Huntjack

Huntjack is the friendship ship between Hunter and Flapjack from The Owl House fandom.

Canon
For a long time Hunter has been handing countless Palismen to their deaths by handing them over to Belos, who needs them to help him with his curse and when they ran out Hunter was tasked to find more Palismen for him. This led to him meeting a cardinal palisman through Luz Noceda in "Hunting Palismen." The two started off being wary of each other, as Hunter was told that wild magic is dangerous was send to find and capture palismen for Belos. Making the young Golden Guard a danger to the cardinal palisman. After Hunter opened himself up to Luz and how he wasn't given a chance to pick his own future, however, the palisman had started to grow fund of him. Hunter on the other hand wasn't too fund of the way that the palisman had started to nuzzle him, while Luz tells Hunter that he is only trying to be friendly. Despite knowing who Hunter is loyal to and was given the chance to stay under the protection of the Bat Queen, the red cardinal palisman tells her that he has finally found a new bonded witch that turns out to be Hunter. Who was upset that he had failed his mission and was determined to help his uncle with his curse. When Hunter realised that the cardinal palisman had followed him to the castle and can easily hand him over to Belos, seeing the palisman react in pain to his strong grip on him is what gets Hunter to have second thoughts. Knowing the fate that awaits all palismen that Belos gets his hands on, Hunter feeling concern for the cardinal palisman has him telling him that he shouldn't stay in the castle, while stocking his head. Instead of taking Hunter's advice on leaving before anyone else could see him, the cardinal palisman turns into a staff as he picks Hunter as his new bonded witch.

Despite Hunter's loyalty to Belos and how he never wanted a palisman, "Eclipse Lake" has Hunter keeping the little palisman a secret from his uncle. Even though Hunter was annoyed of the way that the cardinal palisman kept following him around, he doesn't let his irritation stop him from caring about the palisman's safety and hides him in his cloak to keep Belos from discovering him, before he walks up to him. Sometime after Hunter had decided to get the Titan's blood before Kikimora does, the palisman joins Hunter in his task and ends up pushing him towards Eda, King and Amity who capture him. Even though the palisman may have wanted him to gain some friends. The cardinal palisman then started to follow Hunter through the mine from a distance, despite Hunter's many know attempts to tell the palisman to leave him alone and isn't happy of the trouble he got him in. The red cardinal palisman continues to show concern and worry for Hunter, as he had tried to pull Hunter out of his own dug grave. Because Hunter didn't bring his original staff with him, he was glad when the cardinal palisman came to his rescue by turning into his staff form in Hunter's hands, as he began to battle Amity for the portal key. Hunter even stats that he found the feeling of palisman magic to be weird. With the two forming a stronger bond, Hunter gains the ability to understand that the palisman is saying, as he tells Hunter that his name is Flapjack.

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 * Hunter had took a photo of his palisman sleeping in his cloak like it was a nest, and tried to share it with one of his new friends through his Penstagram account.

Fanon
After Hunter bonded with the Cardinal Palisman in "Hunting Palismen," fans began to realise that isn't a bad person. Just a lonely teen who needs a friend. The friendship had support long before "Eclipse Lake" had Hunter becoming closer to his palisman. That is why many drawings and fanfics of Hunter commonly have him him spending time with his little friend, as well as having the "Li'l Rascal" as the trigger that gets Hunter to run away from Belos and his coven, so he can keep him from harming his friend. As many fans have feared of what would happen once Belos got his hands on the palisman, and how it would affect Hunter. There are also theories that Hunter's friendship with the Cardinal Palisman could explain the hidden signs of his developing a fondness for palismen. After the Cardinal Palisman's name was revealed to be Flapjack, it had inspired a few fans to draw Hunter and his palisman with a plate of flapjacks, for a laugh. There have been been drawings of Hunter with Flapjack's wings, since Hunter looks a bit like Hawks and the fact that they were both voiced by Zeno Robinson.

Due to the theories of Hunter being a Grimwalker clone and how "Yesterday's Lie" revealed the existence of Philip's brother, along with a drawing of what appeared to be a cardinal that looks very similar to Flapjack on the shoulder of one of the two brothers, it got many people to wonder if Hunter is the clone of Philip's brother, while Flapjack's original could have been the mysterious brother. The Bat Queen had even stated that the little palisman has been without an owner for a very long time. This sparked the theory as to why Flapjack felt bonded to Hunter, as some part of him could have reminded the cardinal palisman of his former owner. That is why many believe that Caleb, the name that Flapjack got Hunter to use in "Any Sport in a Storm", could have been the brother's name. Because bird palismen are seen as the iconic palismen of the Clawthorne family and how the pregnant witch that "Caleb Wittebane" is believed to have fallen in love with could possibly be a Clawthorne, it got them to wonder if both Hunter and Flapjack might have a connection with the Clawthorne family. Since Dell Clawthorne, who also has a cardinal palisman, is believed to look like an older version of Hunter.

On AO3, the ship has 13+ fanfics under Flapjack and 201+ under Cardinal Palisman. Before Hunter reveals Flapjack's name in "Hollow Mind", many had addressed the red cardinal palisman by the "Li'l Rascal" nickname Luz had given him in "Hunting Palismen". That is why many of the earlier fanworks of Hunter and his palisman are tagged under "Hunter and Rascal" or the "Cardinal Palisman", as well as fanfics using Flapjack's Rascal nickname.

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Trivia

 * Hunter's red socks in "Any Sport in a Storm" appear to resemble Flapjack.