Pride Month Picks: The Owl House Changed The Landscape Of Queer Animation
Yes, I’m writing about The Owl House again. I can’t be stopped, and given its on hiatus I need to cope with the lack of new episodes somehow. But instead of focusing on a specific character, theme, or theory like usual - to celebrate Pride Month I want to look at how much Dana Terrace’s fantastical show has done for LGBTQ+ representation.
I tuned into the show from its first episode, watching from afar as the fandom began to form around Luz Noceda and her magical adventures amidst The Boiling Isles. Themes of found family, personal acceptance, and learning to be a stronger person in spite of societal expectations across the first handful of episodes established the bedrock for what was to come. From here it was off to the fruity races, and we’ve never looked back.
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Small comments and cutesy interactions between certain personalities had some of us believing that maybe The Owl House would go all the way despite its home on Disney Channel, but there remained so many lingering doubts. Luz’s attraction to both Edric and Emira throughout ‘Lost in Language’ cemented her bisexuality, while we’d see Amity’s own defenses lessen across the first season as she sought to help Luz instead of bully and belittle her. So much of the show was queer-coded, both in dialogue, appearance and overall intention. Our doubts turned into hope, no longer a need to search endlessly for subtext.
Amity caught feelings for this nerdy little human girl, inadvertently spurring forth her own personal growth as a consequence. Episodes like ‘The First Day’ and ‘Enchanting Grom Fright’ planted romantic seeds that would soon blossom, unafraid to explore the anxious delight of
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