Although I don’t recognize exactly where Eda is standing in this screenshot from the promo, I believe that she is outside or near the Emperor's Castle. The orange-gold colors and angular designs of the background resemble the setting of Eda and Lilith’s showdown in Agony of a Witch.

Also, Eda’s surrounded by vines that resemble ones made with plant magic. Although these vines could have come from anywhere, I can’t help but notice that similar vines surround Raine in this new end credits shot:

Taking both of these things into account, I’m thinking that Eda will have a battle with someone outside of the Emperor's Castle that parallels her season 1 fight with Lilith, except this time, she will be attempting to rescue Raine instead of Luz. Who that someone may be, I’m not sure; unless I’m mistaken, we don’t currently know much about any witch in the plant coven besides Willow, who I doubt would be fighting Eda. But regardless, the idea of a showdown that mirrors AOAW is intriguing and a little frightening. Depending on how hard the writers lean into the parallels, perhaps Raine will be freed, but in order to make that happen, Eda will have to make yet another grave sacrifice.

Owltober Day 17: Most Emotional Moment

“And Luz, thank you for being in my life.”

This was the first moment in the series that made me cry. I’m gonna copy my reasoning from an Owltober post I made last year, I don’t think I can top it.

“This line socked me in the gut when I least expected it. Eda was cursed to turn into the owl beast around age 16-17, maybe? And it’s implied (or maybe it isn’t and this is just what I think) that after she was cursed she either ran away or got kicked out of her home, meaning it’s been just Eda, King, and Hooty for over 20 years. I’m not sure she was unhappy, but she was lonely. And then suddenly, Eda became a parental figure for Luz, a drastic change in her life. She suddenly had someone to care about. I knew subconsciously that Eda loved Luz, but hearing her say “thank you for being in my life” still shocked me somehow. Eda never likes to get emotional, and she’s telling Luz how much she cares about her while she’s thinking that she’ll probably never get to see Luz again. It’s so sweet and so sad, and it’s definitely the most emotional moment in The Owl House for me.”

Owltober Day 29: Wanted Criminals

Okay, let’s talk about this for a minute. Emperor Belos claimed that Eda’s petrification was the petrification to happen in 30 years, but that’s clearly not true. These three offenders were shown to be alive in Agony of a Witch and were dead in Young Blood, Old Souls. Belos has likely been killing witches in secret this entire time. 

And you know what? I think this is probably common knowledge. Witches are disappearing from the streets and are never seen again. There’s no way that people haven’t picked up on that. I believe that everyone nods and plays along when Belos says that he hasn’t petrified anyone in 30 years, but most witches have picked up on the fact that he’s lying. My point is, the Boiling Isles is a dictatorship where executions are routinely held but the citizens are afraid to admit that they know about them. A lot of people know that Belos is evil, but they don’t want to get petrified, so they say nothing. This shit is scary.

Owltober Day 28: Palismans

Y’know, I should have thought about the fact that today’s prompt was palismans before I poured out all of my thoughts on palismans here, here, here, and here over the last couple of days. I’m running out of things to say about palismans. Oops.

Anyways, remember in Agony of a Witch when Belos cracks open a palisman and consumes some sort of flowing gas that is inside it? And remember Dana Terrace’s said in her AMA that palismans must be carved from a special type of wood, and then said “that is... if that precious resource is still around?” What if those two things are connected?

If Emperor Belos needs to regularly kill palismans and consume their magic, then he may have people whose job is specifically to make palismans for this purpose. Those people would burn through palisman wood very quickly, diminishing the supply of an already scarce resource. Because of Belos, younger witches-in-training may not be able to make palismans at all. That’s sad, but I’m more interested in hearing what will happen to Belos when he runs out of palisman juice to consume. Will he die? Will he lose his ability to do magic, making him significantly easier to fight? Will he send out teams of Emperor's Coven members to try to capture palismans?

I don’t think Dana would have put that cryptic line in her AMA if it didn’t mean something important. (Then again, she did fool us all with the whole Creepy Luz thing.) The Boiling Isles could very well run out of palisman wood, and that could be big for Belos and potentially the entire cast.

So now that Amity hurt her leg, can we consider her officially a part of the Boo Boo Buddies Club?

Now I have this adorable image in my head of Luz putting one of her colorful bandaids on Amity’s cast and saying “Now we’re boo boo buddies!” while Amity just goes fdjhssajhfhvksdyfkudfh

The line in the entire series that makes me hate Lilith more than any other line:

“And I have the power to remove it, if you would just let me explain.”

Bitch... you went over to her house and played a game of grudgby. You had more than enough time to explain. Eda was always willing to listen to you. Do not act like she didn’t let you explain. You never tried to explain. You made a selfish mistake and then you were too cowardly to confess. Don’t try to act like any of this was Eda. This was all you, Lilith.