| “ | Kindness and forgiveness, huh? | „ |
| ~ The Collector coming around to the idea of being good to others. |
| “ | I don't want anyone else to go away! I don't want anyone else to go missing! I'm sorry for everything! What is this stuff? W-W-Why won't it stop? | „ |
| ~ The Collector expressing remorse for his crimes following Luz Noceda's temporary death. |
| “ | 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 Disney Channel's fantasy 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 was voiced by Fryda Wolff.
What Makes Him Pure Good?[]
In General[]
- 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.
- 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 The Collector finally learned the fragility of life and how some things are even beyond his powers, he 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.
- 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, only teaching Belos the Draining Spell so he could be freed. 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.
Background[]
- He was always horrified of the malicious and evil ideals of his older siblings, the Archivists, and how they destroyed entire planets.
- 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.
The Owl House[]
- While he mainly did it for pragmatic reasons, he was perfectly fine with saving the Hexsquad from Emperor Belos and stopping the Draining Spell. He was also willing to give the Hexsquad a head-start in his game of "tag", because they never harmed him unlike Belos.
- 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.
- While he did take over the Boiling Isles and turned the majority of its inhabitants into puppets, trapping them in fates worse than death, he didn't comprehend that he was harming them and genuinely thought he was keeping them safe in the Archive House.
- Although he was jealous of Luz and her friendship with King, even expressing some anger when finding out she 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 Belos' (who was possessing Raine at the time) suggestion of just killing her, Eda and King for their supposed betrayal.
- While he did put Luz, King and Eda into nightmarish illusions, this was all Belos' idea, who tricked him into thinking it would make them "see the error of their ways".
- 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. Considering he couldn’t defeat Belos since he was immune to his magic now, it was the best choice he could have made.
- After hugging Belos, he turns to Luz with the biggest, most innocent smile on his face, telling her they could all be friends now, naively believing it was that easy to make friends, even with people as evil as Belos.
- 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. This caused the Hexsquad to forgive him.
- He reverted everyone he turned into a puppet back to normal.
- He created a new portal for Luz and the others to traverse between both the Human and Demon Realms, allowing Luz to have the best of both worlds.
- 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 confirmed 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.
Trivia[]
- He is unique in that he is considered both Pure Good and Inconsistently Heinous due to his lack of moral agency during his crimes, given he's a god-like deity who was originally unaware of how death affected mortal beings and fully made up for his crimes once he did. He shares this case with Purple, Agent Bishop (TMNT 2003), Oliver Grayson, Dave Miller, Twilight Sparkle (Equestria Girls), Philomela Sargant, Kaworu Nagisa. Primus (Japanese Generation One Continuity), and Masayuki Rudra Nam Ul Nasca.
- He is among the only villains that can be considered Pure Good.
- Many people speculate when The Collector turned Lillith into a puppet, he was protecting King because she called King her "nephew" (the same thing Belos called Hunter) and he put himself in front of King while saying "hands off". If this was confirmed, he'd be even more admirable.
External Links[]
- The Collector on the Heroes Wiki
- The Collector on the Villains Wiki
- The Collector on the Disney Wiki
- The Collector on the The Owl House Wiki
- The Collector on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
- The Collector on the Love Exalted Wiki
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