#dana terrace knows me fr

[jirachibaby]

hunter didnt deserve this, but i needed it.

[bisexualgodofchaoss]

the owl house season 3 ep 1:thanks to them.

here we are.

i have gone insane, my sensibility,my rational,my sense are all completely gone.

i am not normal anymore and i just dont care.

let me sum up my reaction to this episode in one word:WOAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHFIFHHEIEFIHEHIEHEFUOOEFUEFOIEEFIUHF#&(#&#*(#$U#(U*#(U*U#*(JF(JF(F#HGH(#GGOJ#GJOGOJHUROIGJROFOJIRHOROHRHORRHOHRORRRRRRRRRRROHODJHHKFSHFSUSFHODOSHSHKSHHSKSFHSFHIFUISAAAAAAA.

BABY BOI BABY!!!

SIBILINGS SIBILINGS SIBINLINGS YEEEEE.

YEYYWYEYEYEYEYEYUEYYEUEYEYEYEYEYEYYEYYWYYEYSYEYSYSYEYSYEYSYSY YEYY FHEHEROGHIEHOEGOHEGHOEGUOEOH UOI AM FEEELING UNSTOPPAPLE JOY I LOVE THIS WITH ALL MY SOUL.

alight now that im done freaking out at the intro, lets get into the real meat and potatoes.

alright so the kids have been staying in the human world for a few months and we can get a few things down.

-hunter and luz are insecure about their respective secrets, hunter about his grimwalker self and luz about the helping of wittebane.

-they have tried a whole bunch of times to create a portal which leads to luz feeling more mentally weighed down as a result

-HUNTER LOVES WOLVES AND SEWING HE IS PRECIOUS!

-wow camila’s backstory is sincerely awesome and i think they manged to characterize her very well as a loving and supportive mother who is weighed down by societal expectation’s to the point of forgetting that her daughter and her personality is not something shameful or harmful, it simply seen as unusual and therefore bad which is something that has clearly had a good grasp on her mentally to the point she would send luz to the boring camp.

-i fucking adore masha.thats it i just love them and want them to end up with vee.

-camila being a secret nerd is so goddamn fun and cute, seeing her freak out about it is really good.

-of fucking course a bisexual has hades downloaded luz knows where its fucking at.

-im so sorry dana terrace i am truly sorry i did not think you could do it.....i didn’t think you could possible make season 3 good with the little time are resources you had i just couldn’t believe it could be done.....but no, its very clear dana terrace is aiming to create a cartoon which will be cherished and remembered through history.

-like fr so much of the worldbuilding and storytelling in this episode was actually very cohesive and sensible, usually you would need an ass grab to make sense of the story with the amount of screentime cut to it but i really feel satisfied with the way they introduced wittebane brothers lore through halloween story, and how luz’s powers were coming back as she got closer to titan blood, the rebus felt a little iffy but hey it wasn’t too immersion breaking.

-that is too goddamn cool but im so scared cause fandoms will see a white boy with blue eyes and create the most unhinged and sickeningly horny shit ever im so scared what tumblr and ao3 and wattpad are gonna do with this.

-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FLAPJACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKkkk

-damn camila buff for lifting a boy made of wood while wearing clothes she is BUFF

-hey dana terrace WHAT THE FUCK is your problem with hunter? please? please im fucking begging you on my hands and knees just please stop torturing him please just please.please

-after everyone collects their resolve they go through the portal prepared to combat belos and whatever awaits them.

and thats the most noteable events in the first episode of season three, i found this episode to be VERY satisfactory and i enjoyed it immensely while making noises that sounded like a zombie and a dog started boxing while weird al played in the background,i loved it and i have high hopes for the next episode.

here are my theories and expectations

-i imagine the second episode will be used to set up the finale and explain what has been happening while the gang was away in the human world,there is very litle screen time so i imagine it will be used very stratigically so there will most likely be far less comedy and a lot more balls to the walls action and exposition.

-i dont want anyone to die please please dont kill anyone please i dont i dont

-with the ability of belos to possess things im actually starting to think “is he gonna possess the collector or like the titan’s corpse?” him getting his ass kicked by enzo gaberial (the collector) has really minimizied his threat level but i feel like he can get back to being the main baddy and if he does control the titan or the collector then it would be the coolest fucking thing ever animated easily.

- when they come back vee and masha will be inexplicably holding hands and very close, im just sure it will happen and im waiting with baited breath.

alright thats about it, i loved this, i love the owl house and will watch all the projects that dana terrace ever makes as she has shown herself to be an incredible one of a kind creator.

have a great day and wish you the best.

[isgaydisaster]

Some shows, movies, and book recs <3

Got the idea from @ghostgirlinsatin !

Here you have a list of recommendations to watch instead of thinking in st4. Feel free to leave more in the comments!

Shows

Arcane: a great show with 3 main storylines that are intertwined and very complex characters. If you like to discover new societies and their structure, a new world with different but in some way similar rules to us. The rivalry between one and other side. The romance (sapphic romance) that grows between someone from one side and someone from the other. The family love that lives in the hearts of two sisters who will have to go through a lot. The curiosity of two inventors that want to create magic using science. There's a lot : an amazing story, more than well-written characters, beautiful animation... All in 9 episodes, streaming on Netflix. (No, you don't have to know anything about LOL to watch it. It just the background story of some of the characters).

The owl house: it's a Disney kind of show (it's streaming on Disney fr lol) with an amazing plot and characters that grow and learn. It's about a girl named Luz that feels like she doesn't fit in. Her mother wants yo send her to summer camp, but thanks to a fast owl, she ends up in a different dimension. It's very amphibia (there are references of that show in this show)- star vs the forces of evil like. And: there's a lot of representation. Dana Terrace (the creator) has fought a lot to bring this to disney, she's doing an incredible work with this story and she deserves the recognition for it. This story made me feel at home, it really makes my heart warm.

Anne with an e: a classic turned into a show that carried the story so incredibly. Even though netflix f*cking canceled the show (yk, what happens to good shows on netflix), there are 3 marvelous seasons to watch. It's one of the only cases where I find the show better than the book. I love the characters, the representation (and it doesn't feel forced or just for rep), and the focus in feminism. There are a variety of topics that are discussed on the show that are very important and I think it's a good tool to learn very good values.

She-ra and the princesses of power: this one right here is one of my favorites ever. I watch it every time I feel like shit for any reason. My comfort show. It's about a girl named Adora that lives in the Horde, who fights the princesses (again the two sides dynamic yes), and is enjoying her live with her best friend Catra until she gets lost in the woods and discovers something shocking (not a spoiler since is the intro): she's a princess. 5 wonderful seasons of friendship, betrayals, war, pure love, death... I love it more than anything :D (+ a lot of representation although some of it it's not explicit).

The wilds: to be honest I haven't finish it yet but so far (I have 3 episodes left to watch) it's being really good. A group of girls end up in a desert island because of an airplane crash and have to learn how to survive by themselves. In each episode you learn more about one specific but also a bit about the others. The background stories are amazing and the development these characters go through is my favorite thing in the world. We're waiting for the third season now, streaming on Amazon prime video. (+ very good and relatable representation).

Movies

Ladybird: if you have mommy issues, this is your movie. A teenager, wanting to move out of her house and study far away from it. Dreaming with her future, because she doesn't stand her present: she's very much poor. The end is so so so beautiful. I cried like a child, not gonna lie.

The Mitchells vs The machines: another great movie of daddy issues. Well, it's more than that: the story of a girl who wants to go to college so bad (she feels understood there) but when she's traveling with her family to get there, the machine apocalypse begins. A really fun movie to watch in family, with a lesbian main character :)

The fear street trilogy: I'm honestly not a big fan of horror, but these 3 movies got me. What an amazing story, which will keep you up thinking about it and making theories all the time, really good characters, romance (sapphic romance yaaasss), and good horror, not only jumpscares. They're long but not boring, and just talking about them makes me want to watch them again so I will. Link to part one, link to part two and link to part three.

Little women: again with a classic turned into a cinematographic masterpiece. Another movie that made me burst in tears. I love the story a lot, but I'd also like to highlight the incredible job of the cast. I have 2 scenes in mind that left me speechless. The story of an independent woman who returns home and remembers her life there: her adventures with her sisters, the neighbor and her mother. And that makes her wonder about her future too. It gave me the chills like a hundred times.

Turning red: one of my favorite movies of all time. It doesn't matter your age, you're going to love this movie. A teenage girl struggles not with puberty but with BEING A RED PANDA. It's a rollercoaster of emotions, really fun and entertaining. Plus, it teaches good values that stick with you after you watch it. And the characters are really well-written: finally someone portraits female pre-teenagers in a realistic and realatble way (thank you Domee Shi). Give it a try, you won't regret it.

And the whole marvel universe is something I enjoy watching/reading too.

Books

The Percy Jackson series: you have probably heard of it unless you live under a rock. I have read the main series and now I have to read more of this universe because it's huge and amazing. If you like Greek mythology, fantasy and adventure this is your series. Percy Jackson feels dumb in comparison to other children his age, hates her mother's stinky boyfriend and has a best friend with crutches. Would you believe me if I told you all of this is related to the fact that he's a semigod? Well, he is. And now he's accused of stealing Zeus' lightning. That's basically the plot of the first book. Fantastic book and series, honestly. Rick Riordan my king.

Enola Holmes: if you'd like to read a Sherlock Holmes type of story but with the main character being a woman, this is your series. I'm on the third book at the moment and it slaps. I love mystery novels, and if you do too I totally recommend.

Heartstopper-verse: Alice Oseman writes so good her characters. Her comics and books are the best, so if you like queer content in teenager media this is your place.

The girl on the train: really good thriller that keeps you reading all night. With mystery and very complex characters (you will probably hate most or all of them). A girl (can't remember her name right now and I have to go so can't search for it) watches people doing their lives every day when she sits on her couch in the train that takes her to her job. She imagines the names of those people, their jobs, their conversations. And, one day, she sees something weird happen just before everything goes to hell.

The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Some people say it's not that good but this book reached to my core. It's not my favorite or close to it but it's really good. The story and how it's written, the characters and the message you get from the book is exquisite. Chef kiss. It's basically about a famous woman that hires a very confused reporter to write her story. Very moving and real. The supposed "plot-twist" wasn't that shocking for me though.

That's some I think are very good. Let me know what you thing and give me recommendations too if you want please <3

[tobiasdrake]

Deep-Dive on The Owl House S01E01: A Lying Witch and a Warden

Given that this is the second series premiere that I've done this sort of analysis for, it's hard not to compare the two. Between this episode and DuckTales's "Woo-oo", I feel that "A Lying Witch and a Warden" is ultimately the stronger start.

In terms of conveying ideas through dialogue, it's a bit more amateurish. There are a few instances of characters resorting to effectively staring into the camera and explaining who their character is or what the story's themes are. You can tell that Dana Terrace and Rachel Vine are still getting their sea legs for weaving a plot through these characters; the jokes consistently land but the storytelling is rough, leaving the episode feeling like an unpolished pilot.

But what really stands out to me is the messaging. "The Owl House" has things it wants to say and right off the bat, it's chomping at the bit to say them. This first episode isn't content with introducing the characters and story pieces that later episodes will use to discuss themes; it wants to start the conversation off right away. I can't help but appreciate that, especially given the subject matter.

So, let's dive in. Spoilers after the jump.

Who Is Luz Noceda?

The show's central theme of non-conformity makes its first appearance as soon as the story opens. Luz marches to the beat of her own drum and that's ultimately landed her in hot water in the principal's office.

It's worth noting that, as protagonists go, Luz isn't exactly unique. The outcast who's weird, quirky, and doesn't fit in is a pretty standard protagonist type. Do take a moment to celebrate having a gender-nonconforming bisexual Hispanic protagonist but representation aside, there are thousands of Luz Nocedas in the myriad realms of fiction.

And yet, few of them are treated in the same way. What stands out about Luz is that ultimately the show isn't concerned with delivering some platitude about being true to yourself. Luz is going to be true to herself regardless of what other people think. She doesn't know any other way to be.

The central statement isn't about what Luz should do to navigate a society that hates her. The central statement is that the society that hates her has broken values. Rather than passively and noncommittally supportive, it's confrontational. You want her to change because Luz expressing herself makes you uncomfortable? Well, she's not doing anything wrong, so why don't you change?

I'd be remiss not to mention that her book report results in kids (and the principal!) being attacked by venomous snakes, which does constitute doing something wrong. You can tell they're venomous because they don't try to coil after biting. There are two kinds of snake: venomous snakes and constrictors. Since Luz's snakes don't try to constrict nor do they retreat after biting as is typical of a defensive bite, they must be venomous.

This bit undermines the theme a little bit while setting the tone for the series. "The Owl House" is an upbeat, optimistic look at a darkly irreverent world. Much of Luz's comedic appeal comes from the juxtaposition between her light-hearted, cheery attitude and the world of pain and suffering around her, some of which she inadvertently contributes to. She's a generally happy child with big, over-the-top emotional responses navigating a whimsical world of violence and decay; a world that wants nothing more than to strip away her identity and make her conform to someone else's declarations of normalcy.

Luz Noceda, Warrior of Peace: Think INSIDE the Box!

This conformity comes initially in the form of Reality Check Summer Camp, the pamphlet for which is immediately horrifying. I don't know if the intent was to draw parallel to conversion therapy camps but it's difficult to not think of them from the moment the pamphlet is put onscreen.

Whether the parallel was intended or not, it's there and it highlights the horror of Luz's intended fate. Reality Check is an awful place that we, the audience, are meant to want Luz to escape from. It represents the death of who she is as a person, which ultimately motivates her to choose the Boiling Isles instead of going home and facing that terrible place.

This same episode features the Conformatorium, a prison in which citizens of the Boiling Isle are locked away for various social deviations. Reality Check is the Conformatorium of Luz's world; a punitive cage in which she can have her deviations scrubbed out of her.

The Boiling Isle is a dangerous place. It's no more accepting of non-conformity than the human world is, while having much more visible perils to avoid. But what it has over Luz's world is Eda Clawthorne, a kindred outcast to take Luz in and mentor her. Even if she is a bit rough around the edges.

And King! King is a treat.

Meeting Eda

When I say that the episode feels like an unpolished pilot, the sequence of events from meeting Eda to entering the titular Owl House are what stand out the most. The marketplace scene starts off well enough. It's pretty standard Isekai fare; Luz discovers the hard way that she's in a strange new world and reacts with shock and horror.

Eda's intro starts out strong. She makes a living by hawking wares that Owlbert swipes from trash cans in the human world. Luz manages to ingratiate herself to Eda by appraising her Shadowbox That Reflects Only Sadness to be a television. It's a strong moment that gives the audience a sense of why Eda, a woman not prone to fits of selflessness, might find practical use in taking Luz in before her inevitable emotional attachment to the kid kicks in.

It's a shame we'll never see it again (at least, not in regard to Eda; another character later introduced will be quite pleased with this particular skillset). What work Eda will have for Luz will instead be more manual and less reflective of her utility as a human world expert.

In a janky bit of writing, Eda climbs up on a table to proclaim her character and role within the story to the audience. This leads directly into a confrontation with a cop meant to establish that she's wanted by the law, but also that she's capable of handling herself. It feels terribly forced, but the cop part at least establishes an important plot point.

After which they return to The Owl House. Notably, Hooty expands his mouth to grant passage. This is another pilot thing that we'll never see again. Hooty isn't going anywhere but, moving forward, characters will come and go through the front door directly.

From there, the trio plans to recover King's crown from the Conformatorium. It's protected by a force field that only a human can pass through. Why does this loophole exist? Do all of the empire's force fields have this loophole? Could it, perhaps, be a hint that Emperor Belos himself is human? Who knows! We're not here to theory-craft. Maybe epic foreshadowing, maybe a gaping plot hole.

In terms of personality and character, I'll have more to say about Eda and King in later episodes. For this episode's purposes, the pair being weird and quirky like Luz is all that really matters. This episode's story is primarily focused on fleshing out Luz, its main character, and introducing what her thematic conflicts will be. Thus, what we get of Eda and King consists mostly of funny jokes and kinship with Luz. With one significant exception.

Warden Frollo Yearned to Purge the World of Weirdness

You can tell that this episode was written by women. And that, in fact, the showrunner herself is a woman. The reason you can tell that is because of Warden Wrath.

Warden Wrath immediately calls to mind Judge Claude Frollo from the Disney version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but there's a difference. The story of Esmerelda was told from a male perspective. Esmerelda had three suitors throughout the film: Phoebus, Quasimodo, and Frollo. The story moved based on how the feelings these three men had for Esmerelda motivated them to act.

Phoebus was the good suitor; the one she fell in love with. Frollo was the rejected suitor who handled her rejection with scorn and contempt. Quasimodo was the rejected suitor who could have become like Frollo and was briefly tempted to do so, but who ultimately respected his friendship with her enough to do the right thing and support her relationship with Phoebus.

Esmerelda's story wasn't about whether she wanted to be with Frollo. It was a given that she would ride off into the sunset with somebody in the end, and the plot boiled down to these three guys bickering over which of them it would be.

Warden Wrath doesn't have any competitor for Eda's hand. He is a brutal, violent, oppressive, domineering man. He steals a precious toy from King and uses it to bait Eda into a confrontation. In genius chessmaster style, he does so by stashing it behind a force field that only a human can pass through, giving Eda no way to take the bait until the universe conspires to drop a human into her lap.

This stroke of sheer dumb luck allows Wrath's plan to go off without a hitch. He decapitates Eda, then promptly asks her to date him. That's what this whole thing has been about: Eda is smokin' and Wrath wants to tap that. The one sympathetic moment he's given is a moment of his men encouraging him to go forward, indicating that he's been pining for Eda for quite some time and confiding in his men.

But while Wrath does get this funny bro moment, there is no point at which we are meant to want to see this Enemies-to-Lovers nonsense pan out. Wrath is a brutal, violent, oppressive, domineering man. He physically restrained Eda before making this appeal. This isn't a sweet romantic gesture; he led her into a trap, assaulted her, and is now demanding a relationship under penalty of further harm.

Wrath is Frollo written from a female perspective. Eda doesn't need to have another man she really likes in order for the story to work. Phoebus's existence is not what makes Frollo's appeal horrifying. Eda does not want to hook up with this guy. That doesn't need any further justifying; that's how consent works. However, even if it did, the violent way he tries to court her leaves little question as to why she wouldn't.

Wrath's romantic appeal is a subversion of expectations, but it doesn't change what this character represents. It simply reframes it in a different light. Wrath represents a system that would decide for Luz and Eda what kind of people they should be, how they should behave, and what roles they should fill.

Wrath, a figure of authority, has assigned Eda to the role of "girlfriend" and is demanding that she conform to it. It is exactly the same as what the Conformatorium is doing to fanfiction writers and gross eye-biters, which in turn is exactly the same as the Reality Check Summer Camp that Luz was meant to attend. It's all one big social system of control.

All in all, "A Lying Witch and a Warden" sets the stage for what this show will be. It's about women helping women. It's about letting people be themselves and live their best life, even if you don't understand that life. And it's about surviving in an oppressive world in which refusal to abide by the invasive, constricting rules of normalcy is brutally, sometimes even murderously punished.