psychicpinenut

fear-is-nameless

Looking at this scene more closely, something seems familia-

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Oh.

cafecxonmilk

Spider-Light AU 💙🕷⭐️

moringmark

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Luz Noceda’s Resurrection

            Man isn’t it crazy how S3 is about… How Thanks to Them is Luz being depressed, to the point of bordering on a suicide metaphor, especially with her rant about how she should’ve never existed, her video diary being reminiscent of a suicide note? But then in For the Future, Luz talks to her mother, and she realizes what she really wants… And realizes, she DOES want to live!!! And at the beginning of Watching and Dreaming, we get a glimpse into the silly, joyous, Luz we know and love…

         And then she dies. Right after realizing, after a period of suicidal depression, that she wants to live. That Luz wants a future. As she’s sinking into the afterlife, Luz mournfully regrets when she realizes what final words she should’ve said, which hearkens, dare I say, to the suicide note allegory in Thanks to Them.

         But Luz decided she wanted to live, already; So when the Titan gives her the choice to keep going, Luz chooses. Not just to save the Boiling Isles and everyone she loves, not just to live her dream and become the fantasy she worked so hard for. But also to just simply live.

         Season 3 of The Owl House is a spiritual death and rebirth for Luz; The loss of her passion, her luster for life, her dreams and hope. The utter resignation and despair bordering on suicide ideation… Only to come back from that darkness stronger and brighter than ever! And so we’re given a literal death and rebirth to reflect this, how Luz’s re-instilled hope is what gives her the will to keep moving on! After falling into the darkest depths of depression and the in-between realm, Luz is saved by the support of a parental figure, and with their help can choose to live.

         Luz dying and coming back in the finale, that’s what it is; Among other purposes in the narrative, it’s a summation of Luz’s arc in the final stretch of the show. Her realizing she wants to live, in the literal and figurative definitions of the word. Coming back from her lowest point with the help of others, being rejuvenated with a new life, inspired to keep going after a father figure gives a last gift that sparks the joy in Luz once more.

         Luz sinking into the depths of the in-between could very well be a metaphor for her depression after losing her father Manny, only to be saved when he has one more thing to give; Just as the Titan does. And one can see the inspiration of Dana’s own experiences, losing her father as a child, only to receive one final gift from him, a copy of Pokemon Red.

        Manny inspires Luz to be the Good Witch Azura; Eda tells Luz she needs to be her own witch; Camila encourages Luz to do just that; And the Titan enables Luz to finally accomplish this, the beginning, middle, and end of this arc of hers. Manny, Eda, Camila, the Titan, they all rescued Luz from her spiritual and/or literal deaths. Because TOH is about so many things; It’s about the love of a parent. It’s a resurrection story. It’s about finding light in the darkness.