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It's so impossible to ignore the meaningfulness of Eda giving Luz her palistrom wood to start carving her palisman, when just a little while before she had recalled Owlbert to her in her fight against Luz, and Owlbert had immediately and unflinchingly (of course) returned to Eda mid-flight, because he's Eda's palisman, not Luz'.

I like to imagine that Eda took note of that too, in retrospect. She gave Luz Owlbert in this episode for her protection against the Emperor's Coven scouts, or other unnamed evils, and in any other fight it would have been enough. Owlbert loves and trusts Luz, and answers to her willingly. But Eda didn't foresee that there was a possibility of Luz ending up fighting the one person Owlbert wouldn't protect her from: Eda herself.

My point is, I think Eda possibly realised, after her conversation with Raine, that Luz is going to fight no matter what - so she needs a palisman, at this point, who is going to back her up no matter what. Even against Eda, because Eda can't guarantee that her interests will always align with Luz' ones. I think it's also a turning point for Eda and Luz' relationship, because up until now, Luz has been under Eda's protection via Owlbert, and Eda knows this - she knows it even when she tells Luz she has the power to stop her from fighting. Eda has been struggling this whole season with her fear of letting danger come to her family, but it's at least in part because she considers Luz to be under her protection, this whole time.

That's what this episode is about: the watershed moment where Eda and Luz confront each other about it, and you can see exactly where both of them are coming from! Of course Eda is terrified, and will brave hell and high water to make sure she keeps her family safe! But of course Luz doesn't want to be "kept safe" from helping the cause she cares about so much!

And I'm just going to say it, because it's so obvious - this is narratively beat-for-beat about parenting a teenager! About parents struggling to let go of the view that their children need their protection, and struggling to reconcile their children's agency and power with their incredible vulnerability! Because Luz IS vulnerable, but Luz is also going to fight like hell in this battle, because she wants to help, and she knows she can! And this episode is Eda confronting it, acknowledging what it means and the fear that comes with it, fighting against it at first, but eventually, finally, accepting it.

In encouraging Luz to make her own palisman, supplying her with what she needs and assisting her the whole way, Eda is giving Luz the agency to be more than just her ward, but her own fighter in exactly the way she wants. Luz' use of Owlbert is what represents Eda's protection of her, always making sure she was safe. Luz having her own palisman soon represents Eda's conclusion that Luz not only can, but wants to protect herself, and would be much better off with the power to do so. And so, with trepidation and faith, she gives it to her.

Idk. It's a huge moment in my eyes. I was late to watching the episode for real world reasons, so I blacklisted the tags until now, but I hope we've been talking about this a LOT.

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luminouslumity · 2 years

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