How the Owl House Cheated Death

[@cantaloupegodling352]

The Owl House deserved better but absolutely kicked ass with what it got.

[@dylansimon6243]

I absolutely agree with you, the owl House deserved better and more

[@The.Percy.Ever.]

REALEST REALNESS

[@typemasters2871]

I still get catharsis when the first special for season 3 was released and there was news about Disney realising how popular Owl House was in a way that implied that they originally didn’t realise just how popular the show actually was It felt like Disney finally realised that cancelling the Owl House was a bad idea only after it was too late, thus Disney has to suffer the loss of content they themselves cut off, like watching someone cutting off their own foot only to realise that they need both feet to stand

[@arranr]

I always love a good Owl House monologue

[@idk_mations]

Real

[@SilverScribe85]

Owl House may be over...but its legacy continues to thrive through fan creations, songs and reactions from new fans. Heck, reports have been shown that Disney FINALLY caught on to just how popular the show is via online viewership

[@SlightlyDisturbed123]

I got my lil cousins hooked... The Owl House is played. On. REPEAT. In that house. Constantly. King is their favorite character. Their favorite couples are, ofc, Amnity and Luz and Eda and Raine. We can tell who the evil twin is, because Eda is her role model.

[@Avoryuwu]

thinking about owl house constantly puts me in danger of breaking down and crying for hours because of how much i love the show and how much i relate to luz in just literally every way

[@MeisterSchwabbo]

I watched the show over the course of the last 4 days... idk why but i needed to cry at every single beautiful and sad moment, and i needed to cry pretty much the entire time while watching the finale... i really hope disney realizes what they did wrong and will bring back Dana for more owl house, a continuation of the story where they are exploring the new landmasses that appeared after the titan moved, maybe even a cult that found another way into the human realm and now tries to bring back the sigils and the Emperors coven, etc.

[@Caffin8tor]

Every show has loose ends, but only The Owl House has Luz ends!

[@rainbowhamham27]

just an addendum: lilith and steve would never have gotten a romance since dana has confirmed lilith is aro/ace!! please don't erase us aspecs hahah, we have a place in my favourite show ever too (lilith is one of my favourite characters, i love her and her deadwardian baluster obsession

[@arsonzartz]

YES!! their just besties!! everyone acts like their a married couple just because steve picked up lilith in the finale. picking up your bff's is normal tho- or else i would be in a romantic relationship with all my friends and siblings.

[@UnholyBasil]

@@rainbowhamham27 I honestly had no idea Dana had done that, both Lilith and Vee had noticeable blushes interacting with those characters. I guess I got caught up in the whole "meet cute" method of storytelling, thank you for the correction!

[@foxxknight8847]

What has been said about Vee and/or Masha that "confirms" it as a qpr? Because the blushing implies at least romantic on Vee's part. I've seen nothing that implies either is ace or aro. I HAVE seen Lilith described officially as aro/ace, though.

[@rainbowhamham27]

@@foxxknight8847 oh shit you're right, i tried to look it up but i can't find anything! (tho it was an honest mistake, i could have sworn i saw something confirming the qpr thing at some point, must have imagined it or something :/) I have amended my comment, thanks for pointing out my mistake!! :D

[@rainbowhamham27]

@@UnholyBasil thank you for acknowledging the correction, it was just an honest mistake caused by society's amatonormativity, no hard feelings :D Also sorry from my end, as someone else has kindly pointed out, vee was actually never confirmed as aspec. I retract my earlier statement about them, the lilith thing is actually confirmed tho!! i am really sorry to anyone else i might have misled too, please ignore the vee part of my comment if you saw it before my edit!

[@SongbirdNest]

When you have a fan base as dedicated and loving as The Owl House’s, the show will never die. It will live on through comics and ideas and every persons love for this show. I would like someday for these’re to be a sequel show, Luz struggles to become a witch now that she can’t use the glyphs, Amity and Hunter deal with PTSD from Belos and Gus tries to teach the people of the isle more about humans. In the end I love this show and always will and I will always have beef with Disney for cancelling this wonderful show.

[@miyu1424]

I just wanted to add that in the last episode of the show after a timeskip, King became powerful enough to manifest his own glyphs so no worries, Luz is eventually able to use the glyphs again! I am curious what she does in the period during the skip though. Maybe she specializes in potions since those don't seem to require magic to brew?

[@monkeychief1904]

This is a super underrated video! The Owl House managed to pull off such an amazing ending with such little time.

[@hypertekextinction7886]

This isn't even surprising, legends never die.

[@annettegee6953]

In Australia before season 3 it was hard to watch episodes when they first aired due to not having cable and it took a long time for episodes to come to Disney plus In Australia so by the time it comes here we are all ready spoiled about it.

[@UnholyBasil]

Holy shit I did not know that, damn Disney really did everything they could to fuck this show over huh

[@kevinmorris3200]

Even in America there were constant leaks and spoilers that hindered the excitement and buildup to the three specials

[@kcinrennat2606]

Disney plus is notorious for taking a literal month to put up episodes, unless you went to other sites for your owl house fill, you were getting spoiled lol

[@Jayden_floof]

you made me cry... the happiest of tears. to see that this show is still being enjoyed a year after its end, and to know it will be remembered fondly for what we got instead of tragically for what could have been. it makes me feel bittersweet, though looking back on the Owl House makes me hopeful for what the future could bring.

[@Hero_of_Storms]

Lovely takes all around. I share the sentiment that although I'm sad about what we missed, I feel very amazed by what we got and never got the impression of the show feeling overly "rushed" Also, love to see you giving a shoutout to Owl House content creators! Glad you shouted out Liz, too. I'm currently one of the people working on upcoming episodes of The Owl House Revived, so I love to see more people made aware of Liz's channel and that series.

[@UnholyBasil]

Oh man, that's awesome! Keep up the good work, I'm rooting for you!

[@CT-2172]

Penn Zero: Part Time Hero, has seemed to be lost to time

[@bellablondon6172]

The show isn’t even on Disney plus 😭

[@pickledoesthings4922]

i also am rewatching it for pride lmao. keep the video commentary coming dude. maybe do a video about the evolution of hunter’s character? no pressure tho

[@koiish92]

Owl house was once originally gonna have 4 season, but killed it short. As for the it's for older audience excuse they used. It aired on Disney XD which is the disney channel FOR THE OLDER AUDIENCE!

[@transdimensionalantics8526]

The owl house helped me a lot. I used to watch it with my mom when she was sick, but she passed away before season 3 came out. It hurt, but somehow, the messages really helped. Even if years have passed, the pain never goes away, but that's alright. She was amazing, I'll always miss her.

[@borjankosarac3645]

Reminder that the Collector in the form we *got* them, was a result of the show’s chopped runtime; Dana has stated she planned the Archivists but wouldn’t have introduced one as she did, so he/they might have not existed as a result… The way Season 1 ended up - warts and all - resulted in a lot of what Season 2 was especially in the first half; the second half was in part a result of the Season 3 specials. Like you yourself put it, it’s *beautiful* for all its strengths and weaknesses and (frustration with the Disney Company and general profiteering nonsense notwithstanding) I don’t know if I’d have had it any other way.

[@Owen-x8r]

There is no other piece of media in existence that that gets me as emotional as The Owl House. Even just watching this video nearly brought me to tears. It’s a masterpiece and I, along with every other Owl House fan,genuinely will never forget how it touched us.

[@AmeliaKeeney]

Fantastic video, I miss this show so much.

[@SkywardShoe]

Something a lot of people missed is that the cancellation/shortening changed the entire trajectory of the show. Everything from season 2 episode 11 onward is a new, distinct direction from what was originally planned, and there's no guarantee that half of what happened in the show as it is would have been a part of the show as it could have been. Apparently the Collector wasn't even going to be a major character, so a full season 3 wouldn't have given more time to King and the Collector's relationship, that relationship likely wouldn't have even existed. Same with all the human world shenanigans from the montage, the hex squad may not have even ended up there. While I'd love to know what the original version of the show would have been like, I adore the version we got and I'm not sure that I'd be willing to trade it for that other theoretical version. While the reasons for the cancellation were bad, I feel like they went beyond making lemonade from lemons. They made the best lemon bars I've ever had the pleasure to eat.

[@oompaloompa16]

It could’ve been like Amphibia where the 3rd season was mostly them in the human realm and Anne showing the frogs around ((until they actually get back))

[@Namis_axare00]

you should make more owl house videos. I don't know if i sound rude but you should tell your shenanigans that happened between seasons or post timeskip. ANd, you explain amazing!! Keep going!

[@jasonjasso666]

Though it’s unfortunate and quite maddening what Disney did to The Owl House, if it wasn’t for them which forced the team to make the best out of an awful situation, I wouldn’t have developed a new perspective on shows as a whole. Hazbin Hotel is critiqued to hell for its fast pacing and very few episodes, and although this is true, I also see the Spindlehorse team trying their best under Amazon’s greedy higher ups. I’m not saying we need to excuse flaws or never criticize a show, just that maybe we should approach certain shows differently based on the shitty hand they’re dealt. P.S - Companies like Disney and Warner are getting a little too comfortable shutting down projects the masses already want to see, which is so odd considering they’re greedy every other time.

[@MatPatForEver]

OML THE TITLE MADE ME THINK THE OWL HOUSE WAS BEING REVIVED, INSTEAD I GOT A PERFECT RESOLVE TO THE SHOW I LOVE AND BE HAPPY WITH THE END AND INSTEAD OF FAUNING OVER WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN!

[@PosiWritesStories]

Awesome video! It's been a while since I've watched a TOH video essay, but this one rocked. It's wild that it's been over a year since the show ended.

[@shaekelley6500]

You wanna know why the show is so legendary like gravity Falls? Even now in the year 2024 there are people who are still discovering these shows who have never experienced them and are getting to experience some thing that we got to see on air but not have to wait agonizingly for hiatuses. And Disney like the idiots that they were can't take credit for any new involvement with the series because they were the idiots who tossed away a diamond because they didn't like it and there was trash. Now we can safely enjoy these shows and not have to worry about anyone ruining them and we can enjoy the dumpster fire that is Disney and how they tried to ruin the shows yet we won. TLDR people like me discovering show in 2024 despite Disney trying to ruin it because they hated it even though it was a gold mine

[@StrawberryMothTeeth]

oakwyrm has done some really cool videos about the owl house mainly on the disability aspect.

[@Grunkle_Stanley]

You are ahead of the algorithm... And morningmark is changing that algorithm

[@cactuscam913]

every month since it ended I just randomly remember it and hyperfixating on it again before forgetting it again. Still have this profile pic from the finale lol edit: maybe everything month is a exaggeration probably more like every 2

[@Radioactive-Braincell88]

The first minute and a half was true words through and through. Imagine how it feels to be god.

[@thistleheartandsnowfallsoul11]

Yooooo Obituary mentioned! I loved that pilot, the comics are solid but I wish it was a show.

[@idk_mations]

Commenting to get this out there

[@quantumslime7265]

And people wonder why I hate corporations and capitalism generally. Great art, great experiences, great meaning, all of it is consumed and packaged into little soulless packages to be bought and sold. Shows like this are a rare find and even then it didn't fully escape the clutches of corporate executives. Art, people, the human experience. None of these things deserve any of this.

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

The most important question was never answered: Would an irresponsible person bring backup snakes?

[@davidgolfspro]

For me it took a while of thinking and self talking to construct a way to comment on this video. It will be a long truthful comment if you will indulge me. The question of "How the Owl House Cheated Death" feels solved by the personal connection made with individuals who experienced the program together. To explain my thinking I need to give some background. I am a high Math major, I spent a good chunk of my life very analytical and literal in my thinking. I loved Math and hated English kind of student, English was only Shakespeare and hard to write sonnets to me at the time. Then I took an alt class that was "Sc-Fi and Fantasy" and fell in love with it. The final project was to create a world and write it out. Since then I have made my own world as a DM for a dnd 5e game, with custom rules, history, a pantheon, and loved every minute of it. On worldbuilding one of the things mentioned is "You can create your own rules, as different from common media as you wish". The four elements of ATLA were very solid in my mind as the "only" elements possible, but The Owl house changed that. It is rare to see a setting where one can watch it and go "It makes sense it was that, there is no world where it could be anything else". So many things about the Boiling Isles felt unique but logical. Verisimilitude is a good world for describing this feeling. A quote that comes to mind is "An image has a thousand words", the snarky comeback I always gave was "Yeah cause you have to name each color of the pixels, of course it would be thousands of words". But this time felt different, instead it felt like I could see the narration in my head. "The smell of salt runs through the air, as a soft breeze comes from the nearby coast. As it crests over the vermilion grass, short but tall enough to flow like the waves of the nearby sea as the wind dances between the blades." This is what came to mind when I imagine a scene in the Boiling Isles, this is what so easy becomes thought due to the worldbuilding done in this show. A sense of connection that fuels the mind to create images and words. And dont get me started on Glyph magic, I love that stuff so much and would do anything to learn what the writers thoughts was on how the system worked. How they made the system, and what their process was to create such a unique beautiful system of magic. Overall this long, essay of a comment, is to say that the love I feel for the show is a personal connection. One of the most personal ones was the Bi flag scene, that touched my heart is personal way, so i was very happy about that moment of representation. This might be an out of date reference, but it feels like a new "L5R" legends of the five rings. Which was a trading card game in the mid 90's that was extremely popular but left a mark on its fan base of loving it so much. Now largely forgotten and poorly documented on the internet, only those that played really remember it. Which kind of feels like us, to the last of my knowledge there is no current host of the Owl House (If there is please let me know) besides peoples DVR's. So in time it will be forgotten, but not by us. For us it will be a part of us, and an individual one that holds a special place in many hearts.

[@olleselin]

I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE THIS SHOW TO A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY ❤

[@crystalcritique]

GOD I love your channel it’s so good have a comment for the algorithm ❤

[@axolotlandpangolin]

LONG LIVE THE OWL HOUSE!

[@Su47Berkut-z3m]

Breadsword mention!

[@ParidaeBorb]

moringmark mentioned!! :O

[@rargafragaman]

There's been more obituary out there all this time? God dammit...

[@Cherno35]

Obituary is so peak I wish it got finished.

[@lorettabes4553]

15:10 (Me: an animator/writer) *nervous sweating* I feel called out hahaha, but I can tell where this point is going and yes, great a point it is

[@gr3at.s4ge]

hey i wanna let you know that as a writer who uses video essays as background noise while i write, 15:06 was a direct call out lol

[@someone-xh9bu]

Want a new episode? Well this show cheated death so hard there are fanmade episodes, some of which are fully animated

[@shieldgenerator7]

15:33 thats a really good question

[@_kaleido]

Idle Scree also does a lot of good Owl House videos :)

[@no_Emie_animation]

Great vidéo, loved it!

[@scottsworldetmnins3171]

Its a show I binge every September with my partner its our favorite

[@EatTheRichAndTheState]

I mean, i get the point of art is made by its constrains, but not sure if that means it is good that capitalism and some bigotry are good constrains, or that it was good that it was canceled, i know its not exactly the mesage and its about being positive, but still

[@UnholyBasil]

No absolutely, the reasons behind what happened are not good, but the actual way things turned out made the show what it is today, y'know? Not like I'd want it to happen again, I just think it's worth talking about from that angle.

[@siamcheese]

Commenting to appease the algorithm

[@Glitched_rabbit]

The owl house was on Disney plus

[@Phisnothere-nz7rt]

Commenting to make other people see this

[@lorettabes4553]

Some things felt a little rushed but it's not *rushed* rushed. You wanna see rushed? Go watch the Steven Universe finale XD

[@UnholyBasil]

We talking the original SU or SU: Future? Future's ending was rushed as hell, but the original's felt pretty well-paced imo

[@lorettabes4553]

@@UnholyBasil I mainly mean Change your mind. SU was the only show that came to mind to think of a 'rushed' ending. I wanted to maybe mention Star Vs, but that was also more a mess and writing oneself in a corner than rushing the ending. I think future had way better build up, just some weird writing choices.

[@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd]

The next big war: riiiiiiiiiight....

[@ShyyGaladriel]

Hope your pride month was as amazing as you are.

[@Winwo2]

I find a problem with how people keep calling it a “queer show” not because I’m a hater or anything but because that isn’t the point of the show the show tried to show people how cool the world will be when kids grow up and figure things out and the relationship was a small part of that more of a method than an actual point for the show. What I’m saying is the show did many much crazier and better things than just be queer.

[@Caffin8tor]

That's fair. The Owl House isn't really a "queer show". Really, it's an isekae fantasy with excellent queer representation.

[@irishlad12]

The opening edit was mad,what is the name of the song (edit: GRAVITY FALLS GOT SCENSORED !!!!?!??!)

[@UnholyBasil]

Posted in the description, it's One on One by Unlike Pluto. Also yes, Gravity Falls had tons of stuff cut from the show because Disney didn't like it, Alex Hirsch came out about it a few months back

[@irishlad12]

@@UnholyBasil damn I wish it wasn't but we might get some of it in the book of bill hopefully

[@foxxknight8847]

Okay. My brain can't let this tiny thing go... Dana. Long A. Day-Nuh. Not Dah-Nuh. Sorry, my ND ass had to speak up on that. :p

[@thehuntersburrow7453]

Osp kaju comment section spotted

[@aesra1185]

Why do all the queers play pathfinder

[@ayoubboufous]

, i’m a video editor, I watched some of your content and thought maybe I could help

[@animatororsomething1010]

i love how the comic pages you showed are all made by the same person, a very influencial one in the community he sure is eh

[@UnholyBasil]

Two of them were a completely different person, pretty sure I linked it in the video too

[@OB_Y4300]

I'm not against gay people but if they appeared in Owl House and it still was in Disney Channel when I was six I would stop watching.

[@UnholyBasil]

You're telling me 6-year-old you knew what a gay person was?

[@mariamejawara]

My six years old self would have loved it. It is not for everyone but it is for me

[@Radioactive-Braincell88]

It does not matter how sick, hurt, or a lost we are. Life will always be dark, but there is always something to look for in the dark❤️‍🩹