Are You Telling Me That There Are Idiots Hate On Dana And/or Owl House Because It Was Short?

Are you telling me that there are idiots hate on Dana and/or Owl House because it was short?

They should be thankful that Dana Terrace delivers.

The Owl House was cancelled

That is something you guys need to remember. This show was cancelled. There was so much content that we were supposed to get but didn't because a few Disney execs decided that their best show since Gravity Falls wasn’t good enough to keep on their platform.

You have to understand, Dana didn't want this. We were supposed to have more. We were supposed to see how Hooty and Eda met, Caleb when he was alive, Darius's mentor, the Hagside kids, Manny, more Gus centered episodes, the Bat Queen's holder, more of Raine and Eda's relationship, etc.

But because only a few Disney execs decided that this show was too gay… oh, sorry “wasn't their brand'' they cancelled it.

You absolutely have the right to be mad. But do not direct that hatred to Dana or The Owl House. Disney is your enemy.

This is a great analysis of the show ngl.

one amazing thing about the Owl House finale is that it finally contextualized for me one of the central metaphors of the show. Spoilers for the series finale Watching and Dreaming ahead.

we good? no one spoiling themselves? beauty

for a long time now, I thought we had a pretty standard coming-of-age metaphor dichotomized by the show's central antagonists. you've got your protestant witch hunter Belos who introduces a maturity and ugliness to Luz's narrative; he clearly represents a particular, restricting form of adulthood, and just when Belos becomes his most threatening, boom, enter the Collector, Luz's dangerously naïve inner child to ruin all her development on the Boiling Isles. Seems simple enough

what I didn't anticipate was just how specific and personal their roles in the story actually are to Luz once you have the full context from the series finale

look again

this story - this whole series - is about the grief that a neurodivergent kid experienced at a young age, introducing the cruelty of loss and adulthood before she was ready to handle it. and, how to reclaim a more whole understanding of herself as she rebuilds her life with people who get her

Belos is designed to infect the titan carcass like a disease. a cancer. it's super goddamn significant that the titan is King's dad (King, who became Luz's younger brother). they set up Belos not just to be another fascist kids' cartoon villain (although yeah, he do be doing some of that), but to specifically become a force that oppressed the weirdness from the one place that understood Luz. the Iles. the dad. And by the end of the story, Belos's goopy body-horror isn't just for show, he's just like the cancer or other terminal disease that took Luz's dad from her

he's the thing Luz hasn't processed in season 1 that comes in at the end like a warning. he's the threat that forces Luz to grapple with her own humanity, feeling somehow (often completely unjustifiably) harmful to those around her, through the grief she doesn't want to be a burden or the weirdness (neurodivergence) others don't understand. he's the force that says there is something wrong with you, Luz, give in to your grief, this is what you can't face. this is the lie you've been telling to those closest to you: that you're okay

then you have the Collector. (notable that he's a collector, and we see Luz's mom and dad had quite the collection of nerdy memorabilia)

the Collector is the child too young to understand death. Too young to understand consequences, or why their playmates don't feel like playing anymore with someone so weird and maybe a bit too involved in their own world. The Collector is Luz's inner child, that kid we see right before the "worst week ever" — the one who didn't and couldn't understand what was about to happen even as it was going down. unapologetically weird, a bit destructive and short-sighted, but wholly colourful, wholly themselves. that's why the Collector wants to live out Luz's adventures, but without all the depth. just the fun escapist fantasy

but don't think I forgot the internal conflict! :D

because Camila's role also gets an added depth too: Camila was framed at the outset of the series as someone who loved Luz, but wanted her to fit inside a box that she just didn't. later, Luz completely misconstrued her mom's breakdown when she learned that Luz chose to run away. as many people have pointed out by now, Luz misremembers the actual dialogue that Camila says: Camila only wanted her daughter safe, not to lose her. Luz meanwhile felt like she had to choose to destroy this part of herself, or give up her connection with her mom altogether

but we know now Camila actually deeply relates to Luz. she may not understand Luz's fascination with horrific things like on the boiling isles (very akin to a kid getting more grim hobbies in the wake of a death, like Luz's taxidermy), but she loves Luz for who she is. all of her. she never wanted Luz to change

Luz was the one framing the central conflict of the show as go back to her mom or stay in the boiling isles. Luz was the one who felt like she had to punish herself by rejecting the one place where she felt like herself. once Camila realizes what's been going on, and how deeply connected it is to the loss of Luz's dad, she knows Luz is trying to make a "very bad choice for herself." And she won't let that happen (what a great mom!!)

But Luz does have one real choice ahead of her

because of the inner child who once again has to confront death (this time, Luz's own), Luz is able to connect with a father figure, the titan, the one place she feels understood. in the form of a power-up that makes her into a fantasy witch straight out of the Good Witch Azura, the one place she got joy after that huge loss, the titan gives her the strength to face the cancer—a force draining everything good in her life from her and making her question she deserves it in the first place—but only if she can choose herself

and that means choosing happiness, choosing found family, choosing love and friendship and self-discovery in the place she feels most at home! every bond she's forged, everything she's worked for, it all comes down to choosing to face grief and move on in life with weirdos who stick together.

hoot hoot, that's some good metaphor

Sebek Zigvolt never struck to me as a charming character. Maybe because there are not much content about him in canon and in fandom. But the idea of Sebek falling love gives me butterflies. It usually goes in two ways:

He is a big fat tsundere. Deny. Deny. Yet you can see how red his face is from blushing.

Or

He tries his absolute best to court to and commit to you. He asks advice from Lilia and Malleus. Sometimes the advice works, sometimes it doesn't. He be sooo blushy and cute.

As much as I love Twisted Wonderland and the characters, I would lose my mind if I was Yuu.

Literally, If I was in Yuu's situation (being transported in a world without your family, friends and everything you know about your world), I would not hesitate cause harm and chaos. For all we know, Dire Crowley probably wouldn't even make a file of a student who was abruptly transported in NRC that didn't existed until few minutes ago. I remember I read a tumblr post that says that "For all of Twisted Wonderland knows, Yuu could have been made up by NRC" or something like that; that would be the start of my villain origin story.

Then there's Overblots with the characters. I would have personal vendetta against each character. Riddle Rosehearts would be the top of my list for the insult he said about Yuu's parents and education. Azul Ashengrotto is second because he literally tried to take your only shelter in this world. Ace Trappola, third, because he mocks you for being magicless, runs away from his punishment and overall made your first day worse. He may be the key essential to convince Crowley to consider you as a student yet I would not overlook his actions from before.

Bottom line is: Yuu is way too nice to everything and everyone. Maybe, that was to show that Yuu is very different than the NRC as a whole. While I would use every trick in the book to cause a terror in NRC. What they're gonna do? Sue me? It's like detaining and sueing an unknown entity from a different world.

My heart shattered at this scene. It's always potrayed in shows, media and even in real life that a mother has a sixth sense whether her child is hurt or in danger. This is just a great detail to add in an angst pool of mother/child relationship.

Not Camila realizing deep down that her daughter died. That after all of her grief over Manny, her fear of losing Luz right afterwards... It happened, after they seemingly rekindled their bond closer than ever.

Okay. Okay. Hear me out on this one.

Vil Schoenheit just pampers and cares for you in his way.

To everyone else's perspective, including yours, would think that he's treating you like Epel. Nagging, teaching, and dragging you to lessons. But if you squint, you can make out a small quirk of his lips. His eyes ever so soften while looking at you. To any person like Rook can noticed how content and happy Vil is. The Vil Schoenheit carefully letting you grow beautifully day by day under his loving hands.

Leona Kingscholar may be lazy but never half-ass anything. Especially to relationships.

I can see Leona actually caring for his s/o without showing them how he cares. Letting you talk despite he looks like he's sleeping but is actually listening. A tough guy you think that doesn't cares but he does. If the relationship is orchestrated by his family, he gonna be bitter about it but not to the person who is his arranged s/o. He rather die than hear a whip of gossip saying he's unfaithful and irresponsible to his duty as a husband. I don't know why, I see him as the type of guy holding his end of the ordeal yet being lethargic at it.

Sebek Zigvolt definitely holds you the same priority to his Waka-sama.

Don't get him wrong. He loves you, truly. It just that his first priority was to protect and serve Malleus Draconia then you came along. It caused him a dilemma until both of you became an official relationship. Sebek would settle to the idea of putting you as the same priority to Malleus Draconia.