I respect your opinion, but your criticism feels scattershot and unnecessarily harsh and pessimistic. It carries a pretty somber tone for an apparently positive review, with you negatively comparing this show to other shows. It\'s only one season through, after all.
As I expressed in my review, the show simply meets the criteria a good show needs to meet. There are not many positive things I could say about The Owl House that I couldn\'t say for any other good show. So spending a lot of time on positives would just be redundant. I believe I made it clear enough that the show is still good, and that it might always improve in the future.
Personally, I love the show to bits so far, but I can kinda understand where you\'re coming from with some of these criticisms. And like both you and Quelea said, there\'s a chance the show can get better as it goes on. Happens to a lot of these shows really. Glad you at least enjoyed it, even if you don\'t consider it fantastic, but hoping that when Season 2 does come out, you see some improvements, and enjoy it just as much as I do. (Tho it\'s still fine if it ain\'t your thing, heh.)
Just glad this review\'s not another snarky whine fest where people think snarking at the few nitpicks they have automatically means they\'re better, and then fight in the comments for months. I feel like those reviews are becoming more common, or are at least easier to find on TV Tropes.
" I'm the princess! Everyone has to do what I say!"
I\'d say Luz\'s flaws are more thoughtlessness and recklessness and in that regard she does improve and grow more aware. And after Hollow Mind the show really reached new heights. Belos is an absolutely terrific deconstruction of the isekai protagonist.
so how\'s your opinion with Season 2 and 3
Honestly the review seems a bit shallow on Luz. She DOES have flaws and weaknesses. She\'s thoughtless and reckless and yes a little selfish. She grows out of it which is why she gets good outcomes. Hint, making a mistake isn\'t a bad thing if you learn from it. Since Luz learned from it she got good outcomes.
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A good show. But nothing more than that.
The Owl House has a very basic set of pros and cons. The animation style is unique, and the character designs are memorable. There's at least one or two jokes that make me laugh each episode. And when becoming more tense, the visuals become a true spectacle. But at the same time, Owl House doesn't break any new ground with its plot, and in general is very unoriginal.
The plot-line with the most focus follows Luz's time spent in magic school, as she strives to become a great magician, despite her Muggle status. Already a story done many times, many ways. But the lack of any unique characters is another drawback. With Willow and Gus being the typical Cloud Cuckoolanders Minder friends, and Amity being the arrogant Alpha Bitch rival who softens up with time. They all behave exactly like how you'd imagine they would. (In Amity's case it becomes rather obnoxious to watch her stutter and blush like a toddler whenever she's around Luz after her character development.) Principal Bump is the only exception, and he is a rather varied and entertaining character.
The larger scale plot-line involving the emperor took a backseat this season. As did the most interesting character (And my personal favorite), Eda. She and Luz didn't spend as much time learning magic together as I had hoped, in favor of the more generic school setting. She and her sister did get enough time to shine to the point where they never felt like side characters, and it was always a good time watching them interact.
The show's greatest weakness is its protagonist Luz. Not a bad character, rather a very safe one. Excluding flaws that drive the plot, she does not have any poor character traits. And the ones she does have are centered in naivety, while excluding more challenging traits that could realistically be included with that behavior, such as disrespect or selfishness. Even then, the "mistakes" Luz does make often end up giving her and her friends a better outcome than if she didn't make it. Unless she gets corrupted later on, Luz doesn't have much room for character growth, and will most likely act exactly the same as she did in season one till the end, minus the ignorance.
Because outside information should not be used to judge a work, I don't believe any of these criticisms can be used to call The Owl House a bad show. Or even a mediocre one. But because Owl House doesn't break any new grounds compared to other (and probably better) shows, I can't call it great.
Even then, the positives I mentioned are still in effect, and the season one finale was a promising one. If season two takes more risks, and give's Luz's character more dimensions, I can see Owl House becoming a truly great show. As it is, it's structurally sound, with no glaring flaws. Any major criticism drawn can only be done if you compare it to other works. So watch The Owl House if you want to. But if you were a 2000s kid like I was, don't expect to be blown away. At least not for now.