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I’m Desmond Kane. And, as you can guess by the username, an AO3 author! My speciality is The Owl House, mainly focusing on Skarlow (Skara X Willow). Here, I answer questions, throw out headcannons, promote my fics, and generally try to help preach the good word of Skarlow. And here I show commissions I’ve received based on Skarlow, and occasionally even Skarlow art I didn’t commission!

And you’re interested in the ship, may I suggest a few fics?

Guitar Strings and Flower Petals:

“Skara and Willow always knew where they stood. For years their relationship was simple; Skara stuck with Boscha, bullying the young Witch alongside her friend, and Willow tried to ignore them. It was simple. But one day, things change. Willow finds Skara at her weakest moment - It would have been easy to walk past her and pretend not to notice. But Willow doesn't.”

Me and my friend QuirkQuartz’s long running Skarlow fic! Currently up to 16 chapters and climbing!

Some One-Shots

Willow’s Lullaby:

“Hey, Skary.” The Bard felt herself melt at her girlfriend’s nickname for her. Any sense of apathy or even mild irritation immediately left her, like a ghost being excised from her body. (Skara would know. She had to have an exorcism herself. Twice.) She couldn’t tell which was sweeter; the naturally gentle, soothing sounds of Willow’s voice, the additional tinge of sleeplessness that acted as a cuteness amplifier, or the nickname itself, changing one letter to turn Skara’s dull name into a wonderful silly melody. Or maybe it was just Willow’s... everything.”

Skara wants to help her girlfriend at an untitan hour in the morning.

The fluffiest thing I think I could ever write honestly.

Dangerous Plants are Less Terrifying Then Apologizing:

Skara goes to the Plant Homeroom after school in an effort to apologize to Willow.

An attempt at writing a cannon-fitting scene where Skara apologizes to Willow, with some Skarlow implications because I like it, dang it! Takes place between 'Coven Day Parade' and 'Any Sport'.

Change of Pace:

“I wish we’d been friends years ago…”

“We’re friends?”

On a walk back from Flyer Derby practice, Skara and Willow grow closer.

A cute, more platonic but still lovely one-shot, written alongside my “Guitar Strings” co-writer QuirkQuartz.

So apparently the TOH test pilot leaked and I have yet to see it all but I assure you I know Willow’s in it and if I see ANY character who looks REMOTELY like Skara I’ll be resurrected from the dead I swear to Titan!

I've been failing to put this up for a hot minute but now it's finally here! The Raeda Grom comic I wrote for 'The Owl House Fan Zine: Elements'. It was a blast to write, and I owe a massive 'Thank You' to the awesome artist Foxllic for bringing the story to life in an adorably silly way! Check out more of their awesome work on their Instagram here!

And, if you're a fan of Hilda and want to continue supporting the people who came up with Elements, check out their next big project, Trollberg Treasure Box, on their Instagram here!

I admit I’m a touch late in advertising this but-

MY SECOND-EVER ZINE, THE TITAN’S TOME, IS UP FOR PRE-ORDER!

A TON OF AWESOME ARTISTS AND WRITERS PUT THEIR ALL INTO THIS ZINE, INCLUDING MYSELF ON A SHORT STORY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE HEAVILY SKARA FOCUSED!

If you can afford a bundle, I would greatly appreciate seeing fans reading my story.

Plus, if you order a physical bundle today or tomorrow you also get a free early bird Collector sticker!

I almost didn’t realize TOH’s anniversary was today. Unfortunately, I do have an idea how to celebrate, but I’m not sure how it’ll work with my schedule, and it’ll be a bit of a long term endeavor (as if I don’t have enough of those already). However, one story I think you guys will find funny:

I stopped watching the pilot three quarters of the way through and almost never looked back.

I watched it when it was released onto YouTube out of curiosity, and stoped right after Warden Wrath’s crush on Eda was revealed. Felt like a lesser version of the gnome reveal in Gravity Falls. I stopped watching and didn’t think about it until college, where during COVID, on a whim, I decided to binge it a week before Young Bloods premiered.

A decision that has had zero impact on the rest of my life, as you can tell.

Anywho, I hope you guys have an awesome TOH-iversary, and if you wanna relive the magic here’s a link to the episode that made me quit three quarters in!

HAPPY FOUR YEARS TO THE SHOW THAT BOTH SAVED AND RUINED MY LIFE!!!!!

One of the bits about season 2B onward Skara I like is that she becomes a teacher (or at least a teacher’s aid in the process of becoming a teacher). I wish the show had explored why she wanted to be one, but I like to think it’s because, on top of just generally adoring kids, she wants to help guide them away from the mistakes she made growing up. To help troubled kids and bullies see a better life for themselves when they stop hurting others and start being kind.

Sometimes I think people have the ability to recognize human beings are real and having ‘headcannons’ about them is weird.

Then I remember there’s an entire god-damn subset of Taylor Swift fans that genuinely argue she’s a lesbian despite her never saying she is and I die a little inside.

I was today years old when I learned the Grimes who sings the Hilda theme song was not some obscure Scandinavian indie band but the actual ex wife of the murderer of Twitter.

I will never recover from this information.

Idk if this is a common thought at all but every time I think about Luz’s “That’s not an excuse for what I did” in Reaching Out it always reminds me of a kid trying to emulate a parent and trying to be mature.

Like, I always imagine an event shortly after Manny’s death, where an overwhelmed Camila snaps at Luz and immediately regrets it, and tells Luz the exact same thing, and in Camila’s mind she means ‘The grief of my husbands death is no excuse to take it out on my daughter,’ but in Luz’s child brain she means ‘Your dads death is no reason to get emotional,’ and so in this moments she’s channeling that energy. Just me?

My New Years Resolution is to fall deeper into the Skarlow rabbit hole. More updates on GS, more one-shots, more comms, more Skarlow bae-BBBBBBBBBBBB!!!!!!!!