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when lilith said that eda had no attachments, it struck me as odd. even before luz showed up, eda had king, owlbert, and hooty, whom she loved dearly and openly. lilith must have known about owlbert and saw him every time eda had her staff, and saw king following eda around all the time. it would be understandable if she’d dismissed hooty as a home security system/monstrosity since that was the only capacity in which lilith herself knew him, but it’s interesting that she disregarded king and owlbert. eda wasn’t some loner who oh-so-secretly cared about certain people; she had friends whom she hung out with and lived with and laughed with and loved. yet lilith didn’t notice this. because none of them are fellow witches? because they’re not blood-relations? because they’re eda’s “inferiors”?
even with luz, lilith perceived her as eda’s “pet” and was visibly shocked at how much eda cared. it’s as if she expected eda to be just annoyed enough to show up and fight to get her pet back, but not angry enough to go all out with her powers as she would to protect a person she really cared about.
whether she truly knew her sister when they were kids or not, lilith doesn’t know eda now. if anyone lacks attachments, it’s lilith, whose only “friend” is her sister whom she cursed and barely talks to anymore. lilith is supposedly amity’s mentor but barely interacts with her and exploits her when she does, and isn’t seen interacting positively/respectfully with anyone else. she’s noticeably rude to those who serve/follow her. she thinks she’s better than all of them and she’s so upset thinking that eda might perceive her in the same way.
after her “crafty” win over eda, lilith said that eda was with her real family now–
–but lilith had actually taken her away from her real family. the family that loved and understood her. the family that wanted to help her, not control her like both lilith and belos wanted to do.
of course luz is important and brought light into eda’s life, but eda wasn’t alone before luz. eda had found a family of her own after lilith betrayed her and was happy that way.
on some level, lilith clearly values biological family over found family, but she also values friendships between “equals” over friendships between an “inferior” and a “superior.” if eda had befriended another powerful witch, i don’t think lilith would have been so quick to dismiss that witch as irrelevant to eda. it’s because eda’s found family consisted of non-witches that lilith so easily ignored their significance to eda. she did notice that luz was special, but only to the extent of being…a favorite pet, not a beloved person–because how could one’s “inferior” be treated as one’s equal as a friend? essentially, in lilith’s hierarchy, the most important attachment is biological family, acceptable attachments are equals/fellow witches, and frivolous attachments are inferiors/pets. it’s no wonder she values control and power over love and understanding if this is how she values others.
lilith loves eda, but she loves power and control even more. so here we are.