A few cursory searches failed to bring up anything really relevant to that “evolved from the isles” thing so apparently I hallucinated that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The original implication I’m sure is that they were all killed by the Trappers, but I suppose it’s not too unreasonable to play that (at least some of them) were past lands that decayed. And that would actually go with the Titan fully dying to begin to decay (but then they had to leave their own Titan alive for that? The irony lmao)
The original implication I’m sure is that they were all killed by the Trappers, but I suppose it’s not too unreasonable to play that (at least some of them) were past lands that decayed.
I subscribe to the theory that the Trappers haven’t really killed a titan ever (except maybe a few younglings who hatcher centuries/millennia after the old titans died, like King). The way I see it, they found themselves in a land full of titans’ carcasses, and started a death cult and convinced themselves they would kill the titans to help the archivists, but have never actually done anything worth mentioning.
The guy who shows them around (forgot the name, but it’s the one who sent the letter to King) says that he has never seen a living titan, not sure if anyone on that island has. The fact that they had a living titan in front of them and didn’t recognize it is a huge red flag for me.
But maybe Mark is going for a different route, and in his canon, trappers were people who purposefully killed the titans to create more livable land, when the titans would not volunteer to do so themselves?
It’s been a while since I’ve theorised this badly in an Owl House discussion lol
Well there’s certainly much more reasonable than the story we’re supposed to believe lol
There’s no strong evidence either way, but I think it’s pretty reasonable to assume the Titans were already out by the time Belos came around. If he recognized King, I’m sure he would’ve mentioned it. That makes at least around 400 years since the Titans were lost (to Trappers or Archivists or w/e).
If we assume the Trappers are witches and witches have approximately human life spans, then the current Trappers are a good few generations removed from any major Titans. And, if their ancestors did kill the Titans, they’re down to a mere fraction of that power.
There might’ve been a few young stragglers, but not much older than King in the show. Old enough to WEH and take out Bill’s hearing, but not enough to escape a small crowd of hunters
Maybe with very careful planning, the Trappers could get the advantage over a Titan at King’s age in this comic. But anything older? It should be a clean sweep by the Titan. You’d need Archivist-level powers to stand a chance against an adult (/island-sized) Titan
Maybe if the Trappers back then were much more numerous and more powerful, together they could get close to that. But what we see present day? Not even close
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A few cursory searches failed to bring up anything really relevant to that “evolved from the isles” thing so apparently I hallucinated that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I did find a reminder that the Titan Trapper Island is actually surrounded by a lot of Titan skeletons though (https://theowlhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Titan_Trapper_Island)
The original implication I’m sure is that they were all killed by the Trappers, but I suppose it’s not too unreasonable to play that (at least some of them) were past lands that decayed. And that would actually go with the Titan fully dying to begin to decay (but then they had to leave their own Titan alive for that? The irony lmao)
I subscribe to the theory that the Trappers haven’t really killed a titan ever (except maybe a few younglings who hatcher centuries/millennia after the old titans died, like King). The way I see it, they found themselves in a land full of titans’ carcasses, and started a death cult and convinced themselves they would kill the titans to help the archivists, but have never actually done anything worth mentioning.
The guy who shows them around (forgot the name, but it’s the one who sent the letter to King) says that he has never seen a living titan, not sure if anyone on that island has. The fact that they had a living titan in front of them and didn’t recognize it is a huge red flag for me.
But maybe Mark is going for a different route, and in his canon, trappers were people who purposefully killed the titans to create more livable land, when the titans would not volunteer to do so themselves?
It’s been a while since I’ve theorised this badly in an Owl House discussion lol
Well there’s certainly much more reasonable than the story we’re supposed to believe lol
There’s no strong evidence either way, but I think it’s pretty reasonable to assume the Titans were already out by the time Belos came around. If he recognized King, I’m sure he would’ve mentioned it. That makes at least around 400 years since the Titans were lost (to Trappers or Archivists or w/e).
If we assume the Trappers are witches and witches have approximately human life spans, then the current Trappers are a good few generations removed from any major Titans. And, if their ancestors did kill the Titans, they’re down to a mere fraction of that power.
There might’ve been a few young stragglers, but not much older than King in the show. Old enough to WEH and take out Bill’s hearing, but not enough to escape a small crowd of hunters
Maybe with very careful planning, the Trappers could get the advantage over a Titan at King’s age in this comic. But anything older? It should be a clean sweep by the Titan. You’d need Archivist-level powers to stand a chance against an adult (/island-sized) Titan
Maybe if the Trappers back then were much more numerous and more powerful, together they could get close to that. But what we see present day? Not even close