It's interesting to note how The Owl House has a running theme of demystifying a lot of deified/god-like figures.
The god-king of this magical society claimed to be a prophet of an ancient diety that is Emperor Belos turns out to be a callous bigot who is doing all this for the sake of his ego.
The shadowy eldritch sealed-evil-in-a-can entity that is the Collector is actually a child who just wants to have friends and who hasn't been taught the consequences of death due to eons of isolation and spending 400 years with a death cult leader as their only form of interaction.
And the very god of this world, preached as this grand divinity that all worship and revolve their society and culture around, can actually be a humble, sweatpants-wearing ghost casually observing from beyond the grave who has made mistakes in the past. In the words of Steve, they are "just a guy".
It all showcases how these seemingly larger-than life figures, despite sometimes truly wielding great power, are still people at the end of the day. They have desires, goals, motives, personalities, and flaws that make them such. They can make mistakes, and choose to either learn from them or double down to preserve whatever sense of power they feel they have. And that's really the crux of it I think: The illusion that having so much power, so much supposed divinity, means you are justified in whatever choices you make. Belos did this all the time, preaching the name of the Titan as an excuse to carry out his horrendous regime, using the divine right he instilled within the populace of the Titan to keep him in power.
And I would also like to point out that if/when we ever get to see them, I figure the Archivists would follow that same principle as well.
The Archivists claim to be preservers of life, collecting entities across the galaxy for further study. And yet they will wipe out an entire world simply for standing up to them, or even just existing with power that could rival their's. The way the Archivists conduct themselves frankly harkens far more to how science was done back in the colonial times, pillaging new frontiers for knowledge to display and study back home without much care for the damage that they may do to the worlds and people they exploit for such knowledge. Despite being celestial gods that seem so far above the understanding and concerns of mortals on their floating space rocks, from what we already know of them and what the show has done with other similar characters as mentioned above, I would not be surprised if they fell more along the lines of pompous assholes who seek knowledge only to further entertain and enrich themselves no matter the expense to any lifeforms they come across.
At the end of the day, I think The Owl House conveys a clear narrative towards demystifying and deconstructing the ideas of gods and other divine figures, showcasing how some are just people viewed as such for their immense power, while others are criticized for claiming to have such power and divinity in order to justify even the worst acts. Regardless of how tangible their power may be, at the end of the day, they are all still people. They can be judged. They can still be held accountable. All that power does not give them the right to simply walk all over others. And they are not unstoppable monoliths. And I think that's a very important lesson in this sort of day and age.
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