Story Hangover Thoughts: The Owl House

While I respect that others have a right to free speech and to their own opinions, when haters successfully get something canceled, why does it always have to be something I like?

It seems like everytime I choose a favorite series, someone finds the slightest thing wrong with it and throws a fit until they get their way.  I finally got fed up and decided to turn the tables in my favor. It occurred to me a long time ago that two can play at that game. Hey, turnabout is fair play. 

No, I won’t disclose my plan, but you’ll find out about it eventually. Especially since it’s already working.  

The Owl House is getting a premature cancellation for the stupidest reason. Not because it takes place in a world called the Boiling Isles, located in the Demon Realm, atop a landmass formed entirely from the decaying body of a giant, fallen Titan, or because the main character lives with Eda, a witch who was accidentally cursed by her sister, (long story), Eda’s adoptive and adorable demon/last surviving Titan son, King, and their house demon Hooty, but because Dana Terrace gave us a main character who’s like her and it’s attracting an audience outside the target demographic.

I, for one, love the diversity of the show! The main character, Luz Noceda is bisexual, (she likes both men and women), and she’s seeing another girl. Amity Blight originally was annoyed by Luz; some people act weird or tough around their crush to cover up their feelings. Especially when you’re a little embarrassed about it. In Amity’s case, her mom being a control freak and Amity’s fear of her wrath probably had something to do with it. But they eventually grew on each other, Luz even inspired Amity to stand up to her mom and live her life the way she wants to instead of acting like nothing is good enough for her like her obsessive control-freak mom insisted and her dad was too busy to notice because his wife had him working nonstop. (He’s getting better about that. I’ve heard they’re divorcing, and Dad gets the kids).

Luz helping Amity realize that she could be a better person helped too. The older Blight kids, Edric and Emira, support this entirely. In fact, they gave up their “tough love” approach to their sister and Emira even helped her dye her hair. Their mom made her dye it green to match herself and the twins because she’s a control freak who likes her children color-coded. Now it’s purple as seen above.  

Not only this, but their friend Willow Park has two dads and Luz’s mentor, Eda Clawthorne, aka the Owl Lady (it’s a long, crazy, and I mean crazy story), legally adopted King as a son and is in a relationship with a person named Raine Whispers. Raine is the first non-binary Disney character ever. And Eda’s sister, Lilith, is the first character I’ve ever seen who’s like me! She’s an asexual aromantic or aroace. (No sexual or romantic attraction to anyone at all). And it’s all considered normal because the Demon Realm doesn’t believe in the prejudices that lead to homophobia.

Seriously, if being in love with a person who changed your life for the better is wrong, why did God make them like that? I mean, look at them! Being different has bettered so many lives! For example, being Luz’s mentor helped Eda mature. She realized that even though she doesn’t like the formal education system’s method of teaching magic, it wasn’t fair to use that as an excuse to keep her apprentice from learning more and being around her new friends. Besides, if everyone was exactly the same, then nobody would ever think of any new ideas, then nothing would ever happen.

Also, Camila Noceda, Luz’s mom, is not the fantasy-forbidding parent some people want her to be. She just wanted Luz to be able to separate fantasy and reality because her inability to do so kept getting her in trouble. Camila actually loves Luz’s antics. From the time Luz freaked out the other kids at the playground with the garter snake skin that she’d dug up in the sandbox, and the notion that snakes “shed their pajamas as they grow”, which freaked out the other kids with the idea that there was a snake nearby that had just gotten a lot bigger, to her twist on Romeo and Juliet in the school play. She stuffed the first layer of her shirt with sausages and ripped it open to make it appear that her intestines were spilling out, which was something Manny, Luz’s late father, had taught her.

The second Camila found out where her daughter was, she promised that things would be different between them when she came back.

This is especially sad when you learn that Camila is a widow who raised Luz on her own, so her daughter is basically all the immediate family she has left! (And yes, that idea came from the unfortunate premature loss of Terrace’s own father). Of course, now that the Noceda family have a shape-shifting demon named Vee, who is considered Luz’s adoptive sister, living with them as well (don’t ask), it’ll definitely be different. Camila is completely fine with that because she’s both a wonderful, loving mother and an animal lover. In fact, she’s a veterinarian! (Which I can’t do because I couldn’t handle euthanasia). She’s also totally fine with and supportive of her daughter’s sexuality. You should’ve seen Camila’s face when Luz came out to her as bisexual and introduced Amity as her girlfriend*. It’s believed that her delighted squeal was heard clear across the state of Connecticut. Camila now wears a rainbow heart-shaped Pride pin on all of her outfits to show her support of her daughter.

* In fact, here it is

Apparently, both Noceda parents were as nerdy as Luz in their childhoods. I've heard that’s actually how they met, and because Luz and Amity bonded over their favorite book series The Good Witch Azura, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Manny got Luz into that series in the first place. He gave her a copy of the first volume right before he passed, since he knew that he wasn’t going to get better and he wanted his last act as a father to be making sure his little girl would be happy afterwards. Which it did. Luz keeps a video diary, and it showed her going from receiving the book during what she dejectedly described as "the worst week ever", to bouncing on her toes in front of the camera, squealing that "I loved it! I loved it! I loved it so much! EEEEEEEE!!!" It’s like he knew that it would make Luz feel better. 

In my opinion, Dana Terrace should move her work to a more deserving network. If Disney doesn’t appreciate the fan demographic, then someone else will take it. 

Personally, I think Disney is throwing away a goldmine! Terrace is a creative genius! I know a network transfer would work because the 90s show Gargoyles did it! They moved to ABC after Disney canceled them.