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ToH Theory: Fantastic diseases and how to deal with them

Curses, a very ancient concept. Malign spells that were casted by demons, witches and even holy people (take for example St. Patrick and the Wolfwalkers). Of all the takes they could go when featuring them, one of them is treating the curse as if it was an illness, a terminal one in the majority of cases.

And this is the take The Owl House is using.

From season one, we could see the parallels with Eda and her elixirs, the high prices that requires to get them and how they are not working anymore, as the curse get stronger. And this can be confirmed by Eda's statement:

"No one likes having a curse, but if you take the right steps, it's manageable"

But we are not only seeing the effects and hardships that the curse takes on Eda, but we are also seeing the reactions of the people close to her: Luz and King.

For King, it is a surprise that Eda didn't tell him about her predicament as they were living in the same house and the saying "us weirdos stick together" implies that is in good and bad times, including if one gets sick or weak. So Eda's secret would break that saying, even if she did it to protect him.

As for Luz, the poor latina is the more affected by this because she sees the Owl Lady as more than a mentor and teacher. She's her second mother, one that gets her quirks and appreciation for her hobbies. Camila is good mother and unique in her own way but Eda is also special, and to see someone you deeply care about being sick and getting worse each day is very painful for her.

Things get worse when Eda loses her magic when trying to save Luz from her own sister, becoming an owl beast and loses her identity as the curse takes over. Not only that but it gets worse when the human girl has not other option but to blow up the portal (Eda's only way to have a job no one in the Boiling Isles has and the one she's her own boss) to save her world.

This actually gets focus in "Separate Tides" as we see how Luz considers herself a burden because she's the reason the Owl Lady lost her magic, one of the things she was very proud of and now she doesn't have a job and most likely isn't getting one in the future as her curse still prevails, the same can be said about Lilith.

And because she wants to stop "being a burden" as she puts it, Luz get involved in jobs that could get herself killed, only caring that Eda will get a better future, even if she's not in it.

When she opens up to Eda in the cave, the witch tells her that she doesn't need to do that, that punishing herself with dangerous jobs isn't going to make the situation better.

To Eda, having Luz the human in her life makes her existence better. And Luz almost cries, needing to hear that from her maternal figure.

Speaking of teenagers with parental figures, in the same episode we have the introduction of one character that, as talked in other posts, is going to be the human girl's counterpart. One that is very skilled at magic and is on the Emperor's side... literaly speaking.

The Golden Guard

Just like Belos, we don't know a lot of things about this guy. We know he's the Emperor's right hand man, has 16 years and does many things teenagers of his age would do, according to Dana's drawings and retweets.

The thing we still don't know (and one that I'm pretty sure will be relevant this season) is his relationship with the Emperor.

For some clues in the show and out of it, he seems to have a close relationship with the ruler, from being next to his throne to know some things very few people would know about Belos, like the fact that he has hair or what his staff is made of.

It's still not clear why Belos trusts this teen to do things that are the job of an adult but reasons aside, the boy must believe he's very special and that the ruler has an appreciation towards him, as Lilith said he gets "special treatment" not to mention he's the only one apart from the Emperor who has a mechanical staff, driving their similarities more closer.

As said before, we still don't know if Belos is a good mentor to G. Guard or if he's abusive or absent. What we can assume is that they have a student-mentor relationship similar to Luz and Eda and as a teenager looking for his own identity, Belito is probably looking up to the Emperor as a type of parental figure because the ruler made him feel worthy of his current position in the Emperor's Coven.

He probably wants to prove himself to Belos each time he gets a mission and loves when the Emperor gives his approval to him.

But there is also the question: If he loves doing his job and getting privileges that many kids and even powerful witches can only dream of... why is he tired?

As mentioned above, he's in a position that is very close to the Emperor, from being next to his throne to seeing things like...

This

If we assume the theory that this is Belos suffering from some curse, then the parallels to Eda become more stronger than ever.

Here is a very powerful witch of the Boiling Isles, yet powerless at the same time when trying to fight the curse. Even in the first season this is apparent, as his debut has him resting his head on his palm, breathing heavily.

In pain, and Goldie is next to him, seeing all of that.

As many people speculated, the talismans that Belos breaks and absorbs are what are keeping him stable, managing his current pain.

But like Eda's elixirs, this isn't curing the curse. In fact, the curse is getting worse and maybe someday palismans won't be enough.

This would not only be the ruler's principal concern, but the boy's worst fear. The powerful mentor that trusts you to have the same magic as him and offers you a very important position despite your age, now seeing each day said parental figure in your young life decay, to the point of some day dying a painful death. This would not only be traumatic for Belito, but it can cause some effects on him similar to the ones Luz has.

For her, is being always guilty. For him, it would be feeling very tired. Tired of seeing his mentor losing control over his body, scream in agony, getting weaker and pretending (the two of them) to be fine, because if word gets out of his current state, everything will fall as many rebels and detractors would gather, attack the castle and they won't have any mercy.

Tired of being considered a prodigy and still don't be capable of saving his parental figure, not knowing what to do and what to obtain other than palismans. Tired of capturing wild witches and their familiars knowing that won't be enough to help the emperor's situation.

Tired of his job, tired of being in the castle seeing the effects of the curse, tired of being incapable to do something. Tired of almost everything.

Maybe he uses his silly personality and messing with other people as a way to cope with what is happening in his life (I'm not saying he isn't really that way, but that he doesn't show what is bothering him to others). He definetly likes being outside the castle, having his mind occupied with other things.

I wouldn't be surprised that, if it's true that Goldie cares for Belos, he would feel that it's his fault that his mentor is in constant pain. Very unlikely, but he's just a teenager after all.

And considering that Belos has an onmiscient aura, maybe he knows how the boy feels and there could be two options:

1. If he doesn't care about him and only is a key to a future conquest then it's possible for the ruler to tell the teen that yes, in a way this is his fault, all with the objetive of having Belito be always loyal to him and using the guilt as a way of getting better at his tasks.

2. If he somehow cares about the boy's feelings and actually has a soft spot for him, he won't say a word as he would better not speak of his situation, being in a sort of denial, maybe thinking that the upcoming "Day of Unity" will solve things and cure him. So no, he doesn't think that Goldie is guilty for what is happening to him, but he doesn't say that to him directly, so the boy is still with the question in his mind.

If it turns out that the two of them really care for each other deep down, just like Luz and Eda, then the situation would be heartbreaking, not to mention we are going to see another way of how someone young copes with their loved one having a disease that it's bothering not only them but those around them.

Luz and Eda are open to the idea of talking about their feelings regarding the curse. Goldie and Belos would be the opposite.

And considering that one upcoming episode is tittled "Hunting Palismen" it would be less that and more like "Getting Medicines" only that said medicines will escape from you and some people will try to protect them.

Curses, who says they only affect the people who have them?

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