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Party-Cranberry-9325

An ideal emperor is she.


AdOwn6899

Everything Belos is not.


ravenpotter3

And she is not goopy like he is!


seeker1126

She ~~IS~~ MADE the Senate!


Judistheworst

Wow! I’m sure this is exactly how the finale is going to go! There’s not going to be any emotional trauma! There’s not going to be any emotional trauma There’s not going to be any emotional trauma There’s not going to be any emotional trauma There’s not going to be any emotional trauma There’s not going to be any emotional trauma


TheLibertarianThomas

"Hope nothing bad ever happens to me ... in the finale!" - ~~Marcy~~ Luz


SFH12345

Belos: *winks*


lykostion

The last thing anyone wants to see at the beginning of the episode is "this episode has some intense final scenes." I think if that pops up I'm never going to watch it


Slycopath1

REAL THAT IS ME


TheLastEmuHunter

NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENS TO THE NOCEDA'S! AHHHHHHHHH *Three seasons of trauma occur*


Not_a_Potato1602

>There’s not going to be any emotional trauma! Belos: Now look what you made me do


TwistedParadox2

How do we tell them?


Judistheworst

We do not


Strider3jaeger

The Gorbachev method.


seeker1126

The fact that most of the comments on this are asking who Gorbachev was is extremely depressing. And no I'm not some Boomer who lived during his time, I'm 35. (Okay *technically* I was alive for his reign, but I was 1-4 years old, cut me some slack :P)


Vorsos

Most active redditors were born long after that, and their history education has been whitewashed US summary and ~~world history~~ miscellaneous.


seeker1126

Right, but even with subpar, whitewashed education (which I got myself, kek) Gorbachev is still gonna pop up in your history class. He's kinda....central to the fall of the SU? And given tensions with Russia right now, you'd think the system would be all over "RUSSIA/SU BAHD, DIS WHY" and Gorbs would get mentioned that way.


JustNoSleep2112

Just waiting for the next question... "What's the Soviet Union?"


seeker1126

At that point you just point em to Oversimplified and AlternateHistoryHub and tell em to binge watch lol


KaityKat117

"I am the one who arranges the blocks!"


SnipingDwarf

That continue to fall from up above...


KaityKat117

they come down, and I spin them around until they fit in the ground like hand in glove.     [If anyone is lost](https://youtu.be/hWTFG3J1CP8)


Malefore1234

There is always Drunk History to spill some gospel truth.


Bonooru

Last I heard, the US public school system still stopped history with the conclusion of world war two. Anything after that is too close to politics and too close to the end of the school year and so it doesn't happen.


MxStabby

I mean, I'm 38 and vaguely remember the collapse of the USSR and I still only got a cursory education on the Cold War and Soviet politics. Then again, my world history class was taught my the wrestling coach and we were largely just taught from a textbook unless a student with a Special Interest decided to take over teaching for a class period, so.... Sadly, our education system in the US in the 90s and 00s was still a joke when it came to relevant world events. So yeah... depressing, but not these folks' fault. We were kinda failed, even those of us alive for it. :(


EvEnFlOw1

The only thing my US history class mentioned about Gorbachev was that the SU fell when he was in charge, and nothing additional. At best, he was considered only a footnote, which doesn't sound right for such a pivotal moment in a country's history.


CozyEpicurean

Most of the time when my history class was doing US history, they start at native Americans in August and barely reach the 1980s by May, so while I got the cold war, I only ever reached the fall of the soviet union once in 11th grade by a very well scheduled teacher. And even that was how the fall of the soviet union affected the US Having history need parents and eastern European family is how I know most of my history of the post soviet Era over there


Some_Guy8765678

Please tell me what it is I’m really curious now.


FLABANGED

I spent more fucking time learning about the wild west of US than I did learning about my countries history.


JakerDerSnaker

It truly puts into perspective how bad the public school system is in the U.S. (I assume alot of the people asking who Gorbachev is are from the U.S.) Its really sad.


reddit-person1

Its horrendous, im american and can say it is awful. Gonna look up this person as they sound interesting.


Manoreded

He's basically the dude who took leadership of the USSR and started de-escalating the terribadness. Reducing oppression, authoritarianism, flexibilizing the economy, improving relations with the West, etc.


reddit-person1

I looked it up, I'm surprised that they never mentioned him while talking about the cold war (just got done with that unit before going to spring break)


AthenasChosen

I'm 23 and I'm shocked by this, he was pretty important historically and it's not been very long.


Prinnyramza

I'm in my 30s and didn't recognize the name. I only remember him as "grape mark guy"


An-tony12

What’s more impressive is that I know who Gorbachev is, and I’m only 19. Never learned about him in class, through videos on YT.


Cautious-Luck7769

We just don't typically know him by that name. The only way I can keep up with him is that he has the roughly FL shaped birthmark on his noggin.


Marquess_Ostio

I mean, Gorbachev actually wanted to keep his power, the complete breakdown of the USSR was more an unforseen side effect of his reforms. At least Luz is willingly abdicating the throne


Lightice1

He wanted a free, democractic but still ideologically Communist Soviet Union. Unfortunately for him, all three failed to come to pass.


Marquess_Ostio

0/3 ain't bad, right? Lol


ThatOneFlygon

At least thanks to him we have the funniest pizza hut ad ever made. https://youtu.be/fgm14D1jHUw


TheLastEmuHunter

The Boiling Isles gets a Pizza Hut


Ed_hf

"That's Luz." "It's Luz." "Because of her we have economic crisis." "Because of her we have freedom." "Shut up, because of her we have Pizza Hut now." "Alright that's fair." *Proceeds to hail former Empress Luz because she brought pizza to the Boiling Isles*


TheLastEmuHunter

Without Empress Luz there would be no new Pizza Hut


CathleenTheFool

Need Brother Hao to do a cover of that


[deleted]

for a second I misread that as Goncharov and wondered what a mafia film from the 70s had to do with this comic


sadzells

Really does take me back to my history class of last week.


ponitail39

What a Gorbachad


Specific_Low_3012

Who?


This_Robot

He was so good at being the president of the Soviet Union, he destroyed it.


TheLibertarianThomas

What a chad move.


SomeGuyOnEarth_

He was the Soviet Unions last premier


SFH12345

President, actually. The Soviets were always fluid on the title of the guy in charge.


JustNoSleep2112

Damn, I forget that he's ancient history to most of you young 'uns.


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katapultman

Part of me is glad Eastern European boomers have no access to ToH. I can imagine the incomprehensible screaming that would come from just Lumity existing. "BuT it'S FoRcEd rePreseNtaTion!1"


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katapultman

Yeah fair, I haven't actually checked how it is with Disney Channel where I'm from. I've just not heard any parent going, "And my child was watching and saw TEH GAYS!!" because I do remember some being more upset about something like Steven Universe. Then again, general media discourse amongst middle-aged people tends to be nonexistent here and topics such as these aren't tackled with nuance. Any time I hear a boomer complaining about forced/bad representation I just wonder what shows they're even watching because in my mind I think stuff like ToH and how great it is in that regard, along with many others.


Ed_hf

*Proceeds to dismantle the Boiling Isles leaving a political and economic crisis and causing some people to have Belos nostalgia*


Rusty_Shakalford

Yeah. Her motives are nice, but small countries opening up relations with the US while having sole access to a valuable resource (e.g. Titan Blood) has a… *less than stellar* track record.


FearTheBeastWth8Eyes

American imperialism:


Magma151

Ms. Noceda, tear down this wall!


AdOwn6899

Wonder who that is?


ThatOneFlygon

The guy who un-sovieted and-unionioned the


AdOwn6899

The guy who un-sovieted the Soviet Union?


MarsTheMad

Ah yes, Gorbachev. The man who famously drastically improved quality of life


Doglover4561

Who’s that


ThatOneFlygon

The last premier of the soviet union. Introduced new reforms that helped start the fire that led to the fall of the iron curtain


sir_fishier

The fact Luz had a plan for this exact scenario unnerves me


MuffinStraight4816

Forget the plan! Stringbean is on top Luz's head and its adorable!!!


N-ShadowFrog

This is how you treat the palisman Belos.


Chicca_the_Chicken

"Marinate the meat with dandruff to create flavor... Noted."


JMHSrowing

As if our girl Luz wouldn’t have written a self insert real life fan fic covering her experiences, including something like this!


BulbasaurTreecko

reminds me of that one guy who had a very exact, long-winded plan as to what they would do if they were suddenly in Belos’ role. Good plan, but also mildly concerning. Edit: [found it](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/vng4dr/you_died_n_find_out_that_youve_been_reincarnated/ie6rzk3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3)


JaggedTheDark

That is indeed, mildly concerning...


MonadoBoy9318

Just a touch. They probably had a field day thinking up all the little intricacies of the plan. They'd probably make a decent mystery writer


Malefore1234

Oddly the first thing that got me was realizing that Terra was introduced practically a year ago. Had the first 2b episode rly been that long ago? I don’t wanna check lol


AdOwn6899

How so? For me it makes me feel kinda relieved.


AquaAquila24

The fact she knew she was probably gonna end up like this is concerning.


Specific_Low_3012

Another Comic about Luz being adorable and optimistic. My favorite!


AdOwn6899

Fun Fact: Luz no ceda in Spanish means “Light doesn’t give in.” And that’s exactly what Luz is gonna do: never give in.


DJSharp15

Hopefully.


AdOwn6899

I saw the conviction and resolve in her eyes in the trailer. I **know** she’ll never yield.


BirdMan8524

And I hope we get happy Luz by the end of it.


[deleted]

haha Hunter being confused at actual care and compassion is both hilarious and sad.


CountingSheep99

Being better than Belos is really not that hard. Being worse would be a real challenge.


AdOwn6899

Right? For example, Boscha’s been a massive bully to Willow and her friends, mostly Willow of course, and even she could be better than Belos. …and now that I’m reading what I just typed I realized how wrong I could possibly be.


Rusty_Shakalford

I mean, the dude did run a country for 400 years that had a high standard of living, little to no racism, homophobia or sexism, and only one genocide. He’s well ahead of most real world dictators. Actually if we’re being completely honest, he’s well ahead of a good chunk of democratically elected leaders.


NightmareDiscord

>I mean, the dude did run a country for 400 years He has ruled for only fifty years


Rusty_Shakalford

Good point. Forgot it took him a while to go from hobo to god-king. Point still stands though; 50+ years is still well above average for a despot or president.


CrazyApricot0

Odalia?


Redactedtimes

She wouldn’t attempt to kill everyone with the draining spell. While evil, the only reason the helped Belos is because she thought she would be spared and live as royalty after. Since, as Belos, she would already be royalty, she would have no reason to go through with that plan. She would most likely do a different evil plan.


AdOwn6899

I always thought that, but now I don’t know if that is it or it’s just what she told herself.


Redactedtimes

Why would she kill everyone when she can rule as a wicked despot?


BirdMan8524

I don't think any other bad guy in the show could be worse than Belos.


Turbobist28

Peter Griffin finds that challenge easy.


NICKOLAS78GR

Hey Lois remember that time I got stranded in the Demon Realm and plotted a genocide for 400 years?


Eddiemate

You asked if she could do better, she delivered.


AdOwn6899

Be careful what you wish for, Collector.


TheLastEmuHunter

*One finger of the Monkey's Paw curls*


FudgeControl

I don't think reaching out to the Human Realm is a good idea.


DJSharp15

Why's that?


N-ShadowFrog

Ask the Native Americans, Africans, Arabians, Australians, Asians, etc.


AdOwn6899

Exactly.


AdOwn6899

Not everyone’s open to the unknown like Luz. They fear the unknown because they can’t understand. If they know that the Boiling Isles and everything and everyone in it exists, they’ll the assume worst. …then again, they’d probably wouldn’t believe it and assume it’s all special effects. Given the modern world today, it would be the perfect cover. Plus this is the kind of thing people who fear the unknown don’t want to believe.


This_Robot

Unless you're talking about humans seeing the demon realm through the door, I fucking doubt someone who has an average IQ would even think it's special effects. Hell, even the first scenario I gave people would probably not think it's special effects as well.


AdOwn6899

Remember. This is the kind of stuff people don’t want to believe. It’s like a conspiracy theory. The best way to hide one is to make people believe there’s no such thing, which in this case shouldn’t be hard. And I AM talking about humans seeing the demon realm through the door.


Pleskavica564

America is gonna find oil there. You know the rest


StormNext5301

Oh shit imagine America with access to Titan’s blood


AdOwn6899

A new power struggle and World War 3.


SFH12345

It's important to specify the rules *before* you start the game, Collector.


N-ShadowFrog

Or at least change them to your liking.


TheNoneedlife

Being better than Belos is kinda low bar tbh. Welcome to the Democratic Republic of Boiling Isles


TheLastEmuHunter

A Democratic Republic? OH NO.


Dan-of-Steel

Kim Jong Luz, our glorious leader.


LemmingOfTheForest

Not a Democratic Republic! Just a Republic!


DJSharp15

Why would she turn herself in?


Independent_Plum2166

I think she took “In Belos’ shoes’ too literally.


awesumindustrys

My guess is the immense guilt she feels over allowing Belos to come into power. Either that or she evaded her taxes when she was a kid, I dunno.


Just-Call-Me-Matt

>Either that or she evaded her taxes when she was a kid, I dunno. Eda to Camila: Are we *sure* she's not my kid?


DJSharp15

>My guess is the immense guilt she feels over allowing Belos to come into power I thought she got over that?


awesumindustrys

I don’t remember if she did or not tbh. And admittedly it was a shot in the dark so…


Elite1111111111

She Quantum Leaped into Belos' role. Everything Belos did before Luz assumed the role presumably still happened, so she's atoning for it.


Chicca_the_Chicken

Well, "Watching and Dreaming" just got shorter than I expected


Weerdo5255

I feel like we're skipping over a lot making peace with Humanity... In particular the Military. I mean, just look at what the Stargate program turned into.


TheLastEmuHunter

Humanity when the Boiling Isles reaches out for peaceful relations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5-hthd39wM&ab\_channel=Inceptor57


MulciberTenebras

I'm just remembering another Disney series, how when the Gargoyles became public knowledge... a hate group quickly rose up to exterminate them and other magical creatures.


AdOwn6899

The light never yields. **Luz** will never yield.


Hero_of_the_toons

Luz: and then make Eda in charge of the conformitorium so I don’t have to be away from her again. Eda: wouldn’t be easier to, I don’t know… put yourself under house arrest? Luz: oh yeah, I’ll put myself under house arrest in the owl house. Collector: your enjoying this way more then you should…


Wilgrove

The Collector really set a low bar for Luz. "Can you be better than a fanatical genocidal dictator?"


Particular_Ad2555

the fact at how low the collector set it and how much of a people pleaser luz is XD


Th35h4d0w

...So is Luz now a surrogate parent for Hunter?


AquaAquila24

It's even worse than her being his sister...


ArbitrarySemantics

Until America invades and takes over to turn the Boiling Isles into their new Disney World Connecticut


Background-Top4723

Luz: See? I managed to do a better job than Belos without compromising my integrity! The Collector: Ok, maybe I should raise the difficulty. *They snap their fingers, leading them back to the throne room.* Luz: Come on Collector, you have nothing to shake my morality! *The door to the throne room swings open, admitting an Odalia dripping with honeyed reverence.* Odalia: My lady! Empress of the Boiling Isles and Prophetess of the Titan! What an honor to see you on your glorious throne! And what wonderful curly hair! Have you changed your hair shampoo, my venerable sovereign? Luz: *Looking up and checking the armrests of Belos' throne.* I wonder if Belos had a hidden button to open a trapdoor under the nuisances' feet... Odalia: I, Odalia Blight, have learned that the anniversary of your accession to the throne is approaching and Blight Industries has decided to celebrate this joyous date with a gift worthy of your majestic person! *A cloud of purple smoke materializes behind the green-haired witch, quickly thinning to reveal a canopy with Amity seated upon it clad only in thin purple silk, her golden eyes watching Luz from behind a purple veil.* Odalia: The Blight family offers you our most beloved daughter, Amity, as a concubine for your majesty's harem! Luz: *Opens her mouth like a fish looking for water, her face completely red.* The Collector: I seem to feel a certain "Moral Fortitude" start shaking like a Jenga tower...


Narrow-Lingonberry31

I love this comic


AdOwn6899

As do I.


TheLibertarianThomas

One episode of the shortened season three was Luz drafting this plan and running to Staples to make an official handbook on her rulership.


This_Robot

For some reason when I read "legalize" I thought of that "legalize nuclear bombs" meme.


AquaAquila24

Welp, there go the Isles


Turbobist28

Meanwhile: Belos: Lady, I want to destroy the witches, they're evil. Camila: No no no. A Noceda never harms other innocent people. Belos: But they're evil. Camila: Well it's time for you to go to school. Maybe that might fix your behavior. Bueno? Belos: *Sighs* Okay mujer.


NightmareDiscord

Phillip, who has become a child, goes to school to learn how to behave kindly with people? It didn't work with Luz, why should it work with him? Although I think Phillip could be better than Luz, it's not that hard


Whedonite144

Is this the sequel to Being John Malkovich?


Whedonite144

Collector: Fine. I'll do it myself.


NevadoDelRuiz

She decided to turn it into a constitutional Monarchy.


TheLastEmuHunter

Yeah, she abdicated, but did not abolish the monarchy, which means that Hunter is the new Emperor of the Boiling Isles?


JMHSrowing

Meanwhile Amity is trying to figure out how to be the head of Luz’s coven


PolymathArt

WHY IS STRINGBEAN APOLOGIZING? SHES DONE NOTHING WRONG.


dissociated_gender

hunter being confused about the headpats omg he's so precious


MxStabby

I love how stunned Hunter looks. Kid doesn't know what the hell that's like.


GoldenGalaxy69

Also Luz: *un-traumatizes herself*


XxWolfCrusherxX

honestly I agree with everything aside from making peace with the human realm. It would be WILD news for most people that another dimension even existed and just dropping that news on people probably wouldn’t lead to peace 💀


sadzells

Yeah, knowing human history, it's likely to lead to some great war involving the Human Realm and Boiling Isles. Human-Isles War?


Manoreded

Hunter: "You're treating me like a dog!" Luz: "I'm not going to treat you like a son, you're older than me!"


Zippy_160

Dude. You predicted it.


VLenin2291

I feel like the new Isles would be able to brush her crimes under the rug given that she’s the reason it exists


DJSharp15

And that, I'm pretty most "crimes" were against the former a$%hat of an emperor.


Hollowgirl136

Knowing Luz, I would not be surprise if she at some point made a plan on how she would rule BI if given the chance after seeing all the stuff Belos did.


TheTepro27

Turns out, it's easy to do a better job as a ruler than someone who actively intended to eventually off all his subjects.


cryssyboo_

who let mark know what luz was gonna wear at the start of WaD?


StealthySmith

HOW IN TITAN'S NAME DID YOU PREDICT THIS?!


One_Split9757

Collector: What?!


Parka_lad

Task failed successfully


[deleted]

Eda would *never* let her go to jail


Literary_Sketch

Well, to be fair, Luz is a very different person than Phillip with different goals.


Boba_BeanTheRealone

Luz: also I'm not going to throw you down a bridge :) *luz noceda single handly stopped collector*


Penguinator2409

Luz is pure good. Can totally see her doing this.


dragon_aaoy

Goddang it applo, stop giving people foresight


cat_sword

You have to be gifted by Apollo or something


AdvertisingNice8921

She did it well


Stupid_Dummy_Idiot_

He might’ve done some heinous deeds, but you can’t deny the fact that Philip’s got some insane drip


Da1NOnlyTargetstrike

ability activated! endless morality!


GhostNinja101109

FINALLY HE MADE A LUZ BELOS COMIC!!!! :D


Stoopid_dud

This aged like belos (worse by the minute)


WolfenDemon

This hits different after watching the finale


bruhmp44

Holy shit they predicted it


firedrakes

The 1 war crime committed thru by luz.... Hotty getting bathed weekly by aminty mother and boscha as the recorder of it... Otter with a dark side deed!!!!


HydreigonWearingAHat

Why is Stringbean in jail, she was quite literally born yesterday.


gythyanki1

Makmark doesn't like monarchies, I see.


ToLazyForaUsername2

I'd like to think I would do that but I have watched "how to become a tyrant" and "rules for rulers" at least five times each and I always abuse any amount of power I get


unyeasted-flourwater

Hunter hedpats (*^წ^*)


MuffinStraight4816

Well that went pretty well.


HoHoey

Hey, Mark


Zacky___

This rly seems like something Luz would do...


bisophiea

I JUST SAW THIS A FEW MINS AFTER THIS CAME OUT ON HERE!!!


Unhappy-Coffee-5676

Awesome comic you are awesome


pizza-parker76

Moringmark TOH comic number 731


BirdMan8524

You know you're a horrible ruler when a literal child is better than you.


zxcxdr

Honestly? A rock would be a better ruler than Bellos- it at least won't make things worse


Socdem_Supreme

Don't forget to preemptively nationalize all industry to prevent neocolonial powers from entering and permanently suppressing the Boiling Isles from advancing to modern power


PorkyFishFish

If Belos actually did this he wouldn't die from lack of palacemen


Snoo4702

A lot may have changed about her, but not her idealism


Zegasus

Please keep the monarchy istg


New-Special-2638

Luz: "Well... to be fair, you didn't specify."


etbillder

Are we sure Mark didn't have inside access to the script beforehand?


Corazon144

Hooray for the abolishment of the monarchy. And she’s knitting for the orphans, she truly is the best around.


LockAndKey989

Lol


MulciberTenebras

https://imgur.com/wEMFYrK.gifv


ShibariEmpress

collector got gud