Dana Terrace was right, we weren’t ready for this week’s episode of The Owl House.
The season two finale is now less than a week away, with all the pieces aligning ahead of multiple narrative revelations and character moments that will change our view on this universe forever. Battles will be fought, people might be lost, and we’ll see exactly how Luz and company plan to triumph in the face of Emperor Belos and the Day of Unity.
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Luz Noceda’s queer magical adventure only has a single episode and three extended specials left to tell its story and I’m absolutely not ready for it to end, but I adore how the team behind it are wasting absolutely no time in making every second count.
Not a single instance is wasted as we inch closer and closer to the conclusion, even as certain developments the crew hoped to expand upon are merely hinted at or left on the cutting room floor because there just isn’t enough time to do them justice. There's even a joke about a beach episode and not having enough time for 20 more adventures in this week's episode.
That breaks my heart, but fortunately it’s being kept aflutter by all manner of moments that will go down in history as some of animation’s fruitiest ever. The Owl House is unapologetic in what it wants to be, depicting each character with a level of emotional honesty that few in its demographic are able to match. Luz is a lovable yet layered heroine who is impossible not to root for, with a comprehensive character arc that is still being unearthed as we inch closer towards the finale. We have no idea where she will end up, but she cares so much for the people and world around her while never once
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