#he uses them to harm and co-opts the titans language to make sure that no witch could have a chance of thinking they're better than him

[welcometogrouchland]

Wait crying again bc I was rewatching The Intruder today (episode 4 of season 1) and I realized that like. The glyphs represent a few things in the narrative but one thing that's consistent is they're always there when Luz doesn't feel like she's good enough on her own. They appear to her as comfort in moments of self depreciation or self doubt, or she coincidentally learns them in episodes where she faces her fear of rejection or makes a mistake (at least this is true in terms of the first four base glyphs she discovers). It's the titans way of saying "you may have to do things differently, but you can do anything they can do" to Luz bc he cares about her

AND THEN. IN WATCHING AND DREAMING. WHEN THE TITAN PASSES ON AND THE GLYPHS DON'T WORK ANYMORE. IT'S BECAUSE NOW LUZ FINALLY FEELS LIKE SHE'S GOOD ENOUGH, ALL ON HER OWN. SHE'S LEARNED THAT SHE HAS INTRINSIC WORTH AS A PERSON AND SHE DOESN'T NEED TO MAKE UP FOR WHO SHE IS. SHE MIGHT DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY BUT SHE CAN DO EVERYTHING ANOTHER WITCH CAN DO- THIS TIME WITH HER OWN, MORE PERSONAL ACCESSIBILITY TOOL (HER PALISMEN) INSTEAD OF THE ONE THE TITAN GAVE HER. MAN!!!!!

#ramblings of a lunatic #the owl house #toh #toh meta #luz noceda #the glyphs are there for everyone who doesn't feel good enough #eda and lilith after losing their magic...the kids overcome with exhaustion and fear in watching and dreaming #hell you could even argue that philip uses them to cope with the unspeakable horror that these non-person witches- #-could be better than him at something! gasp! the audacity! #he uses them to harm and co-opts the titans language to make sure that no witch could have a chance of thinking they're better than him #(bc again. philip is not afraid of witches. he hates this. his background is not a literal investigation into Christian superstition- #-it is a non-literal parallel to modern day conservatives.) #(they're afraid of what they don't understand but much more than that they hate it- #-that's why you can't change their opinions solely w/ rhetoric and argument) #ANYWAY. I've heard some ppl stressing over the amount of ppl being vocally negative in the maintag recently #and i see it too. think it's just a thing that happens when shows end? ppl pop out of the woodwork to be like #''well i never liked it in the first place!'' #like. okay. good for you ig #anyway i hope this sparks some joy in the maintag instead #that's all I'm here to do #i stopped watching the episode to type this post i should go finish it