The Owl House

The Owl House is about a girl, Luz, who absolutely loves all things fantasy; however, her mother and teachers think Luz is into her interests too deep so her mother sends her to a “special” camp to try to get Luz to behave more normally. When walking to camp though, Luz accidentally lands in a fantasy realm called the Boiling Isles, full of some very weird creatures, and Luz doesn’t know how to get back home.  Luz is taken in by a rebellious witch, Eda, and she becomes Eda’s apprentice.  With the help of her new friends Eda, King and Hooty to name a few, Luz is determined to find a way to get back home; but at the same time, she can’t bear the thought of leaving her new friends, the only friends who really and truly accept who she is.  I mentioned this show once in a blog post last year saying that it was a great show to watch on Halloween but I thought it deserved its own review.  This show is definitely one of Disney’s best!  It has great animation, mostly lovely characters and great character development and some funny moments (and a couple of heartbreaking ones as well).  It’s also been confirmed by The Owl House’s creator that Luz is actually neurodivergent (fans suspect ADHD) and some fans think other characters (like Amity and Hunter) are neurodivergent as well, though this hasn’t been confirmed by the show’s creator.  However, some parts of the show can be kind of weird and creepy (I’d give it a couple of episodes before you form an opinion though). Honestly, after finishing up the 2^nd season, I am going to warn you that the show gets darker. Despite the darkness though, the show does have a lot of light in it as well.  Before Luz found her friends, she was bullied a lot for liking fantasy things and for just being herself but eventually Luz found her “peeps.”  It took a while but Luz eventually realized that there are people who accept you for who you are; and it’s not just Luz.  A lot of the other characters in the show have been looked down upon too and made to feel less than but, for the most part, things did get better even when the characters couldn’t see it yet.  This show’s worldbuilding has been incredible so I hope that, even though the 3^rd and final season will only get three 45-minute specials (really Disney?!?!), The Owl House wraps up well.  I sure will miss it!

So, you have a different way of doing things, a different way of seeing things. That might make you weird, but it also makes you awesome. Don’t you see? Because us weirdos have to stick together. Nobody should be punished for who they are!