#anyway thats my hootie essay im sure i could write more

[pagesofkenna]

ok friendo this one is just for me cause i gotta know, Hootie

ok so the thing you have to understand is that the way i feel about hootie is a lot like izzy but, like, in reverse

so, most kids cartoons you watch (not all) have this gimmick that I like to call 'the gross friend', which is like one ally character who hangs out with the protagonists but is gross, or annoying, usually for comedic value, and usually i dont like them (think the ape from GenRex, sorry ape). Hootie fully occupies the roll of 'gross friend' for Owl House but he's not gross to the levels I'm used to in other cartoons - he's more annoying than truly gross, and annoying is forgivable if the character is otherwise enjoyable

and the thing is Hootie kind of doesn't do a lot narratively and yet... he is The Owl House?? like the role that The Owl House plays in the first season of The Owl House is weirdly minor, and similar to Kikimora it makes me feel like his role is going to get punched up a LOT in the final episodes, and I'm mostly incredibly curious and fascinated to see what that is??

so like. a lot of Hootie's annoying-ness isn't really that funny to me personally, but there's just a spark of something interesting going on with this character that I'm intrigued by him anyways?? I wanna see what the story is gonna do with him??

also also, Hootie is like genuinely a nice person/demon and the way he's used as the emotional punching bag in season one frustrates me. Lilith befriending Hootie and them becoming weird besties ride-or-die was SUCH a good character choice for both of them because, like, after a whole season of Hootie just being nice but a little gross and pretty annoying suddenly he got a friend who legitimately cares for his wellbeing and happiness? and after a season of being literally the villain Lilith picks the one character we're most ready to see receiving sympathy and says 'this one, he's my best friend now'?? like, bam, instantly we love Lilith, instantly we see Hootie as a desirable friend and companion, it was so freaking good

and Hootie's been such a good catalyst for events happening - a deus ex machina to delay King getting that letter, actively causing Edith's transformation and Luz/Amity to get together, etc. like as a narrative device he's very useful, and as a character he's very interesting. but sometimes he rips himself out of his door and its gross ew