I can’t get “Mom, it’s not you. It never was.“ out of my head. Luz’s attempts to impress Amity and befriend her, her little comments about teens being the worst (thinking of Once Upon a Swap specifically), like. Luz clearly wants some place where she can be accepted by more than just her mom. She worries about disappointing her and being a burden on her for not being able to make friends and be “normal” like her peers, but she also does love magic and adventure. I mean Separate Tides makes SO much sense, because that’s just an extension of her fears for towards Camila. She isn’t necessarily worried that her mom actually wants her to change, but that she’s hurting her by being “weird”. But instead of “fixing things”, she’s lying and betraying her. And her mom wants to help her make friends, wants to help her have a “Reality Check”, but isn’t trying to make her lose her creativity and love of fantasy. She just wanted to help her realize when she was being reckless or unrealistic.
The Boiling Isles ended up giving Luz a reality check in it’s own ways, and did help her grow as a person. She made friends and learned that this magical place isn’t all fun and games... but she still loves it for what it is. She wouldn’t want to give up the place and people she’s grown to love, just as she’d never want to be trapped there away from her mom. It was never Camila who pushed her away. Camila is the only reason she’d even want to go home.
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