Same Character

In retrospect, he thought of the grimwalkers as toys you break and rebuild for funsies; he didn’t really know what death meant back then. I wonder if he feels guilty in retrospect when he realizes what he did to everyone…

I’ve been thinking about this for so long.

Shout out to Raine’s nap. 

Sleeby bard,,,

Ahaha, poor Eda! No wonder she’s nervious, there must be a million things running through her head from meeting Luz’s mom for the first time.

“Sorry for adopting your kid, it wasn’t personal. And sorry for teaching her about crime. And wizard swearing. And I swear the house usually looks nicer than this.”

…

“So… how do you feel about a polycule with an anxious bard?”

I was so sad this part wasn’t voice acted because OP you’re just correct and Eda ABSOLUTELY said this

I know it’s technically the main character’s job to kill the main antagonist, but I’m fine with Luz not giving Belos the final blow for a couple of reasons.

A. She already did most of the work by yanking his bitch-ass out of the Titan’s heart and melting him the boiling rain.

B. He doesn’t deserve even Luz’s reaction. It’s great that she says and does NOTHING to him as he’s begging for help from his “fellow human,” only for Luz to do nothing but watch (and turn away at one point) as he melts away.

C. THIS is the last thing he sees:

Raine, representing the very people Belos deemed evil and worthy of genocide. King, the son of the Titan who’s name he tarnished to use for twisted purposes. Eda, the relative to the woman who’s lover Belos killed due to his own twisted morals and ideals years ago.  All three of them represent something Belos abused and hated, and they’re the very thing that sends him straight to hell.

Honestly,  I couldn’t have asked for it better.

Thinking of how the Titan showed Luz the first glyph, Light, because she was kind to his son and listened to him, made him feel like his interests mattered when so many others overlooked the little guy and didn’t care about people like him. He didn’t force Luz to painstakingly find it on her own, as Philip did; The Titan freely gave this to her.

Then the second glyph, Ice, comes when Luz takes the moment to listen to the Titan; To say that she’ll learn on his terms, she’ll respect his body and work with him. Luz paid attention to the unheard son, and now the parent, speaking with and not for him as Philip did.

She gets the Plant glyph afterwards by continuing to follow that principle and give his son fun and company…

And the final glyph, Fire? Wing it like Witches is a major epiphany for Luz’s development, where it really hits her that she can’t drag her friends around in her attempts to play out certain beloved tropes and story beats she grew up on; In particular, this episode was about her desire to be the underdog hero, dragging Willow into relatively high-stakes consequences for a Grudgby match she did not ask for.

Sound familiar? I wonder if the Titan was low key afraid of Luz following in Philip’s steps, recognized that similar hero complex… Even if Luz was nowhere near as evil as Belos, well. Philip started off from somewhere, he didn’t begin as a genocidal dictator with countless sins to his name, he built his way up. Maybe the Titan is just being paranoid, Luz is so young after all! But in the end, he hid one final glyph from Philip because of his need for control, and it was admittedly Luz who jeopardized this precaution by giving Philip the Light spell.

Yet in Wing it like Witches, Luz really matures when she steps up and takes responsibility for her recklessness, for subsuming Willow’s problem and low key making it about herself, and what she decides for the group. Luz takes the full consequences of the stakes she set up so neither Willow nor Gus have to, and it’s this mature gesture of self-awareness that prompts them to reciprocate and forgive Luz.

So I wonder if THAT moment was what solidified to the Titan that yes, I really can trust this child. This human, the first after centuries of another who has been desecrating my corpse, bastardizing my name; She truly didn’t know any better, and meant well, teaching Philip the Titan’s last glyph. The first few glyphs were like little gifts, but giving Luz the last one meant she had full access to all of the Titan’s magic, so long as she experimented with glyph combos. And the Titan felt safe to entrust her with something he barred from Philip, because why?

Because Luz got over that fatal flaw of Philip’s; The desire to be the hero at any cost. That proved she wouldn’t follow in his footsteps, she diverged at a crucial point, and it meant she’d never become another Belos. They both worked and studied for the glyphs, but what mattered was the compassion that Luz had, and it was her kindness that began her discovery of glyphs. The Titan could trust his final glyph to her, Fire… But as he’d find out, it wasn’t even his final gift to Luz, either.

There really is this recurring arc of hesitancy from the Titan; Someone who was used, betrayed, and taken advantage of. And knew how easy it was for the same to happen to his son. So to see the little ways in which he opens up, recognizes Luz’s kindness and maturity and responds to each step in her growth… It’s like someone learning to trust again, realizing they’ve really found a friend after all. It’s no wonder Luz is treated like an old friend by the Titan, because she is one, and it makes his final gift and farewell to her all the more impactful.

On a lighter note! I’m just imagining the Titan figuring out how to show Luz the Fire glyph, after deciding he’ll do just that. I keep thinking of him watching Luz in the Grudgby game, cheering her on and giving Luz support by illuminating his last glyph in Boscha’s fire; “Here kid, take this!” It’s such a relatively casual and silly moment too, because the Titan isn’t obsessed with the theatrics and drama of godhood.

I love Papa Titan so much and it is a CRIME we didn’t get more of him,,,

emperor belos is literally one of the most characters ever. like. you don't get it. he's a 400 years old puritan. he is the most powerful witch that ever lived. he's a Creature. he thinks of himself as a savior of humanity. he killed 50 children. he possesed the body of God. he bit a person with his bare teeth. once he got hit by a car. his name is philip and he's from connecticut

He died by getting curb stomped by two middle aged gay people and the son of a god.

WE GOT THE RAEDA KISS

ur fuckin kidding

SANS UNDERTAIL

Another thing about the Titan that I enjoyed was how he's so fundamentally different from Belos's christian idea of god. She's bigender. She's super chill and takes the appearance of a 40 something dad when talking to mortals. That loud, disruptive woman who is bi, commits treason, and refuses to fall in line? Yeah He's been watching her and is a huge fan. She loves bread puns and uses his powers to make magic more accesible for everyone. He trusts a 14 year old girl with the power of god to save the world and defeat the white, straight man who came to colonize his world.

I AM AGGRESSIVELY OBSESSED WITH HOW GOOD THIS DESIGN IS IT MAKES ME T GET GRGGRGRGRRGRGRGRGRGRR FERAL FOR BLORBO

A tribute to Luz, one of my favorite characters of all time. I felt it necessary to make fanart of her since The Owl House is ending soon, but my love for the show will never fade <3

OMG REPOST CUZ I FORGOT TO ADD THE SPECIAL EFFECTS 😭😭😭😭

a hero’s death

Turn on the light.