#Azura Isle

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In the lush paradise of Azura Isle, where the sun dances on the water's surface like a shower of diamonds 💎, there was a girl with hair as soft and dark as the midnight tide. They called her Mira, for she mirrored the beauty of the island in every aspect.

Mira's style was a blend of the isle's vibrant life - her wrap top a splash of lime green adorned with floral patterns that rivaled the island's own blossoms 🌸. With a playful twist in her hair, a twirl of her wrist, and a glance over her shoulder, she was the personification of Azura's playful breeze.

The beach was her runway, the sand her stage, as she strolled with the confidence of someone who knew every secret the island whispered through the leaves 🍃. Mira spent her days in the embrace of the sun, collecting its kisses on her sun-warmed skin.

Today, Mira was on a mission of delight, creating an anthology of smiles, each one a story, a memory, a promise of the endless summer days that awaited on Azura Isle.

[sepublic]

Alright, let's talk about some details from the TOH pitch bible;

A lot of the stuff is what we've already seen and/or in line with the show. What's interesting is that King WAS a former King of Demons at one point, and we would've had an episode where he runs into his old gang and chooses Luz and Eda over them. It makes me wonder if he even had a connection to the Titan in earlier drafts, if he wasn't recognized as one back in the day because he just wasn't big enough, etc. Eda makes a deal to help remove the collar, which IS the source of King's woes, placed by a 'mysterious wizard', I wouldn't be surprised if it was Obron AKA Proto-Belos.

What gets me is that Tibbles originally started off as a friend to the protagonists, while Bump was an antagonist! Coupled with Tibbles being re-elected as mayor after Bump is deposed for corruption. I like the detail of Bump being a parasite controlling a body from the head, because it carried over into his final design with Frewin, and before we got confirmation Frewin was a separate entity, I loved the joke theory that the imp on Bump's head was the REAL Bump!!! Seems that was always the implied story of the design, I love it. Tibbles being the demon fan of human stuff would eventually become Gus instead, so this is technically Proto-Gus too…?

Interesting how Bump and Tibbles' alignments switch completely with one another, and it makes sense that with Lilith no longer the principal in the final draft, it goes to Bump, who ends up being really chill and a subversion in his own right! Interesting, but I do prefer the final Bump we got, and that's fine by me, because when the concepts aren't as interesting as the final product, it means we got the best possible version.

I've already discussed Obron and William in a separate post, and Pupa is someone we've been told about in a previous livestream. Lilith would've been both head of all covens (and not just the Emperor's Coven) AND principal at the same time, and she seems much more of a jerk to Eda in general; She has no qualms with cursing Eda because of a direct order from Obron.

Apparently the curse would've been an AGING spell, which settles my questions on how it would've been portrayed in earlier drafts! This goes along with Eda's older look. Likewise, there would've been a subplot of Eda considering Luz's sacrifice as a way to restore her youth, which likely goes hand in hand with Obron's orders to bring Luz to her, etc. The 'Bloom of Eternal Youth' quest, which Eda and Lilith go through together as their sisterly relationship is explored, feels like a carryover from this past idea.

I think I prefer the final draft; I like that the curse isn't just aging Eda, but also takes away her magic, makes her turn into a beast, etc. I like Lilith being a lot more complicated in her relationship with Eda, instead of just hating her and cursing her without hesitation. The redefining of the curse makes it less about age, and more a chronic illness metaphor, and I like how Eda in the final draft is upfront about having to learn to live with it, deal with it, on her own terms. She isn't trying to find a cure (although Lilith being promised one by Obron feels like a carryover of Eda's moral dilemma with Luz), and that adds another nice dimension to her conflict with Lilith, as well as Gwen. It's pretty frank in its own right about normalizing disability, and those who play an antagonistic role (however brief) are the real weirdoes for making such a fuss about it.

The Bat Queen would've had more of a recurring role based on the description, which saddens me; I always got the vibe she was planned for more, but between all of the other stuff the show had to juggle, plus the shortening, she ended up getting shafted despite being one of the earlier characters. Sashley, Pasha, and Bruno are also interesting, with Pasha in particular giving me freaking Philip Wittebane vibes with his grossness, beard, and anti-demon attitude; He even starts off as a potential friend to Luz because fellow human, only for his true bigotry to show. Makes me wonder if Philip ended up incorporating Pasha, we also have bodily transformation because of consuming magical stuff... P-names.

(Also, I like how in the drawing of typical Demon Realm denizens, I can see an eye demon who resembles a past drawing of Dana's!!!)

Eda was actually a late bloomer, which creates a parallel with Luz in one way, and their relationship is referred to as sisterly (in the final draft it’s explicitly maternal). So Eda wouldn't have been the talented youth, in fact things may have switched between her and Lilith; Lilith's disdain may have partially come from Eda not being as innately talented as her.

Luz and Amity's dynamic seems like it would've had Amity retain a lot of her more stand-offish, pragmatic personality even as a friend with Luz, and this would've come up more; So basically, she'd remain more like S1 Amity. That, or this part of their relationship would've lasted longer, and then we would've seen character development as Amity unlearns a lot of the issues her parents passed on. I also wonder if the Willow who cameos in the pilot was originally supposed to just be an extra separate from ‘Paulina’, but then they combined the two together.

The themes are exactly as I expected, glad to see they're still there, nothing changed! Luz becoming a witch and defying all odds to do so, putting in real work and passion. Celebrating individuality amidst conformity, plus Luz trying to impose her own fictional tropes onto the world, only to have to put that aside... Just like Wing it like Witches. It seems Amity would've had more involvement with Luz's journey to become a witch, though we still do have a carryover of that disconnect with her rant near the end of Covention.

I love the Demon Realm being situated BELOW the Human Realm, way to be subtle about being Hell you guys lol... Apparently portals to the human world are a lot rarer to find and use, which makes me wonder if the pilot's 'dimension port' doesn't have access to the human world; Meaning Amity is Luz's only way back, so her improved relationship with her is linked to getting back home. There's a gag about the Knee having service with the human world, but I can see how that didn't make the cut, for dramatic purposes; It seems like the premise for a S1 episode or at least a B-plot. Would Luz have struggled to communicate with Camila through this, or would her search for wi-fi be for mundane reasons?

Apparently Luz's magic would've required a lot more steps to complete, and I see why the show simplified things down to just glyphs. I wonder if there was always going to be the connection of glyphs as a gift from the Titan, or if the Titan and her story was going to be less intertwined in the overall narrative. There also don't seem to be nine main covens, just the many, many covens, some of which are pretty ridiculous, and Covention's sub-covens seem a callback to that.

Luz's first spell would've been levitation, and THEN she would've infiltrated Hexside, with Amity being a lot subtler about exposing Luz, though in the final draft she does figure that out as the way to go in I was a Teenage Abomination. Yeah, I prefer Light being her original spell, feels so much more symbolic and personal, etc. I wonder if the Titan is even as much of a character in early drafts, and if there's still the whole connection/relationship with the land and learning to respect it aspect. Some of these hypothetical episodes push the idea of Amity as a more episodic, typical popular kid antagonist, though in the final draft, the show goes through her character development and explores Amity's romantic relationship with Luz and its complications.

It seems the idea of the Mirror Ghost was split into Adegast and Vee, with Adegast being the one who offers the easier narrative for Luz to believe in about becoming a witch (only to be a fraud who uses uncanny puppets), and Vee being a doppelganger whom Luz communicates through with mirrors. Interesting how Yesterday's Lie was born from this. We saw the test animation from Spencer Wan for TOH, so I guess we know what Luz's puppet-doppelganger is called! And we can safely call her Proto-Vee. I wonder if she also would've been a sympathetic character, I always thought she reminded me of Lake from Infinity Train (and speculated her to be as such since Enchanting Grom Fright), and now the similarities are even MORE apparent!

Alas, The Good Witch Azura, or 'The Unassuming Princess' seems like it'd have been a lot less dear to Luz's heart, as the pilot also reflects; In the end, it turns out the author is just Eda's ex using her adventures as basis, and including private information. I remember when I once speculated that Raine, before we saw their face, would've been just like this as the author of Azura... Again, I think I prefer Azura as being a lot less mean-spirited in the final draft, and instead a celebration of who Luz is as a person, her relationship with fantasy and fiction, etc. We also would've had a Luz birthday party, the Quincenera we've been hoping for since S1...! In the final draft (and episode) we still get that Human-Demon Realm disconnect, though by that point, Luz is much more attuned and chill with the isles.

There’s definitely more of an episodic, sitcom feel to this pitch bible, especially when you compare Proto-Yesterday’s Lie to its final version. Makes sense, Dana is pitching this to Disney executives, though her statement on Understanding Willow feeling truly like her show makes me wonder if she always intended to push TOH in that more serious, emotional route we got.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ↳ aesthetic: statues 

[everysongineverykey]

i love you azura books i love you luz's nerdiness given prominence throughout the show i love you "luzura" i love you amity and luz bonding over a "cringe" book series i love you lumity azura/hecate cosplay i love you young queer couple cosplaying as a queer couple that really inspired them as kids and helped bring them together i love you beautiful tribute to the power of representation in media as shown via a latina girl adoring and being heavily influenced by a book series starring a latina witch who she can see herself in i love you varied and beautiful discussions of representation in a show with heaps and heaps of just that :')

in the same vein, i love you cosmic frontier i love you chief engineer o'bailey-hunter parallels i love you gus captain avery cosplay i love you gus helping hunter confront his identity as a grimwalker by introducing him to a series with a character he can see himself in i love you star trek deep space nine reference i love you black boy cosplaying as a black space captain i love you camila connecting with luz using her own nerdy childhood obsession i love you power of stories and, again, representation in media i love you the owl house's constant message that representation matters i love you i love you💙💙💙💙

[thesockwhisperer]

"The only thing I've ever really wanted... was to be understood"

Here's some For The Future fanart. I'm so hyped for the final episode!

[yardsards]

just turned in an assignment with the disclaimer "sorry, the autism ran wild this one" at the top

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

Sheogorath, to the other Daedric Princes: Dear friends, your Saturalia gift this year . . . is me!

Sheogorath: That’s right, another year of friendship. Your membership has been renewed.

[llitchilitchi]

bethesda should hire me to do character concept art for a dlc for tes6 give me another wild daedric realm dlc I will give u the characters the monsters the fantasy clothes and the sexy women

[ftvs-cm45]

Happy 3-Year Anniversary, Owl House!!!

On this day, Luz found herself on the Boiling Isles.

[valorianknights]

WIP I've busy with. I just need to ink and color, I'll post the finished product later.

This is just me needing to draw out the characters from "An Everlasting Oath", I don't want to post the fic until it's finished. Somehow 19 chapters have turned into 27 and I'm barely on chapter 6. These chapters are looong.

From left to right (Top):

Lyra, Serephina and Mara.

Willow is in the middle because I love her 💚

From left to right (bottom):

Evelyn (with the haircut from hollow mind), Zarra (yes it's Azura, but in story she just inspired the character of azura to Miss Featherwhyle) and Calliope (her horn is broken and there's a reason why she looks upset)

Also I have more cool art ideas for Serephina and I wanted to combine siren and mermaid aspects to her. I know sirens are half bird and mermaids are half fish.... she has 3 forms!!!

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On Azura Isle, where the waves serenade the shore with an endless melody 🌊, there wandered a maiden named Rosaline, with curls as dark as the raven's wing and eyes like pools of starlight. A single hibiscus, the isle's bloom, nestled in her hair, a splash of pink against the onyx tresses 🌺.

Rosaline was a vision in her floral bikini, a symphony of turquoise and coral that echoed the vibrant life beneath the island's waves. The fabric kissed her skin like a gentle zephyr, its ribbons and ties a dance of elegance and grace.

She walked the beach with the poise of a queen, her laughter the tinkling of glass in the wind, her presence a soothing balm to the bustling life of the isle. Rosaline, the isle's beloved, spent her days basking in the golden sun, her heart beating in unison with the rhythm of Azura's heart 💖.

Today, she collected seashells, each one a treasure more precious than the last, a token of the isle's love for her, a love she returned tenfold with every soft step upon its sandy canvas.

[wildafrican-spirit]

I don't know how to exactly articulate it, but I love that one of the final messages from the finale is that it doesn't matter whether or not you're The Chosen One ™, but what matters is that you step back and you choose yourself.

[potato-on-your-head]

love these in the notes

Ohh... Luz is very strong now. Of course I realize that Luz successfully fought some of the toughest people on the Boiling Isles, but at the same time I always had this thought that that was because she strategically used her glyphs in a way that capitalized on the situation. Now, watching as she accidentally destroys a mountain, it very suddenly occurred to me that she has all the punch in the world behind that now that she has her staff.

[catboymoments]

a bunch of Isabelle doodles w some concepts I’ve had in mind! If you don’t know, she’s part of the human realm exchange program in my nextgen for TOH and becomes very close (🤨🏳️‍🌈) with Azura. She’s lanky and soft spoken and likes frilly clothes and I like her a lot

I wanna do more on human realm/isles relations cuz I have. many thoughts.

[puppyeared]

New symbol of the Isles shaped like the Titan’s skull, replacing the Emperor’s sigil

Mural of raine and a photo of Luz and King next to Eda’s office

Alador has symbols representing each of his kids (Emira, Amity and Edric) on his belt

Principal Bump growing snapdragons in his garden

Suspiciously detailed lore book added to the Museum’s collection

Luz’s king-ceañeara cake is Bisexual flavoured. The Azura doll they use is probably the same one Luz had in the first episode!!

[o-lanterns]

Really glad there was no reveal that the Azura books were written in the future and placed in the past for Luz and Amity to find, jumpstarting the whole story.

They were just ordinary books written by an author they don't know personally, and they did just happen to wash ashore on the Isles due to realm leakage.

No predetermined path, no destiny set in motion by strategic machinations, just a girl who loved a story finding her own way to be a hero. I dunno I think it's better this way.