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I was rewatching O' Titan Where Art Thou & realized something very... not... good...

When Luz is yelling at Eda for trying to send her & King away, a coven scout hears Luz shout, "Call Raine back!"

Then the scout freezes & listens, because you pay attention when someone mentions a Coven Head.

"Tell them there's no- 'package to receive'! I'm not going anywhere until Belos is defeated!

Then the scout runs to get back up.

In those 3 sentences, Luz didn't just blow her & Eda's cover, she gave away Raine too.

That's why the Coven Heads knew about Raine's continued involvement but they didn't know about Eber & Darius.

There was no spy. There was no mole.

It was all Luz...

...& if she ever found out it was her "fault" it'd destroy her... this poor kid can't catch a break.

Okay obviously the Lumity kiss is a big deal, both in the context of the show and in terms of wlw representation

But what really gets me is the scene where Amity’s all “Luz is my gf” and Odalia is like “That won’t do I’m gonna get you a new, stronger girlfriend”

Sure, it’s nice that Odalia isn’t homophobic, but it’s more than that. Odalia doesn’t even skip a beat, she says she’ll find Amity a new girlfriend. Amity being attracted to women isn’t treated like something out of the ordinary. It’s not a fluke, it’s not something that has to be revealed nor is it met with any surprise. It just…is.

it's the way Odalia already knew what the plan was but she was like "i mean, this is gonna make us royalty so"

Right before Kikimora attacks them, u can see Gus keeping up the illusion and “Luz” pushing Willow out of the way.

Cool details that go by way to fast to process any of it.

But also… how did Hunter do that? He doesn’t have a staff on him, but he clearly did his flash teleport thing here…

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Y'ALL AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT SAW THIS??

!!!!SPOILER ALERT FOR EPISODE 20 "Clouds on the Horizon"!!!!!

EDA DIDN'T END UP GETTING A SIGIL

LOOK AT THIS FRAME

If she had gotten a sigil, it would have been clearly visible on her wrist

But it isn't there, now is it?

Let's compare this image to this frame with Alador, literally seconds later after this scene, shall we?

His arm is nearly in the same position, and his sigil is visible.

Dana and the crew are always inserting details in the episode that hint to something bigger (Like Raine's whistling)

So it's pretty obvious to me that they would not overlook drawing a sigil on Eda, especially after they've established her opinion on the coven system since the very beginning

P.S Raine is genuinely smiling in the first pic, something they didn't really do in this episode, so that's gotta mean something

lumity’s first kiss

Crikey!

And that is why I love to call them the chaos twins

Okay- I know there are more important things to be thinking about but

CAN WE ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EDRIC AND EMIRA LITERALLY TRIED TO BURN DOWN THE FACTORY- THEY WERE ABOUT COMMIT ARSON WITHOUT HESITATION-

whatever you do, do not think about alador (a new father of 2 and later 3) hastily putting together this swing set to try and squeeze in some fun dad time with his children, but having it fall apart to neglect due to his overdemanding job and emotional abuse from his wife/business partner

Ok. There are sooo many things to scream about! Lumity kiss? Eda being all maternal and taking care of her kids? The whole Hunter Luz switch?

Ughh! I've seen a lot of people try to say that Raine could be a spy because they seem uncomfortable, but I really don't think that's the case. I think they're genuinely concerned and anxious for Eda because they care about her so deeply. Hell, they've done SO much to protect Eda already, I think they're really just anxious about Eda having to be involved.

Also, can we just talk about the animation? Because damn. Just damn.

Just watched Clouds on the horizon and IM DYING none of my friends watch TOH. PLEASE comment/reblog with emotions/theories/screams

The Owl House - Clouds on the Horizon Thoughts

There was a lot to take in about this episode. Not as much as Hollow Mind but that’s a high benchmark. The Owl House season 2 has been firing on all cylinders just about the entire season but since Hollow Mind it has been an almost non-stop barrage. I am so sad that there is only one more episode left in season 2 and then 3 specials because this show is really something special.

I want to start by talking about the Blight family. Since the first sighting of the Blight parents’ shadows in “Understanding Willow” there was an obvious complex and toxic family dynamic that I was interested in exploring and I like the way it paid off with this episode.

One of the most important things about this dynamic to me is the dichotomy between Alador and Odalia. Neither were good parents in the past but, where Alador wants to be better and get to know his kids, Odalia is stuck in her ways and only ever doubles down. And Amity is allowed to say that she will never talk to her mother again. She has a chance at reconciliation with her father but it’s made clear that the bridge between her and her mother is burned for good.

Amity and the twins don’t want to give up on their parents. Amity wants that connection with her parents. She wants them to love and be proud of her. This has been shown time and time again throughout the series. Even long before her parents were mentioned this was shown in her first appearance. The desperation for good grades, to be top of the class, to uphold her image. All of these were bids to gain the affection she was never given. But ultimately her mother won’t change and upon seeing this Amity makes the decision to cut things off permanently.

“Escaping Expulsion” was where we saw how controlling Odalia was and how “career focused” (This is definitely how she views herself but it’s my nice way of saying greedy and self centered) she is. She tried to back out on her word the second it didn’t benefit her then and in this episode she insists that Blights don’t go back on their word because she thinks she will benefit exponentially from this. It’s all for herself and always has been even if she tries to play it off as being for the family to other people. 

The second she realizes that her family will not work with her no matter what lies she spins or promises of greatness she gives, she abandons them. She doesn’t care for any of them. Not truly.

On the other hand Alador has been faced with his shortcomings and lack of understanding of his own children and wants to try and be better. In “Reaching Out” we see that Amity wants to connect with him but he’s stuck in the idea of what he thinks Amity wants rather than what she really wants. He’s so enraptured in his own work that he doesn’t get to know his kids, their lives, or their individual wants. He is faced with the fact that he doesn’t really know his kids and he doesn’t like that reality. He wants it to be different. 

It doesn’t change that he wasn’t a great parent in the past but it gives them a shot at a new beginning and a chance at a real relationship. And he commits to that. 

The second that he learns about the truth when it comes to the day of unity and what his abomatons will be used for he tries to shut it all down. He stands up to Odalia and her greed and is willing to help them fight the emperor. He destroys his life’s work and the factory. He does this for his kids.

I appreciate this duality in the Blight family. I was on the fence about how to feel about Alador’s arc in “Reaching Out” but I should have learned by then to never doubt the Owl House because as you can tell by the plethora of thought I have I appreciated how it played out moving forward.

Now to move onto Eda. Eda’s arc in this season really hurts. She’s opened herself up to genuine connection and stopped denying the reality of her found family. She’s allowing herself to care once again. In the first season Eda acted very nonchalant and okay with her loner status but as we see much more in depth this season that it’s all a front. Eda has been lonely even before getting the curse. She longs for connection and love but it became a case of Eda having faced so much rejection that she no longer reached out to others herself. She came to tell herself that she was fine with the isolation.

And now that Eda has opened up to connection again and gained so much from it. But while she loves all those around her she still doesn’t love herself.

She keeps putting herself in danger for those she loves. In this episode she commits to getting a sigil and cutting herself off from practicing all types of magic forever to protect everyone and stop the emperor. She even insists on it. She always hides her insecurity behind a facade of confidence which Raine seems to see right through in this episode if the worried glances and pained faces they made while watching Eda get the sigil are any indication.

They wanted so badly to avoid this. To avoid using Eda because they knew Eda would take the chance to sacrifice herself if it meant protecting her kids. But also because Raine knows how little Eda values herself. She was with Eda that day in the forest as they played Eda’s requiem to take out Darius and Ebberwolf. She saw Eda’s willingness to die and how replaceable Eda thinks she is. They are afraid for her because they know Eda has a lack of self preservation and doesn’t love herself.

I’m actually really scared for Eda. This plan was already dangerous for Eda based purely on the fact that she has to personally corrupt the spell which could consume her as well like it did in Eda’s requiem and there’s a whole slew of other reasons that this could go wrong. Now that we know that the emperor knows Eda is there I can’t see her being lucky once again. She barely escaped the emperor in the season 1 finale and she’s in a much more perilous situation now. And this season looks like it’s going to end on the darkest hour for the heroes. I could be wrong. In fact I hope I’m wrong and everyone gets out okay but it doesn’t look likely.

There’s the line that King, Eda, and Luz all day they’ll see each other after the day of unity which makes me almost positive that they won’t this season. (Again I Hope I’m wrong)

That cold open sets up so much stuff moving forward and it makes me sure that King is going to be the most important piece moving forward. He’s a titan and connected to the collector. The collector is getting impatient with Belos. They want out and they’re starting to lose faith that Belos will hold up his end of the bargain they made.

King has titan’s blood which is one of the most rare and powerful resources in all of the boiling isles. If the fact that King is a titan comes out to the wrong person, King's life will be in danger. There are so many factors that have been set up about King being a titan that can come back around in the finale. The titan trappers were going to sacrifice King to free the collector which means he is likely needed to complete Belos’ end of the bargain (not quite sure yet), his blood is the only thing that can open a door to the human realm which Belos and Luz both need, and to the people on the isles he is pretty much a god. All of this can come around in interesting and possibly emotionally devastating ways. 

Last but not least I want to talk about Hunter, Willow, and Gus. Until Labyrinth Runners came out I expected Hunter to be a part of the Eda, King, and Luz trio as another kid that Eda adopts. I still want that but I’m pleasantly surprised by how much I like Hunter’s dynamic with Willow and Gus. 

Willow and Gus have been pushed to the side for a lot of this season for understandable reasons. They had a lot of ground to cover after being unexpectedly cancelled that centered around our main characters and Hunter. But it’s nice to see how they’re doing now that they are in on what’s going on with Belos. And they get to interact with Luz again after a long interim where they were all off doing their own things. 

I can’t wait for next week. This show has really entered its endgame (I’ve used this word way too many times in my last few posts but it’s true) and there is so much going on and so many possibilities for how this can play out that I am on the edge of my seat. Whatever happens I have complete faith in the Owl House crew to put everything they have into it.

Extra thoughts

I just realized that Darius and Alador might have to work together now and I can’t wait to see it.

Luz and Amity kissed. I knew this would happen in season 2b but I wasn’t sure when. I’m glad it happened now and it was as hilariously endearing and awkward as I was expecting.

Odalia keeps Alador in line by threatening to make the kids be more involved in Blight industries and that’s just evil. She threatens Alador with their own kids’ futures. She is just a horrible person.

I love how King is the one who talks to Alador and lets him know about the day of Unity.

It’s really powerful that King saying that he never knew his father is what gets to Alador the most because while Alador isn’t absent in the physical sense he has been in the emotional sense.

Luz making her Palisman an egg so that it can choose its own form is really fitting.

It’s weird that they would send Hunter out to help Luz when he is most likely one of the most wanted people on the boiling isles. Willow and Gus I understand. They are probably still under the emperor’s radar but Hunter is actively in danger if he’s noticed. I liked the way it played out. I just thought it was a bit strange considering that fact.

  I love the animation hints that Luz and Hunter switched places before the reveal.

We didn’t see Eda get the sigil. It cuts away before it could happen and considering there would be no point to cutting away right before she gets it if she did in fact get it. I’m hoping that there’s a chance she didn’t.

SO THIS WAS HUNTER ALL ALONG AND HIS FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO PROTECT WILLOW !!!!