I find it interesting how Luz’s actions have caused a LOT of trouble and embarrassment for Amity in the past. First taking her Top Student badge away, causing Amity to make a fool of herself in public… Getting her outed as an unknowing cheater at the Covention, the diary incident, stealing her training wand and getting the twins captured by the Slitherbeast… Amity losing her job (tho that was mostly her own fault too), making Amity think Luz was embarrassed by the idea of them being together, and now this whole incident with the Bonesborough Brawl being interrupted, the championship taken from her.
And it’s fascinating, because Luz HAS screwed up, a lot; But for all the grief she’s done Amity, it’s never been intentional, and not only does she make up for it but… Amity understands WHY Luz did it, and most notably, Luz has done so much good for Amity as well! As Emira put it, Amity straight-up wasn’t happy before Luz, Luz is the reason she’s self-actualized and feels comfortable with who she is, healed and recovered, made connections and defeated her parents! Luz is why Amity was able to choose what SHE wanted for her life and realize what that was!
Obviously this says a lot of Amity’s saintly patience, but also how Luz no doubt thinks of herself as a mess-up who causes problems for others, which is why she’s so insistent on helping people and keeping her own issues a solo concern; That, and the trauma of loneliness, RSD, not wanting to be a burden. That last one really hits home given it was the explicit theme of the Season 2 premiere, because Luz doesn’t want to cause trouble for her mother Camila by being herself, and she doesn’t want to cause trouble for her friends!
It’s really compelling then, that in her attempts to overcorrect and compensate, Luz paradoxically causes problems; Either immediately or eventually, due to her lack of self-care bleeding out into her relationships with others. It’s why Eda and Raine broke up after all, you can’t hide what you’re going through, or else your partner doesn’t actually know you! Luz is just so apologetic of who she is and that just worsens her issues instead of fixing them, because she needs to love herself before she can love others; And we see firsthand how a lack of self-care can mess with loved ones and people.
It also adds to their relationship; Relationships aren’t perfect. There are ups and downs, mistakes. Sure most of these mistakes were from before Luz and Amity became girlfriends, but still. Relationships take work, they take collaboration and apology, and forgiveness. You do the wrong thing, but what matters is that you try and actually attempt to make up for that. And after what we’ve seen, I think this will likely be the last time Luz causes a problem for Amity over a lack of communication; Because a lack of communication was also the reason for conflict between them. Amity misunderstanding Luz as more malicious than she actually was, and not realizing her perspective (nor acknowledging how people like Hermonculus and Lilith were the actual problems here, not Luz).
