Bungou Stray Dogs As Deleted Wikipedia Articles With Freaky Titles, Pt. 5

Bungou Stray Dogs as Deleted Wikipedia Articles with Freaky Titles, pt. 5

posting this separately too: Double Black [15] burning down a Cracker Barrel, 2022, colorized. (original post)

hey uhh... I wrote the crossover fic! only the first chapter's up now, bc the new owl house ep totally destroyed me & my motivation, but I'll try to get the others out soon!

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This is so interesting! It also makes me wonder abt how Belos’s possession made Hunter’s hair grow back out (possibly long enough to tie into a low ponytail) and since he’s got brown eyes now… I think when they next meet, Hunter’s gonna look so much like Caleb that it’ll ruin any remaining threads of Belos’s sanity.

Okay serious talk, is it just me or has Belos never actually tried to kill Hunter? Let me explain

In Hollow Mind he could have easily killed him, he had plenty of opportunities to do it. But no, instead he seems disappointed and transports him to what we can assume is another location to deal with him at a later time.

He could have immediately sent scouts out to find Hunter the moment they left, claimed the Golden Guard was sick, having a mental break due to stress, ect. "Find my nephew immediately failure will not be tolerated" and all that, then killed him privately when he got back. But he did not.

In King's Tide Hunter was frozen in shock, he could have murdered him then and their but he doesn't. Instead he asks "Why are you hurting me?". And he seems genuinely confused in a way. Like he actually can't understand it. He only looses his cool and goes to attack once he sees Flapjack.

Hell! He could have murdered Hunter after he'd gotten everything prepared—when he was no longer truly needed. Could have told anyone that asked that the Golden Guard was busy helping him prepare for the day of unity—no one would have truly questioned it! HE DID NOT DO THAT.

He has had plenty of opportunities to tie up this loose end and take Hunter off the census—however he's never truly taken one.

Now let's look in the present day, in Thanks to Them Belos says this

"I thought this one was another lost cause because of you we can finish our work as witch hunters"

Not "I can finish my work as a witch hunter" , "We can finish our work". What I'm I getting at? Belos genuinely sees Hunter as Caleb.

At least to some extent he sees this boy as the brother he lost, that he killed, who betrayed him. That's why he doesn't actually murk the kid, why he seems genuinely disappointed when Hunter doesn't remain loyal. Belos is a smart man, a 5 year old could see that Hunter wasn't going to blindly follow him anymore after seeing what he saw in Belos's mind. But this man who has manipulated an inter country—has been alive for over 300 years, seems to be disappointed and caught of guard when Hunter shows doubt. When he no longer follows. It would have actually made more sense to kill him immediately after he had the palismen souls cornered but he didn't do it.

"Out of all the grimwalkers you look the most like him"

Due to this it was probably easier for Belos to pretend that Hunter actually was him. That he and Caleb were finishing their work together. Which is why he asks why Caleb betrays him in Thanks to Them and not Hunter.

Even when Hunter almost dies Belos was not actively trying to kill him. Hunter's near death was more of an adverse side effect of both the possession and almost drowning. I personally don't think Belos truly wants to kill him—he doesn't want to kill his brother a second time. He wants them to finish their work together, hand in hand.

Anyway, thanks for listening