#owls and other fantasies

[a-ramblinrose]

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting - over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

#Wild Geese #Mary Oliver #Owls and Other Fantasies #Poetry #Current Reading #Current Reading Quotes #Tell all the truth but tell it slant #Not Out of Void But Out of Chaos #it's in the new collection so I'm posting it again #one of my absolutely favorite poems

[indecisivegloom]

#Mary Oliver #The Kingfisher #Owls and Other Fantasies #“The Kingfisher.” Owls and Other Fantasies

[hyydraworks]

Making birthday mugs for friends and getting to test out some Baldur’s Gate 3 art?! Because that game is taking up nearly all of my brain space at present 😅

Scratch is bestest boi.

#hyydraworks #ceramics #pottery #traditional art #illustration #handmade #fantasy #scratch #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate fanart #video game art #the beholder is based off of other designs #but best believe I’ll be trying out some spectator designs #love the change from early access to the full release in their design #and also love the hook horrors quite a lot #love it all really #wip #underglaze #bard #owl bear #owl bear cub #dog #horror #beholder #dnd #dnd art

[welcometogrouchland]

I also think it's nice that they made Camilla a sci-fi nerd and Luz a fantasy nerd. They're genres that are often seen as completely opposing one another by many people, which is what we're led to believe about Luz and Camilla in season 1. Luz is silly, nerdy, frequently in over her head and irresponsible and loves the boiling isles. We're led to believe that Camilla is the normal, conventional TV mother who'd be disgusted and terrified by the demon realm if she saw it.

Then yesterday's lie gives us a lot of nuance to this, and we realize that while they're still very different and now on opposite sides of a conflict, both mother and daughter are incredibly kind people (seen in their treatment of Vee) who love each other but struggle to make the right choices without hurting one another.

Then thanks to them drops all this Camilla characterization and we realize! She was a nerd too this whole time! The wedge between Camilla and Luz is motivated by past traumas and grief! and for the future has them switching sides on the central conflict of where Luz should stay (Camilla now wanting Luz in the demon realm because it's what's best for her, and Luz believing that staying in the human realm is what's best for the people she loves). They finally talk and realize that, like Willow pointed out earlier in the ep, the two are so alike. Camilla reveals that she's a secret nerd too! That she had a hard time growing up and accidentally hurt Luz trying to save her from the same fait! It's so important to me that Camilla keeps calling Luz a good witch. It's affirming her interests and goals, reminding her that she's just as good as the hero of her favorite story. And Luz finally only realizes that she wants to be understood...when she's finally able to understand her mom. When she realizes that the woman she loves and admires is just as much of a nerdy screw-up as her and that there's hope for her. Her palismen ends being multiple animals at once, showing both how Luz making unconventional choices (like carving an egg) keeps paying off for her and how her potential is limitless now that she finally knows and accepts her own goals, but to me it also reminds of the fact that Camilla is a vet and passed a love of all the weird and unliked animals (like wolves, possums, snakes, etc) to her.

It's just so so sweet and it really shows how much love and thought the crew put into this mother daughter storyline (FTF haters are not welcome on this page, respectfully). I can't wait to see how both of these misunderstood but healing women (who radiate "little/big sister" and "mom" energy respectively) are gonna interact with a) the lonely, easily manipulated and well intentioned but ignorant collector (a mix of both their interests as a magic being with a space motif! I just realized that lol) and b) the nasty puritan white man who's really obsessed with conforming to society's norms even when it literally doesn't benefit him at all.

Anyway, I believe in noceda( AND clawthorne 👀) family supremacy 💙

#the owl house #toh #toh spoilers #luz noceda #camilla noceda #this isn't proofread so if there's words missing or misspellings or somethings unclear feel free to mention #but this is just a messy thought dump #I have a ROUGH WEEK. I wish there was a more positive vibe in the fandom rn (although i kinda get it but also :( sad) #but there isn't one i will create it #tentatively I don't have a responsibility to do that I just wanna talk about things i noticed and like #i am going to post reqs just u wait. bitch! #also uhhhh other things i thought while making this post but couldn't include: #hunter and gus being fantasy trekkies is really funny and cute but also fits really well with both of their characters #gus has always been in love with the human realm and this is the ultimate neat little bow on that. #he's dressed as a character he relates to (captain avery trying to get back home to the family he loves) and his interest is uniquely human #bc sci-fi is kinda uniquely rooted in/associated w/ the human realm in toh. even in something like Belos' steampunk tech #SPEAKING OF. hunter oh my GODDD #he gets so attached to the human realm in TTT bc he's finally somewhere safe (he's always been entrenched in the most- #-toxic parts of the demon realm and it's culture which is ironically propelled forward by one humans influence) #and it's like a part of him is reclaiming his weird split heritage. he loves magic and he loves sci-fi and he's silly abt both #he's not a witch or a human and he's happy. or at least he will be #anyway. i love this shows relationship to fiction it is sweet and comforting and funny

[3gremlins]

you might have thought the best bit of bg3 is all the hot, romanceable people with intriguing personal trauma but actually that's just the 2nd best thing. the best thing is being able to befriend and adopt almost? every animal/baby monster you come across and then PET THEM (you can throw a ball for the dog now and also summon him as a familiar, kinda like the cat in divinity! also i just like talking to the owlbear cub, it's soo cute, they added some more scenes with it from the EA)

#baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #speak to animals still best skill #living my best druid life #baldur's gate 3 screenshots #screenshots #tav #owlbear #dog #3rd best thing is shapeshifting like not to be the non binary trope but this is my ideal fantasy powerset #i love how all the forms are useful too #like bear is usually best for combat but i got a lot of use out of the raven in the witch fight #and the cat is good for puzzles/exploration #haven't figured out a good use for the other forms yet but it's early #can you pet the dog #yes you can pet the dog and the owl bear #spoilers #bg3 #bg3 spoilers

[cimikat]

PhoenixFlare Week Day 2: Wings

#phoenixflare #phoenixflareweek #joshua rosfield #dion lesage #joshua x dion #dion x joshua #imagining a timeline where even though they could not see each other in person #joshua and dion would rely on a stolas to stay in contact #final fantasy xvi #just psychic owl love letters if you would #my art <3

[diamond-vic]

Thinking about how King and The Collector were both named for what they were / thought they were rather than having their ‘own names’ given

King in Sense and Sensitivity saying how King is ‘more of a rank than a name’ . How he, his whole life, must have thought that he’d forgotten his true name when his memories were wiped (which, of course, never really happened).

How, in Echoes of the Past, he muses whether the symbol at the tower was his given name. Him wondering aloud to Luz ‘Is it ok to still call me King? It feels kinda weird when I’m not the king of anything’. Finding comfort in Luz’s words (‘Well, you’ll always be king of my heart. That’s good enough, right?’) and deciding that he’s ok being called King despite the fact he never really was a king of demons. The name finds new meaning for him separate from what he’d always dreamed of his whole life, in a way he’s ok with. It’s his name, despite it all, even when he feels his whole identity and view of the world and himself has been shattered

Meanwhile, there’s The Collector, whose name is also clearly just a title, just a statement of their species. They never get to be distinguished from the other Collectors, just one in this group of unknown number, and yet he so desperately wants to be better than them, and do their philosophy right. He thinks they did it all wrong, and yet they keep following the same basic guidelines as the others. The Collector has known nothing of individuality for however long he’s existed. They don’t realize things could ever be different, or that he could be more, and that there could be a different life for them. He probably never had proper parents or guidance or love. They don’t even have a name. Just a vision of what a Collector is meant to do, and a determination to do it RIGHT

And what does this all mean?? I’m not sure exactly hahah, It’s just something i noticed. Names are a HUGE part of personal identity, and I think these two can serve as sort of opposite parallels. King who has found his true identity through his arc, letting go of his fantasy and embracing who he really is, while the Collector is still clinging to the role and story he was given (and that he made up himself, partially! They edited the Collector book!) and trying to bend things to how they think it should be

#the owl house #toh king #king toh #king clawthorne #the collector toh #the collector #toh the collector #king drives me insane.. going through his whole life being called a ‘title’ and never thinking anything of it #and then accepting it as a name. that demonstrates his bond with luz #and the Collector… this literal child who is so similar and yet so differnt to king #who just like him has no ‘true name’ and just an idea of who he’s meant to be #a dangerous idea that is hurting others #like how king’s fantasy would have hurt others had it ever been a reality #the collector came into being in whatever way and was sorted off with the rest as jusy another in this order of gods #this is super incoherent but if nothing else… king’s changing perception of himself and his name tugs at my heartstrings GAHHH

[qcoded]

You know what would be sad and incredibly tragic?

Belos dying in the finale and like. his body turns into dust and flies away to form in a ghostly image of a young Philip with Caleb, playing as they run off laughing and just fade into nothing.

Realistically that's not bound to happen, but it'd be a rlly depressing "circling back to the beginning" moment :(

#the owl house #toh #emperor belos #belos toh #philip wittebane #philip toh #kid belos #pip toh #caleb wittebane #caleb toh #actually manifesting this. maybe #MAN why couldn't they have been happy #them coming to gravesfield set up the biggest butterfly effect ever #like maybe they could have come to literally any other town that wasn't as catholic and witch hating as graves field #and that would have meant no possible encounters with the boiling isles (?) #no 'wild magic' #and if luz ended up there it'd genuinely be a fun witch fantasy adventure #well. kinda but you get the point

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

there is no character who is a one-to-one parallel to evelyn clawthorne. she represents everything in the demon realm that drew caleb to leave behind gravesfield. if caleb had other witch friends that inspired him to do so there isn’t any time or reason to describe it in so much detail so all of it is encompassed in evelyn. textually, caleb left phillip to be with evelyn. but emotionally, he left behind a suppressive environment where he was always under pressure to be someone he could never be, in favor of a world where he can be himself and be loved for it. it’s like luz, but they expand on the people around her better because ultimately the show is about her.

eda is luz’s evelyn in that eda’s bird palisman initially lured luz into the human realm. she is the splitting image of her ancestor, and shows luz a whole world of magic that she had only dreamed of.

willow and gus are luz’s evelyn in that luz never had any friends while she was in connecticuit. when she meets them, she finds out that she isn’t alone. there are people out there who would be friends with luz for who she really is.

amity is luz’s evelyn in that she is the witch that luz fell in love with. luz’s other friends are already a reason for her to want to stay behind on the isles, but her love for amity is one more motivation for this. also the first time she met luz’s brother she beat the shit out of him just like the real evelyn did with her brother in law we love to see a girlboss winning

amity, willow, and gus are all hunter’s evelyn in that they show him he has a chance to leave behind the oppressive environment he grew up in. that even if he gave up everything he’s ever known, there will still be people who care for him.

flapjack is hunter’s evelyn in that he gives him an attachment outside of phillip. belos was hunters only family, but flapjack, a memento from the real evelyn, shows that even outside his family, there can be someone he cares about. who will love and support him no matter what.

luz is hunter’s evelyn in that she makes him question his worldview. he has been raised to fear wild magic, but luz shows him it’s not all bad. that she and others who practice it are not all bad. hunter’s hatred of criminals and wild witches, which he had adhered to, fell apart when he grew to care about someone within that group.

hunter is not luz’s evelyn. he supports her like the rest of their friends, but by the time he becomes her friend, luz had already fallen in love with the boiling isles and no longer needs additional reasons to want to stay. belos, while eager to blame hunter for lots of things, doesn’t think this either. he blames luz for leading hunter astray and blames the boiling isles for leading luz astray, but doesn’t care enough about the witches around her to go into specifics.

but to belos, hunter is his caleb. luz sees herself as belos, but she is belos’s caleb as well. he wants hunter to care for him like caleb used to. but he also hates caleb for leaving, so he hates hunter as well. he wants luz to make the “right” choice as the new caleb, to forsake the boiling isles and choose the human world with him.

but hunter and luz are not the perfect caleb that belos imagined ought to exist. and when they are similar to the real caleb, they are similar for the reasons belos killed his brother in the first place. so belos kills every single golden guard. he tries to kill everyone luz loves and get her on his side before trying to kill her as well. and all the while, he rages at all the calebs, and the entire island of evelyns, all of them leading astray the people he’s projected onto.

but phillip wittebane never bothers to think about why luz and hunter chose the boiling isles over him. he never wonders what about evelyn clawthorne and the demon realm was so appealing to caleb. and of course, he never wonders what he himself did that drove his brother away.

#toh #the owl house #shut up pandora #toh meta #luz noceda #hunter toh #hunter noceda #phillip wittebane #caleb wittebane #emperor belos #evelyn clawthorne #stop making caleb and evelyn parallel romantic couples only how do yall miss the point this bad #caleb didn't leave gravesfield just bc he wanted that wussy (witch pussy) #he did it bc he was unhappy in his life and the isles provided an escapist fantasy for him to live in so he wouldnt have to face things #except he left without resolving things properly with phillip while luz will resolve things properly with camila #and that is why luz will get a happy ending and the best of both worlds while caleb got mcstabbed #luz is doing literally the same thing come on guys subtext #we dont know anything about evelyn and how her love story with caleb went but you know what we do know? #luz's growth while in the boiling isles as she discovers a community that cares for her that she wants to stay in #over a society that stamps down her joy until shes 'convenient' for others to be around #damn that sounds kind of like puritan gravesfield but nah evelyn is whoever i ship hunter with bc uhhhh blond guy dates girl #there is literally nothing there for caleb and evelyn as a romantic relationship to parallel with anyone #but if you view evelyn as an emotional representation of caleb's freedom and escapist tendencies? #luz noceda would like a word with you #i saw someone draw hunter and luz as caleb and evelyn and while its probably ship art it was rly pretty #i think luz paralleling evelyn bc of shipping is Bad but luz paralleling evelyn bc she caused hunters paradigm shift is Good #someone else vagued about the art but instead of saying lunter is a bad ship they instead threw all nuance out the window #and was like yes. every character must be an exact parallel of one other character #luz and hunter = wittebanes and hunter and willow (barf) = caleb and evelyn and nothing else #anyway this is a vaguepost about a vaguepost about a piece of art thats a bad ship if you squint sue me

[a-ramblinrose]

“But the owls themselves are not hard to find, silent and on the wing, with their ear tufts flat against their heads as they fly and their huge wings alternately gliding and flapping as they maneuver through the trees. Athena’s owl of wisdom and Merlin’s companion, Archimedes, were screech owls surely, not this bird with the glassy gaze, restless on the bough, nothing but blood on its mind.”        ― Mary Oliver, Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays

#Owls and Other Fantasies #Mary Oliver #Poetry #Tell all the truth but tell it slant #Current Reading #Not Out of Void But Out of Chaos

[rhineposting]

What do you think of Caleb?

Surprisingly, not that much.

Though, my views on him do differ from the common fandom agreement on who he is.

To me, he's just a guy who was dumb enough to leave his young and still impressionable brother behind with the puritans of Gravesfield - even though that by that time, he knew witch hunting was bad, and that even his brother could fall victim to it for the most absurd of reasons.

That, or he didn't change his mind and thought Evelyn was 'one of the good ones' simply because he was into her. Which honestly, isn't that unrealistic, considering even today some men don't find women worthy of respect unless they're hot and into them.

So, I don't really think he was some sort of Saint, like the fandom tends to portray him.

I think he was a guy that was either kind of dumb, or kind of an asshole that just happened to be the lesser evil in this story, simply because he was the victim, and because we didn't actually get to see what kind of person he truly was.

That's about it.

#though speaking as a full-time professional middle sibling myself #if my own brother went to a fantasy land with little to no discrimination and left me behind in Bigot McDeath-Trap village #I'd probably be a little bummed out too but I wouldn't blame witches for my brother being an inconsiderate jerk yknow #which is what the other guy did #toh #the owl house #toh caleb #toh evelyn #rhine questions #if it were me i would've just gotten an even hotter and more powerful witch girlfriend to make a point that would fix all of my problems #Rhine Character Studies

[domestick-clairvoyante]

loves. y’all. witches.

what am i supposed to do with myself now that the owl house has ended

#the owl house #toh #not witchcraft #mine #help what do i do #please rec other wholesome gay fantasy tv shows

[1ore]

when this is all over (tasks) (so many tasks) (help girl) remind me to draw weird morb flora and fauna

#'weird morb fauna' is so tame by fantasy standards #but thats because i want it to make my fellow earth science people start hooting and hollering #social burrowing owl that bullies other birds? corvid owl mimic? spicy grape? glutinous wheat/rice/wildrice chimera? boy we gottem #moribund tag

[diamondpython00]

Ah, and season 3 of The Owl House begins with an excellent opener. Thanks to Them is out! And despite the fact that no one asked, you get to listen to my thoughts anyway, o mysterious readers of the void. Spoilers - I had a lot of thoughts. Also spoilers - this post is about TOH S3 premiere, Thanks to Them. Don’t read further if you haven’t seen it yet.

First off, the opening sequence was a great reminder of where we were coming into S3, and extends the rain scene enough to give us a sense of how it becomes the post time skip status quo. Speaking of, watching the kids be normal teenagers in the human realm is fantastic, and I love that they’ve gotten quite a bit closer with time. The Owl House has always been good at working within time restraints to still give us the stuff needed to properly tell the story, and this time skip is no exception.

I also love the dive into Luz and Hunter’s relationship Were I to sum their relationship in this episode up, they sometimes enable each other’s worst impulses, but they’re also there for each other’s darkest moments. It’s a satisfying place for them to end up after the relationship building they went through over S2. They’ve both seen the other at their worst, and then decided, grudgingly at first but more readily over time, that they won’t judge each other for it, and that they like each other despite it. They end up as confidants and family by this episode, as verbally confirmed by Luz, and it’s just sweet to see these two care about each other.

And then there’s the dirty goop boy himself, Mr. Phillip “Belos” Wittebane. Still devoted to his plan of witch genocide to save the souls of humanity, and still being a manipulative asshole to just about everyone. He’s certainly hit a low point here - he carries very little of the gravitas and intimidation that he had in seasons 1 and 2, but I don’t terribly mind it. He’s still vindictive, manipulative, and sadistic, despite his reduced power. However, what I do mind is the buildup for him, which segues nicely into my last point.

Ah Disney, you fools. Despite all the positives of this episode, one glaring flaw is evident, and that is this feels like it was supposed to be a full season. No slander intended to Dana and her team, the episode is fantastic full stop. But it’s clear that both the relationships between the main cast and the looming threat of Belos were supposed to be a much more gradual buildup. What we do have ends up feeling a bit rushed - I would have loved to see Amity and Willow rekindle their relationship, Hunter slowly come out of his shell, Vee and Luz explore their new” relationship as sisters, and so much more. It also would have been awesome to get Belos as a creeping horror slowly making himself more and more known, until he finally appears at the mid season finale for S3, possessing Hunter and escaping back to the demon realm. Disney really squandered a lot of potential with this, and I’ll probably be mad about it forever.

Still, no fun going out on a downer note - so I’ll talk about my favorite part of this episode: CAMILA NOCEDA! Hot damn, I knew I was gonna love her as soon as the teaser, and boy my expectations were blown outta the water! Steps right up to hosting six (SIX) teenagers in her house, immediately tries to make them feel like they’re at home, is as patient and kind with her daughter as she can be, watches her daughter and friends fight an honest to god demon (in an excellently animated fight scene btw), and then decides “Uh uh, my daughter is not fighting that alone, I’m going with her to the demon realm, and I’m taking my bat!” What a badass! Man, I am excited for Camila to explore the Demon Realm, meet Eda and the rest, and open a gigantic can of whoop ass on Belos with her bat. See you all for the next episode!

#the owl house #toh #toh spoilers #luz noceda #amity blight #willow park #gus porter #hunter wittebane #(guess we can use that last name now huh) #thanks to them #thanks to them spoilers #toh S3 #found family #of course there are tons of other details i thought were fun #including but not limited to #hunter getting into cosmic frontier #and camila going whaaaat how’d that ludicrous collection of cosmic frontier memorabilia get into my basement #the parallel of luz being into a fantasy series and her mom being into scifi #confirmed mr noceda is named manny #amity and luz dressing up as azura characters #every little ship tease #views into luz’s childhood and why camila feels like luz needs to hide herself for her safety #etc etc #if you noticed any fun details or easter eggs feel free to add them in the notes!

[wingsyliveblogs]

A couple things here:

1. Personally, I’ve found it very hard to connect with people who don’t share at least some of my interests. If you don’t have anything in common with a potential friend, you don’t have anything to bond over, and the connection is shallow. Maybe some people find this easier, but I feel that if you’re trying to befriend someone whose interests are completely different from you, you kind of... have to pretend to be someone you’re not. That’s not really going to help Luz! She’s more likely to end up stifling her interests in an unhealthy way than to actually benefit from this experience. 

2. WHY ARE YOU THROWING THE BOOK AWAY CAN’T YOU JUST LEAVE IT AT HOME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING

#wingsy liveblogs #wingsy watches owl house #owls ep 1 #I know that this is where the first episode is going #she's going to have a lot more fun in the cool fantasy world #and make actual genuine friends #but it still stood out to me #her mom isn't entirely wrong in the sense that #setting spiders and snakes on other people isn't exactly a harmless consequence of her interest in fantasy #and she could seriously hurt someone with those fireworks #but also the eyeball thing and the play tryouts WERE pretty harmless; if a little disturbing #'it's good to be mindful of others' and 'you should be able to express yourself' are both true statements I feel #more importantly why would you EVER do that to a book aaaaaaaaaaaaa

[jo-from-saturn]

Guerì

https://pin.it/2ZfByrE

First Aesthetic to the protagonist of my First Fantasy Saga that I have yet to name, which is introduced in my first book, The Fall from Babylon.

I created her cuz I was struggling studying and having a perfect grade cuz I was still a freshman, at 18, and the shame further fueled my social anxiety. I was struggling with being a woman, a good Christian Catholic cuz I feared Hell, and I felt alone even if I had my family, but I didn't let them pick through my mind cuz I wanted meet the standard of the Golden Child and the Firstborn (honestly I felt a mix of Mirabel, Isabela y Luisa).

I was inspired by an owl movie which I don't honestly remember the name, when I'll remember I will give credit.

Now I revived her, and discovered that she is inspired from the an Ymbryme OC (a Peculiar specie from the Saga Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) and from other OC of my Fanfictions that nobody has ever read and never read :).

The last time she talked to me feels like a century ago, I didn't let her take my hand for describing herself, I created her as a self inserted so I could vent out all of my problems, but she's not me, and now I finally separated myself from her so she can live.

I will make a video for introducing her, but now this is her Aesthetic. The song associated with this Aesthetic is this:

When I will know her better, I'll keep you updated. Thanks to anyone who stopped scrolling for just reading, just that means a lot for me.

P.S. When I was little I've gone with Firew°o°rk, and I'll still go cuz I owe her this. ^.^"

#babylon #history #young adult #fantasy #floating island #owl-movie-that-now-i-don't-remember-and-i'm-too-tired-to-do-a-google-search-yeeeeeeh #dead inside like younger hunger #I’m all talk with a thorn in my sideI've got a real big heartThat I'm willing to hide #this feels like i'm stealing something #like i should be original but i get creative only taking inspiration from other works of arts and then mix it into a pot #like i'm a witch a Janara that steals knowledge for her insatiable hunger #Janara means a Witch in Neapolitan #with The Brilliant Friend i have so much representation #waiting for the last searies on RAI please don't spoil me the ending #if you follow me know that i will link things like 2 + 2 = 6 so be warned 🧿 #you can call me jo and i spend too much time on 🪐 to cope with all of my mental illeness #at least i know i'm mentally ill 🙈✌🏻 #Spotify