I have eaten my pudding and am now ready to thoroughly retrospect. Mmm, pudding... okay, I'll have more pudding later, but first: retrospective-ing.
Aaaaaaand... Beefy Bob has been petrified. His death truly shook me the most out of all the characters.
Rest in peace, Beefy Bob.
"A real man never takes accountability!"
Oh, so these three were friends once. I can't help but wonder what caused the rift between Alador and Darius... probably something to do with Odalia, I'm sure.
Principal Faust: Even more of a menace to children than Bump. I respect that. Throws children in the detention pit for being late for being early (it's the start of a slippery slope to being late) and can and will expel children for reasons such as chewing too loudly or having shoes that aren't the right amount of squeaky (too squeaky is annoying... but not squeaky enough, you can't hear them coming).
I like this guy.
"I thought there'd be more!"
If all else fails... go with arson. That's right kids, I'm promoting arson.
"Welcome... to HECK!"
Terra is informed that child murder is illegal.
But in the immortal words of Stanley Pines:
"When there's no cops around, anything's legal!"
This smelly hippie guy really reminds me of Mr. Small from The Amazing World of Gumball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVfO4ZLAPaM
"Hippies? I hate hippies! Get back to the damn cartoon already! AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- !"
Sorry about that, I've been keeping Mr. Nixon's head in my basement, he must have escaped. Well, he's society's problem now. Now, where were we?
Back in Season 1, we saw this gelatinous guy (as an adult) working as a food vendor on the street... Eda may or may not have had a hand in ruining his life with that prank.
Eda meets Raine for the first time, and they show her how to make crappy juice taste better using bard magic. Turns out, this trick is also useful to keep them from being brainwashed by Terra's tea.
This scene really appealed to the more juvenile side of my sense of humor... in other words: haha, butt.
"This is HECK, people! LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!"
Then immediately afterwards, she says:
"I would've been such a good mum."
She's a danger to children... by this point, you should know already that I greatly respect that.
To quote Stanley Pines again:
"CHILDREN FIGHTING! I CAN SELL THIS!"
But ironically enough, for the second time in this series, Terra actually helps the protagonists, in this case by putting in a good word for both Eda and Bump to Faust.
Once again... Raine is using their special whistling trick to keep from being drugged by Terra. We saw them do this back in "Follies at the Coven Day Parade", which was a blink-and-you-miss-it detail in that episode, but here, it's revealed just how important this little trick of Raine's is.
Huh... that ain't good.
Why would Belos want to drain magic? Well...
...you're about to find out.
AW HELL YEAH, WE'VE FINALLY ARRIVED AT "HOLLOW MIND", MY FAVORITE EPISODE! I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT THIS IS MY FAVORITE OF THE WHOLE SERIES! LET'S GET INTO IT!
Gee, I wonder who they are... in case you couldn't tell, it's Raine, Darius, and Eberwolf. This is the first time we actually see that Raine has been working with Darius, although this won't be properly revealed until "O Titan, Where Art Thou?"
Well... I guess you could say that's one... hollow mind.
*Insert booing here.*
NO LUZ, DON'T TRUST THE CHILD, THE CHILD IS EVIL!
KICK HIM! YES, KICK THE CHILD!
Raine runs into a communication barrier with Darius when trying to describe Hooty... Hooty defies description.
"THE WILD WITCHES! THEY'VE FOUND ME!" says Belos to a crowd of wild witches (because no one's in a coven yet).
Of course, like the great politician he is, he's full of utter rubbish, as that little fireworks show was really being put on by...
...this early Golden Guard, who, on Belos' orders, then sets off the remaining explosives, causing God knows how much damage offscreen, and likely claiming some innocent lives as well. It's actually genuinely disturbing.
"Look at how I have destroyed- I mean- wild magic has destroyed your town!"
In yet another disturbing scene, another early Golden Guard remarks that those who have been rendered unconscious by the sigils are still alive. Belos says that in that case, they still have work to do, and the two walk off, leaving these people to die.
At long last, we meet the cosmic iPad kid entity. Hello, Collector.
The Collector thinks Belos enjoys creating and then killing "those things". Belos says it hurts every time "he" chooses to betray him.
The Collector probably takes all the killing so lightly because, as shown in "Watching and Dreaming", they view mortals as playthings and have no idea what death means for them.
And Belos, it seems, is deluding himself into thinking that each grimwalker he creates is the "ideal" Caleb... only for each one to end up rebelling against him.
Jesus Christ... all the palisman souls he's ever absorbed... and they're all just withering away.
What makes this even scarier is that for the only time in the series, we, the audience, can HEAR the palismen talking, warning Luz and Hunter to stay away from the Inner Belos. To think, these are all sentient beings... I think it goes without saying that any last shred of humanity Belos had within him is long gone.
Belos takes this one palisman out of the withering mass of palisman souls and crushes it for Hunter to see... part of me wonders if this was meant to foreshadow Flapjack's eventual fate.
And... I think this is the moment Luz officially becomes traumatized... the moment she finds out that she unwittingly helped the greatest evil on the Boiling Isles. Genuinely, imagine being in that situation.
I think my single favorite line in the whole episode would be:
"Please... do me a kindness... and call me by my REAL name."
When Hooty briefly turns into the Hootinator here, he speaks in a deep voice that sounds almost exactly like Grunkle Stan (once again... this is Alex Hirsch doing the voice, of course).
I honestly like the idea that Hooty, when trying to put on a deep voice, sounds like Grunkle Stan.
King suggests using the last of the Titan's blood on Amity's glove to help get Luz and Hunter out of Belos' mind, marking the third and last time Amity's glove from "Eclipse Lake" is used as a "Chekhov's Gun", after "Yesterday's Lie" and "Elsewhere and Elsewhen".
Philip/Belos claims he'll do anything to save humanity from "evil". But as the Titan himself says, all he cares about is being the hero of his own delusion.
He really is such an interesting character to me, and a villain I absolutely love to hate. That's what makes this episode my favorite, because what better way to go into a villain's mind than to actually go into their mind? Kind of like what the episode "Not What He Seems" was to Gravity Falls, this episode was the big game-changer. Because if you thought Belos was evil before seeing this episode, well... you sure as hell ain't seen nothing yet.
And here's the exact moment poor Hunter became traumatized too. I mean, among other things, he did see this...
But not only that, his entire worldview has been flipped on his head. And now he's in fear for his life, as Belos knows he's been in his mind.
Welp... trauma is 100% guaranteed on a one-way excursion into Belos' mind.
And that's what I have to say about "Hollow Mind". It is, in my opinion, The Owl House's greatest episode. Watching this one is always the highlight for me whenever I rewatch the entire series. I really cannot properly put into words just how much I love this episode.
DEAR GOD, HE'S REGURGITATING AGAIN!
Jesus... he's got so much stuff in there that he's even harboring SOULS!
Captain Salty returns with his epic ship (that has its boilers on the top deck)! He says that he no longer works for the Golden Guard and that all his shipmates left him, leaving him to run the boat himself.
I refuse to believe he's running that ENTIRE SHIP himself. But hey, I guess it's magic.
"For that, you must beseech our elder, the wisest huntsman of us all... BILL!"
WE'LL MEET AGAIN... DON'T KNOW WHERE... DON'T KNOW WHEN... BUT I KNOW WE'LL MEET AGAIN SOME SUNNY DAY!
WELL WELL WELL, DID SOMEONE SAY MY NAME? CARE FOR SOME SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE? WHETHER OR NOT HEAVEN EXISTS? DEER TEETH? FOR YOU, KID! LET'S MAKE A DEAL!
No Cipher, no one was talking about you, please stop possessing this post, or else I'll leave a bad review of your book online!
FINE, BUT JUST REMEMBER... I'LL BE WATCHING YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
How... how did he not notice that the head of that Titan pinata looked a lot like his own?
Ah, here's Bill! According to him, he has scars older than Belos' reign as Emperor (which he'll gladly show you).
Another detail I find funny is that despite Tarak's claims that Bill is his best friend, the feeling certainly does not seem to be mutual on Bill's part.
The big moment of truth... King's been a Titan this whole time.
It's honestly really sad hearing King ask if he'll get to play catch after his "induction ceremony", not knowing that the Titan Trappers intend to murder him. Poor kid deserves so much better.
HOOTY'S DEAD... AGAIN!
Ah, the Bill face reveal... dear God, he's hideous. Look, you can see his toothless gums!
Screw this, I'm letting other Bill possess this post again...
GREAT CHOICE, PAL! NOW I'VE GOT SOME THINGS TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT MORALITY! IT'S COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE! ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF NATURE, JUST EAT ANY CREATURE SMALLER THAN YOU!
Thank you Cipher, that will do.
Aw, the poor kid. It's when he's sad that hurts the most... because he's basically just a little baby! And now he's been hit with the life-changing knowledge that he's a Titan and just survived a murder attempt by a gang of cultists bent on his species' total eradication. Jesus Christ, the poor little guy needs a hug.
The dynamic duo meet for the first time.
What I really like about this episode is that, to those who view Gus as being on the autism spectrum, his big uncontrollable illusions in this episode can be viewed as an analogy to having a meltdown. And Willow, teaching him a breathing trick to help him calm down, is a lot like how autistic people like myself will sometimes need to calm down after a meltdown. So... I can really relate to this episode, not gonna lie.
SANDWICH!
According to Hunter, when Gus asks him why he saves him from Adrian later in the episode, it was a really good sandwich.
I love how Adrian requires this entire film crew for his illusions. Like... what's the boom mic operator gonna do? It's a nice visual gag.
"Hello everybody, my name is Markiplier, and welcome to Five Nights at Freddy's, an indie horror game that you guys suggested- "
Going back to how Gus' illusion state can be compared to a meltdown... yep, being branded with a coven sigil would definitely be cause for a meltdown.
And Gus teaches Hunter the same calming down trick he learned from Willow. Many fans interpret Hunter as being on the autism spectrum as well. And while nothing is confirmed, as an autistic person, this episode just makes me really happy.
Having your students fight with you is definitely a safety hazard, Bump... but this time, I feel it's warranted.
I joke about Bump a lot, but in all seriousness, he really does seem like a genuinely good educator and protector of his students in times like these.
And... Gus' illusions are making Adrian relive all his worst memories... haha, he deserves it!
And now, Hunter is trying the same calming-down trick Gus told him.
This was a really good Gus episode, in my opinion. In the midst of his meltdown he keeps berating himself for his mistakes, and honestly, I do the same thing too if I have a meltdown, which makes it all the more heartwarming for me when Hunter helps him out of it.
Gus takes the magic amplifier off of Adrian's unconscious body... definitely gonna be handy later.
Pfft- look at his derpy face!
Well... that's it... we're down to the final 3 episodes of Season 2. Things are about to get real. But until then... I'm tired, and I want pudding.
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