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Will write something about Winx or the Owl House next.

Transforms into this little shadowy being that looks like Luz just for the sake of drama. Could Grom immediately be more menacing, like the things Luz fought or Camilia, yes. But no, for this moment just this action was enough and slithers away to regroup again in the distance. That is some dedication to the craft for being a mindless nightmare monster.

They fail to capture a rebellious witch that only lives a few miles from Bonesborough for about over 20 years.

Lesser demons and creatures are going after members of the Emperors Coven (looking as Sense and Insensitivity)

A fake inspector was able to infiltrate them without much of their knowledge (or they had it but were focused elsewhere, which would draw them weak light because they couldn’t do much about it)

And the schools are able to drift away from them without any much trouble (aside of getting a little bit less funding from the Main Covens). Principal Bump also knew how to react properly against them with his stern letter.

And most of the citizens do not care about capturing criminals and their actions.

We know that Lilith is rather powerful bit it seems blatantly clear why they would try to get Eda into the Coven with the current situation. They would need more powerhouses like her as it currently seems that the Coven is in a weak position. They would even drop all of her crimes for that.

So my take is, that the Empire is currently extremely weakened, Belos is getting more desperate and needs some strong mages on his side rather sooner than later.

The theory with him being Luz dad would be honestly rather boring. This would be a tedious thing that has been done to death, in movies, cartoons and other media. I also don’t know what Emperor Belos is and what his goals are before thinking that he is or will be the final enemy. Honestly he could be only the season 1 antagonist that will be axed off in the season finale and will be replaced by others (which is likely if the finale is fought in his chambers). If he is another human? Hmm. That is questionable, again we have seen nothing. He is defenitely larger than Eda and Lilith (who both stand over 6 feet).

How tall is he then? Even if the shot is a bit skewed he would still be one of the tallest humans even on earth.

It would be really fun if he isn‘t actually rather powerful and better at delegating and ruling. Not every emperor used to be a powerhouse. And it could also bring a bit more flavour to the story.

I would even say it is a fillery episode. It was even stated by Eda with the lets never speak about that thing again. I know those can be fun to work on but in some cases it can end up pretty boring. I guess they tried to lighten the mood and make it not that dramatic after the last five episodes which build up the world, the characters and everything else. So a bit of a break is nice, but it could have been achieved through other means and not the bodyswap filler. But the episode with the bodyswap is just, yeah, we have seen the stuff in other shows. It is a trope that could be an interesting concept but is rarely utilized in a good way.

Well at least we know for good that Hooty is the Zoidberg equivalent in this world. He probably keeps also the guards away with that.

This is a small gripe but come on. He could have been utilized more. Or will he appear in an episode with higher stakes? Well, for now I assume he will appear again in a later episode but it would be nice to see him again, especially after his humiliating defeat. Maybe as a reculant ally of Lilith or supporting another antagonist I assume.

Also where is the food-shipping fanfic-writer. In prison again? I want answers Dana. Just joking. I haven’t seen as much cameos of her compared to the other two.

I knew that more interaction between Amity and was bound to happen (now the last characters with an episode needed are Gus with episode 9 and the Eyeball-Monster, come on he’s a sin-a-bun):

With this episode I realized there is a vicious cycle in Amity’s life. We know she is harsh on Willow, but we do not know what happened to cause the cut between them. Willow assumes that it is because of the magical talents, but I would assume something different for now. Eventually the writers will have to do a Willow and Amity episode, especially with that foreshadowing. But with “Lost in Language” we now know why she surrounds herself with the mean girls from the previous episode. They are a protection shield against her siblings, which prefer to gang up on her but are avoiding conflict with more than they can handle. But this pushes Amity ironically to a similar path of bullying Willow and Gus (in Hooties Moving Hassle she seems to be aware about it but rolled along). That all with the emperor’s coven lectures that seemingly doesn’t care about emotional stability and parents that are probably busy all the time (they haven’t appeared yet and seem to be the ones that would have only very little time for their children) is some pressure, that can make a person rather bitter.

The siblings are toxic and as they seemed cool and fun first, they have the typical looks can be deceiving attitude. They are bullies and they don’t care about other people’s emotions and are toying with it. Pretty perfect for the negative side of the illusionist class I would say. I wonder when they will be utilized in the future and how Luz and others will react to them and their actions. They still seem to be rather friendly to Luz, but I wonder if Luz will be the same to them. Another hint about them is that Amity remarked in her diary is, that their siblings are always getting away with their actions and are seen as perfect by some (probably the emperor’s coven and their parents).

Now to Luz, were we delved deeper into her character. We see her overjoyed at the first time meeting the siblings of Amity and loved to hang out with them as they were extremely playful and merry pranksters. But with finding the diary of Amity, she realised that they aren’t just that and this definitely goes too far. She tries to stop the siblings, but the pages open up and some secrets are revealed.

And after Amity discovered that she accused Luz of being a bully. This is something that hit Luz rather hard. Especially as she was an outcast for a very long time and always tried to follow her in the footsteps of some sort. It was important the she could clear things up a bit and giving Amity the book in the end was a nice gesture.

Some of the Demons, like the Bat Queen, seem to support Eda a bit. Not directly I would say, but they are less antagonistic to Eda compared to the authorities.

It also seems that the authority and control of Emperor Bellows (or Belos?) over the Boiling Isles is not the best. Most of the inhabitants don’t care or don’t want to capture Eda aside of the warden and his troops and the emperors coven (and some smaller scoundrels like Grimhammer)

After a long break I decided to write some little think-pieces for some cartoons. Time after time.

I see it as a more unique take on such an often-used rivalry trope. I am not taking Luz as Amitys’ main rival as she can only cast basic light magic and is currently having a long road to take.

First off, it is how the roles implement themselves. Normally the friendly person is the one that lacks talent in magic or has to do it with hard work, but in this case, it is Amity. Her magic manifested earlier, and she is  more well rounded in the magical fields, but in the end, her powers seem much weaker compared to Willows plant magic, which were able to overpower the headmaster, various abominations and the Demonhunters for the past episodes. While Amity for now relies on hard work, her magic is, without a powerglyph, not a big threat and seems much weaker than Willows plant-based magic. It will be interesting how the authors play it off. Does Amity know about the power difference (trying to keep Willow small so the Emperor’s Coven won’t decide to swap her out) or is she still unaware about that. Does it attract the Emperors Coven attention so that they try to recruit the talented witch and dump Amity or do something different. It will be interesting how the Owl House Team will play their cards.

Also, it is also fun to see their first impressions. Willow seemed timid and calm at the first moment but can get easily enraged and the emotions overpower, and Luz had to hold her back in Hooty's Moving Hassle. It was a similar case in the first episode they met where it took her some time to calm down. And this was only after realizing that she could have injured somebody.

Meanwhile Amity is much different. She might come of as rude and insensitive, but she is often rather distraught when her magic fails her. In the past episode they weren’t even able to move a doll and I guess for her it meant more than hanging out with the other witches. She is definitely not happy with the results, but it could mean more too. She is often distraught when she fails and breaks down completely, immediately dropping her tough facade. That is an interesting take for the more antagonistic rival.

How do they want to show us that they are a friendly and warm company with a situation like this and responses like this.

If they really wanted to get this problems away Aaron would have at least pulled back from his positions for a few months, maybe years. Apologizing to them in person and would at least hire a Human Resources Manager that would check that things like that never ever happen again. To any person. But that requires a backbone and he prefers to have a gummy worm as such.

I need to sleep a night over it and improve my writing about it. Also deleted my last posts as I made some declaration mistakes that I cannot forgive myself.

I will react a bit calmer, but am still pissed on Aaron Ehasz and the wonderstorm crew

And of course Erik Todd Dellums sides with him with the “Because he is my friend” philosphy. Come on.

Even friends can be shitty people. It is something that you need to know. Ones friend is anothers tormentor. But you seem to want to drag yourself into this mess. Go on.

This gets worse with every hour. Every sloppy “no this isn’t abuse and the women weren’t actually hurt” tactic is used here and this is problematic.