Covention

Part I (S1E1-S1E4)

I am back once again! Expect at least one of these every day, because I try to do them after every rewatch session. I like to take it slow, though, so usually I only watch about 3 or 4 episodes at a time.

Anyways, let's continue...

We see Acne Kid here being given a coven sigil, and Eda remarks that from then on he'll be only able to do one type of magic. A fun callback in the epilogue is that we see this same kid (who still has acne) having his sigil successfully removed.

"Wow! I have failed you as a principal!"

-Hieronymus Bump

And to think... THIS was our introduction to Lilith Clawthorne.

At one point in the episode (I didn't see an image for it in the episode gallery), there is a booth that appears in the background for the "Carnivorous Plant Coven". The banner noticeably has a bite mark out of it and what's more, no one is manning the booth... yikes.

IT'S THAT GODDAMN CUPCAKE!

These two have changed so much... I can't even recognize them like this. WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?

Towards the end of the episode, after Lilith and Eda have their duel, Eda grimly tells her sister that the curse is getting worse, and that she wanted to see her sister for what might be the last time... and then she throws a bag of Hex Mix in Lilith's face and runs off laughing. Since I hadn't seen this episode in a while, Eda even had ME fooled at first.

Egg travel... still cleaner than most public transportation.

I hate you.

"Capitalism! Where everyone wins... except you!"

Speaking of, Tibbles being a pig-like demon might be a reference to the old term "capitalist pig". He also reminds me a lot of the book Animal Farm by George Orwell and its own evil pigs, namely the dictator Napoleon, or the propagandist Squealer.

"I'M AN ACQUIRED TASTE, HOOT HOOT!"

Also, this episode made me wonder... does Hooty ALWAYS have those legs underneath the house? He truly is a horrifyingly wonderful creature.

This is Tom. Everyone, say hi to Tom. His dream since he was a boy is to throw children off cliffs. He was a strange child.

At the beginning of "Lost in Language", Eda says that witches eating babies is "so 1693", in reference to the year that the Salem Witch Trials occurred.

"GOODBYE MISS AMITY, THANK YOU!"

Braxas is one of my favorite background characters, the demon toddler with the horrifyingly deep voice. He's also the son of Warden Wrath.

The Blight twins' teasing has drained the sanity out of this poor man. Now he's wondering if his own life is but fiction... he knows too much!

Luz tries (and fails) to save the day while dressed up like Azura. Come Season 3, and she actually DOES save the entire Boiling Isles while wearing her Azura Halloween costume.

And the episode ends with Luz and Amity starting to work through their differences. Will they become friends? Will they become MORE than friends? You already know the answer to that, silly! No refunds!

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Her first episode "I Was a Teenage Abomination" looked like that, but once we got to "Covention", I pretty much realized there's way more to her than we initially thought. And when "Lost in Language" came along, it became pretty clear that she is not a bad person whatsoever.

All that stuff we saw in the beginning of the show, like in the first season? Yeah, it was all just an act and façade. Turns out, she's just a miserable loner, who was emotionally abused, neglected, and never given a genuinely love. Her pretending to hang out with Boscha led to the former being shunned and distrusted by everyone, as they believed she was a snobby rich girl like Boscha.

Amity was pressured and blackmailed into becoming a top student by Odalia who forced her to act like a rich snobbish bully and compelled her to get green hair because she wanted her children to be "color coordinated", despite the fact that Amity inherited her father Alador's hair color.

Understanding Willow proves without a shadow of a doubt that Amity is not and never was a bully: She was just faking it and ONLY pretended to be one because her selfish stuck-up asshole mother, Odalia, forced her to after blackmailing her into ending her friendship with Willow. For seven years, Amity PRETENDED to be mean to Willow, because she knew if Odalia ever found out Amity still cared about Willow and being friendly with her, then Odalia would follow through on her threat to get Willow expelled from Hexside. This episode makes it clear that Amity never actually wanted to hurt Willow and was just forced into it. She couldn't stand seeing Boscha hurting Willow, but she had to pretend not to care and keep up the act. Deep down, Amity always loved and cared about Willow. She was just putting on an act to protect her best friend from Odalia. That's all there was to it.

Amity was looking a better future that would make her happy, since she didn't have it in the past. Even though she didn't like being forced to join the Emperor's Coven, she hoped that if she had to do it, she might as well try to get something good out of it, like love and respect from everyone. But, ironically, that never would have happened at all.

Amity never had any social life after what happened with Willow, she couldn't stand Boscha and her gang and didn't have any actual friends; she only hung out with them superficially under Odalia's influence.

All Amity wanted was love, respect, and a real friends who she can laugh with and grow together with, but they keep being taken away.

When Luz came around and befriended her, Amity's life got a million times better and she was actually happy for the first time in literal years. She has finally began to come out of the shell that Odalia forced her in and became a better person for it.

The ONLY time Amity was GENUINELY mean was when she was rightfully angry with Luz for helping Willow cheat at her school assignment and getting her sent to Principal Bump's office.

Amity's seeming excitement to join it was, IN FACT, forced upon her by Odalia. Amity also hoped that if she will have to participate in something she dislikes, she might as well try to get something out of it for herself such as love and respect from her family and the others. Amity was expecting for a better future since, according to her sister Emira, the former wasn't happy in the past and it wasn't denied by Amity who was looking for a future that would make her happy, which ironically wouldn't have happened at all.

Do you think it was a complete waste to not have Lilith Clawthorne serve as a mentor figure for Amity Blight? Edric Blight and Emira Blight filled in the role of mentor figure for Amity Blight.

I’m confused. I don’t know if it’s shown explicitly so I’d like some help. How old exactly are you when you’re forced to join a coven (or you don’t choose one)? Is the age sixteen? Hunter’s already joined the Emperor’s Coven, and he’s sixteen (I think). Has Gus joined the Illusions coven? Isn’t he thirteen/fourteen (I apologize for any age wrongs, I’m stupid)? I know you can join a coven at any time after the specific age, but how old do you have to be before you make a choice? It is after you graduate junior high (around age 14)? High school? Feel free to leave your thoughts or the definitive answer, I’m simultaneously confused and stupid.