How Emperor Belos Manipulates You | An Analysis of The Owl House’s Darkest Villain

[@andrewtyrell4795]

Something I hadn't considered before watching this video is this: "My own family has been hurt by the darkness of wild magic" It's not just a line. It's true, from a certain point of view. In King's Tide he says he doesn't want to see another human corrupted by the Isles and it's implied he means Caleb. He claims he was scarred by wild magic, and he was, but he doesn't mention that he did it to himself. We know he's a liar and manipulator so it's easy to assume that everything he says is a lie but it's not always. Truths and half-truths are tools for his manipulations. Hollow Mind shows us how close he skirts the truth when manipulating Hunter. He's such a great villain. I want and need to learn how to make a villain as effective.

[@magblogs]

Thanks for sharing that, and Yes he definitely is one of the best villains I have seen from the disney animated series. They did such a great job in constructing his character. They didn't rely on the typical villain monlogue to explain his character. They just allowed it to unfold piece by piece. They allowed us to kind of put things together...... but part of me also wants the villain monologue...lol😂😂😅

[@andrewtyrell4795]

@@magblogs We couldn't have had a monologue from him because Luz would have taken that chance to act because she's a huge nerd and there's no way she hasn't seen The Incredibles. 😆

[@magblogs]

@@andrewtyrell4795 😄🤣...nice one

[@millerkarageanes1562]

What helps is Matthew Rhys voice really makes him scarier doesn’t it

[@turbobrony1472]

Couldn't agree more on Belos/Philip's manipulative tactics! That's why, in my opinion, Emperor Belos/Philip Wittebane is Disney's best and darkest villain ever!

[@magblogs]

Agreed

[@someonerandom8545]

Bill?

[@someonerandom8545]

@@Jay-uj2er personally when I compare villians I keep it in fiction sense that's what it is, and doing that Bill is by far worse and more evil

[@arnijulian6241]

I can see non of you have sat across the room from a statesmen/politician;) Belos/Philip is not a manipulator as such for he lets people fear run wild on mere words without resolute purpose & people eat this that we Englishmen often call wiff-waff. What we of old blighty find amazing is how easily people out side the isles of Blight fall for such cobblers. I wouldn't consider Emperor Belos Evil but certainly not a Goodman as like most politicians he is indifferent to the point life holds only the value of what can be gained from sending it to it's slaughter. Look at kings & Politicians sending young men of in the million to die for their interest & agendas in fart away lands? Are you saying every politician is a darker villain then Belos? Belos killed hundreds mainly 200 or more Grimwalkers of Caleb, That is nothing compared to the dead that a real life leader must stand upon their path pathed in the dead. William the conqueror to secure his rightful claim to England in the harrowing of the north he killed 1/2 a million in the 11th century to end any & all rebellions. Look at any leader & few are not surrounded by death for it is often unavoidable but most just don't care about those not in their elite circle. Belos as awful as he is every death serves a purpose to his interests & he doesn't harm those that don't play a role or gets in his way. That makes him preferable to most any Politician for he gained something more then mere land title or riches but longevity greater then 300 years & knowledge of not only his universe but in practice altogether another. Emperor Belos seem pleasant compared to Stalin that killed at least 44 million. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun Got man to the moon, made the 1st ICBM & hypersonic cruise missile. He killed far more in the Blitz of London then Emperor Belos in his fiction yet the USA gave this former Nazi citizenship who use to strap Judae people to rocket thrusters for testing the human body. Over 20,000 in force captivity died making V2 rockets under Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun. People today have no idea what real evil is & are so gullible they would likely vote it into power! I have seen worse evils on my council estate as a nipper then Emperor Belos. Nothing like seeing a child stabbed for loose change or their shoes while the young man that did it wears gold jewllery smiling with mockery. That is fvcking Evil! I have no idea to this day if any of that scum were ever caught much less punished! That is the world we live in far worse then anything Disney can think up.

[@calebkaminski6951]

​@@Jay-uj2er what about Judge Frodo from hunch back of notre dame?

[@magblogs]

I like how they handled his character in the show. They didn't have Belos give a direct monolgue of his past. They told it through background paintings 🖼 and through Philips diaries and through Luz visit to the past. It was a nice way for the team to give us 2 and 2 without telling us 4.

[@someonerandom8545]

I'm thankful you made this video because I'm trying to learn more about manipulation so this is great for me

[@magblogs]

@@someonerandom8545 🤣🤣

[@snickerdoodell]

Hollow Mind is probably one of my favourite episodes of any tv show ever. It's so well written, the reveals are so well done, the background paintings were such a nice touch, and of course, the writing for Emperor Belos is impeccable.

[@magblogs]

Couldn't agree more!

[@carcrashereal]

I always knew belos was a menace but the moment he truly became irredeemable for me is when he refused to play hide and seek with the collector. Absolutely despicable behavior

[@magblogs]

😂

[@Fluxo-j2d]

Fr

[@casualscrollron3923]

And all this, because he just REALLY HATES the witches

[@magblogs]

Lol...I know right...😂. The things villains do are insane. I don't know how long he has been alive because it was mentioned that he hasn't been to earth in decades. I mean to be dedicated to such hatred for decades, talk about holding a grudge...damn.

[@JessicaBrantley-bc4vv]

@@magblogscenturies actually. I assume Belos/Philip was around during the peak of the witch hunts, which was in the late 1600s to early 1700s so it’s not decades it’s centuries.

[@seed_drill7135]

Well, one did turn him into a newt.

[@TheNuclearAtomizer]

He plays god. Like a character. Saying he knows the will of what is essentially God or just the Titan sound reminiscent of real people saying it's "not in God's will". He's using a real manipulation method that would work on more religious people. Seeing as the witches kinda saw the Titan as a god, they would fall into this same trap. I never saw this similarity until now. It shows the kind of evil Belos is. Using people's own beliefs as a weapon against them.

[@mysryuza]

Everything you said here is why I love manipulative villains. They can also be a reflection of how people in real life can be like. It doesn’t have to be a religious context, but in general, and the fact that it can occur anywhere makes villains like these scarier

[@juliegrine2875]

Belos is such a master manipulator that he was able to make lilith curse eda while belos isnt even there he was able to moraly break luz making her traumatized that luz helped make belos emperor and he was able to manipulate hunter to make him do his dirty work and when he found out about the grimwalkers belos was ready to kill him belos was able to manipulate people for years past and present even when hes not there your always being manipulated luz for example was manipulated into finding about philip and looking up to him and when luz helps philip make contact with the collector and luz was able to make belos emperor without her even realising it and when belos reveals that he is philip luz is devastated and moraly shattered. Even when you think your doing the right thing to stop belos in reality your just playing right into his hands he makes you think that your doing the right thing but he orchestrated it and in the end he will leave you broken and he will get what he wants no matter what and he makes you think that you can trust him he makes you think that he will give you paradise but no one truly knows it in reality emperor bellos as a figurehead is just a shell of the true belos and the true belos can hide himself so well that no one would even question to know hes just that manipulative you think you know him as a good emperor but in reality hes just a master manipulator hes that good and for him the people of the boiling isles play right into his hands without realising it just like luz you never know the true belos and by the time you do it would be too late........

[@magblogs]

Belos is not gonna like that I just exposed his manipulative tactics. 😅 Feel free to LIKE and SHARE the video if you enjoyed it.

[@mumenrider1908]

*Baylos* really is manipulative huh?

[@magblogs]

@@mumenrider1908 absolutely 💯 👌

[@DragonGoddess18]

Meh, maybe he'll like it, maybe he won't Maybe he wants others to be like him

[@magblogs]

@@DragonGoddess18 😂...I guess we'll never know.

[@turbobrony1472]

Belos/Philip truly is wicked!

[@amitysluzara2022]

It's absolutely terrifying just how manipulative Belos is

[@WizardToby]

Belos: "Wild magic angers the titan" "My family has been hurt by wild magic" The truth: Magic goes against his Puritan world view from colonial New England and a wild magic witch "took" his brother away from him.

[@hcanimation4102]

Hollow Mind is definitely 100% a masterpiece. It also came out on my birthday last year 😊. No doubt, the darkest episode of The Owl House. It was like psychological horror for Luz and Hunter. I genuinely wanted to crawl through the screen and give Luz and Hunter a hug 😔. But seriously, everything in Hollow Mind form start to finish is absolutely amazing. The way they told 2 stories at the same time, the main one on screen with Luz and Hunter going through Belos's mind, and Belos's backstory with his older brother in the paintings, amazing storytelling. The way the paintings throughout the episode just get darker by the end, when you find out that Belos/Philip killed his brother. When we find out what the sigil's are really meant for/what the Day of Unity really is, and finding the hallway of all the Grimwalkers that Belos's made of his brother, then murdered when they didn't live up to his expectations/standards 😔. The way Hunter goes from being happy and feels proud about being the Golden Guard, to completely traumatized after learning the truth about his life and identity being a lie is incredibly sad 😔, then him realizing that Belos might kill him if he returns to the castle in a panic attack, which was just heartbreaking to watch, this poor boy. Luz realizing that Belos is Philip, and that she helped him by accident was also heartbreaking to watch her breakdown. This episode was really dark and intense. 10/10 episode. I also want to congratulate the voice actor's because they did an incredible job. Hunter's voice actor (Zeno Robinson) really delivered that panic attack at the end of the episode.

[@AH-is5yg]

Everything that has happened was really Belos's fault not Luz. Luz's family and friends help Luz overcame it. Belos had no one while Luz had people she cares about.

[@magblogs]

Yeah

[@AH-is5yg]

@@magblogs thanks. Luz's self loathing was holding her back and also she was thinking that she was like Belos until King's dad tells her that she is nothing like him to finally snap her out of it.

[@MidgardMadness]

You seriously deserve A LOT more attention for what you've done with this video, cause 1. your editing is awesome and I wish mine was a good as this (probably cause I just use DaVinci resolve lol), and 2. you actually dive into terms directly relating to the study of psychology. I thought/felt like I was doing that a lot with my video discussing this topic, but man, the way you describe it all makes it sound educational, factual, like you're actually teaching something, and overall made it feel like you put the way I talked about it to shame lol, incredible work man!

[@magblogs]

Your video was awesome as well. I loved how in depth you went in discussing Belo's manipulation. I actually use Davinci Resolve as well 🙂.

[@MidgardMadness]

@@magblogs Oh dang, I guess I just have a lot less experience in the software lol. But yeah, you mostly talked about how exactly Belos made his manipulation work and the way you cover it was incredible, I just majorly went over how exactly he was able to do it towards all the characters, despite their different experiences and backgrounds, and have it all gear towards the same outcome, him getting his way to kill witch-kind, both of which are very vital to what makes his character so interesting. I'm really not into psychology or anything of the sorts like you seem to be, I'm just a wannabe writer that enjoys those details lol, still, really great video you've made going over him!

[@tyrannosauruswrex123]

Belos is an excellent villain. And scarily real in a sense

[@billlupin8345]

Did you notice Belos somehow had blonde/greying hair in modern times? Do you recall him trying to posess an abandoned grimmwalker? Remember Caleb's hair color?

[@arshu_parshu1999]

Of course he is greying, he is centuries old

[@ohno8398]

Thank you so much for including subtitles!

[@magblogs]

Welcome 👍

[@lilac2131]

@@magblogs yeah it was super helpful!

[@magblogs]

@@lilac2131 happy it helped 👍

[@Xoracious]

However, this is only one side of the coin. I hope you show the other, MAG Blogs.

[@magblogs]

What's are you thoughts on the other side

[@Xoracious]

@@magblogs You have not talked about the Puritans. About how Connecticut was like during Philip's age. His childhood, his motivation and also the reason for making the Grimwalkers, for detailing his own mask after his childhood one and why he was so willing to do whatever it takes to make sure no Witches and Demons will ever live again. And also how Emperor Belos is not just a Puppet Master but he is also a Puppet of himself as well. Maybe you can also link Philip to Jacob Hopkins in a part of the video. Anyways, these are just my own thoughts. You don't really have to make a sequel but it could also be good to show the other sides. The more complex sides of his character.

[@D0NTD0ITY0U]

Say it with me be-low-s

[@magblogs]

Never 😄😅

[@oceanstarwed623]

"BaLo'ses mind" boy what

[@magblogs]

Bae-loes ❤️

[@Fluxo-j2d]

@@magblogs buy loose 👍👍👍

[@nataliapanfichi9933]

Belos is shadow Weaver and hunter is a mix of catra and adora.

[@Icantchangemyhandlehelp]

I only watched some of the first season, which was awhile back, but I think I can see it, yeah

[@jessicamalca]

Belos reminds me of Amon from The Legend Of Korra both people loved by everyone both hate and want to get rid of people with powers and have equality both clame to comuntcat with a entity and both of them turn out to be compleat frauds and both of them changed there names and both of them have a brother and both of them have a scar across his face and both of them ware a mask

[@magblogs]

That's a very interesting comparison right there. 👌

[@mrmoose3018]

“Balos”

[@magblogs]

😅...I butchered his name to pieces..lol

[@syaifulfauziahfaiq59]

laugh in nsdap 1933 and 1945

[@magblogs]

what ?😐

[@dutchstewart9462]

I have a potential theory for "The Owl House," could Luz (and humans in general) possibly be something of an amplifier for magic cast by witches? The reason I bring this up is because some of the most impressive feats (outside of Eda's) were performed with Luz either being directly involved or in close proximity to the spell being cast. Do you find this theory plausible or am I just finding something where there is nothing?

[@magblogs]

That is a plausible theory could you cite 2 examples from the show where you noticed this. 🤔

[@dutchstewart9462]

@@magblogs can I give you the examples through a verbal means of communication I'm autistic with reading and writing difficulties would you be willing to use a voice chat on Discord for example

[@magblogs]

@@dutchstewart9462 yes...

[@magblogs]

What's your discord

[@magblogs]

@@dutchstewart9462 yes

[@PoetsFallenLand]

emperor bey-los lol

[@magblogs]

lol

[@SANSTHEPUNMASTER-x5j]

“Baylous”

[@magblogs]

No say it with me "Bae-lous" 🙃💅

[@SANSTHEPUNMASTER-x5j]

Bobluz

[@arshu_parshu1999]

Bae Loses

[@magblogs]

😂

[@MHTheOwlHouser]

Can someone tell him to stop saying Bae-los...

[@magblogs]

😅 ikr

[@sueflewelling3657]

excuse me can I ask you a question?

[@magblogs]

Yes

[@sueflewelling3657]

@@magblogs ok have you played fire emblem?

[@magblogs]

@@sueflewelling3657 No I haven't..did something remind you of the game ?

[@sueflewelling3657]

@@magblogs nothing in the video did but I was just wondering. but I recommend it. it's a video strategy game of most of stand alone titles and the fist one i recommend is three houses because it dose a good job at telling of no real good or evil sides.

[@magblogs]

@@sueflewelling3657 Thanks for sharing. I haven't had the opportunity to delve into strategy games. I usually play story driven ones I'll keep that game in mind. Thanks for the recommendation

[@maylunaberry5315]

Emperor Belos is Jordan Peterson.