Amity Blight is a fascinating character. Out of the Season 1 characters, she has a really good arc: going from a mean girl jerk, a closed off bully, to a uneasy person, to a actual good person and friends.
And the story of her character is pretty cool as we spoon learn about more of her character. We got to see more of her family life and how shes acts. And after slowly becoming friends with Luz, she learns to become a better person, even fixing her friendship with Willow.
She has a really good redemption and could have become a really great character to the fandom, a person who stands for standing up to people, giving other seconds chances and being an all round encouraging and kind person. She could have set a real great example and helped other into becoming the best versions of themselves, just as Luz did for her before.
Then “Enchanting Grom Fright” and “Wing It Like Witches” comes along, and quite completely ruins it. All the character Amity has around Luz is completely replaced with her being head over heels in love with her. The only thing that stayed consistent is that she isn't a bad guy anymore and her whole world suddenly revolves around his random human. Boscha also pissed me off a bit, (the whole "Wow. Sports" thing was just annoying and tedious), and Knock, Knock, Knocking on Hooty’s door pissed me up aLOT. In this episode, Amity is just relegated to a plot device that Hooty gets to smash Luz with. She is just a goal for Luz in the episode, and in “Eclipse Lake”, Amity’s character is being paranoid about Luz dumping her if she fails (yeah I know Luz wasn't gonna dump her, but still).
The only good Season 2 episode that Amity has an arc is “Reaching Out”, where we actually see her have development independent from Luz. And Clouds on the horizon (Despite everyone seeing only the Lumity Kiss and nothing else), also has good Amity Moments as well. But that happens not too often.
But do I hate Lumity? No! It's so adorable. Like, I dare you to say one horrible thing about Lumity. Their interactions are charming and their fan art and comics are even better. And it is important for LGBT representation in programming.
But Luz x Amity style comes at a cost.
It's so sad that a good majority of people see Amity as just a gay panic abomination maker, which sucks as she could have been so much more than that.
But no. She's just Luz Girlfriend. And that's it.
But don't worry. There are still thousands of fans who love Amity completely absent of Luz. But I fear that with more gay panic and cuddly moments for Lumity, Amity will only appear at first glance to be one thing: In Love.
You know, If I had a nickel every time a brunette just became the love interest of somebody despite having potential,
I'd have two nickels.
Which would be how much I would get if I traded in Magna Charge at Cex!
