Hidden Depths / The Owl House

The Owl House

Hidden Depths in this series.

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The Owl House

Luz Noceda

• The Owl Pellets shorts reveal that she's a surprisingly competent artist.
• "Sense and Insensitivity" shows that she's a pretty talented writer, even if her subjects tend to be overly saccharine. King's "edited" version of her story even draws the attention of a major book publisher. She admits to have held these aspirations for some time, having carried a preparatory "author's photo" of herself (taken when she was much younger) for years.
• "Enchanting Grom Fight" shows that she is a really good dancer. She dances with Amity while they work together to take down Grom.
• "Reaching Out" and "Thanks to Them" both reveal that Luz has never been as upbeat and happy go lucky as she lets on. As a result of the death of her father Manny, Luz dove into the book series that he gave to her before he died. Ever since then, Luz has used the fantasy series as a sort of coping mechanism, and even then there are times when the pain of missing him becomes too much, as shown by how much she breaks down in the former episode due to being unable to perform her yearly flower planting with her mother.

Eda Clawthorne

• "Lost in Language" exposes that for all of her stated disdain for soft, maternal behavior, she actually makes a highly effective and nurturing babysitter.
  • In "Understanding Willow", she puts on an impromptu concert for Gus, ringing several bells in an impressive harmony.
• "Eda's Requiem" further confirms that she has musical talent, with the only thing stopping her from playing Bard magic being the reaction it has to her curse.

Hooty

• In "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door", Hooty is revealed to have some insecurities about how Luz, Eda, and King are going on all these cool adventures while he stays put, and when his attempts to help them seemingly fail, especially after he seems to fail at helping Luz and Amity get a Relationship Upgrade, he is utterly distraught. Eda notes when eating his drugged cookies that he's a surprisingly good baker.

Hexside School of Magic and Demonics

Willow Park

• It's heavily implied Willow had a deep desire to murder Amity for everything she said and did since the day their friendship ended. While Amity was inside Willow's mind, Inner Willow is so full of hate, and wasn't going to stop until Amity is dead.
• According to Dana's AMA, Willow regularly works out, but prefers not to brag about it. "Follies at the Coven's Day Parade" depicts this onscreen, showing her lifting weights at home. Again in "Any Sport in a Storm", where she does sit-ups and jump rope with vines in preparation for Flyer Derby.
• In "Wing It Like Witches", despite having never played before, Willow displays a natural aptitude for grudgby, even managing to score the first point of the game by pulling a fast one on Team Captain Boscha. And despite losing the game (which only happened because Boscha found the Rusty Smidge), Boscha's teammates were impressed enough by her performance to offer to let her join the team.

Amity Blight

• The pages that spill out of her magical diary in "Lost in Language" reveal many thoughts and feelings that Amity keeps concealed, with her outright admitting that this is because she feels like she cannot show weakness under any circumstances. She's also a big fan of the Good Witch Azura series, like Luz.
• In the same episode, Amity is shown being kind to young kids by reading them a children's book, and acting as a caring big sister to them, with no signs of her previous Alpha Bitch personality shown.

Gus Porter

• In "Something Ventured, Someone Framed" he reveals that underneath his upbeat and hammy personality, he feels he gets ignored and underestimated because he's younger than the other students in his class. He created the Human Appreciation Society because he wanted to keep others from feeling overlooked as well.
• "Through The Looking Glass Ruins" has him deal with a lot of Heroic Self-Deprecation, in part because he and Willow got hurt due to him trying to use his illusions to help with a pixie infestation, and even wonders if it's worth sticking with the Illusion track or if he should switch to another kind of magic.
• "Labyrinth Runners" reveals that he has significant self-doubt issues and anxieties due to older students manipulating him into doing their homework.

Edric & Emira Blight

• Edric has a surprising talent for beast-keeping. He also shows some hidden self-esteem issues. Meanwhile, Emira is shown to be practicing healing magic.

Mattholomule

• Shows more emotional complexity in season two, and by "Labyrinth Runners" he's officially multi-track and branching out into Illusion magic.
• In "For the Future", we see that he is actually a pretty good leader and has put together a detailed plan of rations and rotations to make Hexside more livable. None of his plans were implemented but that was due to Boshca and Miki's iron grip on the school rather than his own failures. Gus is understandably shocked at the revelation of his competence.

Principal Hieronymus Bump

• Despite his questionable morals, he genuinely cares about his students and giving them a good education. When Mattholomule makes a fool of himself at the Covention, Bump's immediate thought is that he's failed as a principal, rather than berate the student for being incompetent. He also sees the value in having a human exchange student, and does ultimately allow students to study more than one kind of magic when they show him how much good it could do. And despite his complaining over all the trouble Eda caused in her day, Season Two reveals he actually likes the mayhem Luz, Gus, and Willow cause, feeling it brings some excitement to the school. When the Blights force him to expel them, he's so upset he actually cries over having to turn them away.

Eileen

• For someone like Eileen, she is seen staffing multiple covens and booths which implies that there's more to Eileen than it seems.

Boscha

• The opening to "Wing it like Witches" focuses on her, mainly to show how self-absorbed she is and how popular she is because of her talent in Grudgby. However, it also shows that she starts her day with a pep talk in the mirror, something usually reserved for characters with self-esteem issues. Combined with how hostile she gets toward Willow for accidentally stealing her thunder, and how terrified she looks when her Girl Posse wants to hang out with Willow, it's implied she suffers from an Inferiority Superiority Complex.
• In "Hunting Palismen", Boscha instantly warms up to her new palisman (to the point that she's actually blushing over it) despite complaining about having to get a used one immediately beforehand.
• Her voice actor, Eden Riegel, states that Boscha has low self-esteem, a need for external validation, and a feeling of otherness that makes her a bully because it's the only way she can feel like she belongs.
• In "Any Sport In A Storm", she sarcastically reads a passage from Azura aloud, but does so with closed eyes. Either Boscha is a phenomenal speed reader, or she knows more about Azura than she wants to admit.
  • Either that, or she heard some of it from Amity.

Skara

• Skara's shown to be an avid follower and strategist in flyer derby but has been playing grudgby for so long, she has to catch up. And like Willow, Gus, and Viney, she was also looked down upon at some point, possibly a reference to how a younger Amity thought she was mean when evidence shows she really isn't.

Bonesborough

Tiny Nose

• Tiny Nose not only has some potent spellcasting ability, but she also apparently has some medical training, saying that she graduated from medical school before taking a blood sample from King.

The Emperor's Coven

Emperor Belos

• Belos presents himself as calm and a no-nonsense character dead set on completing his goals, but his past as Philip Wittebane reveals that he was an absolute dork when it comes to naming things, namely thinking that the Collector's mirror should be called a "Round Boy". Oh, and he does take his fashion seriously after Luz states that his 15th-century colonial jacket would be mocked on Earth.

The Golden Guard

• Despite being a high-ranking member of the Emperor's Coven and the right-hand man to the emperor himself, "Any Sport in a Storm" reveals that Hunter has No Social Skills when casually interacting with other teens, likes to wear novelty socks and can't sew for the life of him.

Warden Wrath

• Despite being the Warden of a prison built to hold 'freaks' and 'weirdos', he's in love with Eda.
• From what was shown, he's very caring and protective of his infant son.
• He apparently has some level of scientific expertise given that he took part in the basilisk experiments.
• His words to Eda regarding the Day of Unity imply that he may not be as loyal to Belos as he originally seemed to be and has his doubts and possible fears about his intentions.

Steve

• He looks like your average evil mook who only goes around praising his bosses for approval, but "Any Sport in a Storm" reveals that he secretly hated joining the Emperor's Coven for how harsh it was and how he had to surrender his palisman, even having him talk with Hunter about it.
  • His good nature is further supported when he's among the people attending Lilith's party in "Elsewhere and Elsewhen" despite being part of a coven that openly antagonizes the members of the Owl House.
• "O Titan, Where Art Thou" reveals Steve is the sort to help out random strangers he meets, cheering up King and fixing a family's wagon while he's out and about.
• The same episode suggests Steve has a romantic side. The sight of an affectionate and happy couple causes him to break down crying, though whether it's because he's moved by how beautiful their relationship is, or because he's been unlucky in love himself (possibly never having had the chance to pursue anyone because of his Coven duties), or some combination thereof is unclear.
• He also reveals he's in therapy, and offers to give Lilith his doctor's name.

Darius

• He demonstrates a hatred of mindless, blind obedience and shows some major concern for Hunter's social life, to the point of being genuinely impressed when Hunter makes friends and defies him to protect them, letting him off the hook and even giving him a scroll so he can stay in touch with them.
• "Hollow Mind" has Darius, who was working with Raine and Eber against Belos in incognito, almost blow his cover when he hears that the "angry blonde kid" (as Hooty describes Hunter) was transported into Belos' mind along with Luz. This is after he had to restrain Raine from rushing in to help Eda, which comes to show that deep down, he really cares about Hunter.

Terra Snapdragon

• Despite her Would Hurt a Child tendencies, there are hints in "Them's the Breaks Kids" that she wanted to be a mother.

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