Will my queer media recommendations ever stop? No, probably not (read: I’m running out of ideas).

Over spring break my friend and I began watching a children’s show on Disney Plus- titled The Owl House. In one sitting we finished the first 14 episodes- for a kid’s show, it was incredibly enticing.

The Owl House follows the story of a young, 14-year-old girl named Luz Noceda. It kicks off with her leaving her hometown in Connecticut to spend the summer at a camp her mom recommended. The name of the camp, “Reality Check Summer Camp” cues us into the fact that Luz seems to be having issues “fitting in”- she comes off rather strong, in a sense.

As she’s going to leave for camp, however, she accidentally travels through a magic doorway taking her to “Bonesborough”, a small city-esque place in the Demon Realm, where magic is real and witches are the norm. Throughout the rest of the show, we watch her form connections with a variety of characters and cheer her on as she unravels secrets in the Demon Realm and fights evil lying within the city.

Despite the incredible fan support, the show was recently canceled, causing it to need a quick wrap-up, ending it with three total seasons- the last one being comprised of only three, 45-minute episodes.

While it’s uncertain why the show was canceled, many fans suspect it was Disney’s attempt to cover up the incredible queer representation shown within “The Owl House”- it’s well-known that the writer, Dana Terrace, had to fight tooth and nail to get the characters approved in the first place.

Despite the show coming to an end within the next week, I still cannot help but recommend it to every person I know- it has truly devoured my brain for the past month.

Finally, let’s get into what makes this show ground-breaking.

Firstly, the main character, Luz Noceda, is queer herself. In season two, we get her official “coming out” scene with her mom, which is written so incredibly well. Luz is an optimistic, silly, loud girl, and her coming out was written perfectly in line with her personality. We see her make a PowerPoint presentation, which she shows to her mom, with her friend seen in the background waving around pride flags. Her mom, in turn, is exhilarated- she smiles and hugs her daughter, and later on, we see her wearing a pride pin to fully show her support.

Not only is Luz bisexual, but she also has a girlfriend! Throughout all season one, we watch the tension between Luz and Amity Blight, a reserved, smart, and powerful witch, grow as they advance from enemies to friends, to lovers- one of my favorite tropes.

We watch them both pine for each other for way too long before they officially get together a few episodes into season two! Something I love about their relationship is how the issues they faced as a couple never had to do with the fact they were both girls- take, for example, when Amity’s mom finds out they’re dating. She’s angry, but not because Luz is a girl- it’s because Luz is a wanted criminal. Or even the casual ways in which they talk about each other; they never show hesitation to say “my girlfriend” and no characters ever seem to bat an eye about it!

It doesn’t stop there either; the show also shows two nonbinary characters!

Raine Whispers, introduced in the second season, is a powerful witch and the head of the Bard Coven, one of nine separate covens shown in the show! When they are introduced, we quickly find out that they and Eda, Luz’s caretaker, have a rocky and romantic past.

Although we never get any sort of “official” coming out of the scene for Raine, throughout the entire show they are only ever referred to with they/them/theirs pronouns and are only ever described using gender-neutral terms! Once again, I adore how the show supplies casual queer representation- showing how it’s clearly an important part of their identity, without making it “issue” based.

Although I’m saddened and heartbroken over the ending of this show, especially knowing it originally wasn’t supposed to end for many more episodes, I’m still thrilled to know that queer kids will have such an entertaining, positive, and thrilling show to watch growing up. Positive queer representation really can and will make a difference for so many kids.