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More on Abuse and the Owl House
I've seen a lot of discussion about Hunter's abuse, especially in ways to make it angstier than it actually is. I feel that people ignore the impact of neglect and the agency of victims because it's not as spicy. or whatever. However, I feel that Luz and Collector are entirely left behind in fanon as fellow victims of the same person. Quite a few people believe they were not abused by Belos. He uses abuse tactics on both of them. Belos threatens Luz, isolates her, and verbally abuses her a few times during the show.
Notably, her scar on her eyebrow, which resembles Hunter's scars, appears after Belos attacks her but between scenes (they also never showed Belos hitting Hunter's face, just his hair and swiping at him, this is a PG show). While it's a regular fight and he's trying to kill all of the kids there- the shot I picked is as he's about to kill Luz (presumably, based on the angle and focus) which is why she's protecting Amity. I think it was an intentional artistic choice due to their dynamic and also identifying her with Hunter and as a victim.
Most of her final season arc is about her trauma and guilt coming to the surface after Belos hurt her. In Thanks to Them, he threatens her and tries to "expose" that she's "evil" to her friends, and their response is concern for her safety rather than anger. She still internalizes that fear into the finale, where it's very obvious that her internalized self-hatred already existed but that Belos intentionally made it worse especially as she literally is Belos in her nightmare.
I'll be short on Collector because this one is very obvious in my opinion, I just think people underconsider them in general. But Collector is very obviously a victim of Belos's abuse both in Belos venting to/ treating Collector like an adult/ trying to make them feel that he's their friend while being an adult isolating them, and using his control over them to silence them and punish them (covering them with a blanket). He treats Luz like an adult as well, and Hunter too, and I think he just sees them all as adults or is dehumanizing all of them. Probably a mix of both.
Belos also identifies more with the kids (he only fights the kids in battles, that's also bc he's smarter than to challenge Raine and Darius unless he has to- Raine almost kills him while they're injured and weak so he knows he can't beat Raine on a good day. or even a regular day.) and didn't grow out of his childhood ideologies. I think that's partially why he also is angry about Caleb leaving as a caretaker, Caleb was never allowed a childhood and started doing things for himself as an adult and that pissed Belos off. I do think he sees Hunter as an older sibling rather than a child which explains some of his behavior. This is a FULLY adult man who is entirely capable of Not Doing the Bad Things, but he also appears to Luz as a child intentionally to gain sympathy and also pulls her around like he's a child. I think he's just the monarch of weaponized incompetence.
Belos used Collector's knowledge, a child who's age/maturity he is VERY aware of, and made them give up information and help him, in exchange for a promise that Belos never planned to fulfill. He also exposed Collector to traumatic situations which Collector didn't process/ reframed, and Collector denies their anger and internal emotions about Belos in favor of pretending everything is okay ("I'm not mad tho", and attempting to forgive him despite their fear of him and anger at his mistreatment of them)- they also do this "pretending" with other characters and struggle to let go of their own fantasy that everything is okay (bc accepting the truth is much worse than pretending for them after a certain point, understanding death and what it means is so much more painful than just pretending they aren't traumatized).
Back to Luz for a second, but Belos uses that identification as a child/ identification with her to guilt trip her and make her feel like she's a horrible person, and he primarily does this because a) He believes everyone is like himself/ selfish, b) He identifies with her because he sees himself as a hero like she is, but he explains away her disagreements with him as her being "Crazy". which also. plays into the ableism and the way he treats Collector as well.
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Woah!! Luz!! (thanks2them vers cus the aniverisary!!1!)
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Woah more luz I bet no one saw this coming!! :00
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I really do keep thinking about how a random 14-year-old girl who lost her dad to a terminal illness- smth unfortunately and devastatingly human especially for communities that are often left behind in the medical field, who straightened her hair bc of western beauty standards- who cannot fit in because she's neurodivergent and queer and "odd" and messy and human- who takes on immense guilt and suffering because she feels like she's a villain for things outside of her control- and ends up in the Demon Realm as a fluke- is the one that the kind, flawed (christian metaphor) "God" chooses to save the world- and it's not for destiny or fate, but rather because she chooses to be there and protect people and be a hero- not bc of her original hero fantasy but because she put her life selflessly on the line for a child she had just met.
and "God" asks her to defeat a man who has used religion as a motive to harm others, who used the entirely preventable and intentional death of a white, blond man as his primary excuse/motive to discriminate against and harm other people- intentionally erasing and ignoring that (Caleb) was a part of that group which (Caleb) is being used to harm against his own will- to harm what he fought to the death defending. Luz is a hero because she has chosen to be, because she cares, because she loves, because she is a victim of the systems that exist around her (such as ableist culture, the medical system, white supremacy) and sees other victims- and she stands up and does something about it- she's flawed, she's human, she's silly- and she's a hero. *bows* Thank you. AHUwh.
Always remember to draw Luz Noceda as dark as you want as a fuck you to all the Luz Noceda white washers
No, trying to mangle the personality, character, and morals of the bisexual neurodivergent afro-latina protagonist that has been wronged by a system of bigotry and oppression so that she can somehow fulfill the same narrative and antagonistic position as the genocidal white colonizer who's entire deal is creating a system of bigotry and oppression for your TOH Swap AU is not actually good writing.
At this point, i don't even think I can call my hyperixation an owl house hyperfixation it's just luz
More posssed luz
Belos luz creature thing
it's insane n hilariously ironic that to me that Those toh fans seem to hate luz for being a good character n inspiring change in others
like oh no god forbid she inspires others to do the right things n cut toxic people out of their life to better themselves, the horror
fandom racism n misogyny really does melt your brain
Atp they're just revealing the kind of person they are
Like why would you get mad at someone for leaving a toxic relationship and instead only sympathize with the toxic person? 🤔
Why do you see Luz, a gay brown girl, being a well written character and getting the most development (because she's the MAIN CHARACTER) as sabotaging your white (and usually male) fav and blaming her for their failures (they're villains in a kid's show, they HAVE to fail)? 🤔
Similar example but how fans were perfectly okay with Luz being used for Amity's (and others) development. But as soon as the dynamics swapped when Luz was at her lowest and Amity was now showing the same support Luz once showed her, fans lashed out. (Amity becoming nice post redemption is bad, but when Hunter suddenly it's okay)
Like you're okay with Luz being the supportive black best friend (or girlfriend in this case) trope but as soon as you are reminded she's the main character you get mad. Interesting 🤔
“Lmao Luz was soooo oblivious to Amity’s crush on her” ITS BECAUSE SHES INSECURE! ITS BECAUSE SHES FACED SO MUCH REJECTION IN HER LIFE AND HER SELF WORTH IS SO LOW THAT SHE CANT SEE ANYBODY HAVING FEELINGS FOR HER! ITS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT AMITY WAS OUT OF HER LEAGUE!!!
This and being neurodivergent bro was not locked in
ILY PEOPLE WHO DRAW LUZ WITH CURLY HAIR
woah!! Covenaiter Belos and Luz!!
My problem with a lot of the discourse around SU and TOH and how one killed the dictator and the other didn’t, is that it feels race-blind in a way so typical to fandom.
White boys are always told they deserve everything; That they’re entitled to it, they should take it. Their anger and violence is righteous, or it’s sad and misunderstood. And those women and minorities, they should always concede to them, their lives are just lesser. Boys will be Boys.
Girls of color? They’re overreacting, their violence makes them just as bad as the oppressor. They need to learn their place, affirmative action is giving them hand-outs. They need to be demure and forgiving, especially towards white men whose cruelty and suffering is their responsibility, and more important.
Rebecca Sugar and Dana Terrace obviously have thoughts about representation and depictions in media, particularly kids’ media. So is it any wonder, that in their main protagonists for whom the whole story revolves around, as they interact with others’ stories and help them out, before realizing after depression that they have value as well… That these creators would address the larger, mainstream narrative around their protagonists’ demographics?
So of course Steven is prepped for nonviolence, for pacifism. He has a shield, he’s a healer, he’s soft and feminine. Being a hero is a burden that scars him, as he renounces his heritage’s authority to liberate others. He is averse to wanting violence against those women. There’s a girl of color in his story, and she’s the sword who’s allowed to be angry with Steven’s savior complex and call him out for alienating her, her feelings matter!!!
By contrast, Luz Noceda is a victim who has every right to be violent and recognize the necessity. After thinking she’s evil for wanting things or being angry, Luz lets herself have these emotions and even find triumph in them. Being a hero is the dream she actually gets to have, after people like her were deemed nobodies. And that racist, misogynistic, white fascist? Let him boil and be crushed as he begs for his life, his final sensations being fear and agony.
It reminds me of how when the Sequel Trilogy of Star Wars had been written, Finn was originally going to be a white man, so the twist of Rey saving the day would’ve been a feminist subversion; But when Finn was made black, the writers did not adjust for the implications that now came with a story in which a black man concedes to a white woman. Race does matter when you consider how you write a character, sometimes; For one demographic, an assigned trait may come across as harmless. For another, it leans into problematic territory and stereotypes.
Is this anything. Idk. It came to me in a vision.