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SO MUCH HAPPENED OMG!!! It was so cool, so much happened. Well obviously pretty much everyone knows how the finale went, but I'm just sharing my opinion because why not. The Collector is so cute!!! It was full of so much plot twists and unexpected things. It was a really good finale and I would definitely rewatch the 3 parts again at some point.
I did not intend to make this.
I had no plan when making this.
But here it is.
I was thinking about how Hunter probably has CPTSD, and that he would get triggered sometimes and have panic attacks. Then I got artsy and made this.
It was a pretty quickly drawn comic, so... sorry some of it is kind of messy!
(Set after Watching and Dreaming, Hunter has shorter hair, though, because after being possessed by Belos, I think he would want to cut it. He might let it grow out more later, but I doubt he's ready for that yet.)
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And then Willow takes Hunter to therapy!
:')
And by "tax-exempt" I mean: I have committed tax fraud. Let's go ahead and do this before the feds find me!
Sorry if this took a while, I planned on getting this out yesterday, but I admittedly got distracted. Anyways, let's dive right into "For the Future".
HOOTYCOPTER!
Oh dear, the Collector's even Collector-ified the logo!
The Titan tries to get Luz's attention, but he's really let himself go after spending centuries in the in-between realm. Can't run like he used to.
I pointed this out earlier when going over that episode, but the Gravesfield portal's Boiling Isles exit is in the same place where Eda found the portal door in "Keeping up A-fear-ances".
Willow says she can't wait to punch Belos through the face... clarifying that yes, she did mean THROUGH the face.
Willow is entirely capable of turning you into food for her plants if you get on her or her friends' bad side... I respect that.
"I love the fact that you've been living on a giant... CARCASS!"
I can smell Belos' odor just by looking at this image... smells like a mixture of raw sewage, skunks, mold, decay, and Joe Biden.
Caleb gives his brother the trademark thousand-yard stare of disapproval. Luz later gives him that same stare as she watches him die. Seems that's how everyone looks at Belos... and why not?
Looks like Peepaw forgot to take his meds and now he's hallucinating again.
"Oh, bugger me, I've lost me 'and! Bloody inconvenience!"
I love how someone just wrote "BAD WORD" on the Owl House.
And on the tower behind it, you can also see the words "KISS MY GRASS".
Hunter gets spooked while trying to guard the Owl House and reflexively tries to summon Flapjack.
Poor kid... everyone's going through a lot in this episode, but Hunter especially has to be going through a lot, having just recently lost who could arguably be called his best and closest friend.
Aww, that's real sweet, I wonder when they found the time to take a family portrait. Sometime in Season 1 obviously, King still has a chipped horn and Eda still has two yellow eyes, meaning she and Lilith haven't yet split the curse.
And of course, the family portrait isn't complete without the omnipresent Hooty in the background. Praise be unto Hooty!
Camila's first time riding on a staff. She has the same reaction Luz had back in the very first episode.
Terra making for a rather unconvincing Eda. Some details that I like: her "wig" is just a hedgehog biting down on her head, and, well... let's just say she hasn't been keeping in shape like Eda has.
Now, let's be real here... puppets are creepy. Just ask my friend here:
So... the Collector turning all the Boiling Isles' citizenry into puppets is... definitely unnerving. Imagine if you saw your family and friends turned into horrifying life-sized puppets. Better keep the music box wound.
Camila's reaction upon first seeing King: "Ay, que lindo!"
Exact same reaction as Luz back in the very first episode. Like mother, like daughter.
While Principal Bump is in the throes of death, Bo and Skara feel this is a good time to start beatboxing.
Bump's a puppet now. He's a menace to children no longer.
"And somewhere along the way, I went from Mattholomule... to MANtholomule!"
"LET THE BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES GIVE YOU STRENGTH!"
Also... Braxas is dressed like his father... aww!
I'd imagine that in this scenario, Bump would be saying something like:
"Look here, children! I've got the DRIP! That's what you kids are saying these days, right? I am definitely BALLIN' right now! That's also young people talk, yes?"
Also, the memorial calls him "Princy B", which he once told Eda to NEVER call him.
Edric lets out a prolonged, pained scream of pure agony as he attempts to hug his sister.
Emira then explains how he fell into an empty well.
"Not empty! There were ROCKS at the bottom!"
I love how he says this with a smile. He's been through so much pain that nothing phases him anymore!
"Wait... HAS YOUR NAME BEEN MATT THOLOMULE THIS WHOLE TIME?"
"Oh, shut up!"
Now all the old grimwalkers join Caleb in giving Belos his well-deserved thousand-yard stare of disapproval.
Looks like Peepaw's hallucinating again.
I think it's adorable how the Collector calls Odalia "Mama 'Dalia". The kid has no idea just how nasty she is.
And you can tell Odalia is hating her life right now... good, she deserves it.
THE CHILD DEMANDS HIS PIZZA BAGELS!
By the way, have any of you ever had pizza bagels? They're really good, in fact, I'm getting hungry for pizza bagels right now. I only have enough for myself, of course, but maybe I should just leave and warm some up and I can have them for lunch-
Okay, okay, fine... back to the retrospective...
The Collector makes King read him a bedtime story... from a book whose pages are stone tablets... ouch.
Well... that paragraph that got crossed out is something, alright. Poor Collector, the kid just wants some friends.
First time I ever saw this episode, I thought that "Miki" looked strangely familiar... then when it was revealed that she was really Kikimora, I gave myself a facepalm for not noticing it sooner.
"TELL MY STORY!" shouts Edric as the kindergarteners drag him away.
R.I.P. Edric, murdered by kindergarteners. Lest we forget.
It's real sweet how sometimes Eda will sneak out just to check up on her old partner.
It's real sweet how much these two care for each other.
"Hooty, you keep finding new and impressive ways to creep me out."
Back in "Understanding Willow", Willow told Luz to not pull any schemes, plots, or ruses, but Luz said that she didn't hear anything about shenanigans. This time, as Willow is about to grab some memories from Luz's mind, she reminds her:
"No schemes, no plots, no ruses... and definitely no shenanigans!"
Oh, cool... there's flesh dripping off that hand. Or maybe it's red dirt, I don't know.
Either way... that's a very disturbing sight, thank you once again, The Owl House!
"I wish someone would see my potential."
"Oh yes, I think you'll prove to be QUITE useful!"
"Me?"
"NO..."
"YOU!"
My favorite part of that scene is Belos straight-up telling Odalia "NO." when she asks if he thinks she can be useful. Not even HE likes her!
Luz's reaction upon finding out "Miki" is Kikimora is:
"Oh no, not YOU!"
She's not even scared, just frustrated. Honestly, that's how we all feel.
Camila throwing her bat at Kikimora was a fun moment. Little brat deserved it.
Honestly... this is just sad.
But on the other hand, this episode actually redeems Boscha a bit. It's shown that she misses her friends who protected her from the Collector's spies. And later, when she turns on Kikimora, she says that all she really wants is to play grudgby with her friends. She definitely has some mental health issues of her own that she needs worked out, and I hope she eventually does. She attends Luz's party in the epilogue, and seems happy to be there, which suggests that she's made some strides in improving herself.
I love the way her expression changes when she realizes that "Amity" was really Matt. To be fair, I'd imagine that's how most people look at Matt.
Camila tells Luz that everyone makes mistakes, and lists off some of her own:
Booking her wisdom tooth surgery for the day before her wedding.
Getting road rage and cursing out the guy who turns out to be the principal of Luz's new school.
Selling energy drinks for a pyramid scheme for THREE YEARS.
Who knows? She might have a history of crime rivaling that of Stanley Pines! I respect that.
I honestly love this scene. Camila admits that she's a nerd too, and that although she didn't want Luz to have a hard time growing up like she did, she says the biggest mistake she ever made was trying to make Luz something she wasn't.
Really tugs at the heartstrings, man.
I'll say it again: Camila's the best mother.
Say, how do you all like your eggs? Personally, I prefer mine scrambled. But I'll eat them any way.
Luz realizes that all she ever really wanted was just to be understood.
Honestly... same. Raise your hand if you feel the same way. I wish I knew people in real life who would understand if I just wanted to info-dump about Thomas the Tank Engine lore.
And Luz's new palisman is...
A GLOWING PURPLE ORB OF PURE ENERGY!
Willow finally lets out all the emotions she's been holding in over the course of the episode. We all gotta do the same sometimes, ya know? Sometimes it just feels real good to cry.
Just don't cry in a springlock suit, not a good idea.
"LUZ HAS A STAFF NOW!"
"Why does that terrify me?"
Boscha reminds Matt that the girl he's crushing on is a robot. Matt doesn't care.
Don't let that kid join the Five Nights at Freddy's fandom... please, for the love of God, don't let him in!
Hello, Stringbean!
Just before Stringbean's reveal, when everyone was guessing what form Luz's palisman would take, Amity suggested an otter, because she knows her girlfriend well.
Oh, this is just too precious. Camila even considers the palismen her "babies". Again, best mom.
I'm not gonna go into whether or not Willow and Hunter have feelings for each other. I'm only here to bring you FACTS!
And one thing I can tell you for a fact is: This might just be the first time in his life that Hunter has been told he means a lot to someone. It's okay boy, just let it out.
Of course, this happy occasion is being watched by the Collector, accompanied by Belos, in Raine's puppet-body. Belos, being full of lies as always, tells the Collector that they're all plotting against him.
Time for a new game to begin...
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Disclaimer: I am not discussing WHY this happened, and I am also not defending Disney for it. I am just giving my thoughts. AND I'm saying that it helped a little. If you disagree, please don't harass me in the comments. So like, chill bro.
Since people are still mad over this, I’m gonna take the Mic over and give my opinion.
I think this shortening…actually benefited the show a bit.
Now before you rear your pitchforks and knives, I will admit that the Owl House not getting a third season is really stpuid. It's a great show that deserves all the love it gets and the fact that they just angered the fans is just wrong Disney. Really.
But I am gonna say that…this actually benefited it a little.
Now as we begin, I will direct you to Amphibia Season 3. Just to recap (Spoilers! says River Song), Sasha and Grime have betrayed the heroes and tried to get the toad army to destroy Newtopia, only for Anne and the planters to stop them. However, when she gives the box to andrias and long story short she becomes super saiyan, she gets backstabbed by Marcy and Marcy gets literal backstabbed by andrias and the Planters and Anne get marooned on earth.
This changes everything. After so much filler and pointless kiddy stuff, Amphibia finally get some major story beats They can't WAIT to see what Season 3 is like-
It’s just the Planters and Anne screwing around on Earth. Okay that's lame.
Sure we get still get the story progressed, but the tone for Season 3 is JUST like the first season, and considering the cliffhanger “True Colours” left us on, that is NOT a good sign, and just another indication of how Amphibia is the weakest of the Trio containing it, Gravity Falls and the Owl House. And the problem I think “Thanks to Them” exacerbates in the opening montage before the Logo.
The biggest reason a lot of people hate about the shortening is that we never got full filler episodes of the Hexsquad just hanging out in the human realm or at least full episodes of the brief scenes we saw in the montage, but personally, I’m okay with it. I mean, how can I enjoy the main characters hanging out and wasting precious time as their friends and family are suffering at the hands of the Collector? If they did, they would have been completely ignorant. And given how The Owl House has 22 minute episodes and not 10 minutes the problem may have been every worse.
And now for my second point, what do we really lose from the time being shortened? Caleb and Evalyn’s story? More info on the Archivists? That would be great! But I feel like most people by now know the full story. Caleb met Evalyn who was a clawthorne, they went to the isles to start a life, Belos followed, found out about the love and killed his brother. It's pretty self explanatory for longtime fans. Although more info on the Archivists would have been amazing, I wanna know what happened as well. Then again, that could just be left up to our interpretation, see here for more information!
But to finish I will admit that the Owl House SHOULD have gotten a full Season 3. If LEGO NInjago: Masters of Spinjitzu could get 15 Seasons (and 2 Specials) and Doctor Who could get over 40 seasons over 60 years (except the 90 and early 2000s), the Owl House SHOULD have gotten a full Season 3, and maybe Disney couldn’t have been hated more as it is now. And we could have at least to have solid proof that Huntlow is canon (Huntlow is cool, but I prefer Miss Heed personally).
But as I take off (literally i’m getting into a plane) I say this: Sometimes shortening things CAN work. And if something unexpected like this happens, you can do your best to make of a bad situation.
But the worst part is that we never got the Morditwi Wedding scene PRIMUS DAMN IT
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Do you wish Skara and Viney got to help their friends Hunter, Willow and Gus in "For the Future"? I would've liked for the Emerald Entrails to have a proper reunion.
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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 (it means fakely) under Odalia's influence. Once Luz befriended her, Amity's life got a million times better and she was actually happy for the first time in literal years.
Same as the one with Luz, Amity didn't wanted Boscha and her gang to find out about her true friendship with Willow, so she tried to burn the photo memory of their childhood friendship.
Boscha was not fully aware of Amity's blackmailing by Odalia until presumably during the timeskip in the finale, in which they probably became friends for actual this time.
Would you have wanted Emperor Belos to kill off Odalia Blight in "For the Future"?
Isn't it confusing that the Collector would willingly associate with Odalia Blight after what Emperor Belos did to him?
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