#i don't like how ER handles Darius and Eber

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Certain fans pretending that Darius being a rebel came out of nowhere is so funny, because while, yes, the show's writing is not the greatest, and it is understandable for a casual viewer to miss the Blimp scene or that later Darius doesn't restrain the kids, but some of the supposed fans who over-analyze everyone else, just so happen to miss the way Darius talks to Hunter from the Blimp and that if Darius was a 100% bad guy there would be no reason for him to clearly indicate that he thinks capturing the children wasn't something to be proud of - especially in that tone of voice and with that expression, and that there was no reason for him to lie this way if he wanted to manipulate Hunter, and that that scene was meant to be a clear hint that he had a moral code of his own and wasn't absolutely on Belos' side, all before the episode's ending.

(And it is also funny because he is in only two episodes before the rebel reveal, in one of them he is already established as a complex character, so there is just not even enough episodes of him being a villain to declare that the rebel stuff came out of nowhere)

And it is absolutely understandable to just dislike the show's writing choices (i think its writing is at best uneven, but often just weak), but with some fans it is very clear that they only have problems with Darius and only because of Hunter and the one-dimensional, worst possible fanon interpretations of Darius' actual actions. (< - and this is my actual problem, not that someone missed some hints or just have a different interpretation). Especially blatant when the same fans defend almost every other writing choice.

And of course it just happens that fans almost never have problems with Eda and King's writing, even though they are main characters, and some choices about their relationship are much more puzzling if you look at them with the same scrutiny fandom looks at Darius.

And among white Hunter fans there is almost never any care or thought about how Darius being a villain would fit with what characters like Belos and Odalia represent, and what it would mean and how it would have been handled considering the way the show already treats its characters of color, especially black characters, and how it would fit into the existence of the trope among fantasy shows of putting dark-skinned characters into oppressive roles. But there is no consideration or care about it.

#the owl house #darius deamonne #toh darius #i am even not sure whether darius was always meant to be a good guy before the shortening #but in season 2b it is very clear in asias that he is not 100% on belos side if you think about it for a little #and if darius WAS a bad guy i just know the same people would demonize him even more #and rally against any redemption for him #i don't like how ER handles Darius and Eber #and i don't like how Darius isn't allowed a scene to truly express himself unlike Edas mom or Alador #but in most cases the whining about Darius has little to do with the show's uneven writing #and everything to do with reading Darius' canon actions from the worst possible angle #it is not that there was no possible way to write him as an antagonist or a redeemed villain well but its the fraiming of certain posts #like all their suggested “improvements” hinge on those worst possible interpretations of the canon Darius #and on Hunter “never fully forgiving him” because everything is about Hunter #fandom