Titan's Blessing
is an AU fic of The Owl House by MarztheIncredible and urbanbirdbud.
When Luz steps through the portal door, she feels an unbearable weight sit heavily against her chest for no more than a few seconds. Warmth accompanies it soon after and so she brushes it off as some magical side-effect.
When Luz arrives in the Boiling Isles, everything changes.
And she does too.
Titan's Blessing provides examples of
- Adaptational Nice Guy: The Owl Beast expresses maternal instincts regarding Luz, whom it refers to as an owlet.
- Bilingual Bonus: Certain chapters are codex entries, written in the Old Tongue (the former Common Tongue of the Boiling Isles before Belos' arrival), and a translation key is provided.
- Body Horror: During dinner following her first day in Hexside, Luz loses a tooth, and a witch fang is starting to grow in its place. By the time of "His Gift", she has lost a few more, and is in the process of growing a Bile Sac. Then there's the implication that her organs are going to be rearranged.
- A Day in the Limelight: "Strong Will, Strong Results" (set before "Understanding Amity") focuses on Boscha, and shows how she met the spirit that Amity and Willow heard her talking to.
- Foreshadowing: There are several hints that Luz is slowly turning into a witch. Such as her heightened sight, heightened hearing, growling, and developing a taste for Demon Realm food. The Bat Queen even senses a bit of magic in her.
- Gods Need Prayer Badly: Belos's corruption of the Boiling Isles culture has steadily reduced the Titan's ability to do pretty much anything.
- Humans Through Alien Eyes: A human’s arrival on the Isles is described through the point of view of the Titan, with their complete lack of magic in particular unnerving him to the extent that he decides biologically change humans into witches if he deems them worthy of the power.
- In Spite of a Nail: The first four episodes of season 1 occur the same as in canon.
- Internal Reveal: "Despite Everything" has Luz show her friends her half pointed ears, then revealing to them that she's slowly turning into a witch.
- Point of Divergence:
- "Really Small Problems" never occurs in this universe, as
Eda ate Tibbles offscreen in the Moonlight Conjuring chapter, according to Word of God - Eda undoes the everlasting oath before Luz's duel with Amity.
- The Bat Queen doesn't battle Luz after the latter completes the trials.
- Luz doesn't steal Amity's training wand, resulting in the Slitherbeast being omitted.
- Due to Luz being sick, Willow's memories are never burned Instead, Willow, Gus, and Amity perform a task for her, and Willow and Amity decide to start renewing their friendship on their own.
- "Really Small Problems" never occurs in this universe, as
- Slow Transformation: As Luz spends time in the Demon Realm, she slowly changes into a witch — the titular Titan’s Blessing.
