#the owl house odalia

If any witch deserves to die on the Day of Unity it should be Odalia Blight

this scene was so powerful. the owl house has always done a great job at showing the effects of toxic parenting, but actually seeing the extent to which odalia goes, how much she will sacrifice for high status, was jarring. im so glad that kids get to see amity fight back against it, and choose happiness over her mothers negligent demands.

My thoughts on what happened to Darius, Alador and Odalia

Spoilers if you’re not caught up with at least 2x16 of TOH

I am on a roll with my TOH posts lately and brainrot so as a gift, have this draft I wrote a couple days ago

My personal headcanon until proven otherwise for why Darius is no longer friends with Alador and Odalia is that one, or possibly both of them, said something cruel about the previous Golden Guard’s passing despite knowing Darius was close to him.

A young Darius knows there’s something incredibly off about his mentor’s disappearance. It just doesn’t make any sense. Why would he leave without even telling him? Without saying goodbye to him? He’s in his final year at Hexside, ready to join the abomination coven. Why would he abandon him now?

Emperor Belos’ explanation isn’t of satisfactory to Darius. There’s too many holes in the story, he asks around and there’s no definitive conclusion, Belos is avoiding further questions, and the cherry on top of this crap cake is how unbothered Belos is about losing his right hand man. It’s fabricated grief. Darius knows bad acting when he sees it.

He brings his concerns up to Alador and Odalia. The only people who he thought would understand.

His friends. His best friends.

The three of them could be mean sometimes, he’ll admit that. They would tease other people, and even each other at times.

But he truly didn’t expect Odalia to laugh in his face while Alador stands off to the side silently. It pisses Darius off more than he can state.

So they argue. Verbally at first. Until Darius and Odalia are practically screaming at each other at the end of it and Alador is barely doing anything about it. Until finally, Alador sides with Odalia over Darius and he’s never felt more betrayed and alone. Only because Alador has a stupid fucking crush.

“Your attachment to your mentor is clouding your judgment. Belos has no reason to lie about that sort of thing. You have no proof in order to question him.” Oh Titan, how he hated Odalia in this moment.

He still hears Odalia’s tone in his head when he relives this memory. He remembers the way she sneered at him.

“He killed him, I know he did. He killed my mentor. His own family! I’ll prove Belos got rid of him, I swear on the Titan.”

“Even if Belos did kill him, he probably had a good reason. You out of everyone should know the Golden Guard can’t even do *real* magic, right? Who would want a little half-witch on their counsel anyways? The Golden Guard is better off dead, I say good riddance.”

If there’s one thing Darius hated more than dirt and hideous fashion, it was blind obedience. His mentor taught him that he has the right to question authority. He has the right to question all the adults in his life and the things he’s been told.

So that does it. Like the trigger of a gun that’s been pulled, he acts without thinking. A tiny part of him regrets it, now that he’s older. Only a tiny part. But if you were to ask Darius if it felt good, he’d say yes in a heartbeat.

In a flash, Darius was striking with abomination daggers. Alador is quick to retaliate before he and Odalia could get hit though.

The fight is short and ultimately ends in a draw. Neither of them win. Physically, everyone was fine. Darius was too tired; Alador is huffing and puffing as he stands in front of Odalia, and Darius can’t bring himself to attack anymore.

Darius walks away, hands clenched in tight fists at his side. He only turns back once to see Odalia and Alador glaring at him before he continues walking.

He hears Alador call out to him. One last time.

“You don’t deserve to be the Golden Guard’s protege.”

He never hangs out with them again after that.

Wanted to draw these two again before the new episode

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So we met the Blights.

We already knew from Understanding Willow that they were one, not great people, and two, not great parents- but now we’ve gotten a look at how so, exactly.

Odalia’s about what we expected, manipulative, overly controlling, only interested in what she can use her daughter for as opposed to the kid’s well-being. And then there’s Alador.

I don’t think Alador particularly wanted kids.

Like, I could be wrong, but after watching him and Odalia with Amity, the vibe I got is that Alador has no real interest in the world outside of his abominations, his wife, and the occasional small floating creature that he can follow around. The reason he and his wife seem to work is that she’s good at dealing with the social aspects of business, so she does that and he doesn’t have to. I don’t think Alador particularly gets people or has ever had any desire to learn, and Odalia has ensured it’s never been necessary. If she says they need to do something, he goes with it. He doesn’t understand why, but he doesn’t NEED to. Odalia says this is what they need to do, and she’s the people person. He has no issue with being used as a prop to get whatever they need done.

So when, years prior, Odalia came to him and said ‘I think it’s time we have children’, I’m sure he had no clue what the point of that would be, but if Odalia says they should, well, she’s usually right.

So he has kids, and they’re here now, but he doesn’t really… get them. It’s like he’s dealing with completely different life forms. They live in his house, he sees them a lot, but he doesn’t tend to engage with them. That’s Odalia’s area.

I don’t think he resents them, or anything- they’re fine. They seem nice enough. Intelligent. Good potential.

…but I don’t think he cares about them much.

I get this sense as well, though we can’t really know for sure it doesn’t seem like he tries to spend time with them outside of the abomination presentations. I think he’s probably neutral to people on the whole, with Odalia being an exception because she’s basically running the relationship. 

We also see him enforcing the existing rules.  He may not understand their ultimate intent, but he dislikes drama in general, likes rules in general, and is willing to step up when he sees his quiet zone being threatened with an angry wife and child.

It’s interesting to me, now that I think about it, that the Blight kids don’t actually refer to Alador much, either. After Luz, Gus, and Willow are expelled, Amity only says she didn’t speak up because of her mom. When Amity, Gus and Willow are sneaking into Blight Industries Edric and Emira ask them to not mention their helping them to Odalia, but they don’t mention Alador. So it seems to me that he isn’t really involved much in parenting. Maybe he only does what Odalia asks of him so he can return to his quiet zone and work. 

How to train your suegra

Suegrita bella, suegrita de mi alma.

Por mas que me odies, yo sé que me aguantas.