The slow build and endless surprises of Luz and Amity’s sweetest ever romance are a billion times better than all the Disney Prince + Princess stories combined. But that didn’t make it any less rewarding. The Owl House has already broken down a dozen barriers, so there was no doubt in my mind that creator Dana Terrace was going to fist fight Mickey Mouse to make this happen, if she was forced to. They both seem kind of surprised, and kind of shy, and also so very in young gay love. She climbs some magical vines, bursts through Amity’s window, and - *swoooon* - Amity rushes over and kisses her. She needs to get out and save her girl! But the whole time she’s walking in circles and worrying, Luz is outside taking down a whole army of guards three times her size. Amity paces around and tries to figure a way out of the situation, wondering aloud what Luz would do to escape if she was trapped like this. Her mom knows Belos is going to destroy society, and she doesn’t care she just wants to be part of the ruling class when the new world order drops. prepare to face down Emperor Belos at the Day of Unity celebration, Amity, finds herself locked in her bedroom by her overbearing mother like some kind of Rapunzel.
It’s a first for main characters in a Disney cartoon, and it’s perfect. And now, our magical queer love birds have kissed! Right on their adorable cartoon mouths with cheeks blushing like boiling rain! And they’ve pecked each other on their cheeks. Mostly they’ve just been trying to save the world together. They’ve danced around their feelings for each other (literally and metaphorically). AGAIN! Our heroine, Luz, has gone from enemies to girlfriends with mean-girl-turned-good-girl Amity Blight. And the penultimate episode of The Owl House‘s second season just proved me right.
I keep saying over and over to anyone who’ll listen that the best queer representation happening on TV right now - and, in fact, in the past eight years or so - is in the form of queer cartoons made by queer creators.
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