DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE JUST ENABLED BY ASKING ME THIS. DO YOU KNOW.

i have an endless amount of thoughts about these two and i really really need to write a fic that's just the two of them together someday. i think they balance each other out really well and they GET each other in some ways that the others don't due to their similarly abusive upbringings. they become very important support systems for each other eventually, and i'd like to imagine a scenario that's a reversal of eclipse lake where hunter comforts amity instead and reminds her of her own worth and how she was one of the first people to inspire him to break free of his bad situation. speaking in regards to just what's shown in canon, i really really like how their dynamic is an example of how...an abused person won't always react well to someone reaching out to help them, and how healing isn't easy or linear but it's worth it. i was initially a bit saddened that hunter rejected her so fiercely, but after seeing season 2b i quickly decided that i loveeeeeee the way their eclipse lake interaction played out. i'm glad that he didn't accept her help right away, and that amity kept her distance from him to let him process his feelings at the pace he needed to.

eclipse lake amity is still awkward and inexperienced with genuinely helping other people, and she's so focused on her self-imposed mission to please luz, and she's still in that stage of a new relationship where things don't really feel natural or fully real yet. she's in the true beginning of a new era of her life and her healing process. hunter, on the other hand, is pretty much more alone than ever besides flapjack. he literally wants to DIE when he thinks he's failed the one person who (he falsely believes) thinks he's special. he's an abused kid trying to please someone they care about and want the respect of, and he's like an extreme example of what amity could have become if she kept going down the dark path she started the show on. the thing connecting them is that they're both DESPERATE to become something they assume someone else wants them to be (an awesome girlfriend vs the golden guard) no matter what it takes...it's almost like the eclipse lake fight is amity fighting back against an angry representation of her past self who was more stuck in those toxic mindsets/behaviors influenced by her parents, and she chooses mercy and compassion instead of hurting him...😭♥ i like to think she would extend the same kindness to her own past self too if she could talk to her.

amity has spent the entire show getting reached out to by various people, mostly luz, and she tries to do it herself with this guy she barely knows because she can see SO MUCH of her old self in him. an abused person can easily identify another abused person, and that sure is true for these two. eclipse lake was one of the first episodes that truly made me get a little emotional over how much she's grown the first time i watched it. she's switched from being the one getting helped to the one doing the helping, and that's so lovely. it makes me proud of her for trying, even if she got rejected for it this time. her season 1 self would have NEVER reached out to him like that, and it warms my heart to watch her try so hard to showcase the positive caring traits that luz helped her gain. they're two genuinely very sweet kids who have to clumsily learn how to express their inner kindness they weren't allowed to show by their abusers until now.

i think they're sort of like hunter & luz's dynamic at first, where they don't really know HOW to be casual friends at first, because they're initially primarily bonded through some really traumatic shit and their shared trait of being abuse survivors. their early attempts at one-on-one conversations in the human realm are probably awkward and brief, probably lots of talking about their shared worry for luz, but eventually they both crack and just...cry around each other a lot. they cry for the normal childhoods they both didn't get to have, and the normal teenhoods that they're both currently being robbed of, and how much pain they both know the other person went through too because they both GET how horrible it feels and how much it affects your entire life. he definitely becomes amity's closest male friend eventually (sorry gus, but i need to be realistic lol) and they both give each other very comforting hugs ♥

once they're in a safer calmer situation, and things are okay again and they can begin to construct their new lives together in post-canon, they bond over shared silly corny girly interests. hunter is transfem in my post-canon au, and amity is definitely the main person giving her fashion advice and teaching her cute hairstyles. they're just.........doing cheesy teen girl stuff together all the time. they're very sweet together. amity is also really touched that willow has found an s/o that makes her feel so loved and respected, and i think the rosegold dynamic ties in a lot with the huntlow/amillow ones in general. i think there's maybe a hint of sadness behind the rosegold dynamic, where amity is stuck watching hunter be a support system for willow that she could never be anymore...it reminds her of her mistakes, but she pushes past it eventually. he often reminds her of the things she loves about willow.

THANKS FOR THE EXCUSE TO YELL ABOUT MY TWO FAVE BLORBOS HAHA