The Owl House is one of the newest series on the Disney Channel. In The Owl House, Luz stumbles upon a portal to a magical realm where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and a tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical abilities, Luz pursues her dream of becoming a witch by serving as Eda’s apprentice.
Currently on its 16th episode, the show has gathered much love and fandom. The latest episode — episode 16 — of the series, however, has got people talking. Titled ‘Enchanting Grom Fight’, the episode revealed that the protagonist of the show is bisexual as she goes for prom.
On that episode, the show creator, Dana Terrace says, “When I was first developing Owl House I always wanted to do a prom episode to make up for my own experiences. Back then PROM was an anagram for ‘Perennial Ritual Offering Maiden’. I’m so INCREDIBLY grateful for the crew working to make this episode so badass. In dev, I was very open about my intention to put queer kids in the main cast. I’m a horrible liar so sneaking it in would’ve been hard haha. When we were greenlit I was told by certain Disney leadership that I could NOT represent any form of bi or gay relationship on the Channel. I’m bi! I want to write a bi character, dammit! Luckily my stubbornness paid off and now I am VERY supported by current Disney leadership. (Thank you @NashRiskin and team!) Not to mention the amazingness of this crew.”
“Representation matters! Always fight to make what YOU want to see! As [The Owl House] continues, I can’t wait to explore things that are important to me and my crew. Looking forward to the next chapter,” Terrace added.
https://twitter.com/DanaTerrace/status/1292321441363288064?s=20
GLAAD also joined the fans of the show to celebrate the inclusive representation on Disney.
“We’re excited about the LGBTQ-inclusive storytelling in Disney Channel’s new animated series #TheOwlHouse,” they tweeted. “…which is portraying an inclusive, fair, accurate, and age-appropriate world through the representation of its characters.”
We're excited about the LGBTQ-inclusive storytelling in Disney Channel's new animated series #TheOwlHouse, which is portraying an inclusive, fair, accurate, and age-appropriate world through the representation of its characters. pic.twitter.com/2ASkpku9Ap
— GLAAD (@glaad) August 9, 2020
Progress?
Some other creators also commended the growth in Disney and the progression towards full inclusion for characters. For example, American animator, Alex Hirsch, the creator of Gravity falls, explained how during his tenure at Disney many years ago, that would have been impossible.
In 2012 the Disney censor note on this image would have been:
“inappropriate for channel, please revise, call to discuss” (to avoid a paper trail)Now in 2020- there’s no note at all.
Props where props are due! This time, Disney- you did good. pic.twitter.com/HLDux1jNUk
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) August 9, 2020
