#and now that philip = belos is confirmed it’s even more exciting cause I know that my friends and I theorized correctly :DDD

[philipwittebane]

“The titan has told me to spare the Owl Lady’s life. But in return, her curse will strip away all her powers. Let her monstrous form be a lesson about the dangers of wild magic.”

…Jeez, Belos, project much?

[musicals-n-cartoons]

Elsewhere and Elsewhen Reaction

You know what could be fun? If I give my reaction to the newest Owl House episode. I meant to do the last one actually, but I procrastinated. Oh well. On to the show!

Pre-episode thoughts

It's definitely a time travel episode. Or at least a "going to a representation of the past" episode, which is really the same thing. It's not like anyone cared about the Assassin's Creed metaplot.

Episode thoughts

Nice to see Luz hitting the books, I love how studious she is.

Ooh, a party! Is it Lilith's birthday? Oh, it's to celebrate her new job at the museum. Neat! And is that Steve hanging out there? I guess Hooty wants someone from her old workplace, but damn.

So Lilith got a former mentor now, ooh!

No theme song? We're getting a long one this week.

Luz wishes that she can go back in time to ask Philip how to build a portal, and then realizes the obvious.

So, no time magic, but there is an urban legend that "time pools" can do the trick. Eda and Lilith use to look for them when they were kids. Adorable!

So Luz is straight-up calling Lilith her aunt now. Damned, Luz is basically having "divorced parents fighting for custody" energy without her two moms ever needing to be married.

So a device that needs a lot more power than Lilith had, where would Luz get something like that... of course, the Titan's blood! But Luz, you only got so much. Are you sure you want to spend it?

Ha, Luz's getting tired after pulling an all-nighter, while Lilith remains super excited. I feel ya Luz.

Aww, Babysbrough! That's so cute! And Luz impersonates a... "crab maiden"?

Oldest barnacles on her head? How many barnacles did Lilith put on her head before?

Man, the Deadwardian Era is shockingly civilized. Did something happen between now and Belos' reign? Cause it is not looking so savage now.

Eda, meanwhile, is trying to avoid meeting her father. She tries to sneak off disguised as Lilith (not that anyone was buying it), only to get caught by her father. Who's sweet enough to just let her go if she wants to.

There are inside the Skull! Turns out it is sacred ground?

Ooo, Lilith is picking bad vibes from Philip. Philip is Belos confirm?

Yup, he turned out to be evil, what a surprise.

Luz tames a dino!

A confrontation with Philip, but he refuses to give any information up. And it turns out the Collector got nothing to do with the portal? Luz got a cute way of peacing out.

At least Lilith gets to study Deadwellin balusters from a practitioner.

Eda is talking with her father finally! And damn, Eda destroyed Dell's ability to do his job. His hands are trembling! I can see where you are coming from Eda, but he already wants to meet you, and avoiding him for 20 years is kind of hurting him even more, so...

Ah, he's working to restore the population of an endangered specie, Dell's a man after my own heart.

Gasp, Philip is Belos! The theorists were right! So, the liquid body was caused by glyphs on his skin, huh? I wonder what purpose they served, and how palismens were able to stop him from dying. And what does he need the collector for? The collector got a lot of moon symbolism, so they're probably connected to the whole moon thing coming in a month.

Neat trick, having Belos voice overlapping with Philip's one.

Reaction to other reactions

lol at everybody saying that Philip/Belos is basically just an English colonizer. I mean, he really is. That's basically canon.

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OMG FLORA D'ESPLORA WAS DORA THE EXPLORER HOW DID I MISS THAT. That's amazing.

I like the theory that the reason that Philip took much longer than Luz to learn the glyphs is that the Boiling Isles judged him unworthy and was literally hiding it from him.

The dino Luz befriends is a stonesleeper, the same creature whose lung was needed for the grimwalker recipe.

Why are some people saying that Lilith is what made Philip hate witches? People don't become bigots just because someone punched them.

I worried about the moon symbolism that Amity is wearing. What connection does the Collector have with her?

Prediction for future episodes

The next one is... another sports episode? And the description doesn't mention Luz or Eda. Judging from the promo, I am going to guess that Hunter's mission is going to crash into Willow's story and that Luz is going to have a b-plot with Eda.

[iceespizza]

i discovered the show through a video one of my friends made around the time agony of a witch aired. the video was basically amity panicking around luz and it made me think "hm, this show seems cool. i should watch it!" and so i did! i binge watched almost every episode that was released at the time, watching agony of a witch the day after. i was super excited and stuff for young blood old souls and the finale was amazing to me.

oh boy, here comes the season 2 part.

i cant remember when season 2 was announced to release i think i was pretty hyped. though since i kept getting spoilers i dropped it for a bit until yesterday's lie released and i watched all the season 2a episodes. hunter instantly became my favourite character and i really wanted a redemption arc for him, which luckily came! i was also one of those people who said "flapjack isn't gonna die" and "philip isnt belos" unfortunately. though i eventually grew out of the owl house for a bit and started going back to gravity falls, i would get back into it when the second half released.

here we go for season 2b...

okay, i was SUPER excited when season 2b was announced to release. i was excited for a lot of the episodes and while watching the new episodes, i was actually rewatching the earlier episodes from season 1 and season 2a with my sister! i wanted to get her into it because i felt like she would like it and i wanted to talk to her about it.

now. when hollow mind released.

at first i thought "oh cool, funky shadow dude, they seem cool!" but they didn't really interest me until other episodes released. they then became my favourite character, cause like, i just wanna know more about them! there's a lot of stuff that's unexplained about them and they seem really interesting! anyways, when king's tide aired... holy hell, it was a trip. my theory (the sneak peak of the character dana drew not being collector luz, but the collector themself) was confirmed, the hexside squad getting sent to the human realm, luz reuniting with her mom... it was a lot to see! it was a super cool finale and i wanted more! over the hiatus, i watched more episodes with my sister and looked at some moringmark comics while waiting.

now. season 3.

since me and my sister agreed she would finish season 2 before season 3 released, we watched the first episode together. it was amazing. the twists and turns what made it enjoyable! i love how we got to see more of the human realm, and i love how there were clips of the hexside squad in the human realm. when the episode ended, me and my sister talked about it! we both agreed it was really good.

so, my opinion of the owl house in the past and the owl house now?

i loved it before, and now i love it even more!

Attention, Collector fans!

Just as a question, what was your relationship with TOH before Hollow Mind/the Collector's first proper appearance? And what's your current one with the show for contrast?