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• Gus's Guide to Acquiring an Angsty Brother by Residentdiabetic

  Fandoms: The Owl House (Cartoon)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  24 Jan 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Hunter | The Golden Guard & Gus Porter
  • Gus Porter
  • Hunter | The Golden Guard (The Owl House)
  • Emmiline Bailey Marcostimo | Chameleon Palisman (The Owl House)
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • it cuts off right before the violence then picks up with the aftermath
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • the entire hexsquad has t1d
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Nightmares
  • Memories
  • The Human Realm (The Owl House)
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • Angst
  • Bad Parent Philip Wittebane | Emperor Belos
  • During Timeskip in Episode: s03e01 Thanks to Them (The Owl House)
  • Good Friend Gus Porter
  • inspired by pincushionx's late redemption au on tumblr
  • Gus Porter-centric
  • POV Alternating
  • for the dreams
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Archive warnings to be added
  • Hunter | The Golden Guard-centric (The Owl House)
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • but it's very brief
  • the hexsquad and noceda fam are in this but not the main focus
  • Mentioned Perry Porter
  • Mentioned Philip Wittebane | Emperor Belos

  Summary

  What if Gus not only saw Belos's memories, but a late redemption au Hunter's as well? What happens when those memories turn into nightmares that haunt Gus, and paint a fuller picture of who the Golden Guard is? Gus decides to confront the Golden Guard, with the intent to find a way to stop his nightmares. What he discovers instead, is a grieving child soldier struggling to survive. And perhaps, a brother.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,118

  Chapters:

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