Raine Whispers Is Actually Terrifying | The Owl House 

It's so easy to characterise people with anxiety as timid. I love how Raine has always been ruthless and incredibly self-determined despite it.

Raine: *whistles* Coven Scout: What did that do? Coven Scout: *Dies because his blood got turned into apple blood*

Bards are NOT to be underestimated, mocked or dismissed; they're actually one of the most powerful and versatile classes in the fantasy genre. So, it makes sense for Raine to be so strong

! Spoilers for Watching and Dreaming ! Raine is especially scary in this episode- not only do they break the Collector's curse, but also was strong enough to throw Belos out of control of their body. This kind of strength is UNREAL, especially after seeing how much it took for Hunter to overcome Belos' possession (he DIED). Hell, Belos even comments on how he always hated how strong they are, which just gives an insight on how even he would have trouble going against Raine. Absolutely a ruthless but loving character.

To add another layer to their deception: clearly, they are a fantastic actor (so long as they're not on a stage). But the best liars convince you that they're terrible liars, and even the people who saw their betrayal (Darius and Eber) said "we didn't tell you about our plan because you're a bad liar." Just think about that one.

Eda is a dissenter, Raine is a revolutionary

Another thing i love is how raine's ruthlessness doesn't necessarily translate to them being heartless. When asking for eda's help, they specify "if you have nothing to lose" and don't ask anything of her just yet. They're letting her know what she's getting herself into beforehand, instead of springing the sacrifice play on her later on. Then when playing the requiem, they mention, "we may not make it out ourselves", and there's an implication of "but you already knew that". Because, again, they made sure she knew what she was signing up for. Alternatively, i think they could have been giving eda one last chance to back out. Granted, i don't know what they would have done if she had, but it's still an acknowledgement that this sacrifice is a massive ask from them. Even if they think that eda has nothing to lose if they go through with it. They still obviously care deeply about eda, to the point where they almost seem regretful over asking such a big favour from her (again) with the sigil, but it takes an incredibly strong person to not put personal attachments in front of their cause. They want to keep eda safe but not at the cost of the entire boiling isles. Ruthlessness has not made them uncaring or cruel, they're just willing to make sacrifices, even if they're not their own. Fantastic video! This entire thing was so thorough and well put-together, i was astounded to realise it was only 10 minutes. This whole channel is full of nothing but gems.

Can we just notice the genius that Raine is a whistleblower? What a PERFECT allegory!

HELL yeah. Raine is stone cold. Raine used to be a teacher! Someone specifically in a position to be looking for signs of abuse- i can hardly imagine how much it must have hurt to see hunter, know they couldn't do anything to help him, and have to watch in silence because the best way to help him was to defeat the emperor. Though, I have no doubt that if Hunter had fought Raine and forced their hand, they'd have been prepared to take him down for the good of the mission, and there's no way Eda could ever do that, even if it meant way more people getting hurt. raine whispers fucking rules

Spoilers for watching and dreaming! Belos even admitted himself that "raine is ANNOYINGLY POWERFUL"

Something else is Raines power of deception. I mean they managed to deceive everyone except Darius (and probably Eberwolf) following the "brainwashing." Raine deceived everyone by making everyone think they were brainwashed even the person who was doing this (Terra.) Now that takes massive skill and makes Raine even more complex and powerful

Raine was always so intelligent. I only noticed in the end when Raine was shown to have a palisman, but hid it as a violin which I found mind blowing.

Belos didn't consume Raine's palisman. In one episode (can't recall wich one) a we see a paper with data about them, and it sais "Palisman: unknown". If Belos coonsumed their palisman the status would be different

I didn't realize it was possible to love Raine even more, but after this video I do

It’s possible that rain hid their palisman or kept them far away from the castle because they had a fox during the ending of Watching and Dreaming. This could be a new palisman but I think they had their fox for a while as they seem really comfortable flying on them.

Loved this!! Raine is such a complex character and it’s great to see them getting some recognition for how much of a stone cold badass they can be. they’re a revolutionary!! ok I’m gonna rewatch the video now

It’s extremely good that Raine is on the side of good because if they were on Belos’s side the boiling isles would have been lost before Luz ever set foot on it

One other thing to remember is that Raine could KILL ANY HUMAN INSTANTLY WITH ONE WHISTLE by replacing someone's blood with... not blood. Great video as always!

I like how you brought up Raine noticing Hunter’s abuse. I have a little fan theory that Raine, Darius, and Eber Wolf knew the golden guard before Hunter. For me personally it would make sense why the three decided to rebel together, we already know that Darius was hurt by the previous guard’s death and showed distain towards Hunter following Belos blindly, but giving their ages and Hunter’s age it could work. Obviously not much can support this theory besides the interactions we’ve seen between the three, we don’t know how long the rebellion has been in motion, but for me personally it feels like an interesting way to connect these characters instead of just small, yet significant, interactions between.

I LOVED this video essay. Raine has always been one of my favorite characters but I’ve never really been able to put my finger on why. I always just said they had a quiet sort of strength which was certainly part of the equation. I’ve been able to point out moments that resonated with me. The reveal that Raine has been faking their submission to Tera while completely cognizant and actively rebelling the whole time. Raine’s sympathetic look at Hunter in Any Sport in a Storm while still reluctantly but willingly following the other coven heads. Their entire motivation being to keep Eda safe, but failing over and over again. Their character is constantly at odds with itself but it actually works to make them a more believable person. After everything they’ve been through, I’m glad they’re the one who was possessed by Belos. Every coven head has sacrificed so much (just consider the chances that Darius knew *something* about Belos’s grimwalkers), but Raine is the one we learn the most about. For so much of their lives, they’ve been complicit in Belos’s plans. Them being possessed is the physical manifestation of all their struggles. And also gives them the opportunity to overcome them.

Eda: strong but shows mercy Raine: strong but cant risk mercy..

You made me realize that Raine is wayyy stronger than they look like. And the fact that now Belos has those abilities makes it even worst

Eda being such a softie at heart is just the best. I love that she's such a badass with a heart of pure gold.

i wanna add something about the moment when Raine pulls Eda's hand (sorry if any of this sounds scuffed, english is not my native language) so what i wanna talk about is their "last" words "I promised a special kid i will protect you" they knew they probably wont make it out alive. it was their last words. they chose this words, not "i love you" or smth why? so, after "Eda's requiem" they were determined to keep Eda safe. they knew she will go on a suicide mission if needed. and she went to confront Darius and Eberwolf with Raine in the first place because she thought her kids didn't love her so the thing they decided to tell is to reassure her, that she has people to lose, that they love her, that they specifically went to ask Raine to protect her. they made sure she wont try to kill herself again but anyway they are alive and gay so thats okay 😊 /insert the Raine seeing Harpy Eda scene with happy kids music/

Afterward it's been confirmed raine didn't give belos their palisman, that their violin(?) is their palisman, but that just adds another layer of sacrifice. That in the finale raine, with very little hesitation, smashed their own palisman in hopes of stopping belos from accessing the titan's heart. I think we got confirmation that their palisman was able to recover from that but holy cow that moment shows that raine really will sacrifice anything.

Wow! You definitely made me appreciate Raine’s character a lot more with this. Funny enough the themes of sacrificing your own morality for the greater good is something that’s just come up in my philosophy class! Definitely going to be thinking about this during those discussions :)

I'm just saying, I would not have been opposed to more of Raine acting as a double agent. (Raeda villain au enemies-to-lovers let's go)

Yeah u hit the nail right on the head Raine demonstrates the lengths u need to be willing to go through to pull off a successful rebellion. Also yeah not only would Eda not be able to do what Raine did but I think Luz would also be in the same boat like Eda Luz can't stand seeing unjust actions fall people like Hunter.

Honestly, i was very skeptical when i first started the vid because i only ever thought of Raine as just some nice side character with some social anxiety who wanted to rebel against Belos, but GOD DAMN, u made some rlly great points. Good job!! :D

We needed a raine appreciation episode ima be honest...but tbh they're to precious, we need to protec the enby bard

this video just made me love raine even more. they’re such an amazing character. the writing in this show is just incredible

This is random, but that description reminded me of "OH NO! IT'S BOILING ACID!" I haven't thought about that meme in years.

Love the comparison to Luthen Rael. Both great spies and freedom fighters!

Oooh great analysis! I love Raine and you did them such justice here Something that I find really interesting about this is that, on the Day of Unity, when the fight breaks out between the coven heads, Darius joins in, UNTIL- Eberwolf is threatened, and he surrenders. Unlike Raine, Darius holds strong attachments to others (regardless of how much he pretends not to), and by backing down, Darius ruins any chance they had of stopping the Draining Spell. Although obviously the Collector intervened and stopped it anyway, this is something I could see Raine actually getting really angry at Darius for...

I love this video!! Literally all of this is so true, and is reinforced wholesale in the Owl House's spectacular, if slightly premature, final. Raine shines in s3e3, resisting Belos' possession of them both physically and mentally, enforcing not only their strength of will, but also their magical prowess. Even BELOS admits that Raine "was always annoyingly powerful." FR. Raine is just such an awesome character, and you did an awesome job analyzing their character! Props!!

Pretty certain that if Owl House was around when I was a kid, and I looked up to Raine as much as I do now, I would have figured out that I’m non-binary a lot sooner and been more confident about it. Not in an attempt to be more like them, but to understand what it is I see and hope for in myself, thanks to the many lessons this series presents

Raine is also terrifying cause they literally ejected Belos out of their body when they were being controlled

petition for a whole OVA episode starring Raine Whispers (and Eda for kicks and giggles)

People have theorized that Raine's palisman took the form of their violin, but we don't know for sure.

They deserve better imo I just wanna see them when they’re not in a possession situation, real or not :

The weakest coven/magic type is potions and you won't convince me otherwise.

Rain is honestly one of my absolute favorite characters along with Hunter those two are just adorable and badass in so many different ways I love it

Something that I don't see people point out enough: when Raine learns Eda has kids but she dismisses them. Raine was a _teacher._ They probably know better than most that just because you're not blood doesn't mean you're not family, and how important mentors are to their students.

Raine is one of those characters I wished existed more often, that morally gray dubiousness all for the sake of a greater goal, and NOT being felt as the bad guy, is always a beloved breath of fresh air. I can only name a few characters who gave the same vibe, and even they don't come anywhere close to as agreeable to me in their decisions as Raine because usually there's some form of cowardice holding them back too. Raine didn't have that.

Raine didn’t give up his palismen, we did see it at the end, a little fox. I also noticed something else! His pal doesn’t turn into a staff, but his violin! When they first try to defeat Darius, the bard magic, look at his violin! There’s a fox at the top!

a thing i always thought about with raine's magic that i haven't seen mentioned is that they can make forcefields, lightning storms, neutralize terra's poison, neutralize spells, control people's limbs, etc. with just *one note*. not even a chord or anything, just a whistle or an open string pizz is enough to match coven scouts and eda in a fight. what's going to happen when they play an actual piece?? the boiling isles explode??

THIS is why Raine is my favorite Owl House character

I like that in the final *spoilers ahead* they are so powerful that belos was annoyed about it hell they broke out of a spell that the *Collector* placed on them!

After seeing the finale, I gotta say ooh boy.

Raine literally nearly stopped belos from becoming the kaiju he becomes Raine is hands down my fav and i wish we couldve seen more of them in general ;-;

Ever since in Season 3, even Belos also said something about them saying how he hates how annoyingly strong they are and that's when u know raine compared to belos saying that is really intimidating but also badass

Spoilers for the finale: I hope that’s enough to hide it. Belos actually complains about how powerful Raine is. They are just that much of a threat even with all of the restrictions and only barely failed to prevent the tyrants plan one their own. I would not want to be on their bad side even in Mario Party.

Raine actually still had their palisman, look closely at the handle of their violin.

Having folks talk about the subtext of the story makes the series feel less short

can we also take into account just how strong bard magic is?

I’m so glad someone did an analysis on my fav character!

i believe raine’s palisman is heavily implied to be their instrument, with (spoilers) context from watching and dreaming. i think they hid their palisman from belos via disguising it as a magical instrument

Raine did have a foxy palisman after the time jump. Couldnt tell if it was a new one or not

**SEASON 3 EPISODE 3 SPOILER** Raine’s palisman didn’t get taken, in ‘Watching and Dreaming’ we see they have a fox palisman and if we look at their fiddle it has a fox end, meaning their palisman was probably disguised so they wouldn’t have to give it to Belos (Dana also confirmed their palisman’s name is Fiddlesticks)

Update: their violin was ALWAYS their palisman. They never lost them

And yknow raine is incredibly powerful

just the word choice and way you describe them in this video is incredible and also hilarious lmaoooo

Raine actually disguised their palacmen as an instrument to keep it from getting taken :))

this video reminded me of a fantasy book series that also has quite the emphasis on sacrifice and greater good vs. personal attachment. (a fuckton of spoilers for Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. i dont even know why i made this comment.) Eda reminds me a lot of Aelin, and Raine reminds me a lot of Dorian. Aelin has a fate to sacrifice all of her magic and her self to forge the Lock and put it into place to seal the three Wyrdkeys into the Wyrdgate. This is purely because of an ancient debt caused by the mistake of Elena in her efforts to defeat the Valg king Erawan. Because Aelin has godly fire magic and blood relation to Elena, she is eligible to forge the Lock. But Dorian also has a blood relation to Elena, and godly raw magic(raw magic is the ability to make your magic take any form you need or want). He has both requirements as well, but the only difference is he has nothing to lose and a lot more pain. Aelin has been through a lot in her 19 years on Erilea, but through all of the torture and pain she found family and love and caring friends in Dorian, Chaol, Rowan, Fenrys, Elide, and Lysandra to name a few. She had people to help her heal from child abuse, the labor camp, being forced to work for a tyrant, waking up covered in her parents' blood, etc. But Dorian, being the son of a tyrannical king, hasn't been able to find that many people. The only person being Chaol for the longest time, and when chaos was brought to his doorstep via Aelin, he finally found a lot of friends. But even then he didnt let himself get too close to them after being possessed by a Valg Prince and having an identity crisis because while being possessed he learned to like hurting innocent people. So Dorian tried to take Aelins place in forging the Lock, even though Aelin (now being reasonably suicidal) came up with a plan to fulfill everyones wishes, keeping everyone she cares about safe, and forging almost the entirety of the Lock. The only reason they're both alive now is Aelins plan, and two strokes of luck one of them being a very anti-climactic reveal. Just like Raine, Dorian had nothing to lose. And just like Eda, Aelin was fine with ending herself for the greater good even if other people depended on her.

Raine is so cool, and so are you!!!

so glad my fav character getting some attention

I LOVEEEE THIS ANALYSIS, it made me appreciate raine wayyyy more as a character. They’re definitely one of my faves now

10:07 10/10 true statement

This is amazing!! I love Raine and this analysis of their character is really well done. Great video!!

Depends on when you would get on either one's bad side. If you got on Eda's bad side after the two rekindle their relationship, Raine is probably still going to end you, depending on what it was you did. Something minor, they'd probably leave it to Eda, but if you actually hurt her in any way, that bard is definitely coming for your life.

Luthen Rael comes to mind, and is immediately mentioned 😂

raine actually hides their palisman in their violin

I like to think that the fox palisman that Raine has in the last episode has always been their palisman, so they didn’t give it to Belos

Actually it was confirmed the violin was his parliament and is was repaired after he smashed it.

I never realized this about them.

Loved the video! Raine is my favorite character, and I relate to them a lot. I've had to do some things which sacrificed a lot for me, so seeing you talk about that part of Raine's character is really refreshing for me. They're actually what inspired me to make those sacrifices, and those sacrifices and risks actually helped me survive many times. I also have a bit more to say, so I'll put a little "hot take warning" right here. Something not mentioned in the video that extenuates the points made, is that Raine also knows their boundaries and when they need to enforce them. Raine seemed to not exactly be asking Eda to tell them everything about her curse, but more to just be open with her emotions and not be so distant from them. By the way they say "You're doing it again" to Eda, and after saying "I can't do this anymore" shows that they've probably asked multiple times, and had that looming over until they couldn't handle it anymore. Also, the way that Eda says "hey, I know that face" anytime Raine is worried about her and Raine has to later tell her "don't tell me not to worry" has got me thinking a lot. And that thinking has lead me to the hopw that they don't actually get together in the end. First off, when characters meet up again like this in media, they usually get back together and it's so romantic and stuff. Or you see them hate each other after the breakup. You don't really see many characters just staying friends. And we all know how much Dana Terrace loves subverting tropes. And second off, though they may have had a good time with Eda, it didn't seem the most stable, and Eda has changed, but still has a lot of those barriers up. (Small detail I've noticed, Raine very easily blushes when embarrassed/flustered, but we never see them blushing back at Eda when she does. It's usually just a nervous tick at the most, which, with them being perceptive, my theory for that is that they possibly noticed how she was looking at them and felt awkward about it.) (No hate to any Raeda shippers BTW just stuff I've noticed)

Raine's Palisman is their instrument, fyi

Love your character analysis here (and in masks off) These are wonderful (and I'm pointing authors to them because there are some good take aways here)

They feel like an anti hero a little. Like they are willing to let things burn for the greater good no matter who it effects

Raines palismen (I can’t spell) is their musical instrument so don’t worry people they don’t lose their palismen when they worked for belos and don’t worry about the finale when they smashed their palismen because they got it fixed and can be seen in the end

If you look carefully in the final episode time skip we actually end up seeing ranes palsmen it wasn't taken its a red fox someone in the staff cleared up it's also his violin so it was hidden during the show note the fox head on the violin

Very glad to see this respect being put on Raine Whispers' name.

Raine's palisman is a fox, you can see it on their violin too, but still badass they hid that palisman right under Belos' nose and never got caught

what an incredible video!! ive seen many people (though mostly before wad) complain how the show makes raine very flat but they've actually been really well characterized, the show just doesn't tell you what theyre like word for word. fantastic little essay, made me appreciate and understand raine a lot more :)

That little goober is a menace sometimes

You really hit the nail on the head with the sacrifices Raine made. Dying for a cause is easy, ensuring that the plan goes through within the enemy stronghold and NO ONE suspects you? That takes the ability to compromise your morals for the greater good.

You are very quickly and easily becoming one of my favourite RU-vidrs, your videos are amazing and well put together ^^

Honestly Raine kinda reminds me of Yorunobu Arasaka from Cyberpunk, While he's portrayed as an antagonist for the entire game you realize that he joined the system to destroy it after seeing that fighting it from the outside hell even dropping nukes couldn't stop the corrupt abusive system, so he rejoined it and waited until they had a chance to find a way to destroy it, which the plan got fucked up by V and Jackie, but he adapted the plan to take full control and destroy it from there but has to eliminate Jackie and V who were the only loose ends.

Your videos are amazing! Thanks for your hard work 💕

It's been confirmed that raine kept their palisman. They hid it as their violin :)

I am on my KNEES asking you to dissect sam and max’s friendship

Love how Raine realized oppressive systems can't be "changed" from within. And that once he realized this, he didn't give up and join in, but actually organized a revolution! Too many real world people who go into politics in our modern world, make the same realization, but instead decide that resistance is impossible, and so become another face the oppressor wears...

I love how like a true owl house fan you used “they their them” when directly addressing Raine to reference their nonbinary nature. I’ve seen many Raine fans who forget this tiny detail.

Raine is a hufflepuff no doubt about cuz like hufflepuffs, people thought Raine was weak because they have stage fright when in actuality they’re loyal, hardworking, patient, and have a strong sense of justice. Raine was patient enough to be a double agent, they work hard to make bard magic strong and became leader of the resistance, Raine whole motivation was to take down Belos who make unfair laws and cause major damage to their home. Yeah Raine a badass hufflepuff.

so glad we find out raines palisman is alive

If Raine decides something must be done, by golly, it WILL be done, even if it damns them. And they will offer the chance to do the same to all who are willing, and excuse those who won't, or probably shouldn't (like when they learn Eda has children). That is BADASS.

ARE WE NOT GONNA TALK ABT HOW FLEXI RAINE IS. They do a whole fricking front flip in episodes and lands with there perfect pose. Truly one of my fav characters!❤❤❤

Raine does have his original Palismen though. His Instrument is an alternate form for his staff. You can see it transform in the closing credits of the Final episode. Nothing beyond that to add I agree with the opinion

If Raine have ever met any person "against all lgbt+".. I hope God or any other dealer on the other side know how to handle the badassnes of Deth Wisper, who may not strike directly, but still put their best to shut down the one or two who go against them and their beliefs. Nor citizen or president could survive easily in our world... Because them are absolutely unstoppable and the only reason everyone is save around them it's because of their kind nature and only. Or I am just not a good thinking at 3:51 am.

If Darius and Eber were at that point in Kahoots with Raine then why would they try to kill both of them? Or was it explained and I just forgot.