The Owl House
Us weirdos have to stick together.
An animated fantasy-comedy series that follows Luz, a self-assured teenage girl who accidentally stumbles upon a portal to a magical world where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical abilities, Luz pursues her dream of becoming a witch by serving as Eda's apprentice at the Owl House and ultimately finds a new family in an unlikely setting.
Wokeness: 60%
Overall Score: 90%
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Rosario Banana
Pretty darn woke and just not that great
It's clear the writers are very much pushing their moral values in this series.
There's the message of self-love, standard New York-style racial diversity without much thought put into it, the main character's lesbian romance with the creator's self-insert, the mentor's romance with a "non-binary" character, the religious extremism of the main antagonist and more. It very quickly adds up.
Plus, the story is just not that good. It feels like a poor man's version of the Witch Hat Atelier manga with a bunch of generic filler episodes.
In fact, I recommend checking out Witch Hat Atelier manga instead. It has the same basic premise (non-magical girl wants to learn magic from a recluse mentor) but it has much better world-building and story structure.
Created: 01-05-2023
Name
Super Good, Kinda Woke.
When someone says "woke", they usually refer to some badly made progressive stuff, which this show kind of has sometimes. Except the representation is super good and realistic. Speaking about good and realistic, the characters are enjoyable and "quirky" but they all have a goal (or a journey) and they all try to complete it in a way or another. The action and overall theme is fantastic and the music is good too. The villain is one of the best villains to come out of Disney, period. Such an imposing presence, and a great schemer who never backs down. Really recommend watching it, 4/5 (the only problems I find in it is the maybe too quick pacing of Season 2 and the seldom wokeness, but considering they got shortened, it makes sense as to why).
Created: 10-25-2023
Hidden
Great and gay show
The show is great and shares a lot of similarities with Gravity falls. The show has great comedy and loveable characters. Luz is one of the best modern protagonists and emperor Belos is easily the best disney villain since Bill cipher. There are a lot of other great characters like Eda, King, Hunter and Amity who all go through excellent character arcs.
The show is also very gay, the maincharacter, Luz, who is a girl starts dating another girl, Amity, halfway through season 2 and there is also a non-binary character, Raine.
Created: 01-16-2024
jarshua
Woke but good
‘The Owl House’’s lesbian relationship between the bisexual teenage girl main character and another girl is a large part of the narrative, in addition with a less-prominent relationship with a non-binary person. The only prominent heterosexual relationships are 1) between a pansexual girl (who has two fathers) and a bisexual boy (these orientations aren’t mentioned on-screen, but were stated by the creator) and 2) a strained marriage with three children between a woman who is a secondary antagonist, and a man who leaves her for another man after learning his wife is evil. The protagonist has a loving relationship with her single mother, however.
Despite the very prominent LGBT+ themes, the show is engaging and of good quality. The mystery and worldbuilding are interesting, the characters are well-written with good arcs, and the artstyle and animation are appealing.
Created: 03-05-2024
