The Adorable Theory About Luz and King's Relationship That Owl House Never Confirmed, Explained

The Owl House ran for three seasons on Disney Channel, during which the relationship between human teenager Luz Noceda (Sarah-Nicole Robles) and the childish demon king (Alex Hirsch) was always central. However, how a certain part of the Boiling Islands' lore connects to their dynamics is never explicitly made clear in the show. The Owl House follows Luz as she stumbles into another magical world and settles into Owl House, where she trains as a witch under the tutelage of chaotic witch Eda Clawthorne (Wendie Malick).

When everyone meets, Eda already has King, a somewhat mysterious creature who believes he was the king of all demons, under her care. However, King is still objectively a child and he and Luz develop a best friend/brother relationship, while Eda comes to see them as her surrogate children (more formally recognized, in King's case). However, although Luz was largely a full-fledged witch and King was revealed to be a young Titan at the time The Owl House was canceled after season 3, the show still lost some of the world-building that is widely assumed.

Luz discovered the glyphs so quickly because King was helping her

Belos is surprised that Luz mastered magic so much faster than him - but King inadvertently helped her

A turning point that is strongly hinted at in some of the The Owl Housethis is the best episodes King being by Luz's side all the time and wanting her to excel in magic actually allows for her success as a witch. Without the anatomical source of magic that most witches possess, Luz is left dependent on drawings."glyphs" she discovers in the environment of the Boiling Isles how to perform spells. The world-building eventually leads to the conclusion that the glyphs are relics of an older form of magic that comes directly from the deity known as the Titan.

Villain Philip Wittebane/Emperor Belos (Matthew Rhys) is impressed that Luz discovered and mastered the glyphs and their combinations so quickly – much faster than he did. He comments that it is "almost as if the world wanted to hide them [him],"and later,"almost as if the Titan himself didn't want me to have this knowledge."What he doesn't know is that King himself is a Titan, so Luz had a little Titan by her side rooting for her all the time, who intrinsically wanted her to succeed in magic because it's important to her, and he cares with her, probably accelerating her education.

Additionally, Luz eventually meets the Titan, King's father (Arin Hanson), who sacrifices himself in the final episode to save Luz for King. When he is gone, the source of Light's magic disappears and she can no longer use the glyphs. However, as King grows and becomes a stronger source of magic, she can use them again. However, this is stated more directly in the final episode, while King's secret but crucial role throughout the series is only easily inferable.

The Owl House practically confirms that King helped Luz with magic

King helped Luz succeed simply by wanting her to succeed

Luz's discovery of glyphs happens mostly by accident: she sees a glyph in a snowflake or in a spell Eda performs, and discovers glyph combinations through trial and error. There is a lot of luck involved and Belos' complaints about the Titan apparently working against him suggest that the universe itself has given Luz far more luck than Belos, allowing her to master magic much faster. Never in the series does anyone actually say that King's support is the source of his luck, but in retrospect the evidence is incredibly obvious.

For example, in Season 1 Episode 4, “The Intruder,” King is trying to give Luz a lesson about demons, but she just wants to learn magic. They are then thrown into a horror movie situation, having to deal with a cursed monster that Eda has loose in the house. After a heart-to-heart, King suggests they watch the video of Eda performing a light spell again. After King decides to genuinely support and truly wants Luz to be able to do the spell, she suddenly sees the glyph in the video.

Luz is the chosen one of the House of the Owl, but only because she is a good sister of the king

The Owl House deconstructs its chosen trope, but secretly takes it to the next level

The fact that Luz only sees glyphs in the world around her is likely spurred on by King simply wanting her to find glyphs. because it makes her happy. The way Belos and the other supporting characters in The Owl House Talking about the Titan describes a paradigm of belief in divine endorsement. Titan characters do not have absolute control over the outcome of events, but they do appear to have some influence over their type of magic. Luz becomes a powerful and very successful witch, who Belos sees as having been blessed by the Boiling Isles or the Titan.

Which isn't far off, but thematically very different. The Owl House make fun of Harry Potter tropes including the “chosen one”, sending the message that Luz needs to believe in herself and not wait for a great destiny to happen. However, even without knowing it, Luz was supported by the divine strength of this world. Luz is chosen because King “chooses” her, not because he sees in her some kind of untold greatness, but because she gives him the love and support he needs on his journey, which is beautifully true to form. The Owl Housecentral themes.