THE OWL HOUSE - LUZ'S NEURODIVERGENCE
I know when people talk about representation in the Owl House, they mean the big stuff, the queerness. And yeah, Thanks to Them has a lot of that, and it was great, but there's one moment in the episode that particularly stuck with me.
THIS SCENE
THE NEURODIVERGENT REPRESENTATION
This is something I've seen people on tumblr talk about a lot. About how the school system isn't designed for everyone's brain, and it shouldn't be a measure of who is the cleverest, or who puts in the most effort, or who is the most worthy.
Luz is clever. Just not at the kind of subjects they teach. And even when she is, it comes and goes, or she can't focus and applies herself too little, or too much and just generally can't operate on the level they require from her 100 percent of the time.
The fact that they finally outright say it, the reasons she's been struggling in her own world, and point out her difference in such an obvious way makes me so happy.
Because think about it. Think about it the way you think about Amity and Luz asking each other out onscreen, or Raine's pronouns. There are children out there right now too young to voice themselves on the Internet, who sit around and watch this show.
Children who might be struggling in school, and see themselves in Luz. Children whose struggles and stories are finally being voiced, and who are being shown that it's okay to feel this way. You're just like this character here. You were built to excell somewhere else and it's okay that you are.
It's satisfying and sad. Real life children won't get to escape to the Boiling Isles, but they might see this scene, and push aside the narrative that they are a failure. That they'll never be more than the problem child.
All because of this wonderful show which voices, inspires, and represents people who have been waiting for it their whole lives.
Please don't think I'm trying to discredit the LGBTQ+ or poc or any other kind of rep in the show, I love it all, I just really wanted to talk about this side of it.
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The Owl House Headcanon:
Eda was the one who carved Fiddlesticks, Raine’s fox Palisman, as a gift and indicator that she had feelings for them.
Since Eda carved Fiddlesticks, she is the only one besides Raine that can understand the fox.
Fiddlesticks considers Eda her mother and Owlbert her sibling. She is a hardcore Raeda shipper and will gladly help with any plot to get the two back together.
I just think this is a funny and cute idea.
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💜 they would've been friends 💜
Stringbean is available for preorder on my shop
Owlbert is from Hannimations
Flapjack is from The Mystery Shack
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Also @novelist-becca you were right about Owlbert was just hanging out in Eda's hair this whole time
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new owl house stickers r up on 3tsy! :'3 they come in pairs! i wanna make hunter, willow & gus + palismen next if these do well ^_^;
get em here!
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Raine and Eda's conversation broke my heart.
You can see how much pain Eda is in, she is begging Raine because she thinks their bond can never return to what it was. One last favour from someone who will never hold her hand again the way they used to.
While Raine is battling their stoic coven leader, secret gritty rebel, demeanour with how much they want to push Eda away to protect her. So much love hiding behind their face.
Also. The busted face lmao
Contrast this with free-to-be-a-rebel-Raine who has Eda by their side and is suddenly their old self again.
They're goofy. They have come up with a goofy rebel name. They smile more. They're nothing like the Raine we saw at the end of 'Them's the Breaks Kid'.
"Eda's been bragging about you for hours."
Eda is back in their life. And they are happier for it. The safest place for the Owl Lady is next to them.
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Also, just for fun, my first* drawing of Luz, drawn a little before the series began, and my last** drawing of Luz, drawn a few hours after the last episode aired
*technically second, but I maintain the actual first doesn’t count because it was crossover fanart
**last as in most recent, I do plan on drawing her more
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