During one of her charity streams, Dana Terrace released the audio for a supposedly cut episode featuring three characters (Hunter, Luz and Lilith) writing their experiences.
Hunter’s palisman observations
Supposedly, it was cut as it was mostly a “filler” episode, but it does unveil some new information about the characters. In particular:
- Lilith’s letter contains a mention of her being Aro/Ace, which is never mentioned in the show!
- Meanwhile, Hunter spends some time with Flapjack, and his observations contain a foreshadowing of Belos belonging to the human world, as he’s the only one who knows what a flapjack is (“Damn you, pancakes!” may be the funniest line in the entire series - I’m sad it was cut!).
- Luz’s diary contains the least amount of notable information: the only new piece of info is her mom being lactose intolerant, and a foreshadowing of Amity and Willow “working out some things”, which eventually happened off-screen in an unfortunately cut scene in S02 EP18 “Labirinth Runners” (I’ll talk about more dropped/cut plot points in another post).
Luz’s diary also contains enough evidence to put these entries in a narrow time frame: she mentions “seeing my mom in the rain”, but also that “Philip” is a smart dude, indicating that she hasn’t uncovered his identity yet. This means that these entries are being written between S02 EP10 “Yesterday’s Lie” (the episode where Luz talks to her mom) and S02 EP16 “Hollow Mind” (where Luz discovers Philip’s identity). Depending on how much you want to read into Luz calling Philip “smart”, the time frame may be shortened to S02 EP12 “Elsewhere and Elsewhen”, where Luz meets a very unpleasant Philip.
Aces are practically non-existent in media, which makes me sad as I am one of them and, believe it or not, I discovered myself as one thanks to Lilith’s letter. Like, I knew of the existence of asexuality, but never thought much of it until I heard Lilith and something “clicked”. After years of trying to figure out what I was, now I’m at peace with myself :)
And that’s why representation is important! It’s not about a secret plot to shove the gay agenda down some people’s throat, but a way to let people know that an alternative does exist, that you’re “normal” even if you don’t conform to the standard, and you can have your own personal happy ending that’s different from other people’s.
I’ll forever be grateful to TOH for the way it handled these topics, helped me overcome my insecurities, and made me realize that being vocal about our experiences is not only useful to us, but to other people out there that may resonate with our experiences and learn something new thanks to them.
I absolutely agree! I could never understand how people can have that viewpoint; that if a piece of media has anything other than a nuclear family, then it’s “woke” and is, therefore, bad. It completely goes against the very idea of the hero’s journey and the character’s own growth/self-discovery.
Also, congratulations on finding yourself. I know from personal experience that’s not an easy thing to do, and I’m happy for you! ^^
Thank you, I really appreciate it :)