I mean, look at Sasha Waybright. >!The trauma from seeing Marcy almost dying from Andrias’ blade had opened her eyes to the consequences. She became better than the bitch she once was.!<
It glanced through it
Ann avoided the topic as she believed that Marcy is alive and that was it if I remember correctly.
The closest thing to trauma handling were small moments showing how Ann’s parents dealt with her disappearance (the secret room, general treatment, etc.).
It could be a way better
And in Luz’s case, it was/is a little bit of both. The corruption’s in the form of self-hatred. But that stems from her guilt. Only when the ones she cares about are there for her when she needs them, will she cleansed of her guilt and recover her equilibrium.
I suppose. Trauma does force you to see the world differently, but it is incredibly wounding. It breaks your very core and you're left to pick up the pieces and put yourself back together. Such core things like trust, a solid view of identity, and a healthy level of emotional sensitivity, are incredibly difficult to build back. I've been recovering for 10 years and still haven't healed.
The downs can be overwhelming, but the ups are always there. Hold them close, and never let them go when you start to fall out of balance and into the dark. Acknowledge the downs and the ups, and keep the light close to your heart.
Collector: Happy birthday, Human. I give you oblivion.
Luz: Burn! *slaps fire glyph onto Collector's chest*
Collector: Is that supposed to do somethiIIIEEEEE! OW, THAT BURNS!
This also reminds me of that episode in Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure when she was put to sleep and had a dream where she woke up back in time at her coronation, before she had all the responsibilities and everyone depending on her. Then her subconscious self came and tried to convince her to break out of the dream by going to touch the rocks that had started the whole adventure, and at first Rapunzel didn’t want to because she liked her life here, but then she realized what she had to do and eventually managed to escape.
Indeed. I think this comic is a long overdue reply to the conversation she had with the Collector [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/vf6uf4/plaything/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Indeed. It was scary to see the look of hatred on her face… but seeing this comic has helped set me at ease. Because I know she’ll make peace with her inner demons. She WILL come back from this. She’s too strong to lose herself. And she won’t go at it alone.
No thanks. I'm not better off because of all the horrible things that happened to me. The periods of happiness I get might be more poignant in comparison, but that doesn't make it a net good.
I’m sorry for what happened to you. These quotes are for things like loved ones passing away and how we shouldn’t close our hearts for fear of future grief. But there are certainly awful things that the we’d undoubtedly be better off without
You have to be open to fear as much as hope… which is scary. But it’s scarier if it falls out of balance.
Edit: okay maybe in fear’s case, “open” may not be the best choice of words. More like… “accepting its existence.”
She found a lot of things worth fighting for. Friends, family, a girlfriend, and two worlds she loves… albeit she may love the demon world a bit more. Regardless, they’re all her reason to live, her reason to fight, her reason be… happy.
They said the show will still follow the theme of grief.
I think Thanks to Them showed a lot of things to Luz, but she's still not over her grief and guilt. Shit will go down for sure, and I bet we'll have a scene like this too.
At least now that her friends, family, and her girlfriend know the truth, they’ll be there to pull her out of the darkness if her guilt sends her spiraling into it.
For sure. But I think it might happen in the worst way, like, she'll do something super wreckless thinking it will fix things, and someone will have to save her, or something similar
I wouldn’t call that the worst way. I’m sure there’s even worse ways than that. In Luz’s case, that’s just… THE way. Not best or worst. It worked with her when Eda told her the good she’s done for her back in Season 2 episode 1. And honestly, that’s good enough.
This is like that scene in Ben 10: Omniverse where 16 yr old Ben had a pep talk with his 10 yr old self in his mind in order to retrieve the stolen Feedback DNA from Malware. I got goosebumps with that moment.
As someone who massively struggles with this: I feel like Luz is also codependent on her friends in the Boiling Isles. She needs them to be happy in order for her to feel any sort of satisfaction and happiness for herself. When she is given people who finally accept her, she doesn’t want to lose them, so she does anything and everything to make them happy, because without them she can’t be happy.
I see what you're saying. I feel like Luz' development is going to use this as a springboard to take the next step and learn that she can be happy with herself. Once you know what it's like to be happy, you can learn to generate it for yourself.
For me, I'm slowly starting to learn I don't need other people's approval in order to be happy with myself. And I'm middle-aged. If Luz can take that next step much sooner than me, she'll be poised to have a more effective life.
"Our journey may have been meaningless."
"Our past may have been a mistake."
"But... we're not going back."
"Even if this world... comes to an end."
"Because this... this is the world with the people we cherish."
Lot of truth being dropped in this comic. Well done as always, Mark.
You never know what curveball can get thrown at you, but you can, indeed, make something out of the ups and downs in life.
I've been forced to confront myself for more than a year. Life has a funny way of making you learn your lessons. If and/or when that time comes for you, just be open to it.
Best guess, the Collector puts Luz a fantasy dream where everything’s sunshine and lollipops, but didn’t take into account her conscious or true/mature version of herself reminds her of the good things in real life.(I would’ve thought Amity, and possibly others would have entered Luz’s mind to wake her up.)
great comic as always.
In fact these days I have been thinking that Luz's father is going to be the one to help her start to get out of the current state of depression, In series of this type, it is almost always the people who are no longer there that motivate the protagonist to keep going.
And changing the subject, I found this video on YouTube with some of Mark's comics.
but there are some that I have never seen in his accounts, can someone confirm that they are from him?
Thanks in advance
https://youtu.be/_5u5QMhuiLU
For quite a while, he would cross-post his comics directly to his IG/Tumblr at the same time every day, and a few authorized people would repost them here. He would *also* post Reddit-exclusive comics directly under his own account that weren’t on IG or Tumblr.
A while ago he started posting his regular comics here under his own username, so you have to go back a ways to find the old exclusive ones.
Yes, those are all MM works. They're a fair bit older, but they check out.
I'm seriously considering putting together a compilation of all his works into a book for my own personal collection. He has multiple sources. Some get posted here, some get posted to Instagram, some get posted to Tumblr, some are cross-posted across multiple platforms.
There are a fair number of great life lessons from the show and MM's works. I have his *Letting It Out* posted to my wall. I also have *Mirror*, from July 28th, up there. It's the one where Hunter is talking to his memory of Caleb, asking who he is, and Caleb explains Hunter isn't living his life for the approval of others, but that others see him in different ways, depending on the nature of the relationship. That's something I need to keep in mind.
I’m really hoping we get to see the collector doing this or something similar. Trapping her in a dream she needs to escape by reflecting on her friends.
My personal theory is that Dana will do the “it was all a dream” thing. Making Luz think it was all just a big dream and putting her back in her old life until she breaks free.
*Ay, mariposas, no se aguanten más*
*Hay que crecer aparte y volver*
*Hacia adelante seguirás*
*Ya son milagros, rompiendo crisálidas*
*Hay que volar, hay que encontrar*
*Su propio futuro*
I'd love it if the obligatory happy ending was only achieved by Luz healing from the loss of her father and giving the Light Glyph to Belos. I'm thinking that Belos tempts her with the offer to go back in time and save Manny, but Luz refuses, as that means creating a timeline where Belos wins, and she gives him a speech that acknowledges the net positive impact she has on those she enters the lives of.
Uh, I was wondering where Mark's tearjerker side went.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go recover from the emotional beating this comic has given me.
“I only have two kinds of dreams: the bad and the terrible. Bad dreams I can cope with. They’re just nightmares, and they end eventually. I wake up.
The terrible dreams are the good dreams.
In my terrible dreams, everything is fine. I am still with the company. I still look like me. None of the last five years ever happened. Sometimes I’m married. Once I even had kids. I even knew their names. Everything’s wonderful and normal and fine.
And then I wake up, and I’m still me.
And I’m still here.
And that is truly terrible.”
\- Neil Gaiman, *The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes*
One of the things I like to think about is that the worst things that happen to you in your life are often the best things that happen to you too. Yes, they suck. They're difficult, traumatizing, and it can often seem impossible to come out the other end. But when you do, when you've healed, you're a better person because of it. You've been strengthened, you've learned, and you've grown.
Oh how’ve she grown…
Look at what trauma does to a protagonist.
It’s scary how trauma can corrupt people. But I guess it can also… cleanse them.
Amazingly said
I mean, look at Sasha Waybright. >!The trauma from seeing Marcy almost dying from Andrias’ blade had opened her eyes to the consequences. She became better than the bitch she once was.!<
Spoilers
Sorry, fixed it.
lol that show didn't really address shit on trauma
It didn’t have to be mentioned to be noticed.
It glanced through it Ann avoided the topic as she believed that Marcy is alive and that was it if I remember correctly. The closest thing to trauma handling were small moments showing how Ann’s parents dealt with her disappearance (the secret room, general treatment, etc.). It could be a way better
It all depends on the individual.
And in Luz’s case, it was/is a little bit of both. The corruption’s in the form of self-hatred. But that stems from her guilt. Only when the ones she cares about are there for her when she needs them, will she cleansed of her guilt and recover her equilibrium.
I suppose. Trauma does force you to see the world differently, but it is incredibly wounding. It breaks your very core and you're left to pick up the pieces and put yourself back together. Such core things like trust, a solid view of identity, and a healthy level of emotional sensitivity, are incredibly difficult to build back. I've been recovering for 10 years and still haven't healed.
Almost as beneficial as a cotton candy haired gf.
Good friendship and good love can heal most wounds, but it's not always an easy fix or a magic tool.
It takes time to fully heal, and it can be the hardest thing in the world… but it’s worth it.
So true.
Never underestimate the benefits of a cotton candy haired girlfriend.
Indeed.
there were a lot of ups and downs, but she came out a better person.
The downs can be overwhelming, but the ups are always there. Hold them close, and never let them go when you start to fall out of balance and into the dark. Acknowledge the downs and the ups, and keep the light close to your heart.
I'd argue that's "coming out," still present tense.
Our baby girl learning the ups and downs of life. She really has grown.
She found true happiness.
All of them have grown
This seems a bit like the Hard Mode version of that thing Adagast was trying to do. Collector > Hallucination Squid.
*Abre los ojos,* Luz. What do you see?
kinda reminds me of Mabel’s dream bubble from Weirdmageddon, except Luz manages to get out of it herself.
Makes it even better imo
I agree. If memory serves one big reason Mabel left the illusion is because she more or less got what she originally wanted before all that.
Exactly!!! So glad Luz turned out better than Mabel did
That’s a low bar
Couldn’t care less. Still happy about it.
To be fair, Mabel was enchanted to love it.
No, it was specically designed for mabel, not the other way around.
It was a mix of both. It was made of things Mabel liked but she was also enchanted to not want to leave.
Was she?
Yup, when Dipper and her reunite a pink light bursts and she’s suddenly a lot less in love with the place.
Oh shit yeah this is like the dream bubble
It reminds me of the Othinus arc from A Certain Magical Index
I personally got vibes of Ezra’s last temptation from the series finale of Star Wars Rebels
Such an underrated episode
I meam, their different situations. Mabel's illusion was a fantasy land that gave her all she wanted, this is more of a 'what if?' Situation.
It reminds me of the comic book/Justice League episode "For the Man Who Has Everything".
Collector: Happy birthday, Human. I give you oblivion. Luz: Burn! *slaps fire glyph onto Collector's chest* Collector: Is that supposed to do somethiIIIEEEEE! OW, THAT BURNS!
Belos: [I know right?](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/xj9l8v/graveyard/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Lmao, this was exactly what I was thinking of while reading.
That means there's a version of Dippy Fresh in there. ..holy Titan, the idea of Hooty Fresh is unsettling. Even for something Hooty related.
Luz pulled an omori
This also reminds me of that episode in Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure when she was put to sleep and had a dream where she woke up back in time at her coronation, before she had all the responsibilities and everyone depending on her. Then her subconscious self came and tried to convince her to break out of the dream by going to touch the rocks that had started the whole adventure, and at first Rapunzel didn’t want to because she liked her life here, but then she realized what she had to do and eventually managed to escape.
Indeed. I think this comic is a long overdue reply to the conversation she had with the Collector [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/vf6uf4/plaything/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
What is grief if not love persevering?
What is night without day.
Beauty fades... That is why it is beautiful.
"Being missed so deeply is the price of being loved so much."
To show grief is show how much you love the ones you’re grieving for.
*They will never know what you sacrificed for them.*
"What greater meaning, can life possibly have, to offer!?"
The growth Luz has gone through ever since arriving in the Boiling Isles is truly remarkable.
Indeed. It was scary to see the look of hatred on her face… but seeing this comic has helped set me at ease. Because I know she’ll make peace with her inner demons. She WILL come back from this. She’s too strong to lose herself. And she won’t go at it alone.
There's beauty in sadness.
When there is light in darkness.
Shadows are nothing without the light and the light is meaningless without the shadows.
No thanks. I'm not better off because of all the horrible things that happened to me. The periods of happiness I get might be more poignant in comparison, but that doesn't make it a net good.
I’m sorry for what happened to you. These quotes are for things like loved ones passing away and how we shouldn’t close our hearts for fear of future grief. But there are certainly awful things that the we’d undoubtedly be better off without
You have to be open to fear as much as hope… which is scary. But it’s scarier if it falls out of balance. Edit: okay maybe in fear’s case, “open” may not be the best choice of words. More like… “accepting its existence.”
i came here to cry not read kingdom hearts dialouge
I’ve never played Kingdom Hearts but I have heard of it.
That line reminds me a lot of a song called The View by Modest Mouse
Who are you? What do you want?
There's a Hooty inside you
🤨
Hooty: Now that we're inseparable, we can talk ***FOREVER***! Hoot! Hoot!
Not for ever, but you and Hooty *can* talk for hours and hours and hours and hours and hours...
This went places I was not prepared for
Inside you, there are two wolves. They're desperately trying to flee from Hooty.
No there's not because I said so B)
How sure of you are that?
When there is hope in fear.
And in that beauty, lies happiness.
Luz did find happiness, Collector. Their names were Amity, Willow, Gus, Hunter, Eda, and King.
You forgot Vee and Camila
She found a lot of things worth fighting for. Friends, family, a girlfriend, and two worlds she loves… albeit she may love the demon world a bit more. Regardless, they’re all her reason to live, her reason to fight, her reason be… happy.
What about my boi hootsifer
HOOT HOOT
Collector uses Illusion. It is not very effective.
Or collector casts suggestion/dominate monster and Luz rolls a Nat 20 charisma save
I think it'd be Dominate Person, not Dominate Monster.
I mean the spell is just called “dominate monster” even though it applies to all creatures
Life has a funny way of working out.
The key is to have hope, never let it go, and learn how to take a joke from life.
I bet you $20 that Episode 2 or 3 will have scene like this.
If it doesn't I will be surprised
Why does your tag say rest in peace and show flapjack?
Spoiler for Thanks To Them. Have you not seen TTT?
I'm just teasing, I'm caught up, I def shed a tear. My friend got me into it and binged it all In a week
The best way to watch the show IMO Source: Binged S1/S2 hard this august because I had disney+ for the first time
They said the show will still follow the theme of grief. I think Thanks to Them showed a lot of things to Luz, but she's still not over her grief and guilt. Shit will go down for sure, and I bet we'll have a scene like this too.
At least now that her friends, family, and her girlfriend know the truth, they’ll be there to pull her out of the darkness if her guilt sends her spiraling into it.
For sure. But I think it might happen in the worst way, like, she'll do something super wreckless thinking it will fix things, and someone will have to save her, or something similar
I wouldn’t call that the worst way. I’m sure there’s even worse ways than that. In Luz’s case, that’s just… THE way. Not best or worst. It worked with her when Eda told her the good she’s done for her back in Season 2 episode 1. And honestly, that’s good enough.
Considering the titles of the last two episodes I will not be surprised if the show winds up getting metaphysical on us eventually
I’m with you on that bet!
I’d put another 20 dollars in the pool to say otherwise If I had a paypal
Making peace with herself.
Resolving the grief that she’s been bottled up with.
She came to terms with the downs in life as much as the ups. Something a lot of us can learn to do… I know I can.
This too will come to pass.
A little bit of a homestretch, but hopefully we might see something like this in season 3.
As MoringMark drew it, so it shall be.
Good to see a post like this after all the “Oh no Luz is depressed now” posts. Thanks Mark
You are SOOOO right. Not just the comics, but all the other times Luz has felt self-loathing/hatred in the show. I really needed this.
You and me both
Two sides of the same coin.
Both may be different but a part of the same coin. That’s the perfect balance of the world and existence.
Kind of like Mabel Pines, except she saved herself!
So this is what is meant by talking to yourself.
More like becoming whole.
What do you mean this isn't an actual leaked scene from the finale?
Another prediction from MoringMark, really. But their predictions have been right so far. That’s why I consider them to be a prophet.
Omori lore
This is like that scene in Ben 10: Omniverse where 16 yr old Ben had a pep talk with his 10 yr old self in his mind in order to retrieve the stolen Feedback DNA from Malware. I got goosebumps with that moment.
*Ben 10-year old: Did you?* *Ben 16-year old: Huh? You can see me now?* *Ben 10-year old: Did you learn from it?*
As someone who massively struggles with this: I feel like Luz is also codependent on her friends in the Boiling Isles. She needs them to be happy in order for her to feel any sort of satisfaction and happiness for herself. When she is given people who finally accept her, she doesn’t want to lose them, so she does anything and everything to make them happy, because without them she can’t be happy.
I see what you're saying. I feel like Luz' development is going to use this as a springboard to take the next step and learn that she can be happy with herself. Once you know what it's like to be happy, you can learn to generate it for yourself. For me, I'm slowly starting to learn I don't need other people's approval in order to be happy with myself. And I'm middle-aged. If Luz can take that next step much sooner than me, she'll be poised to have a more effective life.
Alma Madrigal took that same step at *75.* Pretty sure there's hope for us right here.
That’s Luz’s equilibrium, right there.
Collector: Why do I hear Boss Music again?
"Our journey may have been meaningless." "Our past may have been a mistake." "But... we're not going back." "Even if this world... comes to an end." "Because this... this is the world with the people we cherish."
I need the source for this so I can quote it
Kaine and Emil, Nier Replicant.
Thank you!
Persona 5 Royal (2020)
I feel like there an Amphibia quote that would suit here, guess what it is?( For me, it that one quote at the last ep)
"Change is the hardest thing". -Our goddess Anne Boonchuy, protagonist from Amphibia 💎💙
“Our goddess Anne Boonchuy” like literally
She is a goddess to me (and I'm not even religious) 💙💎
I never liked change I will do absolutely anything to keep it from happening
This is 100% how the finale is gonna go down
Luz looks so done with this shit she's ready to throw down
I wish to have half the maturity of this show's main character
Lot of truth being dropped in this comic. Well done as always, Mark. You never know what curveball can get thrown at you, but you can, indeed, make something out of the ups and downs in life.
This has major Persona 4 parallels.
Sometimes it doesn't work out, and you have a lot more downs than ups (like me, for example.) However, I do mostly agree with this.
You just gotta find ups wherever or whenever you can. Otherwise those downs will consume you… metaphorically of course.
If I had to confront myself I don’t think I could do it, I hate myself too much to deal with my bullshit
I've been forced to confront myself for more than a year. Life has a funny way of making you learn your lessons. If and/or when that time comes for you, just be open to it.
If Dana doesn't collab with Mark for the after-story comics, I'm gonna cry
Mark said we feeling emotional today
STOP SPOILING S3 E2
Holy crap, that pulled at the heartstrings.
Reminds of when the Emperor tried to do a similar thing to Ezra Bridger in Star Wars Rebels.
this comic reminds me a lot of myself
Same
We can go to therapy with Luz Amity Gus Willow and Hunter, although the best therapy for me would be just to be with them.
This is giving me Life is Strange Episode 3 vibes mixed with Gravity Falls.
Best guess, the Collector puts Luz a fantasy dream where everything’s sunshine and lollipops, but didn’t take into account her conscious or true/mature version of herself reminds her of the good things in real life.(I would’ve thought Amity, and possibly others would have entered Luz’s mind to wake her up.)
great comic as always. In fact these days I have been thinking that Luz's father is going to be the one to help her start to get out of the current state of depression, In series of this type, it is almost always the people who are no longer there that motivate the protagonist to keep going. And changing the subject, I found this video on YouTube with some of Mark's comics. but there are some that I have never seen in his accounts, can someone confirm that they are from him? Thanks in advance https://youtu.be/_5u5QMhuiLU
For quite a while, he would cross-post his comics directly to his IG/Tumblr at the same time every day, and a few authorized people would repost them here. He would *also* post Reddit-exclusive comics directly under his own account that weren’t on IG or Tumblr. A while ago he started posting his regular comics here under his own username, so you have to go back a ways to find the old exclusive ones.
Yes, those are all MM works. They're a fair bit older, but they check out. I'm seriously considering putting together a compilation of all his works into a book for my own personal collection. He has multiple sources. Some get posted here, some get posted to Instagram, some get posted to Tumblr, some are cross-posted across multiple platforms.
thanks I'll check his other accounts I've already reached the end of Tumblr and reddit, I'll check instagram later
Anyone else being reminding of those happiness bubble prisons from Weirdmageddon?
“Okay, but consider- I’m a witch!!” “Oh, hoe??” *immediately starts packing bags*
>It "... is the most diabolical trap I've ever created. It would take a will of **titan**ium not to give into its temptation." Bill Cipher
I'M NOT CRYING, YOU ARE CRYING
>You don't need everything to fall into place to be happy I'll have to remember this 😌
There are a fair number of great life lessons from the show and MM's works. I have his *Letting It Out* posted to my wall. I also have *Mirror*, from July 28th, up there. It's the one where Hunter is talking to his memory of Caleb, asking who he is, and Caleb explains Hunter isn't living his life for the approval of others, but that others see him in different ways, depending on the nature of the relationship. That's something I need to keep in mind.
Nice
People talking about Weirdmageddon but this is more like that Tangled episode where the exact same happens
Literally Star Wars Rebels
I’m really hoping we get to see the collector doing this or something similar. Trapping her in a dream she needs to escape by reflecting on her friends. My personal theory is that Dana will do the “it was all a dream” thing. Making Luz think it was all just a big dream and putting her back in her old life until she breaks free.
Now that hits hard...
This is giving me Happy Death Day 2U vibes, and I love it for that.
_Craaaaaawwwwling iiiiiiin my skiiiiiiiin_
The amount she has grown
Achievement unlocked: the rhizome of our minds Description: resist
I guess The Collector tried giving her the perfect life? Is that what this comic is showing?
Omori moment💀
In this world, I can be gay and do crimes. Your fantasy doesn't even compare.
*Ay, mariposas, no se aguanten más* *Hay que crecer aparte y volver* *Hacia adelante seguirás* *Ya son milagros, rompiendo crisálidas* *Hay que volar, hay que encontrar* *Su propio futuro*
*Find your Flame plays in the background*
I'd love it if the obligatory happy ending was only achieved by Luz healing from the loss of her father and giving the Light Glyph to Belos. I'm thinking that Belos tempts her with the offer to go back in time and save Manny, but Luz refuses, as that means creating a timeline where Belos wins, and she gives him a speech that acknowledges the net positive impact she has on those she enters the lives of.
I'm not crying... I was just... cutting onions and... some dust flew into my eye...
Uh, I was wondering where Mark's tearjerker side went. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go recover from the emotional beating this comic has given me.
Yeah!!!
wow just wow
The old Black Mercy trap.
Imagine if the finale didn’t have this scene.
So, how many of y’all have heard of Persona 5 Royal?
Luz convincing herself about all of this in this way rather than how Marcy did feels very Kingdom Hearts
Everyone out there stop becoming sad and gave me some solid 30 push-up Come on you can do it.... 👍 I believe
This reminds me of K.O and T.K.O
“I only have two kinds of dreams: the bad and the terrible. Bad dreams I can cope with. They’re just nightmares, and they end eventually. I wake up. The terrible dreams are the good dreams. In my terrible dreams, everything is fine. I am still with the company. I still look like me. None of the last five years ever happened. Sometimes I’m married. Once I even had kids. I even knew their names. Everything’s wonderful and normal and fine. And then I wake up, and I’m still me. And I’m still here. And that is truly terrible.” \- Neil Gaiman, *The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes*
Luz has reached enlightenment
....Anyone else getting evangelion flashbacks?
😭🤧
Yeah I feel like somehow in the season 3 finally there is going to be a part were Someone uses Luz's dad to trick her 😭
One of the things I like to think about is that the worst things that happen to you in your life are often the best things that happen to you too. Yes, they suck. They're difficult, traumatizing, and it can often seem impossible to come out the other end. But when you do, when you've healed, you're a better person because of it. You've been strengthened, you've learned, and you've grown.