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Just a general reminder that the week of 18-24 February is another strike. Please don't ignore this, no one has the excuse of it being too spontaneous this time as it has been planned since the strike in January ended. Don't talk about anything other than the injustices in the world. Talk about Palestine. Talk about Sudan. Talk about the republic of Congo. Talk about West Papua. Do not let anyone forget about any of the genocides going on rn.

#palestine #free palestine #reblog

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For the people that don’t follow Dana Terrace on Instagram:

#the owl house #toh meta #vee noceda #stringbean toh #fav #art reblog #LOVE THIS DUOOOOOO #i just KNOW Vee inspired Stringbean when she was deciding who she was going to be

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So I watched the drawing request livestream from today that I missed out on, and I must apologize! Near the end, Dana clarified that she preferred for the requests she drew to be Patron-exclusives, with her releasing them to the public as she saw fit; As such, I've deleted my previous post showcasing them. Sorry about that...

As for some fun facts I learned during the stream; Apparently Severine is named after Dana's middle name, Mary Severine! I thought Severine was a made-up name, in reference to the word 'Severing' as per Boiling Isles morbid aesthetic, but it's actually a real one! Dana Mary Severine Terrace...

Dana also mentioned how the red grass and purple trees of the Boiling Isles were meant to invoke a bruise that's healing; Symbolic of the Boiling Isles having issues it's dealing with, since even before Belos, and the colors of the isles were meant to convey the idea of Belos striking like a sledgehammer.

We very easily could've not had The Owl House, because of a coin flip! When deciding between Animation and Illustration as a career path, Dana literally flipped a coin to decide... Talk about a gift of fate! Though she did note throughout the stream that art direction isn't her thing, nor is illustration, as it focuses on fine-tuning specific details, whereas Dana prefers things like animation, writing, drawing, etc., getting her ideas out there. TOH might’ve still happened regardless.

And yes, Dana IS a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist, she watched both series when she was around 14 years old on Toonami! I freaking knew it, the similarities between TOH and FMA, the acknowledgement of Arakawa as someone Luz would've emulated in art... Dana prefers Brotherhood, since it's closer to the manga. The chimera episode messed her up like everyone else, and FMA was one of her favorite childhood cartoons alongside Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Champloo, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Pokemon.

Dana also watched Dragonball Z, including the Buu and Cell arcs in real time, and was quite creeped out by Cell, as he was unlike anything she'd seen before; So the reference to DBZ in Eclipse Lake is probably from Dana's own experiences, as was the realization of how long it's been. Dana's first and favorite Ghibli film is Princess Mononoke, followed by Princess Kaguya, and she obsessed over the Gorillaz music videos.

Someone in chat suggested that for artists who want to get used to streaming themselves drawing, they can begin practicing by drawing in public! Dana liked the idea and encouraged people to also begin with friends to ease into it.

#the owl house #toh meta #reblog

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tried a different artstyle

#the owl house #toh future #amity blight #fav #art reblog #AHHHHHHHHHHH AMTIYYYYY #LOVE THis Love THIS LOVE THIS

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[id: two in-colour drawings of luz noceda from ‘the owl house’. in both, she is shown full-body. in the first drawing, she is standing with her hands on her hips and is smiling. she is wearing black harem pants with a white floral pattern, a wide orange belt, orange hi-top converse and a black cropped tank top. the second drawing shows her dancing, kicking her right leg to one side while moving her arms in the opposite direction. she is grinning widely. she is wearing a pale grey t-shirt with the words ‘vampire bait’ on it, dark brown trousers with a cream stripe down the outside leg, a brown belt and white lace-up boots with thick black soles. the background is a muted orange-red. end id.]

had 2 draw her in some of my outfits. post-s2 mood is just Full Of Love For Luz Noceda

#the owl house #luz noceda #extra reblog #art reblog

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[id: two in-colour drawings of luz noceda from ‘the owl house’. in both, she is shown full-body. in the first drawing, she is standing with her hands on her hips and is smiling. she is wearing black harem pants with a white floral pattern, a wide orange belt, orange hi-top converse and a black cropped tank top. the second drawing shows her dancing, kicking her right leg to one side while moving her arms in the opposite direction. she is grinning widely. she is wearing a pale grey t-shirt with the words ‘vampire bait’ on it, dark brown trousers with a cream stripe down the outside leg, a brown belt and white lace-up boots with thick black soles. the background is a muted orange-red. end id.]

had 2 draw her in some of my outfits. post-s2 mood is just Full Of Love For Luz Noceda

#the owl house #luz noceda #extra reblog #art reblog

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[id: two in-colour drawings of luz noceda from ‘the owl house’. in both, she is shown full-body. in the first drawing, she is standing with her hands on her hips and is smiling. she is wearing black harem pants with a white floral pattern, a wide orange belt, orange hi-top converse and a black cropped tank top. the second drawing shows her dancing, kicking her right leg to one side while moving her arms in the opposite direction. she is grinning widely. she is wearing a pale grey t-shirt with the words ‘vampire bait’ on it, dark brown trousers with a cream stripe down the outside leg, a brown belt and white lace-up boots with thick black soles. the background is a muted orange-red. end id.]

had 2 draw her in some of my outfits. post-s2 mood is just Full Of Love For Luz Noceda

#the owl house #luz noceda #extra reblog #art reblog

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[id: two in-colour drawings of luz noceda from ‘the owl house’. in both, she is shown full-body. in the first drawing, she is standing with her hands on her hips and is smiling. she is wearing black harem pants with a white floral pattern, a wide orange belt, orange hi-top converse and a black cropped tank top. the second drawing shows her dancing, kicking her right leg to one side while moving her arms in the opposite direction. she is grinning widely. she is wearing a pale grey t-shirt with the words ‘vampire bait’ on it, dark brown trousers with a cream stripe down the outside leg, a brown belt and white lace-up boots with thick black soles. the background is a muted orange-red. end id.]

had 2 draw her in some of my outfits. post-s2 mood is just Full Of Love For Luz Noceda

#the owl house #luz noceda #fav #art reblog #OH MY GFODDD LUZZZZZZZ #BLORBO!!!!! MY BELOVEDDDDDD!!!!!!1!

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me when the disability disables me: oh what the fuck? this sucks. what the hell man!

#misc #reblog

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You're not alone

#the owl house #luz noceda #owl fam #lumity #hexsquad #noceda family #fav #art reblog #AUGHDSFHSDFKDJHSJKLFH LOVE LOVE LOVE OP'S STYLEEE #cant decide if i should tag everyone else tho #bc on the one hand they're thematically relevant to the piece #but on the other hand it's just their arms soo hmm #think i'll use the group tags? cause it's about their relationship but not the characters themselves- #anyway AMAZING ART OP I LOVE ITTTTTT

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since camila's mom joke never made it past the storyboards, I wanted to draw my own version of it

#the owl house #camila noceda #art reblog #fav #I LOVE THIS

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Fuck it. I've been sitting on this one for a while.

Lemme talk about Luz as a trans allegory. Is this the only way to interpret her character? Fuck no! Is it one of my favorite ways to interpret her? Fuck yes! Strap in, I am very normal about her story.

Luz's story literally begins with being sent to a camp to make her more "Normal." It is later revealed that one of the people sent to that camp is nonbinary. And they say that the camp was like a prison. Sound familiar?

It's also very noteworthy that throughout the story, it seems like Luz has to choose between being herself and her family. Either have your mom or be happy. Either find yourself or be with someone you love but who you feel like you can't let know you, because you feel like you're too weird for them to handle. It's also very interesting how she interprets Camila's actions, and also completely understandable considering everything. She interprets it as she just became Too Much. Her issues are too much, she's too much effort, she's a burden to her, and she can't justify it anymore. There's something Wrong with her. And she's desperate to make it up to her. She feels like she can only show Camilia a part of herself, because maybe that other part of her isn't what she's supposed to be. Maybe she's just a mess. Maybe she's a horrible daughter. She's weighing her down. (Once again, sound familiar?)

Camilia in grom fright walking in through a door makes me really think of being Outed. Being caught in the act, being realized as Other and just the whole "have you been LYING to me?!" Which. I'm sure many trans people relate to. Hiding this part of yourself from someone you love because you're scared that it's too late to tell them. If they find out, will they take it personally? Will they be angry? Will they need to know every little detail before they're satisfied? Luz doesn't know how Camilia will react after she sent her to that camp, because that felt so out of character for her mom to do and now she's left reeling. She got Too Much for even her mom to deal with. Now she feels like she needs to hide this part of her even more. Her texts to Camilia are also very notable. It just...it sounds so much like sounding scared to come out. Wanting, so bad, for her to know who she really is. She's just...scared. And she isn't ready.

Also the fact that everyone, at every turn, is constantly telling Luz she'll never be a witch. She wasn't born with a bile sack. She wasn't born one. She wasn't born here. She can't be a witch. Humans can't do magic. Humans aren't built like that. She wasn't born a witch. And her dejection in covention is just...

Is she really a witch if she wasn't born one? If she has to make herself one?

And Eda says, what makes a real witch? Someone who conforms and acts exactly like a witch "should?" Thats bullshit, then they'd be miserable. Do whatever , be your own witch. Do you see what I'm getting at.

Also the fact Luz is constantly made to choose between worlds. Human realm and demon realm. Everyone telling her where she's allowed to be. What she's allowed to be. You can't have both. You can't be both. You do not get both. Luz calling herself a bad boy. Luz being referred to as a girl as well. Her being both. Her being told she cannot be both. Do you get what I'm saying. Do you hear me.

And just. God. Thanks to them. None of her old clothing that was so much like her. Covering up her body so much. No more non conforming, none. She has the dysphoria stereotype fit, bit for bit. She's hiding her own body. Trying to look normal. Depressed and she hates herself because she thinks she ruined everything by chasing that happiness.

And what saves her is Camilia telling her, I never EVER meant to make you feel like this. My biggest mistake is not supporting you when you needed it. My biggest mistake is letting other people push you around. I was terrified that they would hurt you for being different, so I tried to make you hide it. I should've stood with you and fought the people who I thought would hurt you. You needed me. And I wasnt there. But I'm here now. Please, don't hate yourself. Please don't think this is your fault. You're beautiful. And just. God! God! Her not using any gendered terms , no my daughter, no mija, NONE. Just. This beautiful, good witch. The thing she always wanted to be allowed to be. Do you see me. Do you see what I'm saying.

And her palismen is a shape shifter. Who can be ALL. Who can be BOTH AND MORE. Luz choosing every track in hexside, having every animal as a palismen, being called a girl and a boy, she is BOTH and ALL and NEITHER and MORE. And it's fucking beautiful.

And onto my favorite part of the allegory. Titan Luz.

Luz is killed by the extremist who thinks anything different is bad and corrupt and evil. She's brought back by an elder who openly says he's the best of both things. Who's lived through years of hatred. And he tells her she has the right to fight back against her oppressor. So get out there and LIVE.

And she transforms. She gets a new body. A new body that's the combination of everything shed ever been. It has calls to her family, Kings fur and Eda's eyes and Camilias hair and Hunters teleporting. But it's so LUZ. It has the light symbol it has her hat and the azura outfit and she looks like HERSELF. She comes back from the brink with a body all her own. That she made for herself. That she CHOSE for herself. She chooses herself and she becomes the best of both things: human and creature of the isles. She's both. She's all. Shes neither. She's something different entirely. She's Luz.

And her speech to Belos. She declares herself as belonging to both realms, as being BOTH. She isn't going to give up one thing for the other. She can have whatever the fuck she wants. She's Luz motherfucking Noceda, she's all of the above, and you can't do anything about it. She's a human, she's a witch, she's a titan, she was born in a world that made her miserable so she found one that didn't and worked on the relationships that weren't working out for her until they worked. She's still weird and different and she doesn't fit into any of your boxes and she's the happiest she's ever been up to this point in the series. She has a body all of her own making. And she's overjoyed. THIS is who she is. She's so comfortable in her own skin in the epilogue it makes me emotional. God. Luz. I love her.

Is some of this reaching? Probably, yes. But I love hitting my favorites with the trans stick, so! I do not care. Love ya Luz, you're the protagonist we did NOT deserve.

#trans #the owl house #toh analysis #luz noceda #reblog #ooohhhh i LOVE THIS!!!

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#the owl house #luz noceda #art reblog #LUZ!!!!

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sum lumity from earlier this year 💜

#the owl house #luz noceda #amity blight #lumity #art reblog

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#misc #reblog

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the underrated 4

#the owl house #vee noceda #gus porter #skara toh #viney toh #fav #art reblog #OP I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!! #LOVE how vee looks!!!!!!! #the scrunkles!!

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the goat is dead according to wikipedia btw

i had this in my drafts since last year

#misc #reblog