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- Jan 25, 2021
I like how Lily ignores the part where Lilith takes half of the curse into her own body so she suffers the same way Eda does. What is character development??
I have never watched a single episode of owl house in my entire life but if you REALLY want to redeem yourself after cursing someone you gotta take the entire thing lol. "suffers the same way eda does" how about your victim doesnt suffer ANYTHING anymore and you take responsability for your actions?
I'm guessing 50shades-of-blue was kind of nodding along like "I see where you're coming from" until they got to I HATE REDEMPTION ARCSSSSSS! and checked the name. Alternatively the part where she says "the show remains focused on Luz", given that one of Lily's (80% chance of it being a joke) pieces of writing advice was that she hates it when the narrative focuses on other characters than the protagonists.
(The advice isn't necessarily bad because too many stories wind up drifting from the characters you started reading for and going off to explore characters the writer is interested in but the audience isn't... but it's rare that somebody will mention that specifically as a plus to the narrative. And then as a plus to the character. Basically it's one of Lily's fixations on storytelling that doesn't have anything to do with the character in question but it checks off something she uncritically likes therefore it's good.)
I've listened to video essays about things I'm not super familiar with plenty of times, and one of the things about those critiques is that they'll provide actual explanations and specifics about characters and moments. Even if I'm not really familiar with the source material as more than a passing curiosity, I understand why the essayist feels the way they do. I'm not familiar with Owl House, but I certainly understand character achetypes and storytelling and if you talk about why you like a character -- even in a context I'm not familiar with -- I should be able to figure out the broad strokes of what you like or dislike about them.
When I read Lily's list up there I don't know any of why she actually likes or dislikes the characters, and it almost reads like a third-grade level book report. "I like Luz because she has a good character arc and is really likeable! I especially like that the story is about her."
did lily really say that? i distinctively remember that in her writing tips thread she said that every single good book ever written had a pov shift