The judge concluded that polyamorous relationships are entitled to the same sort of legal protection given to two-person relationships.
In June [2020], Somerville, Massachusetts, passed an ordinance allowing groups of three or more people who ‘consider themselves to be a family’ to be recognized as domestic partners. The neighboring town of Cambridge followed suit, passing a broader ordinance recognizing multi-partner relationships. The law has proceeded even more rapidly in recognizing that it is possible for a child to have more than two legal parents.”
“Why then,” posited the judge, “… does a person have to be committed to one other person in only certain prescribed ways in order to enjoy stability in housing after the departure of a loved one?”
and ANOTHER thing I appreciate about Owl House is that it emphasizes that it’s possible for parents to mess up and cause some level of damage to their kids WITHOUT being toxic or abusive. which is so important in today’s era of tiktok pathology, when wannabe psychologists are so quick to label any sort of parental-based trauma as abuse or narcissism. Camila is a WONDERFUL person and mother, who is very human and makes mistakes that have deeply hurt/misguided Luz, but the show never muddies her or their bond. she and Luz openly love and trust each other. and i just really really really appreciate that nuance
I feel like a lot of people misread Willow as being the mentally stable friend.
She’s not, she just puts up a good front. Her goals aren’t about her. She doesn’t consider her own emotions. Everything’s about others.
Willow is someone who tries her best to appear put together and stable on the outside. She won’t let you see her crack. Because to her her friends are 1000x more important. Many witches state a goal that involves their career or deepest wish for themselves when they chose a palisman or make one. Willow doesn’t, and she’s one of the few we’ve seen who makes this choice. She doesn’t want to be strong to help herself gain power, she wants power to protect those close to her.
Willow isn’t one to let her emotions get the better of her. But when they do she breaks. She can’t put up with all the pressure, she has a breaking point. And this breaking point usually stems from this insecurity of her not being good enough. She needs to be good enough for others. And she is. But she’s not good enough for herself.
Willows an amazing friend but she’s in no way less mentally ill then anyone else. She is unsure of herself and always needs to prove herself to others. It’s not quite as obvious as it is with Hunter; he’s always running around trying to prove his worth and having panic attacks because of it. But it’s still there, she just does a good job of keeping it all inside.
With Hunter we see this aspect of him a lot. It’s a huge plot point in Eclipse Lake. He’s scared of rejection from Belos. He’s scared of being replaced. He’s scared of not having a place in the world. He puts the needs of others over his own constantly. But Hunter can’t put up a front like Willow can. The only time we get to really explore Willows insecurity’s properly is when we literally are seeing inside her head. The episodes literally called Understanding Willow for crying out loud:
As someone who was bullied mercilessly for years when I was the age Willow is in this memory I really understand this whole episode on a very personal level. The things people said to Willow got to her. Her inner self says she’s just “finishing what (Amity) started.” Even when she heals her relationship with Amity she still has moments of insecurity. She calls herself, “half-a-witch.” She gets mad when Amity trys to protect her. She gets upset when she is captured by someone she trusted. All these things resurface old familiar emotions for her.
Willow has been trying her whole life to help people and for so long it didn’t work out. Amity calls her a “weakling.” She vows to be a powerful witch. Amity tells her she causes problems. Willow says she is going to protect everyone she loves. Amity rejects Willows friendship and picks on her.
Willow is scared of rejection.
Scared of disappointing people.
She is upset when Amity replaces her with new friends and lets them pick on her.
She can’t deal with any of these emotions - similarly to Hunter - so she combats it by constantly comforting and prioritizing others.
Willows incredibly powerful and strong. And amazing friend and a force not to be taken lightly.
But in no way is she over these deep rooted anxiety’s of losing her friends, not being able to protect people, or being a nuisance and a problem.
I really want this to be an aspect of her that is focused on sometime in the future, because its a problem she has that is never really solved.
