For the Future

My poor bard. They don’t deserve this, but goddamn do I love a mullet. Does everyone Belos possess just get a mullet? I’m not complaining just confused.

FOR THE FUTURE SPOILERS

I love Eda and Lilith's new hair. I do. They look beautiful!

However, I am very concerned for Eda's safety.

Aaaaahhh

AAAHHH

She now looks like the spitting image of Evelyn. At least by silhouette. I'm very concerned Belos will gun for her the second he sees her.

And now that he's possessing Raine????

What if Belos hurts Eda when he's possessing them. Imagine the guilt they'd feel of hurting her? Killing her?

I'm terrified for Watching and Dreaming. But oooo am I excited for the potential angst.

the most hilarious thing I find behind the Belos possessions is he is obsessed with growing out the hair of the person he's possessing

bunch of sailor moon looking mfers

(based on that one bit from the trailer)

[Image description] A digital illustration of all the coven heads from the owl house except Terra. They are in their puppet forms from the ‘For the Future’ trailer - and are facing the viewer in an antagonistic manner. Raine is standing in the center and pointing forwards while glaring. To their left is Eberwolf, Mason , Adrian and Vitimir. On their right is Orsan, Hettie and Darius. All the coven heads except Raine have spell circles drawn. The background is a gradient of purples with light purple stars scattered across it.  [End ID]    

Its honestly eda's character development that really hits me now that the finale's over. After Eda got the curse, her entire life changed. She was already doing poorly fitting in at hexside, and then that just made things worse. When raine came into her life, she gradually began to love them, but she eventually pushed them away completely because of her curse. She didn't want to hurt them so she kept her secret from them, and they eventually broke up with her because of this. This left her alone, after she pushed both her father and mother away later in life and her sister joined the emperor's coven instead of her. She ended up just living by herself. This is where King and Luz came in.

With Luz just kinda being thrown into her life, she wasn't too thrilled about teaching her and did ask for something in return. But as time went on Eda became sort of a mother to Luz, and their bond grew stronger and stronger, until eventually Eda finally broke her curse while reuniting with her sister.

In Eda's requiem, she goes through a checklist including things she has do do for Luz and King, and says "You've changed, Owl Lady." She then smiles and picks up a photo of them and says, "It's worth it." This to me shows just how much she's grown from the beginning of the series, when she was tired, hesitant to teach luz, and still being controlled by her curse. She found a family in Luz and King and Lilith, and soon after reconnected with Raine, who reminded her, "you can't run from your fears forever, which is why you gotta jump on them." Just like she said to them when they were younger playing music together. She also reconciled with both her parents, and whens he finally talks to her father she still doesn't believe she deserves forgiveness for something the owl beast did, but he tells her to let the past stay in the past. When she finally defeats the owl beast, this is when she realizes that its not a part of her, its a curse and she can control it.

This all comes together at the end of the show, when we see that Eda is now the headmaster of The University of Wild Magic, and living happily with Raine. Even through everything, all of the battles she fought when everyone told her she was wrong, and all the friends and family she assumed wouldn't forgive her, she finally found peace.

Okay, roll call, we got:

Lumity ✅

Huntlow/Winter ✅

Hooty and Lily (platonic soul mates) ✅

Stringbean the snake-shifter ✅

Pause to daww

And most importantly

RAINE WHISPERS CONFIRMED MONSTER FUCKER WE WON THANK YOU DANA FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GIVE US THIS ON YOUR TIGHT SCHEDULE ✅✅✅

Now I just need Whatabitch to get tf outta their body so they can make out with their hot harpy gf and I can die happy

They're cutting off their belos induced mullets

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[ID: A digital illustration of Hunter and Raine from the Owl House. They stand beside each other in front of a mirror. Hunter uses a pair of scissors to cut a strand of his hair. He glances over at Raine who stands beside him. Raine runs a razor through their hair with a tired expression. They also have scars from Belos. End ID]

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You had somebody looking out for you for a while...

Shoutout to Raine's voice actor for absolutely KILLING IT as Belos, they reproduced his speech pattern and his mannerisms so well it was like they were actually possessed by him

For The Future pfps hehe

I hope they'll be okay :(

Not really a request, but what terms of endearment, in your opinion, would Raine use for Eda?

Endearment || Reada

Synopsis - What Raine Rizzpers calls Edalyn Clawthrone.

Warnings - Mention of sex.

Requests are opened; headcanons only

↳ Raine would call Eda sweetheart. They���re just so sweet!

↳ Love would be another. I feel they would call each other that.

↳ “Love, you gotta wake up, it’s Luz’ 16th today.”

↳ “Loveeee, come here, I got a treat for you.”

↳ You can obviously tell who is who.

↳ Raine calls Eda honey when they look for her around the owl house or the Boiling Isles in general.

↳ They call her Bub on Eda’s hard days. Where past memories are either to painful or the Owl Beast is stressed, causing issues for Eda.

↳ They once called Eda a Princess affectionately, and it just stuck.

↳ Sometimes, Eda will switch it up and call Raine princess.

↳ Eda swoons every time. She just don’t show it very well.

↳ If Raine writes her notes, they’ll address it her as My girl.<3

↳ Once during spicy time, Raine called her Pet. Been used sexually ever since.

↳ Raine has called Eda heart a few times. Not sure where this stems from but it’s sweet and makes the pair smile.

ok nvm i'll elaborate right now

i think one of the many weird choices in the finale was to make belos possess raine out of all people. one, because it really comes out of the blue. when has belos ever shown any interest of raine? like, i'm sure he must be aware of raine's record of plotting against the establishment, but he never deals with them himself. instead he sends a plethora of other people to do it for him (darius, eberwolf, kikimora, terra). if anything, it is terra that has a bone to pick with them. and in a parallel work where raine got more to do, i believe terra and raine's dynamic would've been something really interesting to explore. kinda like the relationship between atreus and odin in GOW ragnarok, like this "okay i know you hate me and all that i stand for, but i see potential in you so i'll take you under my wing and prove to you that i am worth of your time and loyalty" kinda thing, which is a banger dynamic btw.

but the second part is that there are two way more attractive options. the first one, immediately on demand, is darius. ofc it would take some canon time of developing that dynamic between belos and darius (it pains me that it doesn't exist), but it would make sense that belos would keep a close eye on darius. after all, he was mentored and was a good friend of the previous golden guard, and it's implied in various scenes (mostly ASIAS) that he knows enough about hunter's "ancestors" to praise him when he doesn't follow orders, and ultimately play the long-con to betray belos. he may even be aware in some sense of belos killing the previous golden guard, or even the existence of the grimwalkers. in that case, it would make sense that belos would have built some resentment towards him that ultimately shows in the choice to possess, corrupt and kill his puppeteer-ed body. but then, there's an even better option here, and a character that belos has hide a long-time resentment against: lilith.

look, if belos remembers luz from all those years ago, then he abso-fucking-lutely remembers lilith as well. and in a sense you can interpret the actions in canon as him trying to exert his personal vendetta against her: keep her close in the emperor's coven, trying to get her sister to join and get branded with a sigil with the promise that he'll cure her from her curse, all this while knowing that she would eventually betray him and join luz's side. we know belos kept her close for a reason and he knows the extent of her abilities, her history and relationship with eda, and her weaknesses as well. belos possessing lilith, then, would not only be the definitive "fuck you" to her, but could've also been an effective way to provoke eda emotionally and lead her to abandon her hideout to confront him. and honestly, from the way belos acts in that scene in FTF, his reaction to finding the best candidate to possess would make so much more sense if it was lilith and not raine.

but like, aren't lilith and raine just... insanely similar characters in the show's narrative? both are figures of eda's past, who loved each other sincerely back in simpler times, and through plot-related actions (raine's reason is much better narratively though, IMO) abandoned eda and joined the opposing side, climbing the ranks through their powerful abilities until becoming important figures in the coven circle. trying to think about the things i'd change in canon to make raeda a better couple involve making them go through similar plot beats that eda and lilith have gone through: an emotional, powerful moment where raine has to choose between their position of power and eda's wellbeing, actual tension between them (resentment and guilt from eda's side, frustration and confusion from raine's side), situations where they are forced to colaborate and their chemistry can still come through but still their dynamic is permeated by those lingering wounds... like, all of those things are stuff that already happened in canon, between eda and lilith. there's even that moment in king's tide where eda has the same somber moment with raine and lilith before executing their sabotage:

to me, it event seems like lilith got a lot of attention and development with eda in S1 and early S2 and then her character got sidelined when raine started to appear, and simultaneously: how raine's backstory and conflict of interest with eda are pretty much an afterthought but they still get to be a key player in the plot through late S2 and S3. i'm really sorry that economic character construction has to work this way, but that's how it is: you don't get to give eda a sister and a significant other and then make those two characters the same one. you have to commit to just one and integrate all aspects onto them.

I still hate Terra but this was one of the funniest moments in the episode. I genuinely paused it to have a laughing break right here. Probably woke up my neighbors with how loud I was laughing, but it was worth it.

I will be quoting this till the end of time.

I have come to the realization that there is no limit to the amount of cringe I can include in fanart, so I drew my favourite ship. >:)