I Can’t Listen To Those Parts Of The Soundtrack Without Crying

They will make my brain implode in on itself forever 

Four minutes and fifty-one seconds into Scar's latest video and I'm sorry what

Bonus:

One thing I love love love love *love* about the Owl House finale is that they gave Luz's titan form such an evil-coded color palette, and design in general.

I mean, think about it. Blacked-out eyes, a black outfit with bone motifs, eyeliner, fangs, and magic that's either the orange-red of fire or the classic black-with-purple-outline meant to show darkness? In any other show that would be some "evil form" of a protagonist, a dark mirror or something, but in the Owl House she gets to be the good guy while *still* looking dark and edgy. And I can't thank the creators enough for that.

Hell, that's kind of tied into the show's themes, right? I know Belos got all disgusting and goopy by the end, but the Emperor's Coven were all about the stereotypical good-guy colors of white and gold. And even Belos's goop form is the dark green and sky blue that matches Earth more than the isles. But the good side is the one that made a deal with the devil to come back from the dead, blasting the self-righteous witch-hunter to bits with void and fire.

This show is so good, guys. It's incredible.

Sorry I’m thinking about Martyn winning + the absence of Ren [has Renchanting disease]…

Martyn always acts nonchalant and independent and gossipy in these series, he goes around the entire server, he is in everyone’s business but also detached from everyone’s business at the same time. In every season (except this one), Martyn ends up gravitating towards Ren and never truly betrays him.

But this time? Martyn has Scott, who in all honesty is a wonderful and selfless ally, and despite all that Scott does, all the forgiveness and aid and asking for Martyn to kill him, Martyn still wanders around. In the finale episode, Martyn sets off before Scott can even say a word to him. And while Martyn couldn’t manage to betray Ren in 3rd Life, he betrayed Scott here (although he killed Scott first so Impulse couldn’t get the time).

Traffic Martyn is unhinged. He’s a loose canon. He can’t trust the rest. He likes hanging out around people, but he constantly lies and escapes to get himself out of trouble. He has his allies, but he still wanders. He goes around the four corners of the world, and he finds nothing but walls and edges. He’s independent. Martyn places his own survival first, vs the selfless Scott who repeatedly sacrifices time for people whom aren’t even his closest allies.

But Ren historically has always been the exception. Dogwarts. The Red Army. Hand of the King. Martyn could’ve betrayed Ren. He had multiple chances. He never did.

And now Limited Life Martyn is wrapped up in a Red Winter scarf from the old times and there’s no Ren to hold him back, to soften him, to guide the unguided hand. Martyn has Scott, but he was never as loyal to Scott as he was to the Red King.

Remember people pointing out that when Martyn and Ren team up, they always land in the middle of the pack? 3rd Life, Hermit Raiders, MCC15. And now, in Martyn’s first season without Ren, he girlbosses and betrays his way to victory. He finally achieved his Spring.

Martyn is an unguided hand, and Ren is the only one who can guide him. Yet, with Ren, Martyn dies. Without Ren, Martyn survives.

btw the thing she couldn’t ignore was someone calling her out for saying anti-depressants/hormone therapy are only perscribed by lazy doctors

Be careful: nostalgia likes to link arms with fascism.

I've seen a lot of talk about how millennials are especially prone to nostalgia. How technology's rapid evolution left our childhoods as a distinctly different world than our present. How we cling to our childhood hobbies and IPs as a way to heal our inner children, etc etc.

And there's nothing inherently wrong with nostalgia. I still play pokemon games and am in the middle of rewatching Yu Yu Hakusho. You're allowed to love the things you grew up with.

But we need to be careful.

Conservatives, nationalists, and fascists *love* to evoke a ☆mythic☆ idealized past- when men were men, when America was great, upon which to build a fixed and solid identity. Any progress away from this idealized conception of the past is thus decay- corruption and ruin. Nostalgia underpins a fascists worldview and allows them to justify any violence against the forces that would further degrade society away from its perfect past. Protecting the past comes to justify all sorts of things in the present.

We need to be very careful about what we allow our nostalgia to mean to us, what we allow it to excuse or justify.

This is not *just* about Hogwarts Legacy, but Hogwarts Legacy is a good example of it. When you can invoke your nostalgia- that golden beautiful past where you felt safe and special- what are you willing to ignore? What harm are you willing to allow? What will you turn a blind eye to if doing so makes you feel like you've recaptured some of the magic from the past?

Tread carefully, friends. This HP bullshit may have been a test that you passed, but it will not be the last time when our sense of nostalgia may conflict with progress and morals. Always remember that you can love something from the past without letting it dictate the future.

Reminder to self:

*SPOILER ALERT*

You know what the best part of Watching and Dreaming for me was? The fact that it opens SO MANY doors for fans to discuss or make content. There's Hunter's new palisman, the University of Wild Magic, the political state of the Boiling Isles, and so much more. We're not going to run out of TOH content anytime soon.

Notice how Odalia did not get redeemed. It seems she is no longer in the picture when it comes to the Blight kids' lives nor Alador's. And it seems like the show hinted at Alador moving on to someone else. This is so important. Abusive parents and spouses are not worthy of redemption and I'm so proud of The Owl House for showing that.

see, everyone has been considering the life series winners in terms of celestial bodies. i’d like to propose that it’s actually tarot.

the sun. the moon. the star. the tower.