#i will say that i contemplated doing this with amity and willow instead but I'm not super huge into them romantically

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID: a digital drawing of Hunter and Willow from the owl house based on the "lesbians doing makeup" meme. Hunter is lying beneath Willow, who straddles him while doing his makeup. He looks at her somewhat dazed and she looks at him fondly. the background is a mid-tone blue. End ID]

This is what they are. To me

#the owl house #toh #hunter toh #willow park #huntlow #this the. 3rd? huntlow meme redraw I've done? #it's fun okay? #yesterday and today were pretty okay but they left me WIPED OUT and this was all i could make lmao #i probably could've spent more time on this but also it was just a silly meme redraw for fun lol it doesn't have to be the mona lisa #<- saying that through gritted teeth btw. it does not have to be the mona lisa #man I'm even too tired for tag rambles i do not have much to say #i will say that i contemplated doing this with amity and willow instead but I'm not super huge into them romantically #hence i figured that as much as i love the off-screen makeover Amity gave willow in s2 (that i lowkey wish ppl did more with) #I'd prefer to indulge myself this once lol #she's gonna give him red eyeshadow i think :] #i was gonna try and draw each of them with more makeup but it straight up didn't look right in my style lol #so uh. just imagine #okay i gotta go listen to music like my life depends on it hope u guys enjoy

[thewistlingbadger]

The owl house is NOT the best animated show that Disney channel has ever made.

Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece and does not mean to actually invalidate anyone else's opinion, this is just mine.

The owl house is a good show that is beloved by many. And why wouldn't it be? The animation is Stellar, the voice acting is phenomenal, it's incredibly diverse, has dark themes, and manages to incorporate new ideas into the fantasy genre that has mainly been hogged by a book series that was released over a decade ago (if you know you know). I hear a lot of people say that this is the best show Disney has ever made, but I fail to agree with this claim.

As much of a good show the owl house is, it drops the ball when it comes to story (sometimes, not all the time s2 is the best). Most people combat this by saying that the show is canceled early, which is true. However, the show was canceled when the finale of season 2 was in place, giving the writers and the creators much time to contemplate how to work out season 3. Each episode of season 3 is also twice the length of a normal episode, so they were given more time to flush out more things (you could also consider it to be six episodes instead of three due to the run time).

Instead of using this opportunity to their advantage to finish out the show and the most satisfying way possible that they could with their means, they opted with trying to rush the story into something that was more safe and more along the lines of fan service. Was that a bad choice? Not necessarily but I find it hard to say that a show is the best when it had to resort to tactics like these.

Episode 1 of season 3 is by far the best episode in the entire season. It gets the most done with the time it had, is narratively satisfying, and also presents new concepts. These new concepts as well as concepts that were established in prior seasons, end up being dropped at season 3 progresses. For example: episode 1 of season 3 presents the struggle that Luz has with going back to the demon Realm. It is revealed that she intends to go back to the human realm when this is all over and break up with Amity. Of course, this never happens. Not because between episode 1 and episode 3 Luz has significant development, but because that's the most satisfying ending for the fans. (I'm not counting the "all I ever wanted was to be understood" as significant development btw). Another concept from season 3 is the character of Evelyn, which is just another question that goes unanswered. Not because they didn't have time, but because they used their limited time to wrap up the show to work on other things that ultimately had no effect on the end of the show (ex: Willow's last minute character development).

So if I don't think the owl house is the best Disney animated show, then what do I think it is? Gravity falls. Gravity falls was a tightly knit show that ended almost a decade after the owl house. The owl house and Gravity falls have a lot of overlap. They're both about a teenager who moves to a new and strange place where they make friends, enemies, and intend to uncover the secrets of the place. Dana even worked on Gravity falls! The main difference between the two however, is that gravity falls knew what it was doing the whole time, and the owl house didn't. Alex Hirsch had the story of gravity falls completely thought out from the beginning. Disney even asked him for another season, but he refused because he knew what he was doing and what he wanted.

In conclusion: the owl house is not the best Disney channel animated show because it fails to wrap up all thoughts and ideas that were intentionally left unanswered due to poor planning and unfortunate circumstances. Gravity falls is better because it does everything that the owl house does, but actually delivers on it's promises.

#this is not toh hate i love toh #toh #the owl house #gf #gravity falls #disney #Disney channel #animation #mic does analysis #rant