#doing one on wing it like witches but might scrap that if i cant find enough stuff :P

[theartsynoodle]

The Music Between Characters: Luz and Amity Part 1 Enchanting Grom Fright

I think that pretty much everything that could be said about Enchanting Grom Fright has been said, but there is one thing I don’t think I have seen anyone really talking about when it comes to Luz and Amity’s encounters.

The music. Especially in the last two episodes, everytime they come face to face or appear in the same scene the music just ... gives off very different vibes. I’m going to leave this under a cut since it might get long.

Okay, so pls bear with me here!! I am not good when it comes to describing music, editing things, or using tumblr in general. This is my first time ever trying to do an analysis! I wanna start off saying the music in the owl house is incredible. It gets me fully immersed into the world and is so mystical and fun. It can be intense and really knows the tone its going for. The music around Luz and Amity is no exception. It’s a little out there, I can always feel the shift in tone whenever they face each other. (This mostly applying to Enchanting Grom Fright and Wing it Like Witches.)

I’ll start with the first scene that really caught my attention, in the gym where Amity explains to Luz what Grom really is. (The scene in the hall with her holding the letter doesn’t have music except for when Bump is making the Grom announcement over the speakers.)

When she walks down to Luz, there’s a sort of whimsical sad music playing. A major shift from the silence or normal music we’re used to hearing in scenes. It sounds like bells and chimes in a way. It resonates in the way of “this sucks for Amity so music is sad” kind of way obviously, but there’s an innocent tone to it. Scared, quiet, unsure.

Then eventually we get to the woods where both Amity and Luz have appeared to run to in a means of escapism from their lives for a second. Luz being frustrated that Eda thinks she’s weak and the guilt she feels about lying to her mom, and Amity having no where else to really go and having to deal with the whole Grom mess.

As they face each other, It’s the same music as in the gym. It’s whimsical, nervous, and curious sounding. Like they’re both unsure of what they are supposed to be feeling in the moment because to us, we can see the obvious romantic tension, but to these two, it’s complete uncertainty. Amity has more of an understanding of her feelings yes, but she’s young, it’s new, it’s scary. For Luz, she has never though that any one could possibly like her, so in these moments she is frozen. Once again, there are what sounds like bells and chimes, and when Luz says she’ll take her place, there’s a crescendo in more brass like instruments, Luz’s more upbeat and loud personality taking over the calmer of the music, the aforementioned bells, chimes, and orchestral instruments, which seems to be more connected to Amity.

So to clarify, in my opinion I believe that these two have stronger connections to these instruments (especially in this episode.):

(Amity- Orchestral instruments, bells, chimes.

Luz- Brass instruments, drums, anything to keep the beat really.)

These instruments often collide with each other in ways I have never noticed before. Their uncertainty and cautiousness around one another causes their music to overlap and dominate each other, fazing in and out depending on who is talking more in the scene.

This sort of distinction in instruments happens again when they are training at the Owl House.

When Amity is frustrated about Luz’s more common and feeble fears, a more classical and melancholic tune is prominent. When Luz looks up the Owl House and says her fear is being weak, the brass blasts in,admittedly for only a second, again.

Then of course, of course, we have the hallway scene.

Now music extremely similar to the forest and the gym scene plays here again. It being most notable to me right when Amity is standing in the doorway of the gym holding the note. This tune seems to play during their more personal and intimate scenes. Scenes where Amity is vulnerable. In the gym she shows fear about the fight when explaining it to Luz, in the woods she expresses fear again when she complains Bump wouldn’t let her off the hook if she didn’t have a fill in, in the woods again when Luz offers to take her place and Amity takes it, admitting she feels too weak to do it herself, and in the hall, right before the fight where she thanks Luz, complimenting her and applauding her bravery, something Amity hasn’t done before.

Now this isn’t exactly Amity and Luz together, but before the iconic dance we see Amity’s fear.

Each note of the music associated more to her, it’s on it’s own. There’s not much to accompany it. Each beat is clear, short, and concise, probably relating to the fact that this is her fear and her fear alone. She’s facing it alone at this point, Luz’s personality isn’t there to liven it up, it’s just a heartbroken girl having the sad, almost distorted sounding notes play by themselves.

As soon as Luz walks up to Amity and picks up the note, realization of what Amity’s fear was hitting her, she offers to take her to Grom as what I assume as a piano and flute play in the background, lifting the spirits of the scene. While I didn’t recognize these instruments in other scenes, maybe this is for the resolution in Amity and Luz. They both don’t have to face their fears alone, they are there for each other.

Then the scene that I will never shut up about happens. The dance.

This is where their music works in perfect harmony, the strings are louder and more confident, and the hard beat and brass instruments (I make out cymbals more) in the background is solid and powerful. It flows together so well, the dance and the music with it being a huge symbol for their growth as people and the growth of their relationship. The unknowing and tense chimes are gone, only the confident harmony now present, each character putting behind their insecurities together to fight.

After their dance is where I heard the chimes again, but this time they were different.

They were more upbeat and happy sounding, a little faster and higher than in the previous scenes. Amity and Luz are relaxed, their tense day finally has a happy ending where they (somewhat) faced their fears and had one crazy Grom night. The music peaks as it’s revealed to the viewers that Amity wanted to ask Luz out all along (of course we knew that though then it fades out as King enters the scene.

Do not get me wrong, I am sure there are tunes similar to this in the show, but it just hits differently in scenes with these two. Could I be completely over reading it? Could I be completely butchering what I’m actually trying to say? Yes and Yes.I really want to hear if any one was thinking something similar or if I’m just completely over reading it.

(If anyone was curious why I’m thinking like this, this in fact is my Steven Universe brain at work. For those who don’t know, SU had certain instruments that strongly connected and represented each character and played a significant part in the show when retaining to relationships.)

Now that I’m done with Enchanting Grom Fright, I’ gonna do Wing it Like Witches next which is going to be so fun. (Though it’ll be much shorter)

#the owl house #theory #toh theory #analysis #.txt #i really wanna hear thoughts on this #luz noceda #amity blight #lumity #might delete later tbh #doing one on wing it like witches but might scrap that if i cant find enough stuff :P

[dear-fellow-travelers]

“hey you meeting me at the old warehouse?”                                     “Idk. Might do it.. i’ll take the flight pad and makesure there’s not a single soul awake yet. bro needs me in like four hours.” “okay, meet me on the old war obsveratory. yaknow.. where we used to do band camp?”                  “Yeah lemme get some snacks then we can fragging chill til 02:30 then it’s school time. we both have things we gotta do.” “Bluh. school fraging suck. What a load of Melbellia Scrap!”                            “what if your carrier and sire saw this.. they’d grouund youuuuuu~ omw” After 40 klits she arrives.

    “hey..” One pipped up, seeing if she could say something and she stands there  with her friend Dev, “Wussup..?”  she sighed as she felt embarrassed. “Star.. come on. Can’t leave ya friend here standin’.. so.. did ya bring the things..? star..?” she started crying in pain as it wasn’t something she normally dose.. “I CANT TAKE THIS!” she yelled out. As she tucked her wings away.- Star’s face burns from her coolant as she was cold from the flight she took. From her wings she had folded they hum with a deep Burgundy. Trying to sneak out never works but this is an excuse!- She can be out before school even starts and it’s not even that far to walk but faster by flight.

“Starset! Hey...” he grabbed her by wrapping his arms around her as she sobbed they both fall onto the sidewalk one sobbing her optics out and he starts to warm his voice with a soft undertone of ‘It’ll be better just wait and see..’ after a while; It dies down and he wipes her tears with a somewhat mechanical motion. Ruffed her hair as her pointed ears witch and grow a soft but almost hidden deep blue. She blushed completely.

 “Hey- awestop.. I didn’t mean to make ya hide.” Dev chuckled at the last Syllable, only made her peek out at him and playfully punch his shoulder and  moved to sit near the ledge of the walkway. “I got some of the scrapheap of fuel you said we could split. Though, save some for when we have lunch. yaknow the sport drinks” She spoke with a smile.. or what she could have as one after bring a mess for ten klits. “Gym.” he corrected as he sat down and grabbed her offering of the beloved Gemcrunch Candy. She pulled out her palm tab and makes a quick capture of the view from here and shared with her buddy Dev, brother at school.. But she knows why..

“Hey.. school doesn't start for three hours why up early..?” he asked after taking a swig of the fruity drink that he popped with his sharp canines.”bro kinda makes me get up because.. he wants me not be late for the garden glasses. the survive. thrive. divide and concur. But, the school got flooded, and carrier needs us at her lab.. if ya wanna be out witness incase something happeneds then frag it all..”

This night on Novia was.. quiet.. it’s winter so the sun is gone for quite some time now.. the everlasting hues of the night sparked a fire within her; as she speaks with her friend.. it’s been a good while. Had a few bottle of Flora Popstop Slush and some snacks while at it.. it’s barely even time to go home since school was canceled by the massive flooding from the rains in that section of town. With this new found information.. they decide not to head to school but the lab later on.. “Starset..?” he spoke..”huh-huh..?” “what’s on your processor?” “Cybertron..” After a long awkward sense of silence.. 

  “Once there was an explosion that happened;” Starset spoke, looking out into the city, where a million different lives held together in threads of red silk. “What.. you mean the big explosion that happened at the start of time..? even before then this ‘Cybertron’ you speak of seems to be a myth..!” Her friend Devai spoke.. “And besides.. I’m unsure you’ll be able to leave here.. you’re not of age yet..” he remarked playing with the bottle with his anti grav ability. and he’s lifting his tail along with it, the static it makes  around him as he lets it drop into the overgrowth of the garden below.

“hey!- it’s not a myth! My sires’ there!” he chuckled. “Pff! ahahahaha!” she punched his arm pretty hard and he inhales sharply at his friends retort. “not funny! I heard something within my empra that he’s still alive and well! old, but well! it’s names’ prowl..” she said on a slightly lower octave. “why the Zimaa did you do that?!” “because you know that you laugh whenever I’m Serious! YOU THOUGHT I WAS A MECHA THIS ENTIRE TIME! until a couple Celestial cycles back..- But that’s besides the point!” her wings hummed a slight polish ruby shine to it. “okayokay fine, I’m Sorry buddy.” he knows it’s best not to touch her..

35 klits pass,  during that time talking about dreams and where they’d like to go and what they’d do if they pass, travel the world work on a better tomorrow. and delta Pings her and askes if she can come.  “hey I kinda.. need help in the science lab.. afew glitchmice started to eat the teachers’ test paspers and I can;t reach them... and.. they can teleport.”                              “what the.. let me guess they were chewing on it so bad they might have well purged it up?”

“yeah.. uh.. help please i don’t like them!”                                                     “Nawwww big baddywaddywulfy iz scared of mouseywousssyyyyyy”

“nO! THEY’RE BIG!” “not cool mech!” “Hello..??”  “you left me alone- frag you too!” “Well.. we have a littleadventure on our servos.. up for some rodent hunting?” she spoke as he was watching her type vigerously  into her holotab.  “yeah.. and not gunna lie.. he deadaft just said he’s afraid of them.” she laughed and packed her items and began to attach her weapon to her back hilt and begins to fly off with him in tow. tiny, but STRONG! This may be part of the cycle of the beings: Hatch, Live, and Fade like how flames are blown out by a single breath...then you are places under the sunlight and melt away and rust with the rain until you grow into a bed of empra flowers that bloom for one moon and then.. vanish.. but not without a stone inplace of you.

That’s just how their lives are.. someplace unheard of and yet... something is.. dreaming of a new place to lead..Somewhere that leads to something bigger, more Vast new places to explore!- just as this dream Burns.. like the light in her chest.. It burns.. “I promise i’ll find you sire.. even if it means me stealing a spaceship.. i’ll find you..!” she said a long time ago when she saw a image of her sire..in her carriers room.. she has kept it in a locket since.

#Stars Moons and the Ocean I Will Find You<{Starset}