CollectKing

CollectKing is the friendship ship between The Collector and King Clawthorne from The Owl House fandom.

Canon
Even though the Collector had no knowledge that his older siblings planned to kidnap the baby titans he befriended, the angry adult titans wanted to keep the last titan egg far away from the child from the stars. Who simply wanted to play with the baby titan inside it, and gets imprisoned by the egg's father. Because there were no titans to warn the last known titan of the Collector, King grew up never knowing anything about him, or that the symbol he carved on his coller's tag is keeping him safe from the child's gaze. After King's run in with the titan hunters, who made him take part in a ceremony that would have freed the trapped Collector, King began to hear the child's voice from his prison. King's first interactions with The Collector are through a psychic link formed when King interacts with the Titan Trappers' broken tablet.

When felt powerless to help his friends in in "King Tide", Kikimora tells King about the Collector and how he's the only one who can stop the draining spell. As a result, King goes to find this being and King goes towards the Collector's tablet. The Collector doesn't want to speak to him, thinking its Belos, but realizes that someone is there and he can't feel it. King takes his collar off and realizes that it this the titan's kid. He is excited to meet him and mentions that he has always wanted to play with him. King asks the Collector to stop the draining spell and makes a game to get him to do it. The two pinky swear and King frees the Collector. King stops the Collector from doing more harm, after seeing what the powerful child did to Belos and didn't want him to do the same to Luz and the others. The Collector gets angry when he sees King almost leaving and mentions their promise.

The beginning of "For the Future" shows what happened after the Collector prevented King from escaping into the human realm. The Collector pulls King towards them, they then asks about the game "the owl house", King mentions pretend. Lilith tries to protect King from the Collector, which causes them to turn her into a puppet to protect King. The Collector is seen playing the game with King, who told them about the adventures he has had with Luz and Eda. Along with having the wear matching robes One of the end credit illustrations of the Collector seeing King hugging Owl Beast Eda, subjects that they allowed Eda to stay with them and then made Lilith Eda's caretaker, to please his new best friend.

Quotes
"That's my best friend you're talking to. Hands OFF!"

- The Collector defending King from Lilith

Fanon
At first, some thought King was going to be possessed by Collector, similar to CollectLuz. After the second episode of season three came out, The Owl House’s fandom fell in-love with King's friendship with the Collector. As it showed the powerful child to a lonely kid, who doesn't want to harm King. Easing the fears of those who first believed the Collector to be danger to King, after learning that the Titan Hunters worship the Collector's kind while thinking that it was only the child.

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Trivia

 * The Collector sees King as his best friend once King freed him. King at first didn't seem to see him that way but later grew closer as friends.
 * On one of the final scenes of the show, King gives The Collector his plush "Francois" and whispers "I hope I see you again" as heard by Luz.
 * They both wear matching robes in "For the Future".