The average Disney cartoon season has between ten and twenty episodes, but The Owl House's "third season" (which is called by Disney) is different, sporting three 44-minute specials. Show creator Dana Terrace was apparently not happy with Disney's decision, as this Tumblr post shows:
as per my good friend @sepublic’s req, here are some quick notes from dana’s talk yesterday that i somehow managed to get into... – @tortol on Tumblr
So... what if Dana had actually gone through with the idea of ending The Owl House on a cliffhanger to spite Disney, as mentioned in the fourth point?
POINT OF DIVERGENCE: Matt Braly and the others were unable to convince Dana not to end The Owl House early. Dana announces on social media that she's ending the series early as a form of retaliation against Disney's decision for the "third season", leaving the show with a massive, unresolved cliffhanger. As a result, "King's Tide" in this alternate timeline serves as the series finale, and the originally planned three specials won't be made.
To keep things interesting, let's assume that all attempts to get Dana to revive the show were unsuccessful.
Naturally, I imagine that a large percentage of the The Owl House fandom would not be happy with this decision. An entire genre of Owl House fanfics would pop up where fans create their own interpretations of the show - which probably differ from our timeline's three specials.
I'm not very knowledgeable about The Owl House (in fact, I have watched only the Season 2B and three specials, not entirely the show), so I'm going to leave most of the pondering up to you guys and gals.