I love how the Coven Heads are being portrayed as people and not as mediocre two-dimensional villains. It's like Zangief says in Wreck-It Ralph: "You are a _bad_ guy, but this does not mean you are a bad _guy."_
yeah he even sent hunter on that mission to recruit more people to get him outside the castle and to make him actually talk to other witches his age, cause he's pretty much been a drone for the emperor his entire life
Darius is pragmatic, at least. He knows that recruits to the Emperor's Coven should be volunteers, and that what Hunter did was both a potential PR disaster, and deeply unethical, tricking and forcing kids. But he also knew that Hunter was too socially inept to realize this. He probably didn't mean for this to be a test of Hunter's character, but was clearly happy when it worked out like that anyway.
@@SantiHRod It was strictly business in my opinion. I mean lets look at the character's perspective. He saw Raine betrayed them and started riots and also helping prisoners escape. I'm pretty sure he didn't do it out of malice seeing as he wasn't twirling his mustache around and laughing.
11:25 Willow has tears in her eyes when Hunter tells them to go. Also, I don't think Darius gives a shit about either Belos or the rebels. As long as they stay out of his way and let him practice his abomination arts, he doesn't care who's in charge. Of the 4 coven heads we've met so far, Terra seems to be the only true believer.
Yeah Raine is def a good one, Darius is a decent person, from what we see of Eberwolf he seems ok, and Terra is prob a bad person. (capturing Raine was most likely a professional matter for both Darius and Eberwolf)
I see Darius as a key to power in and of himself He is not loyal to belos, but he knows that Belos will do good things for him if he keeps up appearances. He disliked Hunter because he thought he was drinking the koolaid. When he sees he’s not such a narc, he softens on him.
Considering how Darius was more worried about his outfit than Raine’s treachery I don’t think he’s as loyal as we think. And we might have gotten Wittebro’s name: Caleb. And we know there were previous Golden Guards meaning previous Grimwalkers like Hunter.
Seeing how the bird palisman somehow know Hunter, Phillip brother is name Caleb. Make you wonder if he like the older brother or younger brother of Phillip because if you slove that, you might know what kind of family Phillip use to live with
I mean we don't know whether every Golden Guard is a Grimwalker or whether Belos just got fed up with the old ones (maybe a Grimwalker is supposed to be more obedient)
I wonder about the grimwalker bit. Hunter doesn't have magic of his own, and Darius says the old Golden Guard was "one of the strongest witches" he'd known. If Belos was capable of making grimwalkers with actual magical powers, I feel like he'd have ditched Hunter as soon as he saw that he was "faulty". I suspect Hunter is Belos' first (partially) successful grimwalker, and the previous Golden Guard must have been someone else.
This furthers my theory that Luz is the author who went back in time and wrote the book! She KNEW that the book was what brought her and Amity together. It’s what brought her to the Boiling Isles all together.
@@frauleinzuckerguss1906 Not sure. Maybe somehow when figuring out more about the author she’d realize that it is her. Or maybe future Luz left this Luz some clues so that she’d know to go back and write them. Time travel is so complicated to explain lmao
Here is where everyone stands so far: I think Darius is more of a “weird uncle”, Belos is “Dad” (because now… you can say,”Hunted has daddy issues!”) And Luz is the “cold friend/nerd” (nerd is not always a insult, I am one!) Edit: WOW! I don’t want to be “that commenter” but, THANK YOU!!!! For all the likes! Comment who else I should add to the list!
When he called Darius’s bird phone, “I literally cackled and said “I hope they have a uncle/brother bond. That’s be so good!” So when that SHIT HAPPENED AT THE END I LITERALLY CRIED.
I like their friendship a lot and I’d rather Willow and Hunter stay friends. I don’t think they really need to end up with anyone but I understand the ship. This was a really good episode though!
yeah same, honestly I love them both and I'm happy that hunter got to socialize with people his age and have fun, but I kinda hope hunter gets with no one
I think that Hunter needs to make good friends first before getting into a romantic relationship. Those can get very toxic, especially since Hunter has had no social life before and doesn’t know what is socially moral and acceptable.
Nothing against anyone who ships them but personally I can't see Hunter having romantic interests at the moment due to his trauma. He just needs emotional growth right now and romance would be too overwhelming considering he never really interacted with witches around his age before now. Plus with there already being 2 romances integrated with the story adding another couple would overshadow Willows and Hunters' arc. For now, I can see it being a super cute platonic relationship.
(People with trauma can still have relationships, said relationships can even help them grow and recover, my girlfriend is proof of that! It depends on the person, but I think Hunter could benefit from at least a cute lil puppy crush.)
Don't really ship them but I totally see willow and gus having him as a friend luz and amity just being a bit unsure about him. You like how your friend have other friends besides you
Idk I don't feel like Luz would hold a grduge over him for too long. I mean remember how she was with Amity, she was mad at her, yes, but slowly realised she's not a bad person and she is also a sucker for literary tropes (like enemies to friends). And I also don't see her portraying any malice towards him after he let her go either. She just called him a 'bad but sad boy'. So my opinion is that she might be a bit iffy about him at first but eventually will come around. I can totally see Amity being suspicious for a while though.
@Tyco Zer0 I'm 100% sure that Luz is actually the author after the whole time pools thing. I mean seriously, her adventures just seem to line up almost exactly to what happened in the books?
I’d like to think that Darius has a soft spot for kids so he’ll overlook a lot of things that the Belos might want if it involves kids. Even if he was was getting hostile with Willow and the crew, I think it was just apart of the test to see if Hunter would break out of his mold. Uncle Darius ftw
Hunter made friends, I love it! I knew he was this shows Zuko, and we're on our way to having a new Team Avatar. Also it's nice to know there are some people who care about Hunter. Like Rayne and apparently Darious.
Willow and Hunter's relationship was amazing, they can really understand each others Feelings, is gonna be interesting to see how this play in the long run. Also Darius was actually really interesting too
I liked that the episode gave us so much Willow but also Gus! Gus's episode last time was completely overshadowed, but we got to see some of his skills here as well, and he got along with Hunter too! (Hunter even remembered his name, which we know thanks to Gus that not a lot people say his name correctly)
I like them as friends and also as ships. This ship was better than Willow x Booscha or Hunter x Edric. Both if this ships were random. Willow and Booscha didn't even talk to each other since she stop getting bullied. And Hunter and Edric didn't even meet each other yet the ships exist
I loved everything about this episode, it was so wholesome! seeing Hunter experience a moment of real childhood and making friends his own age for the first time was just marvelous! And the Lumity moments of this episode are definitely the best moments one's yet!
It was funny how they more or less bashed the fans who theorized about the author of the Azura books. It's also nice to see other sides of the Emperor's Coven members that aren't strictly sinister. And Willow/Hunter was very unexpected, definitely not a ship I saw coming, if that's what they're going for.
Yeah...I didn't think Darius would be this nice... I loved the interaction between Hunter and Willow. It may be early to ship them, but I see potential since they have so much in common. After all, we used to think the same thing about Lumity.
Making Dana Terrace's in story counterpart as Azura's author was pure genius. And I kind of like Darius, now. It was Kiki who caught Raine, not Darius.
Hunter and Willow are cute together I like their ship and I think Hunter is starting to reform and I like that he realized the errors of his ways and protected the Willow and the rest.
Rewatching this episode puts Darius in such a different context. He wasn't teasing hurter, rather expecting him to just be a kid. Have his childhood. And when he says Hunter's predecessor was a strong witch, he likely meant strong of will. Not following someone else around like Hunter does, being their own person And looking for new recruits was forcing Hunter to make friends
i can't be the only one at 10:51 who sees Darius as Jasper from Steven Universe in that one scene in green lights/flames from the last episode of season one. also Hunter taking the front of his friends just like Steven did with the gems.
i like the fact that Willow didn't become strong and confident over night they show her trainig and pumping herself up to go out and do the thing. As someone who was bullied at schoole i still have minor setbacks now an then but i get better, things really do get better.
Darius being more 'fast and loose' with the rules actually makes sense considering the few minutes of screen time we had with him lol. Yeah he was terrifying and powerful but he only fought with Raine cuz that was his job. He didn't hurt Raine he just captured them and waited for Kikimora. The entire time he was looking for Eda and Raine he was even complaining about having to do it and dirtying his clothes which shows that he just considers the job like what it actually is, a *job*. Not something to take pride in, just a role which from, what he knows, has to be filled but one he does not take particular interest in.
I was struggling on thinking what their ship name is gonna be without sounding weird hours ago and coming across this comment made me realize how "easy" it is.. OKAY JOKES ASIDE, THAT'S PRETTY CLEVER
Hunter failed his test of leading the Coven heads in the first 3 minutes of the episode just because the covenheads had to reschedule. I think Belos just wanted Hunter to run into Darius so he would go to Hexside. What I don't think Belos would have expected is that at the end of the episode, Darius would not end up recruiting the teens or continuing to mess with Hunter's self-esteem.
I mean he wants Darius to VAGUELY nudge him into recruiting people. The chances of Hunter interpreting that as "go to hexside to find some students to recruit".
I honestly think the Lumity B plot was a little bit of a joke. Kinda poking fun at all the ridiculous fan theories. I do, however, believe that the “Azura author” storyline will come back at some point. I don’t think it’ll be big, but I think it’ll come back.
hunter and willow will be sooo cute together, I love huntlow sooo much, i'm loving their friendship in the meantime, hahah. the last part when they texted each other was sooo sweet
The plot twist of DARIUS (Mr. ME Time Guy) being a better uncle figure to Hunter than Belos floored me. And this episode seems to expound that Darius is also more ethical (he has standards!): to me, he thinks Alador is a hack because his Abomitons aren't pure Abomination magic and that Hunter only got the GG gig because of nepotism. But he surprised me. Gotta keep a close on him.
You can’t help but feel empathy for hunter and seeing how sheltered his life has been, especially when it comes to social interactions with others. As for the revaluation of the author of the azura books being an absolute nobody it’s honestly disappointing, because you could have told a great story of someone who wanted to write a good fantasy story and spread the love of that story to two different worlds that everyone (while not knowing of the others existence) could have enjoyed together.
yeah, the friendship dynamics were a nice surprise, always good to see other characters take the main role and do their thing The fan theories were a laugh too XD
The end of the episode reminds me of the episode Hooty's Moving Hassle, when Amity's group where in her house and as soon as Boscha read Penstagram, Amity got near to read it too and she saw Luz's group on The Living Owl House, and they both scream "WHAT?" while birds flew away from the trees, finishing the episode.
One little moment I liked, that I guess you cut out, was when they were chasing the nose girl (I've already forgotten her name) they were thinking up possibilities of who the author is, and Amity says it might be "Another shapeshifting Basilisk" which just made me go "OH! Right, Luz told her EVERYTHING. So she knows about Vee." And for some reason that just made me really happy.
GUYS! We know who the author of Azura is!!!! We saw her on Amphibia! She dropped the book Marcy found! The one about portals. Can't say its exactly the same character BUT: she has orange hair, triangle earrings, square glasses and is into books. She works at the library and also she had a book about dimension travel! I think this might be her counterpart!
YEEEEEEEESSS I’ve watched this episode 3 times already but then I was like WAIT ZAMBER WILL REACT TO IT I CAN GET EVEN MORE JOY FROM THIS EPISODE! 5:47 I laughed wayyy too hard
Nice seeing other sports played and I guess Willow was finally ready. Well, a lot of Azura author theories went out the window in this one. And Hunter becomes something more than just Golden Guard.
Honestly I like Hunter and Willow as just friends not that I hate the ship I just think that their dynamic is more fun with them just being close friends
I wouldn’t call Darius decent just yet. I mean Hunter did say coven heads betraying one another was normal and Belos said that he was being tested. Plus remember what happened with Kikimora during the coven parade episode. It almost smells like foreshadowing 😑
not gonna lie, despite all the amazing things that's happened in the show, I think this is defo one of my top 3 fav episodes. I agree, it's really nice that the writers are aware that not everything needs to be some big hype moment. Not only that, but I just love willow and hunter as characters, so of course i'm gonna be bias lol. Also Darius and Hunters relationship being shown at the end rlly just made me love the show a lot more
I don't ship Huntlow but I can see why people would like it. Willow was really the star of this episode, what a queen 😻 Also I loved Darius and the fact that he seems to be neutral and just leans wherever he can have status and power (and also recognizes the effects the Emperor's Coven can have on people, especially children. I love that Steve recognizes that too. It's like they fucked up so now they're trying to keep others off that path if they don't actually truly want it). I hope to see more of him! I'm also glad we got an episode where the Lumity B plot will actually be seen as a B plot by audiences (unlike in Through the Looking Glass Ruins)! I love Lumity and what it means but dang it can really draw attention from the more important things in the story. Can't wait to see more Darius, Hunter, Willow, and all of their killer magic skills! Lastly, Luz being shocked that Tiny Nose has an actual name was hilarious and I adored Darius calling Hunter 'Little Prince'. If it has some lore implications, cool, but I just love the nickname, it's super cute while also showing how Darius sees Hunter.
Man I loving hunter so much he's so freaking adorable ahhh and Darius I'm loving Darius and he seems like he can be nice but I'm assuming with an order from belos maybe like with the episode with eda and raine vs darius and emberwolf?
I never put much thought into the Azura books. Although the way this episode phrased things it sounds like there are a lot of fan theories on why the books are available in both worlds. I had heard theories about how the events of the books reflect things happening in the show, such as Azura facing off against the three faced witch and such, but that's about it. When it was revealed that Amity reads them as well I just assumed they were making their way to the Boiling Isles somehow and Amity didn't have the 5th book simply because it hadn't made it's way to the demon realm yet. Eda was actively hauling in junk from the human realm, although she didn't seem to care for the book at all. Honestly The Good Witch Azura seems like a hard sell in the Boiling Isles. From what I can tell it doesn't have the same sort of magic system and the locals would likely find it odd. It seems like it would be easier to get your reader to accept a magic system if they didn't already had one they they grew up with. Although the start of the episode did get my hopes up when I was led to believe out the author was somehow inside the demon realm. I should of known that would be too easy.
It was kind of a mean attempt to get back at the fans for their “crazy theories” on the Azura books when we already saw FROM THE VERY BEGINNING how human things come to the Boiling Isles. Also yeah, the demons wouldn’t care for those books cuz it’s not like their “fantasy” where everything can kill you and instead it’s just “flowery”
I liked Darius alot more now! He not a complete Belos lacky and I guessing he would fight back if Belos betrayed them. Like eventhought he was annoyed by Hunter antic, he was still impressed by his rebellious action AND helping him socialise more with given him that Instangram scroll!
I am worried that Darius is gaining Hunter’s trust to use it against him later so I’m still a little suspicious. However, he is fond of Hunter’s predecessor and he doesn’t seem too threatened by Hunter either. I’m worried about Hunter’s fate in general so hopefully he has an ally in the castle.
For now I'm guessing Darius is more of a neutral party. He isn't a good guy, but he doesn't care about the emperor's goals as much as someone like Kikimora. He's just out here for the title.
i believe the game is vaguely a flying version of roller derby based off the flying derby name. but the book thing could still be important, since the books showing up means they had to come from a pool that mixed with titan blood.
I love how the Coven Heads are being portrayed as people and not as mediocre two-dimensional villains. It's like Zangief says in Wreck-It Ralph: "You are a _bad_ guy, but this does not mean you are a bad _guy."_
yeah he even sent hunter on that mission to recruit more people to get him outside the castle and to make him actually talk to other witches his age, cause he's pretty much been a drone for the emperor his entire life
My impression on him Just turned a complete 180. I (We) like him now
darius made me get whiplash from the complete 180 i just did like i was NOT expecting that-
@@dyppityjoop5912 honestly tho. Darius is awesome. Also, even tho Steve barely got any screentime, I love his character.
@@azr3ii Right???? I just came from finishing the episode and was like "HUH???!"
Darius is pragmatic, at least. He knows that recruits to the Emperor's Coven should be volunteers, and that what Hunter did was both a potential PR disaster, and deeply unethical, tricking and forcing kids. But he also knew that Hunter was too socially inept to realize this. He probably didn't mean for this to be a test of Hunter's character, but was clearly happy when it worked out like that anyway.
And what about Raine?
@@SantiHRod they're just brainwashed after loosing their memory
@@AzoSBear But let's not forget that Darius helped capturing him, and he didn't questioned that.
@@SantiHRod It was strictly business in my opinion. I mean lets look at the character's perspective. He saw Raine betrayed them and started riots and also helping prisoners escape. I'm pretty sure he didn't do it out of malice seeing as he wasn't twirling his mustache around and laughing.
@@SantiHRod I mean it was capturing raine or being seen as a failure and definitely getting punished
11:25 Willow has tears in her eyes when Hunter tells them to go. Also, I don't think Darius gives a shit about either Belos or the rebels. As long as they stay out of his way and let him practice his abomination arts, he doesn't care who's in charge. Of the 4 coven heads we've met so far, Terra seems to be the only true believer.
I think darius is a tiny bit on the good side
Yeah Raine is def a good one, Darius is a decent person, from what we see of Eberwolf he seems ok, and Terra is prob a bad person.
(capturing Raine was most likely a professional matter for both Darius and Eberwolf)
@@quincyconnors9391 Like Double Trouble until the S5 finale (where they actively helped the good guys without monetary gain)
I see Darius as a key to power in and of himself
He is not loyal to belos, but he knows that Belos will do good things for him if he keeps up appearances.
He disliked Hunter because he thought he was drinking the koolaid. When he sees he’s not such a narc, he softens on him.
@@theflashgirl2057 Darius is on the "I want my cape (whatever he calls it)" side
Considering how Darius was more worried about his outfit than Raine’s treachery I don’t think he’s as loyal as we think. And we might have gotten Wittebro’s name: Caleb. And we know there were previous Golden Guards meaning previous Grimwalkers like Hunter.
Seeing how the bird palisman somehow know Hunter, Phillip brother is name Caleb. Make you wonder if he like the older brother or younger brother of Phillip because if you slove that, you might know what kind of family Phillip use to live with
I mean we don't know whether every Golden Guard is a Grimwalker or whether Belos just got fed up with the old ones (maybe a Grimwalker is supposed to be more obedient)
I wonder about the grimwalker bit. Hunter doesn't have magic of his own, and Darius says the old Golden Guard was "one of the strongest witches" he'd known. If Belos was capable of making grimwalkers with actual magical powers, I feel like he'd have ditched Hunter as soon as he saw that he was "faulty". I suspect Hunter is Belos' first (partially) successful grimwalker, and the previous Golden Guard must have been someone else.
Yea, ur right, Darius isn't loyal. To BELOS, as far as we got to now at the season finale
Amity is literally the only person on the Boiling Isles who reads those books...
She and Luz really were destined to meet!!
This furthers my theory that Luz is the author who went back in time and wrote the book! She KNEW that the book was what brought her and Amity together. It’s what brought her to the Boiling Isles all together.
@@penne4107 that's actually an awesome theory
@@penne4107 but how would she find out that the author has never existed and that she needs to go back?
@@frauleinzuckerguss1906 Not sure. Maybe somehow when figuring out more about the author she’d realize that it is her. Or maybe future Luz left this Luz some clues so that she’d know to go back and write them. Time travel is so complicated to explain lmao
*war flashbacks about the last sentence*
the one guy: acts nice to hunter
the fandom: HE HAS A HEART!?
Here is where everyone stands so far: I think Darius is more of a “weird uncle”, Belos is “Dad” (because now… you can say,”Hunted has daddy issues!”) And Luz is the “cold friend/nerd” (nerd is not always a insult, I am one!)
Edit: WOW! I don’t want to be “that commenter” but, THANK YOU!!!! For all the likes! Comment who else I should add to the list!
When he called Darius’s bird phone, “I literally cackled and said “I hope they have a uncle/brother bond. That’s be so good!” So when that SHIT HAPPENED AT THE END I LITERALLY CRIED.
I don't think Hunter needs anything similar to another uncle in his life 😭but I'm glad he has an adult figure he can actually look up to
I’m actually a little surprised Hunter is canonically 16. Loved the light hearted, low stakes episode this time around
He's older than Luz?! He honestly doesn't look it.
@@zacharybartolo5111 If I remember correctly, Luz is 14 right?
I keep being surprised that people are just finding out Hunter is 16, but to be fair I don't recall when I found it out either lol
Idk why everyone's so surprised, the first time I saw him without his golden guard costume, I did assume he's 16
@@ikeepscreamingbutgodwontan3132 plus the voice, height, maturity and he got the looks of one🤭
I like their friendship a lot and I’d rather Willow and Hunter stay friends. I don’t think they really need to end up with anyone but I understand the ship. This was a really good episode though!
I agree!
@Nik0l£SK1TS I kinda do too!
Infinitely better than the Luz ship.
*_LUMITY 4EVER!!!_*
I mean. Hunter blushed. So there is a chance something might start. OR maybe he is demiromantic, who knows =3
yeah same, honestly I love them both and I'm happy that hunter got to socialize with people his age and have fun, but I kinda hope hunter gets with no one
I think that Hunter needs to make good friends first before getting into a romantic relationship. Those can get very toxic, especially since Hunter has had no social life before and doesn’t know what is socially moral and acceptable.
Lumity's portion of this episode was just them riffing on all the fan theories out there. 😁
As a fellow Steve who also regrets his choices from time to time, I feel very much represented in this show! Thanks Dana!
Nothing against anyone who ships them but personally I can't see Hunter having romantic interests at the moment due to his trauma. He just needs emotional growth right now and romance would be too overwhelming considering he never really interacted with witches around his age before now. Plus with there already being 2 romances integrated with the story adding another couple would overshadow Willows and Hunters' arc. For now, I can see it being a super cute platonic relationship.
People with trauma can still grow feelings. It's just they should rather get better before starting relationship.
Same tbh
Same!!
(People with trauma can still have relationships, said relationships can even help them grow and recover, my girlfriend is proof of that! It depends on the person, but I think Hunter could benefit from at least a cute lil puppy crush.)
Don't really ship them but I totally see willow and gus having him as a friend luz and amity just being a bit unsure about him. You like how your friend have other friends besides you
Idk I don't feel like Luz would hold a grduge over him for too long. I mean remember how she was with Amity, she was mad at her, yes, but slowly realised she's not a bad person and she is also a sucker for literary tropes (like enemies to friends). And I also don't see her portraying any malice towards him after he let her go either. She just called him a 'bad but sad boy'. So my opinion is that she might be a bit iffy about him at first but eventually will come around. I can totally see Amity being suspicious for a while though.
I could see willow and hunter being cute dorks together. That'd be kinda cute.
Honestly ill like it ethier way, friends or couple it's still wholesome
Dana is spoiling us with this wholesome episode something is gonna happen soon (‘◉⌓◉’)
Edit: I PREDICTED IT, CRYING RN
options: someone dies
someone loses something ( like a body part or object)
someone gets really sick or hurt
Oh no
i had a feeling
Remember how she said Season 2A was on the happier side?
Yeah, things are gonna be changing very soon.
@Tyco Zer0 I'm 100% sure that Luz is actually the author after the whole time pools thing. I mean seriously, her adventures just seem to line up almost exactly to what happened in the books?
For me I see Hunter and Willow as a cute beginning friendship but not hating on people that ship it
That's just my opinion.
Finally someone who doesn't ship huntlow but doesn't hate it either!
10:51 I agree, Zamber! It helps when Darius’s VA did Horde Prime in She-Ra, so the green flames are appropriate.
Oh?
Cool.
@@thegreendragon5390 IKR
I’d like to think that Darius has a soft spot for kids so he’ll overlook a lot of things that the Belos might want if it involves kids. Even if he was was getting hostile with Willow and the crew, I think it was just apart of the test to see if Hunter would break out of his mold. Uncle Darius ftw
Hunter made friends, I love it! I knew he was this shows Zuko, and we're on our way to having a new Team Avatar.
Also it's nice to know there are some people who care about Hunter. Like Rayne and apparently Darious.
Half-a-Witch Willow and Half-a-Witch Hunter. Could it be possible the two make a whole?
my fav comment
Look like the prince of the Boiling Isle have found his bride
I really hope so, they both deserve it
So glad Willow got some much needed spotlight. And even though Lumity became a B plot, they still find ways to be adorable and give us foreshadowing.
Willow and Hunter's relationship was amazing, they can really understand each others Feelings, is gonna be interesting to see how this play in the long run. Also Darius was actually really interesting too
I’m all for Huntlow weather it’s romance or just friendship
I liked that the episode gave us so much Willow but also Gus! Gus's episode last time was completely overshadowed, but we got to see some of his skills here as well, and he got along with Hunter too! (Hunter even remembered his name, which we know thanks to Gus that not a lot people say his name correctly)
I like them as friends and also as ships. This ship was better than Willow x Booscha or Hunter x Edric. Both if this ships were random. Willow and Booscha didn't even talk to each other since she stop getting bullied. And Hunter and Edric didn't even meet each other yet the ships exist
What this show has taught me: there is more than meets the eye when you first meet someone
I loved everything about this episode, it was so wholesome! seeing Hunter experience a moment of real childhood and making friends his own age for the first time was just marvelous!
And the Lumity moments of this episode are definitely the best moments one's yet!
It was funny how they more or less bashed the fans who theorized about the author of the Azura books. It's also nice to see other sides of the Emperor's Coven members that aren't strictly sinister. And Willow/Hunter was very unexpected, definitely not a ship I saw coming, if that's what they're going for.
Yeah...I didn't think Darius would be this nice... I loved the interaction between Hunter and Willow. It may be early to ship them, but I see potential since they have so much in common. After all, we used to think the same thing about Lumity.
HuntLow all the way. They’re definitely getting something started. And I knew Dana was the author. She’s truly something.
Im really hoping hunter will see her again and im hoping luz amity and hunter will talk things out
Making Dana Terrace's in story counterpart as Azura's author was pure genius. And I kind of like Darius, now. It was Kiki who caught Raine, not Darius.
I honestly liked the Willow/Hunter when Hunter was introduced into the show
I loved how Hunter and Willow meet,how Amity and Luz search the autor of the book,even Darius!!
Regards!
Hunter and Willow are cute together I like their ship and I think Hunter is starting to reform and I like that he realized the errors of his ways and protected the Willow and the rest.
Rewatching this episode puts Darius in such a different context. He wasn't teasing hurter, rather expecting him to just be a kid. Have his childhood.
And when he says Hunter's predecessor was a strong witch, he likely meant strong of will. Not following someone else around like Hunter does, being their own person
And looking for new recruits was forcing Hunter to make friends
Darius was really like “Boy you’re 16 years old go be a teenager”
Love the little moment where Hunter blushes at what Willow says. They really are a cute ship and I think they are good parallels to eachother!
Same
I luv how she always makes the characters say memes 🤣
i can't be the only one at 10:51 who sees Darius as Jasper from Steven Universe in that one scene in green lights/flames from the last episode of season one. also Hunter taking the front of his friends just like Steven did with the gems.
i like the fact that Willow didn't become strong and confident over night they show her trainig and pumping herself up to go out and do the thing. As someone who was bullied at schoole i still have minor setbacks now an then but i get better, things really do get better.
Darius being more 'fast and loose' with the rules actually makes sense considering the few minutes of screen time we had with him lol. Yeah he was terrifying and powerful but he only fought with Raine cuz that was his job. He didn't hurt Raine he just captured them and waited for Kikimora.
The entire time he was looking for Eda and Raine he was even complaining about having to do it and dirtying his clothes which shows that he just considers the job like what it actually is, a *job*. Not something to take pride in, just a role which from, what he knows, has to be filled but one he does not take particular interest in.
(I really like Huntlow! Hunters been through a lot, he deserves to just be a kid and have a cute lil crush on the strong girl-)
Ok but the way that Hunter automatically protected his palisman.... I'm really afraid with the fact that bellos could hurt him if he finds out 😞
YES huntlow is absolutely adorable. This episode had a lot of good stuff in it, including them. I adored their chemistry.
Now that random Willow x Hunter fanart from ages ago can finally make a little more sense
i love how darius is not just a 2d "bad guy" and there is more to the coven heads than we think.
I say we call the ship between Willow and Hunter Winter!
I second that!
better than huntlow tbh
I was struggling on thinking what their ship name is gonna be without sounding weird hours ago and coming across this comment made me realize how "easy" it is..
OKAY JOKES ASIDE, THAT'S PRETTY CLEVER
@@Love_Dearly Thanks.^^
huntlow nation ?
HUNTLOW NATION!
This is one of my favorite episode in the series so far it's just so wholesome and refreshing.
Darius is like the uncle that Hunter never had.
New fav in my opinion. 😘
Hunter failed his test of leading the Coven heads in the first 3 minutes of the episode just because the covenheads had to reschedule. I think Belos just wanted Hunter to run into Darius so he would go to Hexside. What I don't think Belos would have expected is that at the end of the episode, Darius would not end up recruiting the teens or continuing to mess with Hunter's self-esteem.
Ok listen... that is way too specific and HIGHLY unlikely.
I mean he wants Darius to VAGUELY nudge him into recruiting people. The chances of Hunter interpreting that as "go to hexside to find some students to recruit".
When I hear, "Little Prince" from Darius, I think of, " Prince Zuko" from Iroh.
Well, technically Hunter is a prince. He is the nephew of the emperor.
Pigtail Willow is next level adorable! 💕
I honestly think the Lumity B plot was a little bit of a joke. Kinda poking fun at all the ridiculous fan theories. I do, however, believe that the “Azura author” storyline will come back at some point. I don’t think it’ll be big, but I think it’ll come back.
hunter and willow will be sooo cute together, I love huntlow sooo much, i'm loving their friendship in the meantime, hahah. the last part when they texted each other was sooo sweet
Hunter's voice actor is also on Miraculous Ms. ladybug which she may have heard already
Well not in the first 3 seasons. But in season 4. Yes.
@@DFeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisFan is that so? Idk why I thought it was earlier
The plot twist of DARIUS (Mr. ME Time Guy) being a better uncle figure to Hunter than Belos floored me. And this episode seems to expound that Darius is also more ethical (he has standards!): to me, he thinks Alador is a hack because his Abomitons aren't pure Abomination magic and that Hunter only got the GG gig because of nepotism. But he surprised me. Gotta keep a close on him.
This is just a guess, but I think Zamber may possibly like Hunter’s VA👀
;3 just maybe
I love Hunter’s character development in this episode
Holy crap if you pause at 4:47 and look at the picture closely, you can see a younger Principal Bump!
The abomination coven head went straight up to my favorite characters after this episode 😂
When I watched the episode, I immediately thought of Zangief in Wreck-It Ralph: "You are a bad guy, but this does not mean you are a bad _guy."_
Same
You can’t help but feel empathy for hunter and seeing how sheltered his life has been, especially when it comes to social interactions with others.
As for the revaluation of the author of the azura books being an absolute nobody it’s honestly disappointing, because you could have told a great story of someone who wanted to write a good fantasy story and spread the love of that story to two different worlds that everyone (while not knowing of the others existence) could have enjoyed together.
yeah, the friendship dynamics were a nice surprise, always good to see other characters take the main role and do their thing
The fan theories were a laugh too XD
Hello Zamber!👋 If you are curious🤔 about this moment -> 3:34, Luz said to Amity: "Spell it, hermosa."
And "hermosa" in Spanish means "beautiful".😍
Funniest moment; end of the episode, Emerald Entrails celebrate their victory. Except Skara. She's shaking her head.
The end of the episode reminds me of the episode Hooty's Moving Hassle, when Amity's group where in her house and as soon as Boscha read Penstagram, Amity got near to read it too and she saw Luz's group on The Living Owl House, and they both scream "WHAT?" while birds flew away from the trees, finishing the episode.
One little moment I liked, that I guess you cut out, was when they were chasing the nose girl (I've already forgotten her name) they were thinking up possibilities of who the author is, and Amity says it might be "Another shapeshifting Basilisk" which just made me go "OH! Right, Luz told her EVERYTHING. So she knows about Vee." And for some reason that just made me really happy.
Tinella Nosa was the name, I think.
GUYS! We know who the author of Azura is!!!! We saw her on Amphibia! She dropped the book Marcy found! The one about portals. Can't say its exactly the same character BUT: she has orange hair, triangle earrings, square glasses and is into books. She works at the library and also she had a book about dimension travel! I think this might be her counterpart!
Wait, did Willow use a sort of teleportation magic? Or is that just a tunnel underground?
I’m calling it now. Caleb was the name of Phillip’s brother.
YEEEEEEEESSS I’ve watched this episode 3 times already but then I was like WAIT ZAMBER WILL REACT TO IT I CAN GET EVEN MORE JOY FROM THIS EPISODE! 5:47 I laughed wayyy too hard
hunter has now become a bad but glad boi now all that's left is for him to leave belos with his new dad and birb
Nice seeing other sports played and I guess Willow was finally ready. Well, a lot of Azura author theories went out the window in this one. And Hunter becomes something more than just Golden Guard.
I ship them.. 100%
I literally looked up the channel as soon as this uploaded oh my god that is halarious
me too!!!
@@limesandlemons1367 lol!
Luz and Amity realizing they were the b-plot, lol.
I saw Darius like a father figure to hunter and Belos could be the grandpa figure to hunter Lmaoo
Honestly I like Hunter and Willow as just friends not that I hate the ship I just think that their dynamic is more fun with them just being close friends
I love how Hunter calls willow captain
istg i was so happy when darius was revealed to be at least kinda decent 🥲😁
I wouldn’t call Darius decent just yet. I mean Hunter did say coven heads betraying one another was normal and Belos said that he was being tested. Plus remember what happened with Kikimora during the coven parade episode. It almost smells like foreshadowing 😑
not gonna lie, despite all the amazing things that's happened in the show, I think this is defo one of my top 3 fav episodes. I agree, it's really nice that the writers are aware that not everything needs to be some big hype moment. Not only that, but I just love willow and hunter as characters, so of course i'm gonna be bias lol. Also Darius and Hunters relationship being shown at the end rlly just made me love the show a lot more
@iamzamber did you know that the same guy who voices Darius voiced Hordak/Horde Prime in She-ra
I don't ship Huntlow but I can see why people would like it. Willow was really the star of this episode, what a queen 😻 Also I loved Darius and the fact that he seems to be neutral and just leans wherever he can have status and power (and also recognizes the effects the Emperor's Coven can have on people, especially children. I love that Steve recognizes that too. It's like they fucked up so now they're trying to keep others off that path if they don't actually truly want it). I hope to see more of him! I'm also glad we got an episode where the Lumity B plot will actually be seen as a B plot by audiences (unlike in Through the Looking Glass Ruins)! I love Lumity and what it means but dang it can really draw attention from the more important things in the story. Can't wait to see more Darius, Hunter, Willow, and all of their killer magic skills! Lastly, Luz being shocked that Tiny Nose has an actual name was hilarious and I adored Darius calling Hunter 'Little Prince'. If it has some lore implications, cool, but I just love the nickname, it's super cute while also showing how Darius sees Hunter.
2:59 when she said "ooooh ddaaamn", i thought she was gonna say "oooooh dddiick!", and i burst in euphoria.
Man I loving hunter so much he's so freaking adorable ahhh and Darius I'm loving Darius and he seems like he can be nice but I'm assuming with an order from belos maybe like with the episode with eda and raine vs darius and emberwolf?
My boy Hunter is finally back😩
Hunter redemption please
I never put much thought into the Azura books. Although the way this episode phrased things it sounds like there are a lot of fan theories on why the books are available in both worlds. I had heard theories about how the events of the books reflect things happening in the show, such as Azura facing off against the three faced witch and such, but that's about it. When it was revealed that Amity reads them as well I just assumed they were making their way to the Boiling Isles somehow and Amity didn't have the 5th book simply because it hadn't made it's way to the demon realm yet. Eda was actively hauling in junk from the human realm, although she didn't seem to care for the book at all.
Honestly The Good Witch Azura seems like a hard sell in the Boiling Isles. From what I can tell it doesn't have the same sort of magic system and the locals would likely find it odd. It seems like it would be easier to get your reader to accept a magic system if they didn't already had one they they grew up with.
Although the start of the episode did get my hopes up when I was led to believe out the author was somehow inside the demon realm. I should of known that would be too easy.
It was kind of a mean attempt to get back at the fans for their “crazy theories” on the Azura books when we already saw FROM THE VERY BEGINNING how human things come to the Boiling Isles. Also yeah, the demons wouldn’t care for those books cuz it’s not like their “fantasy” where everything can kill you and instead it’s just “flowery”
omg same like i was wathing ep 13 in an illegal site and this moment when hunter bluched i was like: hold on wth did hunter just do????
I liked Darius alot more now! He not a complete Belos lacky and I guessing he would fight back if Belos betrayed them. Like eventhought he was annoyed by Hunter antic, he was still impressed by his rebellious action AND helping him socialise more with given him that Instangram scroll!
Which name do y’all think is better? Winter or Hullow?
Winter
Huntlow
I am worried that Darius is gaining Hunter’s trust to use it against him later so I’m still a little suspicious. However, he is fond of Hunter’s predecessor and he doesn’t seem too threatened by Hunter either. I’m worried about Hunter’s fate in general so hopefully he has an ally in the castle.
Remember to respect other people’s ships!! If you ship Goldric, that’s okay, but please don’t be toxic towards Huntlow shippers. That’s all ty
I can definitely see them developing into a friendship, and has the potential to develop into something more. Definitely hope they interact more
Understandable, it's also good to remember to respect people who don't really want any ships either, since some people are also like that.
@@jonthancalixte9635 Don't be rude.
@@DFeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisFan I despise hunter because every messed up thing he did and i prefer him with emira or edric
Goldric?
Why is no one talking about how Flyer Derby is closer to Quidditch than Grudgby
For now I'm guessing Darius is more of a neutral party. He isn't a good guy, but he doesn't care about the emperor's goals as much as someone like Kikimora. He's just out here for the title.
Williow and Hunter are good friends I respect the ship but gus williow and hunter trio!
i believe the game is vaguely a flying version of roller derby based off the flying derby name. but the book thing could still be important, since the books showing up means they had to come from a pool that mixed with titan blood.