @curiosity_killed_the_batt
    @curiosity_killed_the_batt 2 года назад +325

    This video made me realize one of the reasons I find him very relatable, in the boiling isles he’s essentially disabled and has to use his staff to preform magic. I’m disabled and I use a cane when I walk. During that scene with luz tied up on the air ship and hunter piloting with his staff next to him I was like “hey that’s kinda like what I do with my cane, in a way that’s kinda like a mobility aide for him. Oh shit.” I love hunter and this show so much man. The disability rep and queer rep make me so happy

    • @raistlinmajere7149
      @raistlinmajere7149 Год назад +31

      I don't have a disability physically, but I think Hunter also has PTSD, and I do too. I was diagnosed with CPTSD a few months ago, and what Hunter felt after seeing the Real Belos in his mind is exactly what a panic attack looks like. It's sudden, aggressive and you don't know how to react.

    • @nickyforney831
      @nickyforney831 Год назад +1

      Like my staff that I use for both magicka and walking and fighting

    • @ellielovegood6307
      @ellielovegood6307 Год назад +1

      I also see him as being autistic, maybe it’s me projecting my own autistic traits onto him, but personally I see Hunter as having autism

  • @Larss86
    @Larss86 2 года назад +738

    Hunter: I’m an intimidating solider, hard worker, professional sleep avoider, and a badass fighter who-
    Luz: Ah yes my favorite sad angry cat.
    Gus: My favorite traumatized older brother.
    Willow: My dear favorite slow typing boy.
    Hunter: …

    • @DLxxx
      @DLxxx 2 года назад +54

      Honestly.. this is so accurate, lol. Once we got to season 2b, it really did start to feel like the characters and the show began to infantaltize Hunter quite a bit. Many of the personality traits that made me fall in love with him in the first place just sort of vanished, and it was all in favor of pushing this image that he needed to be protected by literally everyone because he couldn't protect himself (hence why he feels so much less competent in Any Sport, Labrynth Runners, Clouds on the Horizon, and King's Tide). Trauma be damned, he shouldn't be portrayed as a stumbling idiot who acts tough, but gets upstaged by literally every other character in the area.
      Like, I can't even imagine what his expressions in Seperate Tides and Hunteing Palisman looked like under the mask, because he never displays that confidence, intimidation factor, or snarky humor again.

    • @Barakon
      @Barakon 2 года назад +18

      “I am more than just my scars!”

    • @julianherbster3584
      @julianherbster3584 2 года назад +31

      @@DLxxx You're 100% right, but i like to see it as hunter being ABLE to need help after a life in the emperors coven taught him to expect that friends can and will stab him in the back.I doubt this kid has ever had someone openly protect or even show concern for him aside from belos's manipulations.

    • @Aisha_Luv
      @Aisha_Luv Год назад +7

      @@DLxxx maybe because they find out he's... Ya know... A CHILD

    • @DLxxx
      @DLxxx Год назад +7

      @@Aisha_Luv You.. _do understand_ that makes absolutely no difference, right? Infantalization is still bad, and only serves to undermine the character (no matter how endearing they try to make it seem). Hunter was ALWAYS a child; just because some of the other characters found that out doesn't mean he suddenly can't be self-sufficient. And it doesn't make his extreme shift in personality, increasing incompetence, or underdeveloped history any more justified.

  • @taosamundo
    @taosamundo 2 года назад +557

    "Protect Hunter at all costs!"
    The entire fandom after Hunting Palismen and Eclipse Lake

    • @c0mf0rta61ynum6
      @c0mf0rta61ynum6 2 года назад +75

      And ESPECIALLY after Hollow Mind and Labyrinth Runners.

    • @hcanimation4102
      @hcanimation4102 Год назад +13

      @@c0mf0rta61ynum6 Yup especially after Hollow Mind and Kings Tide.

    • @mandatorymangoes3786
      @mandatorymangoes3786 Год назад +11

      And ESPECIALLY after Thanksg to them

    • @hcanimation4102
      @hcanimation4102 Год назад +9

      @@mandatorymangoes3786 Yup, I felt so bad for him after that episode, the poor boy.

    • @stormvlogsrobinson5044
      @stormvlogsrobinson5044 Год назад +5

      @@hcanimation4102 Poor bby :( I want him happy again

  • @sirleopold2378
    @sirleopold2378 Год назад +21

    actually knowing who hunter is makes his first few scenes all the more endearing to me. I have to admit I've always loved him since the moment he appeared, but the act he put on, and the few moments that he broke character "why does everyone say that :(" just make me love him even more. man I'm so happy he got away from all that in the end

  • @rl9217
    @rl9217 2 года назад +106

    17:48 “Hunter once again beefs with his dilf of an Uncle.”
    The 100k celebration video title: “Why old, intelligent, and sometimes evil dilfs from the 1600’s or later are the ideal type of man: A video essay”

  • @The_Gidz
    @The_Gidz 2 года назад +256

    I find it interesting you mentioned Amity also voices Tinker Bell when drawing the connection to Avatar but didn't mention that her voice is also literally Katara's voice lol

  • @jayceallen6530
    @jayceallen6530 2 года назад +206

    One thing i like about hunter is that he was never really evil, he never really did anything absolutely evil. Almost everything he did was because he wanted to impress belos and make sure that he can survive, very good character, still my favorite

    • @DragonGoddess18
      @DragonGoddess18 2 года назад +27

      Yeah, Hunter did what he did because he was raised with a warped sense of morality from Belos (who''s beyond screwed up) and he did what he did in the show out of pressure from the only family he had at the time
      Bottom line, Hunter was capable of change because he had no frame of reference of right and wrong

    • @daisy3525
      @daisy3525 Год назад +24

      He always thoygh he was doing something good (for someone good). But then he learned, and he changed. He was never bad. Just lied to

  • @abbyhavenstrite7002
    @abbyhavenstrite7002 2 года назад +76

    Everyone: Hunter has an annoying voice.
    My brother when I forced him to watch the show: The golden guard has such a comforting voice it's so cool!!

    • @CarbyGuuGuu
      @CarbyGuuGuu 2 года назад +14

      Zeno Robinson really does have a great voice. After hearing him as Young Andrias, I want to see him try other Keith David characters like Goliath, Spawn, and Arbiter.

  • @thekarlshow_tm
    @thekarlshow_tm 2 года назад +109

    The way you can freaking see the trauma in Hunter’s eyes after finding out the truth about Belos HE NEEDS THERAPY IN THE HUMAN WORLD

  • @Larss86
    @Larss86 2 года назад +95

    I’d find it funny if we find out people have been criticizing his voice for ages.
    Hunter at like the age of five: No matter what I do, everyone thinks my voice is annoying!
    (Starts tearing up)
    Belos: Yeah literally can’t relate to that problem at all so I’m not sure what to say here…BYYEEEE!

    • @DLxxx
      @DLxxx 2 года назад +21

      Ya know what? I'm gonna start headcanoning that Hunter got his signature catchphrase from Belos now, lol.
      BYEEEEE ✨️👋🏽✨️

    • @flowerboi16
      @flowerboi16 Год назад +2

      69 likes. Nice.

  • @chaos4654
    @chaos4654 2 года назад +65

    There's something grimly cute/poetic about Hunter unknowingly and near instinctively putting trust in the Palisman Wraith even though he thought they were someone else.

  • @tanushrmenon
    @tanushrmenon Год назад +53

    After the new episode I can say with pure confidence: Hunter is the most traumatized character in the white show and needs to be adopted by Darius or Camila and get therapy and protection for the rest of his life

    • @lawbook788
      @lawbook788 Год назад +7

      after the undeserved end of TOH I can safely say that Hunter has been adopted by darius

  • @docfox4353
    @docfox4353 2 года назад +363

    Headcanon: The girl Caleb Wittebane fell in love with is named Rowan. This would be because Rowan means red headed, and it would start a tradition of Philip’s brother ( or clone of brother ) falling in love with a girl with a tree name.

    • @Barakon
      @Barakon 2 года назад +21

      Lmao

    • @ange76prkr
      @ange76prkr 2 года назад +20

      Yo that's a ship I can get on board with...

    • @thegoodwitchluzura
      @thegoodwitchluzura 2 года назад +8

      Nope, she’s definitely named Agatha.

    • @dylans.1741
      @dylans.1741 2 года назад +4

      Personally, I think she's named Juno. My own headcanon is that Juno later has a daughter named Desdemona, who is a lesbian

    • @dylans.1741
      @dylans.1741 2 года назад +3

      @@thegoodwitchluzura What makes you think that her name's Agatha?

  • @kittenbolt5399
    @kittenbolt5399 2 года назад +82

    Ok, but as a high school student who has to get up at 5 15 every morning bc my bus leaves super early, being able to sleep in until 6 am sounds like a steal tbh

    • @necrodeus6811
      @necrodeus6811 2 года назад +11

      Same lmao he could convince me

    • @thegachanewsie8366
      @thegachanewsie8366 Год назад +5

      Tbh yeah I get up at 4 to get a shower, dressed, make breakfast, and make sure my brother gets up

  • @scawydemon
    @scawydemon 2 года назад +141

    I grew up in a cult and Hunter's character arc made me cry. I had to go through the exact same thing.

    • @mitcheldxdyt
      @mitcheldxdyt 2 года назад +9

      How are you holding up now?

    • @scawydemon
      @scawydemon 2 года назад +9

      @@mitcheldxdyt I'm doing okay!!

    • @mitcheldxdyt
      @mitcheldxdyt 2 года назад +9

      @@scawydemon that's goood 😁

    • @stoopybunny
      @stoopybunny Год назад +5

      Am sorry u had to go through that, God Bless your soul!

    • @Deleted24543
      @Deleted24543 Год назад

      Of course. 😒

  • @BBMacsWorld
    @BBMacsWorld 2 года назад +115

    Fun fact: Hunter Actually has the same voice actor as Goh from Pokémon Journey's! Thought that was really cool.
    Also, I never thought of that being the reasoning he has that scar on his face. If true, that is really dark 👀. Hunter is my favourite character in the show, so I'm glad to see you make a video about him! I hope in the specials, we get to see him learn about Caleb!

    • @chasethemaster3440
      @chasethemaster3440 2 года назад +10

      He is also the voice actor of remy from big city greens

    • @Marina-vl7hn
      @Marina-vl7hn 2 года назад +11

      And Hawks from MHA too. Zeno Robinson is such a great VA

    • @CarbyGuuGuu
      @CarbyGuuGuu 2 года назад +8

      And Young Andrias in the Amphibia episode "The Core & The King", he almost sounded like Keith David.

    • @shelbymason1292
      @shelbymason1292 2 года назад +1

      And Vanitas for The Case Study of Vanitas, don't @ me sub lovers the dub feeds my crackhead energy.

    • @shybie2798
      @shybie2798 2 года назад +1

      He also voiced Mint Choco from Cookie Run!

  • @jbcatz5
    @jbcatz5 2 года назад +105

    Luz’s guilt for Eda’s situation could make her think of home, being a dependent of a single provider and in hindsight being more aware of how her actions made things harder (in the pilot her mother was clearly called in from work). Another step in deconstructing the fantasy mindset Luz started the series with. Eda has hit the sequel game sending the protagonist to square one stage in terms of skill and power, and Luz feels responsible for this.

  • @area52ron
    @area52ron Год назад +12

    I think that episode where everyone was trapped in the illusion from Gus was a magical representation of someone having a meltdown which not only hurts other people but also the person having the meltdown themselves

  • @sunny-ql9ll
    @sunny-ql9ll Год назад +9

    16:52
    that is actually true! we know that because in hollow mind, hunter says that he does not know what bananas are, and you would think that "oh, maybe bananas don't exist in the demon realm" but no, because in wing it like witches, in the scene where luz says "SHE LITERALLY FOLLOWED US AROUND ALL DAY" you can see a banana on her head, which confirms that bananas are real in the demon realm and that hunter is poorly fed.

  • @erikabutler6893
    @erikabutler6893 2 года назад +38

    40:59 I suspect this conversation will come up when Luz shows them around Gravesfield and they come across two very large statues in the town square, one of which looks remarkably like a grown up version of Hunter...

  • @aspiring.creative.person6092
    @aspiring.creative.person6092 2 года назад +81

    16:15 this part always breaks my heart. The way he stiffens and his voice goes up slightly higher. Picture of polite and attentive.
    This reminds me of when my dad was lecturing me when I accidentally said a little too much of my opinion which I knew contradicted his. I would just shut up and let him talk until he was done and be like “yeah. Mhm. I’ll think about that.” Just so it doesn’t have to go on longer.
    My dad isn’t abusive, but he’s religious and I’m atheist and bi and he doesn’t know for obvious reasons 💀

    • @ange76prkr
      @ange76prkr 2 года назад +8

      My dad's the same. Hunter could be seen as going through some kind of Complex PTSD so it's realistic af.
      I tried to tell my Dad I was nb and atheist, he misunderstood me and thought I meant the opposite, so I can say I wish I hadn't tried to explain it for similar reasons. Feels.

  • @Nobody-tm9vr
    @Nobody-tm9vr 2 года назад +158

    One big question I have with Hunter is the whole Grimwalker stuff.
    You see, Philip said he always killed the Golden Guards because all of them betrayed him and all of them are Caleb's clone.
    So that gives me the implication of Hunter was going to betray Philip sooner or later because he is Caleb's clone, it's just that The Hexsquad accelerated the process of betraying him and him not being killed by Philip.
    Which that weakens Hunter's decisions as a person through S2 but I don't know, maybe I'm wrong or not.
    Same for Flapjack choosing Hunter because he looks a lot like Caleb and Philip said that he looked the most to him in Hollow's Mind.
    I don't know if this is an incorrect way to look into things but I'm not sure.

    • @haileymullican335
      @haileymullican335 2 года назад +55

      I think the whole betrayal thing is more so Caleb's nature coming through in his grim walkers, seeing as the grim walkers betrayed Belos after finding out all the stuff he has done, so yes Hunter was going to betray Belos eventually, but it would still have been when he realizes what the day of unity is about. I mean, why would he have stuck around? His uncle was plotting mass murder!

    • @DragonGoddess18
      @DragonGoddess18 2 года назад +31

      Yeah, and Belos never bothered to "dot the 'I's and cross the 'T's'" when it came to cloning his brother. If you clone someone with a certain personality, good chance they're gonna have the same personality

    • @PirateOfPlayTime
      @PirateOfPlayTime 2 года назад +46

      I think that Belos' view of the Golden Guards "betraying him" is that they all eventually realize that they're being lied to and manipulated by Belos, and that what he's doing is wrong. It's less that Hunter's decisions are predetermined because of Caleb's personality, but more that nobody is as much of a POS as Belos is and the Golden Guards all eventually realize that.

    • @FlybyStardancer
      @FlybyStardancer 2 года назад +35

      So others have covered the Golden Guard betrayal angle, but for Flapjack… it wasn’t because Hunter looked like Caleb. Flapjack was surprised at seeing someone who looked so much like Caleb, but he stuck close to Luz at first. He didn’t pick Hunter as his new witch until Hunter said, “At least you get to pick your future.” It was that desire that led to Flapjack bonding with Hunter, not his face.

    • @Rosa-he6xb
      @Rosa-he6xb 2 года назад +14

      I mean true, Caleb’s personality or at least his good nature from what it seems he has probably came into the factor of all Grimwalkers betraying Belos. Though I argue that actually Belos was probably becoming close to not having one betraying him with Hunter, as if Belos is telling the truth that he was the youngest GG, that means Belos possibly started trying to build a connection with his grimwalkers longer by creating them from a younger age. Meaning Hunter if not for the events in HM would either not betray Belos until it’s too late or maybe just dug his grave and did it for him. Though this is just kinda a theory I have.

  • @avch1209
    @avch1209 2 года назад +39

    Luz:So you're more of a living doll than a person? or are you a person but stuffed with other things so you stay alive? Did Belos just use his brother's DNA to create you or do you have a "witch mother" because he also used another witch's DNA to complete you?
    Hunter: just let me sleep

  • @kratkartan1486
    @kratkartan1486 Год назад +9

    Pointing out Luz has trouble eating Witch food, the show actually points it out in season 1 with that sandwich scene. where she said, "I haven't had real food in so long." Meaning she hasn't been able to eat much without getting sick as her body hasn't had the necessary time to adjust to it. And considering when she eats the sandwich half, she doesn't comment on it making her fill sick, so I'd assume that is one of the few things she was actually able to eat.

  • @alien5520
    @alien5520 2 года назад +49

    34:25 I think it may actually be a painting of how grimwalkers are made. The painting being the biggest marks it as a different, most prominent memory, and it being placed at the end of the corridor makes it seem like it could be a common thread between all the other golden guard related memories. Like they all start the same and in the end always meet a similar, yet different fate.
    In the painting there's also some kind of pipe that looks as if it was pumping magic into the ground.
    And the most important thing is when in the finalie Collector suggests making a new grimwalker his shadow form turns into a hand coming out of the ground.
    I hope this is somewhat coherent, I'm writing this while sick and words refuse to work for me.

    • @MB-pc3kp
      @MB-pc3kp 2 года назад +6

      There is also bones and a potion in the painting as well, and when the colector talks about making another grimwalker he shows a fist coming out of the ground just like in the painting

  • @Orion-ih5xl
    @Orion-ih5xl 2 года назад +14

    The best description of Darius and Hunter I've ever heard: spongebob and squidward

  • @BlueAngel7
    @BlueAngel7 2 года назад +36

    At least Hunter is safe now. And if Belos tries anything Camila has a chancla

  • @stormyco8446
    @stormyco8446 2 года назад +14

    I really love hunters story, mostly because I've never related to a charecter so much in my life. It's really cathartic seeing a charecter go through something very simular to me, and react in a very simular way that I did.
    Too often shows will make the guy go through something super traumatic but he'll just brush it off or get over it super fast. I feel like hunters reaction felt real and relatable, it's also super rare to see charecters also have nonverbal(or close to) panic attacks! I'm also glad they didn't give him this super big stand off where he told belos off super confidently. Instead he's cowering, he simply says "you're lying!" Wich saying that in itself is huge. It's hard to stand up to abusers especially when they've tough you your entire life not to stand up to them. I've just never felt so seen by a show before

  • @skyrogue1977
    @skyrogue1977 2 года назад +73

    Poor Hunter, he was deceived by a lie, we all were.

    • @damkylan3
      @damkylan3 2 года назад +5

      Belos: "The Boiling Isles will be reorganized into the FIRST... WITCH-COVEN... EMPIRE! For a safe, and secure society."

  • @hunterwittebane4679
    @hunterwittebane4679 Год назад +24

    s3 ep1: are you sure about that?

    • @Ace20999
      @Ace20999 Год назад +4

      That episode mad me cry

    • @hunterwittebane4679
      @hunterwittebane4679 Год назад +5

      @@Ace20999 IKR? i cant wait to see darius' reaction when he sees hunters new eye color and scars

    • @magnifichades9710
      @magnifichades9710 Год назад +1

      OMG I just finished it and I am a TRAINWRECK of a human being 😭

    • @Ace20999
      @Ace20999 Год назад +5

      @@hunterwittebane4679 That particular scene between hunter and you know who left me in tears

    • @Ace20999
      @Ace20999 Год назад +5

      @@magnifichades9710 I feel you. Just remember Gus's breathing technique. I'm sure it might help

  • @El_rat0
    @El_rat0 Год назад +26

    I think hunter is a victim of religion trama like how his whole life is centers around the Emperor’s covens aka a religion and the way belos always says “ the Titan has big plans for you “ as if it were someone say god has big plans for you

    • @CRSB00
      @CRSB00 Год назад +3

      I think it's both, considering said cult leader is also his father figure

  • @Comment3230
    @Comment3230 Год назад +9

    “Go or I drown the bird” Might be a stretch but flapjack foreshadowing?

  • @_NIKOS9_NIKOS
    @_NIKOS9_NIKOS 2 года назад +31

    I have never agreed more with the thumbnail of a video. That poor precious baby boy must be protected at all costs! For rel tho I love how Hunter went from being a secondary villain/antagonist to pretty much being everyone's brother
    Here's for 50K subs!

  • @CarbyGuuGuu
    @CarbyGuuGuu 2 года назад +15

    Oh, it's not just Hunter I'm worried about. But also The Collector. Hell, every character who turned against Belos is a target now.

  • @flyingfridgezzz7347
    @flyingfridgezzz7347 2 года назад +20

    Title: Hunter Needs To Be Protected At All Costs!
    Luz: *And I took that to heart.*

  • @ErutaniaRose
    @ErutaniaRose 2 года назад +14

    I think this is my favourite part.
    Belos being outed as an "Autism Mom" in how he treats Hunter. XD

  • @tayloredwards4968
    @tayloredwards4968 2 года назад +56

    I love Hunter he's such a cool character 💛

  • @jesseplumlee8293
    @jesseplumlee8293 Год назад +13

    If anyone is to lay a finger on Hunter before he asks out Willow they will face the wrath of the sun slowly and painfully

  • @edmedia9865
    @edmedia9865 2 года назад +26

    I will be honest, when you said it’s small, it’s red, and it makes noises at 17:04, I thought of Kikimora💀

  • @nevaehaho61
    @nevaehaho61 Год назад +24

    Gosh I remember when I realized Belos totally named the clone of his brother “Hunter” maybe as in “Witch-Hunter”. My mind was kinda blown. Maybe that could be a hint for what Belos planned for Hunter and the other grim walkers to be: a better version of his brother who would’ve never quit hunting witches with him 💀

  • @greygaston1263
    @greygaston1263 2 года назад +95

    I think hunter, and Orel puttington, would have been the best of friends, had they met, considering how they both had abusive cult parents, with Belos literally being a 17th century puritan, and clay straight up shooting Orel in the leg, but I like to hear your thoughts.

    • @ZyroShadowPony
      @ZyroShadowPony 2 года назад +3

      He might be annoyed at first

    • @missconstruct6968
      @missconstruct6968 2 года назад +3

      I'd love to hear Kitty talk about Moral Orel

    • @greygaston1263
      @greygaston1263 2 года назад +2

      @@missconstruct6968 me to.

    • @artvulture456
      @artvulture456 Год назад +1

      He would definitely be super annoyed by orel. "Wait, you guys think WE'RE the same? Seriously??!!"

  • @actuallyAtlas1989
    @actuallyAtlas1989 Год назад +7

    Dana, while writing Thanks to Them: But what if I didn't?

  • @kmmk5022
    @kmmk5022 2 года назад +125

    Quick question, when do you think you’ll make a video about King?

    • @Rosa-he6xb
      @Rosa-he6xb 2 года назад +5

      Ooo I would love if KittyMonk did a King essay! King really doesn’t get much attention besides talk about his origins or possible powers.

    • @thomaswest2583
      @thomaswest2583 2 года назад +3

      I think she is gonna wait till after season 3 is my guess

    • @joyc.e.7511
      @joyc.e.7511 2 года назад +2

      @@Rosa-he6xb Same, he's one of the best things about season 2, imo. I thought he was gonna remain the same annoying pet-type side character, but he actually has a lot of depth revealed on the same level as Eda and Luz (and Hunter and Amity).

    • @Dubloon418
      @Dubloon418 2 года назад +1

      How is your comment from one day ago

  • @tiffanyagnew4225
    @tiffanyagnew4225 Год назад +10

    Belos gave Hunter physical and emotional scars.

  • @saphiriathebluedragonknight375
    @saphiriathebluedragonknight375 2 года назад +14

    Now that I think about it Hunter makes me think of what Luke Skywalker could have been like if he had been raised by Vader. Though in this case Hollow Mind like events would only make things worse. Luke would want to obey and help Vader more. As for Vader choking Padme, Luke might write it off as Obi-wan's fault.

  • @lewilbur
    @lewilbur 2 года назад +21

    Yaaaaaay!! Hunter is my favorite! Zuko was and still is my favorite character from Avatar~ I looooooved that scene in the crystal cave cell (Zutara stan for life!!!)!
    I love that Mae Whitman voices both Amity and Katara! (AND she voices Tinkerbell! All her roles are so iconic!!!) I was LIVING to see Amity "waterbend" because of this fact!
    I love all of your insight into cults! I find that stuff so interesting. I focused on studying world religions in school and I wish I could have taken a class or two on that.
    And I just gotta say that Gus' breathing technique helps me so much! Having to do controlled breathing and focusing on moving my fingers really rests my brain when dealing with a panic attack. This technique and the "arms in, arms out" technique from Kipo: Age of the Wonderbeasts have been great EMDR tools for me. It makes me feel less ridiculous doing it when a main character of a show does it too. I am so greatful to these kinds of shows for demonstrating how to cope with panic attacks and depression. It gives me so much hope.

  • @_tedtheenderman_6177
    @_tedtheenderman_6177 2 года назад +28

    I love Hunter so much. Regardless of who thinks he may be overrated or not. Hunter was the main reason I got INTO the Owl House, honest to goodness. I started finding him more and more from Hunting Palismen and I got into the show. Hunter's character is one of my favorites because he's like the story of a burnt-out gifted kid. (Maybe not necessarily burnt out, but very over-worked). Plus, Hunter feels-- so realistic?? The panic attacks felt weird, going back to his old ways felt real. Plus, his character design is amazing! He's one of the examples of "the voice doesn't fit the character" IN A GOOD WAY. Same goes for Belos! That's the point of these characters. (Alongside Phillip ig.) Hunter is intimidating, but his voice is that of a 16-year-old. Belos is evil, but he doesn't look that evil, he doesn't SOUND that evil (he can but again-- still his whole personality is being manipulative.) Phillip sounds and appears sweet, but is also guess what, EVIL! This is why I love The Owl House, it shoes that regular people (16-year-old teen prodigy or decaying goopy monster or not) CAN STILL BE "VILLIANS." This is another reason why I fell in love with the show. They treat the show well, and even though the show was cut short. It's been a GREAT ride and I will LIVE for it each and every day. This show is going down in history with Gravity Falls and making its own mark on "the wall of incredible cartoons".

  • @yaminahhourani674
    @yaminahhourani674 2 года назад +12

    Also in Hunting palismen if Hunter really wanted to he could've easily just teleported to Luz to get the Palismen back, I don't think her blindsiding him really mattered since he was done fighitng kikimora and we had seen him teleport to places way futher. He made the choice not to get the palismen, despite the fact they were for his sick uncle who he felt he owed everything to, since Luz's words did manage to get through to him. It's why I say Hunters character never needed to change to be "redeemed", he always has been a good person, he just needed to find out the truth.
    I do also hope that Hunters existential crisis is explored a bit more in season 3. It would've been nice to see it explored after Hollow mind but obviously there wasn't much time for that due to the shows shortening, and the one episode focused on Hunter after Hollow Mind was more focused on Gus.
    I also think part of it is due to the fact Hunter represses a lot of his emotions. We already know he's trying to hide the fact he's a grimwalker from everyone so it makes sense that he's trying to hide how he feels about that as well, but with season 3 being in the human realm which contains all the history about Caleb and Phillip I hope more of that is explored. Kind of just want Hunter to be able to cry in s3, since he does repress his emotions a lot it would be nice for him to just let it all out, he's been through so much within a week but with the day of unity coming hasn't really had much time to process it all, that also includes Belos's death which would surely impact Hunter.

  • @tabbyztormspeedrunning4012
    @tabbyztormspeedrunning4012 2 года назад +18

    protect caleb's son at all cost
    ik i'm saying this because he is kinda like a hand-made descendent regarding the gimwalker book having "bone of ortet". ortet ment as descended.

  • @777Rowen
    @777Rowen 2 года назад +52

    Oh my poor baby boy! Hunter is my favorite character and I love how his struggles are shown as well as his mental health issues like ptsd, evolution of his character, and his satisfying character growth. Fantastic discussion ! On a side not Calob, Belo’s brother was handsome; but the creation of Hunter is so disturbing.

  • @SuperNova_frfr
    @SuperNova_frfr Год назад +12

    am i the only one who likes hunters voice?

    • @Ivypool123
      @Ivypool123 Год назад +2

      i like the Voice too😂

  • @lanekoontz8623
    @lanekoontz8623 2 года назад +7

    I am an Agriculture Mechanics teacher...and your saying they were in the same position as a" piece of wood in a hydraulic press....flat broke" killed me!! that is my new favorite saying!! btw...great videos! I love your work!!

  • @thequeenofangst7371
    @thequeenofangst7371 Год назад +4

    Dana Terrence stop traumatizing Hunter challenge.
    (And regarding the sandwich, my guess is it was luckily one of the few things Luz would actually be able to eat there. My guess is griffin products aren't the only things she can consume.)

  • @rainbowglider
    @rainbowglider Год назад +10

    I have a emotional abusive dad and stepmom they want me to be perfect. So I realate to Hunters arc due to having a abusive dad side family.

  • @rl9217
    @rl9217 2 года назад +24

    7:04 Dear god I never noticed how much spit she had on her hand after Hunter licked it. That’s disgusting, I wonder if it’s a secret grimwalker ability.
    Luz: UGH ARE YOU LICKING MY HAND?!? WAIT HOW IS THERE THIS MUCH SPIT???
    Hunter: ATTEMPTING TO COUGH UP HAIRBALLS IS A TOTALLY NORMAL GRIMWALKER DEFENSE MECHANISM AND I WILL NOT BE SHAMED!!!
    Flapjack watching the stupidity of this interaction take place: I like these kids, they seem lovely.

  • @pumkin610
    @pumkin610 2 года назад +6

    A 42 minute video dedicated to hunter, I respect your dedication despite* me never seeing TOH

  • @bittersprout3694
    @bittersprout3694 2 года назад +7

    With the post I read from Tumblr in mind, it's all the more reason to want to 'Protect' the Golden-Haired Boy with a Heart Of *_Pure_* Gold that's wearing a Pyrite Puppet's uniform.

    • @bittersprout3694
      @bittersprout3694 2 года назад +1

      Finally found it again. _'backupblogforjg'_ was the name of that Tumblr account.

  • @firebat9664
    @firebat9664 2 года назад +19

    Hunter is by far try favorite character. I love the owl house

  • @rulerzreachf4n389
    @rulerzreachf4n389 Год назад +3

    I haven't heard anyone call Lulu Lilypad so I'm calling her Lulu and also Lilypad, YOU CAN'T STOP ME!

  • @crystallinecrisis3901
    @crystallinecrisis3901 2 года назад +6

    With that last point about Gus. I’m not sure that he saw Belos’ memories. The illusion might have just pulled in the most painful things in his mind and let him see them

  • @bamshotbf7168
    @bamshotbf7168 Год назад +7

    no way hunters voice is amazing

  • @bring.back.the.owl.house4
    @bring.back.the.owl.house4 Год назад +2

    A 50 minute essay on Hunter?? This is the best day ever.

  • @WarmLillie
    @WarmLillie 2 года назад +19

    I saw the coven system as a mix of old monarch systems, cult / corrupt religion, and witch hunters.
    Lilith used to appeal to Amity… But that was more a mentor.
    For me it was his first entrance I’ll enjoy his character and bye got me. I knew that he wasn’t a threat but a child.
    Also his deprogramming and realty check is fantastic.
    The collar to me is a dog thing and control and the multiple guard is showing is just fantastic.
    The panick attack was better and development.
    Extra Thoughts:
    I like how his name is just Hunter, like without the Witch hinting at something greater from Belos truth…
    I’m in the hunter camp, why do people say that? Don’t think it’s annoying…
    I actually saw a piece of myself in him Needing to prove myself and Amity as well letting go. Also I’m the ultimate goody goody.
    Ship hunter and Willow.
    I see Belos addiction as with the later reveal addiction to plastic surgery and bit life support.
    He needs it to survive or else he looks like a hybrid of deer and man decorated with eyes
    Also you have to remember near the end Belos state he not teaching other magic incase they will come back.
    Kiki is someone so devoted that it’s not until they lose it all. Realizing she freaked-up.
    I didn’t see the Avatar copy, it as something new.
    Imagine a season 3… Hunter hiding as student.
    Also saw though the Willow fake-out
    I’m eating a really good sandwich 🥪
    Also I used hunter techniques and it helps me alot.
    That’s all

  • @FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF
    @FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF 2 года назад +81

    Agreed! Protect Hunter at all costs!

  • @worldssmallestdestron7819
    @worldssmallestdestron7819 Год назад +6

    3:55 I look back on this scene and think "yeah, being magicless'll do that to someone serving a magic hater."
    I think of the Emperor's Coven members to be like a combination of (what you said) military police, but also the Pigmask army from Mother 3. I just find way too many similarities between the EC and Pigmask army to not point that out.

  • @audrey2658
    @audrey2658 Год назад +5

    hunter's intro scene is still one of the best character intros ive ever seen, right up there with jobu tupaki
    and also you're wrong about his voice. top tier voice actor honestly, one of my favorite male vas. Belos's va was annoying as fuck though

  • @williehughes1690
    @williehughes1690 2 года назад +7

    u know looking back on it I wonder what was the reason why Eda didn't just tell Luz from the start that the Sekidomus is peaceful and that the Emperors coven was directly funding the hunt to kill it.

  • @irismcconville7090
    @irismcconville7090 Год назад +4

    When Hunter says “I’m the golden gard.” When he said golden,there was an add and then it said “Sprinkles!”😅

  • @pogchamp4803
    @pogchamp4803 2 года назад +4

    Fun fact abt facial injuries they usually heal quickly depending on how deep [3-7 days if small but 1-2 weeks if deep] so hunter getting a actual scar on his face means the wound had to be deep enough to not just heal normally. Yeesh.

  • @irisblom9509
    @irisblom9509 2 года назад +15

    I have never agreed more with a youtube tittle In my life
    Also hell yeah another shipper huntlow.
    ONE OF US.
    ONE OF US.
    *ONE OF US.*

  • @hhi2319
    @hhi2319 Год назад +2

    This hit to much in the feels also the kitty monk avatar is always adorable

  • @Muspook
    @Muspook 2 года назад +5

    The worst thing about hunters realization of bellos is that when luz went after him she took 10 steps out of the house and yelled hunter

  • @crimsonthefierylion5318
    @crimsonthefierylion5318 2 года назад +7

    "He got a belt on his lap and ready to swat hunter like a bee" that hurts

  • @johnreed1257
    @johnreed1257 Год назад +2

    I'm always impressed how you relate the various challenges the characters face to real world instances of mental and/or physical challenges. Hunter as a kid has been abused and has differently articulated health conditions really showed how acutely aware you are of these conditions. But it also displays a highly intuitive feel for analyzing and comparing things that may seem to be unrelated. It does the needed work of unlocking the puzzles that allow writers and other artists to be outspoken observers of "scary" topics. They pitch 'em and then you knock the topic out of the park. Unfolding and decoding messages from artists can sometimes even surprise the artists. I'm sure there's been a few times that someone experienced your work and said to themselves, "Hmmm, I'm much deeper than I thought." The value you harvest from a given text is worth the effort. Please keep up the good work. This was a bit longer than I intended, but it's also been a long time coming. You have insightful and beautiful takes on so many shows. You are the reason I gave Amphibia and Princess Star a chance (and wept like a baby with both, thank you very much). I hope you look at new comments on older videos. Again, good work and please keep it p. You make RUclips worth watching.

  • @thewatcheroftvmovies113
    @thewatcheroftvmovies113 Год назад +5

    As soon as I got done watching any sport in the storm I was like are they going to have Hunter and Willow be a couple? and If so, I’m on board. Me from a couple months later this ship will consume your life.

  • @tylerforehand2983
    @tylerforehand2983 2 года назад +5

    OK I've watched this at least three times now, am I the only one who laughs at the "EVIL SANDWICH!!!" bit there???

  • @cliflyons7684
    @cliflyons7684 2 года назад +16

    I'm still confused. If all the Golden Guards were GrimWalkers how come Hunter doesn't have magic and (According to Darrius) his predecessor was among the most powerful of witches? Then there's Belos' line about how Hunter looks the most like 'him'. Shouldn't all GrimWalker look the same?
    Did Belos change the recipe or something?
    In Hunting Palismans, Hunter talks about his past like he remembers a time in his life before before he joined the Coven scouts and met Belos. How could that work if he was made?

    • @JediLadyMisty
      @JediLadyMisty 2 года назад +8

      Can’t answer why his predecessor had magic but it is possible as there was a depiction of an infant Grimwalker that Belos gave Hunter to a childless couple to raise for a few years and then killed them to cover his trail and blamed it on Wild Magic.

    • @damkylan3
      @damkylan3 2 года назад +5

      I just assumed the predecessor also had one of those artificial staffs that Belos made for him. Would Darius even know the difference? I don't think it was ever really explained why, but Hunter just loses his original staff at one point off-screen. He says Belos told him he "didn't need magic" to serve the coven, so maybe Belos took it away from him for past failures or something, and that revealed him to be powerless.

    • @DLxxx
      @DLxxx 2 года назад +5

      @@damkylan3 No, Belos never took it away. Hunter just left it at the Night Market for some reason (when Luz interfered with his arrest, he summoned Flapjack to threaten her, instead of just picking back up his staff). There's actually no good reason for him to have lost it, it just happens and he never brings it up again.

    • @cliflyons7684
      @cliflyons7684 2 года назад

      @@JediLadyMisty Where was this depiction of an infant Grimwalker?

    • @cliflyons7684
      @cliflyons7684 2 года назад

      @@damkylan3 Aren't the Golden Guard staves all relatively the same? Plus, if Hunter's predecessor was Darius' mentor wouldn't it be pretty obvious that the other Golden Guard only used magic through his staff?

  • @em-kie
    @em-kie 2 года назад +4

    The sandwich was from Gus, who called it PB&J. He most likely got human food from Edna at that time since she still had the key. Or something.

  • @governm3nt697
    @governm3nt697 Год назад +3

    I watched Owl House because I heard there was a character named Hunter, which is my name! It's weird to hear other people saying it xP

  • @bard2555
    @bard2555 2 года назад +9

    So excited for the premiere!!! :D no doubt I'll enjoy this as much as every other owl house video you put out

  • @dutchstewart9462
    @dutchstewart9462 2 года назад +11

    I have a potential theory for "The Owl House," could Luz (and humans in general) possibly be something of an amplifier for magic cast by witches? The reason I bring this up is because some of the most impressive feats (outside of Eda's) were performed with Luz either being directly involved or in close proximity to the spell being cast. Do you find this theory plausible or am I just finding something where there is nothing?

  • @erikbihari3625
    @erikbihari3625 2 года назад +9

    Its like you're the pollar opposite of Lily Orchard, I love it! Also he's more bleached than Blonde.

    • @FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF
      @FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF 2 года назад +5

      Lily orchard is a RUclipsr who really needs to keep quiet.

    • @erikbihari3625
      @erikbihari3625 2 года назад +1

      @@FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF I know, didn't even noticed the parallels that could've been drawn between starlight glimmer and amon/noatak. Dumb!

    • @FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF
      @FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF 2 года назад +4

      @@erikbihari3625 Yeah. Still though. I despise Lily orchard.

    • @erikbihari3625
      @erikbihari3625 2 года назад +2

      @@FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF ditto. I mean criticising zaheer for not thinking he's actions lead to power vaccums yet wrote a fan fiction where her o-c does the exact same thing! Can you believe it?

    • @FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF
      @FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisTRF Год назад +3

      @@erikbihari3625 Good lord. Lily orchard just proves to be worse and worse.

  • @Artfox1212
    @Artfox1212 2 года назад +8

    Ok but anyone else simp for hunter like he's freaking adorable

  • @SamAkira2002
    @SamAkira2002 2 года назад +14

    3:56 I’m sorry but given what we’ve seen from Belos and his relationship with Hunter in the show, I refuse to believe that Belos gave Hunter special treatment unless she’s talking about that art work that Dana made of Belos giving some of Hunter’s work load to her to which I can understand Lillith’s frustration except for the fact that Hunter didn’t want that in the first place because he knew that would upset her so it wouldn’t be seen as a special treatment to him but he had no choice but to comply since it’s Belos and he said his famous line of “It is the Titen’s will”.

  • @sidclauwers5945
    @sidclauwers5945 Год назад +6

    Makes me emotional, great video.

  • @skystriker4459
    @skystriker4459 2 года назад +6

    You don't need to tell me to protect him it all costs

  • @gwimbly8683
    @gwimbly8683 2 года назад +12

    When I first met Hunter; I thought he still be d complete badass let lone actually stood among the crow but Instead he this obnoxious snot-nose brat that you just want to bully every now and then once you got him off guard own let lone wanted to get back at him for being petty jerk that makes Tyler from Turning Red look more Chad materiel In comparison. Throughout some of the later episodes, I still began to learn more from zoomer kid slowing giving him little bit of pity, then truly benign to feel truly sorry for him In the very end.s for the whole situation; It honestly does remind me of Boris The Wolf from Benny And The Ink Machine where Twisted lice wanted to become "beautiful nd perfect" but In order to o that she LITERALLY kills of various Boris Clones an some reason The Butcher Gangs' clones but found the "perfect clone" that was the answer to all her troubles and vows to hunt down while Henry the whole time was to play "Errand Boy" to her liking before attempts to rescue him. Now that Season 2 Is officially over I highly bout there won't be any specials let alone a Season 3 anytime soon and with Belos/Philips ripped onto Hunter he'll slowly take over for him for bit n might force Luz to surrender unless he truly kills him off If he wishes to but will just have to see how It truly goes. For one the early concept arts I've discovered I feel like he was already Luz's friend or rival at one point and despite not being childhood friend or regular oddball lovers but comparing to Turning Red again they be like "enemies at first but slowly become friend with benefits on sharing the similar Interest" or whatever they were going for but In conclusion; though Hunter use to be the most hateable you love to hate to somehow deserving our protection no matter what and does make up from all of his mistaken but If he still does out earlier then your least except PRAY he actually lives more then another day with Luz And Co.

  • @filmsbykenzie
    @filmsbykenzie Год назад +2

    12:50 the jab at camden 😭😭 (as a new jerseyan who lived in camden for a bit, i can confirm)

  • @HazbinCovenWitch
    @HazbinCovenWitch 2 года назад +5

    *Sees video title.* That's just straight up facts. 😌

  • @quasi8180
    @quasi8180 Год назад +2

    When you mention deprograming I remembered that one time i told my aunt that this family isnt normal and she asked what normal was and i couldnt explain it

  • @thesnek7036
    @thesnek7036 Год назад +1

    Ok, no matter how accurate that was, it was still uncalled for. 26:59

  • @LightMoon7890
    @LightMoon7890 Год назад +2

    I acutally didnt think of the avatar scene with eclipse lake till you mentioned it lol

  • @aidenshaw489
    @aidenshaw489 2 года назад +4

    hunter wasnt a potion coven he was emprers coven

  • @thesketchingson6677
    @thesketchingson6677 2 года назад +7

    With the Belos-goup following Hunter to the Human realm, and clearly being alive, I think there's a high chance of Hunter getting to stand up to him in the future.

  • @NotWorthBeans16
    @NotWorthBeans16 2 года назад +6

    Should have guessed you were from Jersey when you used the term agita! I grew up in an Italian family in South Jersey I heard that word constantly.... Mostly talking about me being a pain in the ass to my elders 😜😍😝😂🤣