#storyboard belos

[rhineposting]

if he hated books of his time then what the hell does this man actually enjoy reading

[wittebanged]

IM LOSING MY SHIT AT THESE DELETED STORYBOARDS DUDE 😭😭😭

+ Bonus on Hunter’s face after Belos said that

credits to King Pecora for the storyboard!!!

[witteautism]

I’M GOING TO THROW UP

GUESS WHO’S NOT NORMAL RIGHT NOW

‘I tried to save you’

Update: the artist of the storyboards!

[rockymountainqueen2]

Reflections

So apparently, Hunter originally didn't see Caleb in the bathroom mirror! Just Belos.

Who somehow manages to look scarier in the storyboards than he did in the actual episode!

Source: https://www.hayleynwong.com/work/the-owl-house-samples

[let-us-cultivate-our-garden]

I just remembered the "Please. I don't want to see another human life destroyed by this place” line, and honestly did they have scenes of Luz starting to wonder if Belos' had a point and going into the island did destroy her life? If not, they should have had.

No, they did not have Luz ever wonder how the isles affected Belos--except in the storyboards:

Luz still calls him out for trying to destroy the isles and being a hypocrite but there's still that moment of empathy in which she asks point blank: "What do you think they DID to you?!" She briefly contemplates just why someone would go so far to destroy an entire population and what his mindset might be. Unfortunately, this was not included in the final version and Belos' expression is blank instead of pleading.

Then there's this storyboard from For the Future in which Luz, Eda, and King explain to the Collector how people like Amity and Lilith became their friends:

Luz's line about "people being complicated" is in the episode but the entire exchange between her and the Collector is not even though it opens up a lot of interesting ideas and themes. Without it though, the show becomes straight up hypocritical when it states that people are complicated but reduces its villains to generic archetypes and its hero characters as being simply misguided or victims of the villains.

And no, this doesn't mean that the show should have excused Belos' actions or even forgiven him; but they could have and should have acknowledged the complexity of his character by keeping this nuance in and how the characters react to it. By doing so, the message of "people are complicated" becomes clear and strengthens the other characters as well. Luz gets to self-reflect on how she sees other people and learn that even the worst people among us are incredibly complex and have driving forces that are uncomfortably close to our own, thus making it much harder to demonize them. The Collector--instead of being a Giant Star Baby--keeps both his childlike bluntness and keen observational skills that he had in season 2, thus fleshing out the character instead of devolving him.

Regrettably, that nuance is absent from the show and we have a rather black-and-white narrative about Good vs. Evil; people are only ever really "bad" if someone tricked them or if there was a misunderstanding and all the Real Bad People are just selfish jerks who are power hungry and controlling.

This is not compelling storytelling; this is a tale as old as time. And the worst part is that there was a great story in The Owl House but it was left in the rough drafts.

Storyboards by Yasmin Khudari and King Pecora

[imsosocold]

Belos looks so genuine.

I really wish there was more dialogue like this.

He takes time to process what she said, we get to see the hurt sink in.

Look at that form.

[tf2rocks12]

Forever thinking about them

HE LOOKED SO HAPPY AND PHIL LOOKED LIKE SHIT IT MAKES ME ROT INSIDE

[clowntoonz-blog]

For context, This is minutes before Luz is brought in by Kikimora. Calliope mentioned changing her mind about returning to the human realm, but Belos hit her with the reality of what was happening with the day of unity. He thought she was delusional for having ppl she cared for in the demon realm, and generally manipulated her so she wouldn’t be difficult to drag back to the human realm.

[kiwibirb1]

I CAN'T

I'm reading TOH storyboards and Belo's face in this I can't

[sercezgazety]

babe wake up, new reaction meme just dropped

[pinksilvace]

He is... as they say... gender fluid

[rhineposting]

one text, two different fonts

[wittebanged]

WHY DID THEY DELETE THAT SCENE OH MY GOD

Storyboard by Yasmin Khudari!!

[wittebane-collab]

Looking for artists! Yes we're still doing this thing!

The Wittebane Collab is creating a fan episode telling the untold story of the Wittebane brothers, Caleb and Philip, and Evelyn the witch. It's going to be a voiced, colored animatic with music and some animated sequences.

If you'd like to join the project, join our discord and fill out an application in #rules. If you can animate, or just make a pretty picture or two it all helps!

If you just want to stay in the loop with updates feel free to follow us or join our discord. https://discord.gg/v8wQZpCfw8

Project Update (If you're a nerd like me)

~95% of the script has been written

Final Art has just begun

Act 2 is 100% Translated to Danish, French, Galician, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish

Act 2 has been fully voiced

Custom BGM is in development

Storyboards for Act 1-2 80% complete

[rockymountainqueen2]

Looky looky at what I found...

It's the storyboards for Belos' death!

Here's the most unintentionally hilarious image.

[let-us-cultivate-our-garden]

The Tale of the Brothers Wittebane

Masha: Let me tell you the eeriest unsolved mystery of Gravesfield...

The Tale of the Brothers Wittebane.

The year is 1613.

Two orphaned brothers arrive in Gravesfield.

Their names? Philip and Caleb.

Caleb did his best to take care of his younger brother.

They tried to fit in with this strange town...and its unsavory practices.

The brothers became witch hunters.

Gravesfield's history of witch hunting is an ignoble stain!

And yet...

local lore suggests that the Brothers Wittebane

met a REAL WITCH from another WORLD!

Her name was Evelyn.

Ripped pages from Philip's diary say the older brother was SPIRITED away.

She'd send Caleb strange SYMBOLS that led him unwittingly towards her WITCH'S LAIR.

Philip sets out to pursue the evil witch himself!

And neither are ever seen again...

Maybe he saved his brother and they went on to lead peaceful lives...

Or maybe they're all LOST IN A REALM OF HORROR AND STRIFE!

To me, sounds like big bro got a girlfriend and lil bro was terrified of losing the town's respect.

but that's just me!

Storyboards from The Owl House episode "Thanks to Them," by Inbal Breda.