Edaking

Edaking is the Friendship/Het ship between Eda Clawthorne and King from The Owl House fandom.

Canon
King is Eda's diminutive sidekick and roommate at the House Owl, even though she does treat him like a baby and pet from time to time. Since King wears a dog collar and Eda was seen carrying him around in a baby carrier in "Hooty's Moving Hassle", and his small size being the main reason why Eda holds him in her arms like he is an infant. Like most people, Eda is taken in by King's adorable appearance and babies him around a bit. King on the other hand hates being treated like an infant and his small form is the reason why people don't take him seriously. Similar to how Eda struggles with the curse that turns her into a owl-like beast and is the reason why she has to be careful with her magic, King was once a powerful demon master who now desires to reclaim his original form and title. How they met wasn't revealed in season one, but it does give the impression that the two have known each other for a long time. Since King is depicted on the wanted poster of Eda and helps out at Eda's stall, along with making sure that her curse is kept at by. Like Eda, King has no trouble with getting his hands dirty, like pickpocketing, or breaking one or two rules when it calls for it or just for the joy of it.

When Luz the human walked into both of their lives, things started to lighten around the Owl House as the two bond with Luz in their own ways. Along with them becoming Luz's second family beside Hooty and Owlbert. Unlike Eda's staff palisman and the guardian of the House Owl, however, King doesn't have any owl-like treats or matches with Eda's owl theme due to her curse and title as the Owl Lady.

As Eda's addition to the magical card game, Hexes Holdem gets she to forgot about stocking up on the elixir that keeps her curse at bay and starts playing it at random, King scolds her for it. When it later gets both of them in trouble at the Dark Market, Eda apologies to King before promising to give up playing Hexes Holdem ever again. King then gives Eda the elixir and her powers return, along with making Eda's feathers disappear before the curse could finish transforming her. After the two returned home and got Luz and her friends to clean up the house, while they relax from their night out, King's comment about the kids moving the house got Eda to realize that the magic within Luz could be stronger than they assumed.

Quotes
"King and I don't have much in this world. We only have each other. So if that dumb crown is important to him, its important to me."

- Eda telling Luz that she does care about King.

Fanon
Due to King's short height and is commonly seen as a "pet" than a person to a few fans, they prefer to ship them as friends but there have been those who do ship them romantically, and feature King as a human-like person from the Boiling Isles. On AO3, the friendship ship has 29 fanfics, while FanFiction.Net has 51. Most Owl House fanart of Eda commonly has King by her side, one way or another.

Fans are hoping that season two will revel the story of how the two met. Until then they feature their theories through fanwork or tweets. One of those theories have King coming across Eda in her curse when she was young. Because of the Howl's Moving Castle trait shown in "Hooty's Moving Hassle", it inspired fans to compare Eda and King with Howl and Markl.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Eda/King on FanFiction.Net
 * Eda/King on FanFiction.Net