Amity Blight: Replacing Perfection With Happiness
The Owl House and the importance of pursuing what you want in life.
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Series: The Owl House. Genre: Fantasy/horror. Release Year: 2020. Creator: Dana Terrace.
I am a huge fan of The Owl House, a tv series created by Dana Terrace and streaming on Disney+. The show is about a creative human girl, Luz Noceda, from Connecticut, who accidentally walks through a magical portal and ends up in the Demon Realm. There, she meets a witch named Eda who agrees to take on Luz as an apprentice, and a cute dog looking demon named King who quickly becomes he good friend. For the first time, Luz makes some friends and is able to explore who she is and what she wants without the pushback she received from the adults in her life back in the human realm.
Luz also makes an enemy pretty early on. Amity Blight is the top student in her field of study at Hexside School of Magic and Demonics. She bullies Luz’s friend Willow, constantly shows off in class in a way that patronizes the other students, and, in a fit of jealousy over Willow and Luz’s attempt to help Willow pass the class, almost has Luz dissected. Amity is a fan favorite character, and I think a lot of us forget that last point…
