| “ | Kindness and forgiveness, huh? | „ |
| ~ The Collector coming around to the idea of being good to others. |
| “ | Come on. You can at least do this! | „ |
| ~ The Collector as he flies towards the Archives to stop its collapse. |
The Collector is the secondary antagonist of the Disney Channel animated series The Owl House.
He is a childish entity of omnipotent power that is trapped inside a tablet hidden in the skull of the Titan after he was mistaken as the one behind the genocide perpetrated against his species. He is eventually freed from his imprisonment by King Clawthorne, the son of the Titan, in order to defeat Emperor Belos.
He is voiced by Fryda Wolff.
What Makes Him Pure Good?[]
- Unlike the rest of his species, who were malicious and had evil ideals of "preserving life", he is a sweet and innocent entity who would rather play instead of causing any real harm.
- He became friends with the Titans and loved playing with them, saying the baby Titans were "so cute", not knowing he was going to be framed for their genocide.
- While he did take over the Boiling Isles and turned the majority of its inhabitants into puppets to play pretend with, he made sure that none of them would be harmed by keeping them safe in the Archives.
- He genuinely viewed King as his friend, never treated him badly and even stood up for him when Terra Snapdragon called him a "stupid, little dog".
- Though clingy at times, the Collector is shown to respect his wishes and listen to him, as he turned Lilith back to normal, most likely upon King's request, and didn't touch François when King told him only Luz was allowed to touch him, albeit somewhat begrudgingly, respecting this wish even when King was out of sight.
- Although he was jealous of Luz and her friendship with King, even expressing some anger when finding out she has returned to the Boiling Isles, The Collector didn’t show any malice or desire to harm her, instead willing to try to be friends with her too and completely ignoring puppet Raine’s suggestion of just killing her, Eda and King for their supposed betrayal.
- While he did put Luz, King and Eda into nightmarish illusions, it was to teach them to "see the error of their ways", not knowing he was being manipulated by Belos (who was possessing Raine at the time).
- Even though he endangered the lives of Luz, Eda, and King with his games, he never intended to harm them, truly believing that they were having fun and that they would want to be his friend after some games.
- While the Collector was humiliated in the games and was frustrated at every loss, instead of retaliating or taking revenge on the trio for beating him, he instead chose to let them go and sulk in a corner, immediately opening up to Luz when she approached him and venting with her.
- When Luz, along with Eda and King, took him around the Boiling Isles and taught him how they became friends and bonded, The Collector listened carefully and took the lesson by heart, willing to apply it and change for the better.
- He forgave Belos for all of his crimes in an attempt to redeem him, although this proved ineffective and innocently believing that kindness and forgiveness could be applied to anyone.
- When Luz was killed by Emperor Belos, he tried to revive her, and was sad and crying for the first time when he was unable to, showing immense guilt and grief for everything he's done.
- He used his puppet strings to prevent the Archives from collapsing as Belos possessed the Titan, saving everyone inside from death, including Luz's mother and friends.
- He reverted everyone he puppetized back to normal.
- He created a new portal for Luz and the others to traverse between both the Human and Demon Realms.
- He decided to return to space so he can continue growing up and improving himself, while still sending a shooting star to sail across the Boiling Isles four years later to celebrate Luz's quinceañera.
- It’s strongly implied he visits his new friends quite often, and judging how everyone at Luz’s party waved goodbye to him in the finale, the citizens have most likely forgiven and accepted him.
- Despite being under the impression that he could bring back anyone back from death as easily as fixing a toy, the Collector still showed no desire to harm anyone on purpose. It should be noted that while he felt jealous of Luz and was slightly upset at her return, he still didn’t want to hurt her and even wanted to befriend her too, even when being led into believing she was there to stop him and take King away.
- While he committed several malevolent actions over the series' span, including teaching Belos the Draining Spell, finding sadistic joy from the deaths of Caleb Wittebane's grimwalkers and endangering Luz, Eda and King with his celestial games, this is because he had a very poor understanding of how mortals view death, firmly believing that any "toy" he breaks can be fixed, and he eventually began to understand loss and grief after Luz temporarily died, causing him to become mortified and remorseful for his previous actions while becoming a better person.
- Considering Belos was his only companion for centuries and he killed and remade Grimwalkers very often, it’s not hard to assume that the reason The Collector never seemed to care about the Grimwalkers was because he was under the impression that Belos was fixing the same toy over and over again, making the child unable to understand how serious death actually was for mortals.
- It also explains why the Collector didn’t seem to mind the people getting killed by the Draining Spell and even joked about it. Being unaware of what death means to mortals, it’s likely he assumed it was just a game that Belos wanted to play, and that once it was done, he could bring the deceased residents of the Boiling Isles back like he did with toys. It took Luz dying for the Collector to see how serious death actually is for mortals, and that bringing them back is something beyond his powers.
Trivia[]
- He is unique in that he is considered both Pure Good and Inconsistently Heinous due to his lack of moral agency, given he's a god-like deity who was unaware of how death affected mortal beings.
- The Collector is also considered pure good cause, despite all the damage he caused, in the end, he was only a child who never figured out the harm he was doing nor the consequences of his actions since almost all the harm and damage he caused could be fixed by the easy snap of his fingers. When Luz died and finally learned the fragility of life and how some things are even beyond his powers, The Collector redeemed himself almost immediately, returning the isles and its residents back to normal and voluntarily choosing to leave to learn and mature his own way.
External Links[]
- The Collector on the Heroes Wiki
- The Collector on the Villains Wiki
- The Collector on the Disney Wiki
- The Collector on the Owl House Wiki
- The Collector on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
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