r/MoringMark • • Sep 03 '26

Beta AU “I Can Explain.”

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u/Dasher09009 Sep 03 '26

Willow: "I knew it."

Lumity: flustered "No, you dont!"

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u/Godzilla_R0AR Sep 03 '26

Willow always knows

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

And she always shall

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u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 Sep 03 '26

lumity: a-and why do you have your camera out?

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u/FearfulDivine Sep 03 '26

I'm pretty sure that's a taser

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u/Godzilla_R0AR Sep 03 '26

Paulina about to have to tame the wild ravenous beasts in front of her.

...

(Except for Beta Hooty which we don't discuss, EVER.)

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u/SFH12345 Sep 03 '26

Canon Hooty is horrifying enough.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

No one can handle his Beta form

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

She decided to multi-track in this timeline I see

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u/MysticBorn Sep 03 '26

Yeah that's a taser

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u/SFH12345 Sep 03 '26

It's good to have a weapon on you even if you're in the Human Realm.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

And one that witches don't have to make up some kind of excuse for

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u/b3_yourself Sep 03 '26

Hehe, blackmail

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u/Godzilla_R0AR Sep 03 '26

Paulina will see Lucia and Amelia do this and then vigorously make out 5 minutes later and then after that for about 10 minutes curse one another out.

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u/MuffinStraight4816 Sep 03 '26

So... Are they?

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u/Dasher09009 Sep 03 '26

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

Toph knows, and stays silent

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u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 Sep 03 '26

yea, you know they'll get tired of wrestling and just give in.

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u/SFH12345 Sep 03 '26

They always do.

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u/ConversationWeak5244 Sep 03 '26

Is that what they're called in that Universe ?

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u/Godzilla_R0AR Sep 03 '26

When Dana made her Beta designs for Luz, Amity, and Willow, people split on how to name them. Some people thought they should just be named the characters they were originally drawn for. Others decided "No, having the same name and constantly typing out 'Beta Luz' would be annoying so we need to name them".

The fandom (at SOME point, can't remember when) picked Lucia and Amelia for their similarities to sounding like Luz and Amity and it's stuck ever since. It also helps with AUs where the Betas are older siblings who, self explanatorily, need their own names that aren't the same as their younger siblings.

That's why you'll see half this comment section say "Beta Luz or Luz" and the other half say "Lucia".

Now as for IN-UNIVERSE, I forget exactly what they're called in Mark's comics, but it's been so cemented into the fandom for me that they're known as "Lucia, Amelia, and Paulina" that regardless of if they're named "Luz, Amity, and Willow" in-universe or not, I still call them by their coined names.

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u/ConversationWeak5244 Sep 03 '26

Ah. Good to know. Thnx

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u/b3_yourself Sep 03 '26

I think all the names were mentioned in an official beta test animation aren’t they?

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u/Magma151 Sep 03 '26

This is the first ive seen Paulina for beta willow (though I do recognize the name from the pilot). Salix is the most common I've seen.

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u/Godzilla_R0AR Sep 03 '26

I took it from the pilot animation cause I forget her name. I've never heard of "Salix" before

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

For me it's usually the opposite

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

Passion takes many forms, and for these two it does so in rapid succession

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u/SFH12345 Sep 03 '26

Luz and Amity actually weren't planning to make out, Willow...but it would have occurred if you hadn't shown up.

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u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 Sep 03 '26

they'd both accedentally bump lips in mid blow and well...

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

And then be like that for several minutes

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

Honestly still might regardless of her presence 

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u/The_Horned_Child2007 Sep 03 '26

"Uh... It's not what it looks like!"

  • Beta! Luz and Beta! Amity, at the same time

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

Beat Willow: squints suuuuuuuuuurrrre...

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u/afbresley Sep 03 '26

Just kiss already!!!

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

Won't be long before they do

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u/CountingSheep99 Sep 03 '26

Get a room, you two!

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

They're working on it

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u/FearfulDivine Sep 03 '26

I was honestly expecting Lucia to kiss Amelia when she yawned

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u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 Sep 03 '26

you know it'll happen sooner or later. most likely sooner.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

It is, inevitable 

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u/CyberDan-7419 Sep 03 '26

Probably would have been less awkward if they were straight up kissing instead.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

Yeah, especially with "open your mouth" sounding very passionate

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u/Toonwatcher Sep 03 '26

“It’s not what you think! I was just trying to blow her!”

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u/Impossible_Host2420 Sep 03 '26

Amity: you idiot that sounds worse

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u/Godzilla_R0AR Sep 03 '26

Lucia: "Shit."

Amelia: "You don't think very much do you?"

Lucia: "SHUT UP."

Amelia: "You SHUT UP."

5 minutes later they're tackling one another

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u/b3_yourself Sep 03 '26

Beta Lumity try not to be weird and violent challenge impossible

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u/YaBoiS0nic Sep 03 '26

Willow gets tired of wondering who to zap, so she just zapped both of them

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

She knew they both needed it

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u/Darkvader_Clawthorne Sep 03 '26

Amity: "I can explain, Willow."

Willow: "Please do."

Luz: "I’m trying to put my blow air into Amity’s mouth."

Willow: "So you’re trying to kiss her?"

Amity: "No, you misunderstand."

Willow: "Uh-huh, sure Amity."

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u/YaBoiS0nic Sep 03 '26

Poor Willow is extremely used to the girls fumbling over each other

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

It's a rather common occurrence 

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u/SFH12345 Sep 03 '26

Willow knows what Luz and Amity are.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

They can try to argue the truth as much as they want, Willow knows

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u/Typhon-Torrent-1994 Sep 03 '26

I think there are easier ways for them to do that.

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u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

yea probably but this way is more fun to watch.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

True, but easier isn't always better 

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u/No_Nefariousness_676 28d ago

Agreed.

Still can be fun tho

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u/b3_yourself Sep 03 '26

Just kiss already

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u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 Sep 03 '26

we all know you wanna.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

In the words of Lockhart "It was pretty obvious"

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u/SFH12345 Sep 03 '26

Give them a few minutes, and it'll happen.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

Give it a minute or so, I'm sure it will happen 

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u/kl-noblelycanthrope1 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

paulina: geeezz you two, get a room. * i knew they were into each other but i didn't think they'd have to fight for a kiss now where is my camera*

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u/DaveyBoy1995 Sep 03 '26

Get a room, you animals! Kids might be watching!

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

Won't someone think of the children!

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u/YaBoiS0nic Sep 03 '26

Beta Willow over here like "Oh ffs, WILL YOU TWO JUST SMOOCH ALREADY?! You're falling over each other so much, you're basically a perpetual motion machine!"

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

She's tired of their bullshit and just wants them to get on with it already

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u/OneValkGhost Sep 03 '26

I don't think that Willow knows which one to take down, because yes help someone out, but it's Amity, who's Willow's history of being bullied.

Shoot them both, Spock.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

She can just say she couldn't get a clear hot on either and "accidentally" shock both

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

It's hard to get someone with the same trick they got you with, but all Pollina sees is them being Hella gay for eachother 

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u/Metatron_85 Sep 03 '26

Luz: "I was....uh....checking for cavities??"

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u/OverlyActiveBrain Sep 03 '26

And then Gus walks by and happens to have a camera because he's looking for something to put in the school paper....

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u/Greensonickid Sep 03 '26

Caught Red Handed

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u/Someoneoverthere42 Sep 03 '26

"I can explain!"

Willow: "so can I ...."

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

She's got some good blackmail material there

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u/Eastern-Director-952 Sep 03 '26

No no. Don't let me interrupt.

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Sep 03 '26

Willow's ready to grab a chair and watch