Sincere thanks for all your patience while I rested up and gathered myself a bit. It meant a lot, and I'm feeling on slightly steadier ground now. Hopefully things can resume as normal from here for a while at least.

I should note Dana Terrace said Belos originally gave all the grimwalkers their own unique names, but eventually he stopped trying and started naming all of them Hunter, as a little joke about them being an unknowing witch hunter

I’m sorry but the line “If we need to find a way we’ll find a way” from Camilla regarding the possibility of the witch kids drinking blood was so wholesome

I 100 percent believe that Eda would've let Hunter say at the owl house in a heartbeat. Especially after seeing how panicked he was

I love The Owl House’s themes of found family, friendship, neurodivergence and LGBT.

I'm not sure if you already know this, but I didn't notice it until someone pointed it out. Hunter doesn't have eye bags in the epilogue, and that fact has yet to fail to make me emotional.

In terms of the Blights, THEIR relationship struck me as a sort of "arranged marriage" situation; particularly a business oriented one. What I mean is most arranged marriages are performed by royalty, where one side hopes to either gain more land or a strong alliance through the union of the children. With Alador and Odalia, on the other hand; it feels like the moment Al developed a desire to use his Abomination skills as a business venture, HIS parents may have felt he was...too flaky to take such a job seriously. Thus, he was paired with Odalia; a firm, tight-fisted and more focused individual who could (presumably) lead Alador down the right path. But as we came to see, all she did was milk off his company to further her own interests; one of which involved the destruction of all life on the Isles. Thankfully, Alador found a (possible) better partner in Darius by the end of the series

A thing I hated is before season 2 and even season 3 many people believed that Camila was an abusive mother

One thing I personally appreciated was that Eberwolf was included in the reunion with Hunter. Why is this important to me? Because it shows that being someone's parent isn't a requirement to parent them. Darius may have taken custody and guardianship of Hunter but it's clear that Eberwolf is meant to be an important part of Hunter's life.

(I'm sorry for this ahead of time but I couldn't not) Odalia: "what was that"!? Me: "that was the sound of a F*CKING DIVORCE"

I love how conversations are portrayed in this show; actually ways of understanding and growing not just a way of getting and argument to finish.

I'm with the collector, Eda has more of a cool aunt vibe to me. I'm not a mom, I'm never going to be a mom (I don't want that responsibility and don't believe I should) I used to say "I'm not your mom, I'm the aunt who lets you stay up late eating junk food and watching horror movies, and will always tell you that you can do anything your set your mind to" Basically the person I needed growing up. Then Owl House comes along and I see Eda and knew "This is who I want to be when I grow up" (I'm 37 now) it is amazing to me to see this older woman, who doesn't have it all together, who struggles with her disability still, she makes mistakes, owns up to them and believes completely in the young people who look up to her. And more importantly, Tells them that she believes in them. (with a side of being an anarchist fighting fascism as well) Eda is absolutely the character I needed to see in media to feel valid and to inspire me.

24:48 Dana Terrace did a livestream answering some fan questions and there she did confirm Evelyn was a Clawthorne

Demonne? Since when is that? It's the first time I hear it Edit: Ohhhh it's Darius's name, now it all makes sense. I completly agree that should be his surname, Darius is indisputable his true dad

‘Instead of someone he actually liked’ showing Darius lmao I see what u did there :D

And nothing to say about Hooty, the wacky and viscerally disturbing uncle?

I think a good chunk of why Eda told King the stories about himself. She might've thought it was an innocent game of pretend and didn't realize it was genuinely shaping his world view.

This was one of my favorite parts of the show. Through my parents, I experienced both a repaired parental relationship and one that was never repaired. My nana, dad's bio-mom, used to be an alcoholic. It was so bad that she lost custody of all three of her children in the mid 1900s. That's not easy for a mom to do, even today. But she got help and was able to reconnect with her sons. I think my uncle asking her who she was when she first returned, he was too young to remember her, kept her on the straight and narrow for the rest of her life, and at the end of it, we morned her death. My material grandmother had severe mental problems. They were so bad that she drove her younger child to hard drugs that eventually killed him. She never thought help for any of them and remained abusive to my mother till the very end. Even during the very least month of her life, she yelled at my mother, and my mother was scared for our safety around her. We celebrated her death. It was the best Christmas present I received that year.

0:58 Yeah, even though they try to paint Eda as a (reluctant) mother figure of sorts, she always felt more like the badass, super cool aunt that most parents try to steer their kids clear of & I know Lilith was given the title of Auntie within this family but she felt more like the Adorkable aunt that teaches you fascinating little life tidbits but in a cool way (as Luz said). Aunties can be just as loving even if their role is different to a mother’s.

"instead of someone he actually liked" shows darius on screen cool headcannon... nice

I choose to believe that not only did Odelia fade into obscurity after the divorce, she also got arrested for helping Belos and all that .

Thinking about the Wittebanes, Caleb and Phillip were also a family and Caleb was the, too young, caretaker of Phillip. Him leaving for his witch let his brother be totally engulfed in the cultlike environment of the witchhunters. That is not meant as a hateful commentary on Caleb, but also as an observation of people, especially older siblings, being forced into caretaker roles and being parentified. Caleb's tragedy is that he wasn't a bad person, but really ill equipped to be a caretaker, but still being forced into that role. Choosing to be with his girlfriend let him leave Phillip alone in a very abusive system. But then again, should Caleb really stay there risking his own decline?

In my personal TOH postcanon, Hunter is alternating living with Darius and at the owl house. Both giving rep to all the kids and teens who alternate between homes and are perfectly happy with that, and also giving rise to the hilarious scenario of Darius and Eda co-parenting Hunter.

This isnt super relevant but evelyn was confirmed to be a clawthorne in the last posthoot! Also really good video u really contained all the thoughts about this that have been swimming around in my head x]

I am so sad that this series ended prematurely. they did so many things right

Amity and hunter will be siblings no matter what. Either Darius and Aladore get together and they are step siblings or when Amity and Luz marry they are siblings in law because there is no way Darius isn't co-parenting hunter with Camilla and hunter is basically Luz brother now.

the owl house resonated so much with me. ill love it forever

I don't think Odalia's and Alador's relationship was anything more than a business deal. I don't even know if they were married, we don't know if the Boiling Isles has any sort of proper marriage system in place, after all, and given that there were no mentions of anything other than business deals with the break up, I don't think there was any love there at all. Honestly, I think Alador being a gay man in a loveless relationship specifically to keep the family name looking good, and thus having children in it, suits him. Sure he might've been fine with it for a while, but then as time went on, he probably realized just how miserable of a life it really was and started to care less and less, letting Odalia take the reigns of everything. Plenty of gay people still have children with the opposite sex, and only realize later in their life that it was a mistake, after all, so who knows, maybe that's what happened with him. And he was finally able to get out of that, and maybe could get together with Darius, a proper start for happiness! I feel like the twins would love having Hunter as a step sibling

As someone who's parents lived apart for the vast majority of my life, I really appreciate TOH for showing nuanced, kind and flawed single parents. My parents are wonderful people who still made mistakes and I think that growing up with media that showed parents as perfect made me feel very alien. When SU came out I think it was the first time I had seen a cartoon with a non-nuclear family and it gave me something I could relate to, even somewhat belatedly. Parents will always mess their kids up in some way or another but the important thing is that they acknowledge it and that there is a line between what is just human and what is abuse.

MORE Owl House! YAY!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤 (rainbow hearts)

The found family of Luz, Eda, and King was the original reason I had first gotten invested in this show in the first place, and quickly became my favorite thing. It always warmed my heart to see mama Eda trying her best! The scene in the last episode with them reuniting and the forehead kisses, that made me so so SO happy! 😊

Happy Pride month everyone!

One thing I really like with The Blights is Odalia is the abusive one, granted Alador was technically one before he corrected himself. But the sterotype that I've seen in the abusive dad. Granted characters like Mother Gothel exist but it's easier to name abusive fathers than mothers. Also glad to see Hunter gaining Flapjack's power being addressed as I was curious on your thoughts on it

It may just be me, but I had always figured Alador reminding his wife of her promise was his way of protecting Amity without activly antagonizing Odalia. He was using the promise as an excuse to get her to back off in my mind. (This may be wrong, and it might jsut be the Alador apologist in me)

Rip Alador's severance package.

I’m just milling around the fact that Hunter hypothetically has 4 surnames, not that I see him keeping Whitibane.

11:45 Absolutely, a hundred percent. Wish parents would do this far more often. Also glad you’re doing better and that you prioritized your health! Thanks for the vid, it was fantastic as always!

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It's not exactly relevant to the theme of family (more relevant to the theme of domestic abuse) but it was weirdly refreshing to see a victim of domestic abuse who's a man by a spouse who's a woman, and have that NEVER be a point of ridicule on Alador's part. There's a great deal of victim-blaming in ANY situation of partner abuse, but there's this specific sexist idea that men who are abused should be ashamed for being 'weak', which is such bullshit.

I love the conversations you have with us. This is definitely one of those shows to introduce to the little ones in my life.

I don’t think anyone would disagree with you on giving Hunter, Dairus’ last name as ever since their interactions I’ve seen people treat their relationship as family

Ive never been this early but im happy to be oakwyrm!!

He still messed up, but ultimately I think Alador was as much a victim of Odalia's abuse as the kids were, and most of his not-so-great decisions regarding his kids came from a place of fear of her.

Love to see that people are still talking about the Owl House! I’d love to see you talk more about the sibling relationships in these families, too!

How do you say I’m hoping when we get a spin off if it’s turned into a graphic novel form I hope Dayna Terrace is able to use her original ideas for season three into it. That way she could get all ideas out there. Also, who knows maybe if she gets enough ratings and if the new Disney boss agrees to it, she can make a sequel for her TV show.

26:22 Only in the TOH fandom will you hear/see the words "bile sack" used in a sentence completely seriously.

One thing I wished the show did was show other people helping Camila care for the Hexside kids. It makes me feel kind of icky that she had to care for them all on her own :/

If owl house movie will be created we should see the biggest twist from boiling isles- Mother of king, war with the archivists, return of papa Titan, the ultimate strike of luz the Titan, lumity's wedding,good side of Odalia and introducing to one spin off. So what do you think?

“Someone he actually liked” *darius image*

BUT....if King is a Titan, isn't he technically King of all demons?Because wholly molly does he get HUGE.

Such a genuinely good show, and the third season was still so good for what it was limited to being. I will continue to wish for a world in which the third season got the room to breathe it so desperately needed. We hate Disney, especially the execs, and we love those who fought for a show like this to exist in the first place.

This show is a masterpiece 🤩

I love this video, but I do want to point out that I think Belos’ making of the grim walkers was primarily to create new bodies for himself to increase his lifespan. Like yes, having a loyal version of his brother would be a benefit, but Hunter is literally just a tool to him.

I just love the family tribes of this show! They're so deep!

The Owl House opened me up to so much, on this topic it made me more aware of different family dynamics. Despite my hyperfixation becoming less intense it has impacted how I do make family dynamics.

Oh my heck, I have a new headcannon: Darius was close with the previous golden guard and had a crush on him. Through their interactions, GG realized Belos’s lies, confronting them, and getting killed. Darius is initially distant with Hunter, partly blaming himself for GG’s death, but also hoping Hunter will realize the truth and escape in time, encouraging things like Hunter keeping Flapjack. By the end of the series, he adopts Hunter, seeing him as the surrogate child Darius and GG would have had.

i just remembered something, about Odalia. When she finds out that amity has a human girlfriend she simply says "we'll find you a new girlfriend, someone who isn't on wanted posters". it's the demon realm and i still was surprised that Odalia was okay with amity having a girlfriend and not a boyfriend. she's more surprised that it's a human than that amity has a grilfriend. so odalia is a horrible person and i still hate her, but she's not homophobic. noone would have judged the creators to make her that as well. but they didn't and i like it that she doesn't see amitys' sexuality as another thing to be "fixed".

You are one of the Best KZfaq chanels i've foud. As someone who likes writing i apreciate that you always bring a diferent perspective. Not because it is really complex, but because it is very human and kind, even when something makes you angry. ❤ Thanks

The part about parents apologising to their kids really made me think - I have a really good relationship with my mother, and I think a lot of it is due to the fact that when she messes up, she admits it and apologises, just like I do to her. Sometimes she yells at me but she always apologises later (and, really, she very rarely yells when I don't kinda deserve it), and she's apologised many times for not doing some things as early as she should have. I've spent a long time being very aware that she's a Person, not just my mum.

Great commentary on family, and on relationships in general. Thanks

7:40 Luz is the only one with a legit Mom (I'm not counting Amity's mom)

i repeatedly admire you adding captions to your videos; thank you so much

cannot wait to watch this, tbh you're one of the few creators where I watch everyone of your videos

11:45 unfortunately my parents don't do this. i am trying to work this out but it depends on them.

I relate with how you describe Eda in this video. She sounds a lot like my own mother.

White picket fences, barbed wire and trenches Trick or treat, merry Christmas, howdy neighbor, thank you Jesus

have watched this show upwards of six times and watching your videos allows me to enjoy it been more

On directv is written that will be owl house movie. It will happened if Dana Terrace and disney hear how we love owl house.

Having had a narcissistic parent that hot and cold thing runs deep... Also the be perfect for me controlling arrogance...

Great vid 🦉 💜

25:01 And then Philip kept flipping his shit and wrecking shit up for another 350-400 years.

calling eda a foster mother is generous? i must politely disagree, Eda consistently showed to be the most prominent and positive parental figure for most of the show. The only other positive parental figures being Camila, whom was widely considered a bad mom until season 3, Willow and gus's parents(briefly), Eda's own parents, and Alador Blight during the end of season 2. I dont count Luz's dad since we never get to see him properly. I would almost count Bump if we had more time with him being the cool teach. But I digress, Eda is a natural foster mom, in every situation where a child needs her help she presents herself as a mother, wether it be mama bear, or simply supporting them emotionally. The only instance this doesnt happen is when she claims she was going to let the Blight twins get eaten while she escapes.

new oakwyrm toh episode yayyyyyyyyyyy edit: the bai at the end XD

I doubt that Evelyn of the present is the same as Evelyn from the past, 400 years had passed and I'm sure they'd want to mention any relation between her and Philip, even with the shortened storyline

One thing that bothers me is that no one ever talks about how Darius was kinda a dick to Hunter, and it never gets brought up again. In the episode Any Sport in A Storm, he sorta acts like it's Hunter's fault for always being an obedient little follower who follows Belos' every command and never ever steps out of line to question anything. As though it's Hunter's fault for listening to his abusive, manipulative uncle and not having any other friends.

hi oak! could you possibly cover Wicked (the stage play) in the future? there's a book too, and a movie adaptation underway

Deamonne is Darius last name, nice Hunter Deamonne

This is The Best Video... like EVER!!

Oakwyrm, I love your videos. Are you gonna talk about High Guardian Spice (netflix)? That show had a lot of representation about gender, race or even romantic orientation. It would be amazing to know your view about it

I have only recently started watching the owl house and I would not like to be spoiled So...

I'm curious, because I'm rewatching it, how does Della Duck from Ducktales reboot fare in terms of disabled rep if she is any? She has the leg sue built for herself and it had me thinking if people had thoughts on her

Thank you for this

This video is actually so good. I miss the owl house.

I think I stopped watching after season 2. I really need jump back into this

I wonder if Odalia wouls have forced any of her kids to use the Boiling Isles equivalent of colored contacts if they didnt al get Aladors eyes, since she wanted them color-coded

Can u do a vid on What We Do In The Shadows love the show soo much

I agree. I also see that conformity is dangerous to use on modern day dynamics and synergies with our characters and storyboards

Even belos was raised by his brother

4:46 a synapsid or arachnid

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I think the title of this video is misleading. You only talk about the parental and child relationships in The Owl House but didn't talk about any of the sibling dynamics (ex. Luz and King, Amity and the twins, Lilith and Eda, Luz and Hunter sibling vibe etc. - not sure if I should count Luz and Vee since we didn't see enough of there dynamic, I heard people suggest King and the Collector have a sibling bond though I'm not sure about that either). These are important relationship in the show and it fells wrong to talk about family without mentioning them. Other than that this was a good video.

i love how diverse the relationships on owl house are. So it really upsets me when people turn Darius and amitys dad relationships in to a romantic one. To me that cold be a great example of a non romantic relationship between two men. I feel like we need more depictions of non romantic relationships between adults. I personally have male friends that are like brothers to me and a female friend that we literally introduce each other as siblings despite having zero familial bonds. and in all 3 cases, there are no romantic feelings involved. it still is a relationship just not a romantic one.

There are two households that are actually a nuclear family The blights Amity's family for about 2 seasons Then the clawthrones they were kind of a family torn apart but they were still a nuclear fam a ma married to a dad two daughters blu blu blu I am glad that these two are the only ones it is rare

Dark but interesting?!

Commenting for the algorithm Love your videos

Hello i must finish the show before watching this video

Another way to show abuse is abuse no matter the gender 19:01

I love Owl House, but some of the fandom can be problematic and toxic. It's a shame that a show about found family, disability, and queer relationships would have some bad apples in it. I found that out the hard way, when I shared an unpopular opinion .Yeah, that was pretty traumatic for me, and i'm still healing from that experience. Why do we as humans have the capacity for evil, apathy, hatred and malice? Can we get along despite our differences? If Dana Terrace knew about the toxicity in the fandom, I bet she would be disappointed. Although I don't know her personally, I feel that she would be upset that a place that is supposed to be a safe space, turned sour. BTW, none of you can speak for her,either, and if ANYONE comes after me, I WILL call your RUDE ASS out. DON'T TEST ME, I AM NOT IN THE MOOD!!!!

How do you feel about the idea that Alador and Lilith got off the hook too easily for their transgressions?

Dark but interesting ?!😥😞⁉✴🖨