Huntilith

Huntilith is the friendship between Lilith Clawthorne and Hunter from The Owl House fandom.

Canon
Lilith knew of Hunter as their emperor's nephew, ward and his most recent Golden Guard, while Lilith was the coven head of the Emperor's Coven. Not much is known about their relationship, with how the young Golden Guard first appeared near the end of season one and the way Lilith only mentions her thoughts about him in the first episode of season two. With Hunter being Belos's nephew had him view himself being more superior than Lilith, who in return sees the Golden Guard as a spoiled, unfortunate brat. She was very upset to discover that he was named the new coven head after she left the Emperor's Coven. This caused her to rip up one of the new posters of him.

The four year time skip reveals that Lilith had let go of her dislike for Hunter. With how she was happy to see him when he and Willow went to collect Lilith from the expansion project she was working on. Before she then joins Hunter and his friends in regrouping the others for Luz's surprise party. Hunter was also shown to have become close to the rest of Lilith's family, as he learns the palisman carving trade from her parents. Allowing Lilith and Eda to follow their own paths, while Hunter helps to keep their family's palisman carving tradition alive.

Fanon
Despite the negativity that was shown between Lilith and Hunter in the series, it hasn't stopped fans from featuring them as friends. Like having Lilith show Hunter some kindness during his child years at the Emperor's Coven, before life got in the way and Hunter was forced to act cold towards Lilith when he got older. Along with there being fanfics of Lilith giving Hunter a chance when he too left Belos's coven and becomes a member of the Owl House Family, like she had. Hunter displaying Lilith-like moments after he left the Emperor's Coven and became part of Luz's circle of friends, is what got fans to hope that season three would at least have Lilith and Hunter interact with one another in canon. Even though they didn't get the episode or moments they hoped for, they were able to gleam from the time skip that the two might be on good terms with one another. With Lilith being happy to see Hunter and how he was revealed to be learning palisman carving from her parents.

The old theory of Hunter being Eda's son would have made him Lilith's nephew. Long before it was hinted that the witch who caught the eye of the human Hunter was cloned from is most likely a member of the Clawthorne family. Making Hunter and Lilith family, from how Evelyn was shown to be with child before Philip killed Caleb. There have also been fanfics of Lilith serving as Hunter's adopted mother or mother-like figure, from people wanting to give Hunter a parent figure who would care for him better than Belos ever did. Which might be why some versions of the Owl House Role Swap AU have Hunter and Lilith as Luz and Eda. With Lilith being Eda's sister and how a human version of Hunter has been shown to be a popular choice for the role of Luz.

Some people have found it ironic that Hunter ended up following Lilith's path and having a similar story to hers, along with the two turning from villain characters to hero characters near the end of the first and second seasons. With how both of them started out as coven heads of the same coven and the strong loyalty and faith they had for Belos, before seeing his true colors. Resulting in them leaving the Emperor's Coven and later becoming allies of the rebel group against him. Along with Hunter displaying some Lilith-like traits, as he figures out his place and the person he wants to be. Like Lilith had done before him, and with the two embracing their new selves. This similar theme that the two share has made it easy to ship them as friends, due to the age gap between them and remembering Lilith that is a aromantic. That is why people tend to steer clear of ships involving Lilith.

On AO3, the friendship has 185+ fanfics.

Fandom
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