The Owl House NYCC panel eulogized a brilliant show cut short: ‘We did our best’

猫头鹰魔法社粉丝见面会上放出第三季切片：“我们做到最好了。”

Creator Dana Terrace and the cast of the show take to the stage.

主创Dana Terrace与配音演员们参加座谈。

The Owl House panel was bittersweet from the moment it started; this is the show’s first panel since it premiered in early 2020, but also the show’s last. With the shortened, three episode final season premiered on Oct. 15, The Owl House is gearing up for an epic finale.

从开始的那一刻起，TOH粉丝见面会便让人心中五味杂陈：这是本剧自2020年首映以来的第一次粉丝见面会，但也是最后一次。由于第三季被删减到三集，其中第一集将在十月十五日首映，《猫头鹰魔法社》已经在为华丽收场做准备了。

In its two-season run on Disney Channel, The Owl House has amassed a passionate fanbase. It follows a plucky human named Luz who finds herself in a world full of witches and demons. And while the show has also garnered critical acclaim, it did not get renewed for a full third season. So this is the first and last time that the show’s cast and crew can revel in that NYCC panel experience.

两季以来，《猫头鹰魔法社》已经拥有了一个狂热的粉丝群体。该剧讲述了一个勇敢的人类，Luz，在一个充满魔法与恶魔的世界中的经历。尽管该剧广受好评，但迪士尼并没有续订完整的第三季。因此，这是本剧创作团队唯一一次在New York Comic Con上亮相的机会了。

Creator Dana Terrace took to the stage with some of the show’s cast, including Sarah Nicole Robles (Luz), Mae Whitman (Amity), Zeno Robinson (Hunter), Cissy Jones (Lilith), and Alex Hirsch (King and Hooty).

主创Dana Terrace 和本剧的一些配音演员上台参加了座谈会。他们包括 Sarah Nicole Robles (Luz), Mae Whitman (Amity), Zeno Robinson (Hunter), Cissy Jones (Lilith), and Alex Hirsch (King and Hooty).

（Alex Hirsch也是《怪诞小镇》的主创和Bill Cipher的配音员。——译者注）

“I had the very rare privilege of watching the show form its inception form when Dana put together the series bible to now,” Hirsch said while on stage. “It’s rare and rewarding to be part of something so loved.”

“我有幸目睹了这部动画从一开始Dana所写的设定发展到到现在的全过程。” Hirsch在台上说道，“能成为如此受人喜爱的事物的一份子，是很难得的，也是很值得的。”

Hirsch, who personally made a Hooty puppet for the occasion, also shared how The Owl House helped him develop a key voice acting skill.

Hirsch为此亲自做了一个Hooty布偶。他还分享了《猫头鹰魔法社》如何帮助他培养了一种关键的配音技巧。

（见此视频的0分36秒——译者注）

“I never had to cry on Gravity Falls,” Hirsch laughs. “King goes through some rough stuff. The Owl House taught me to cry on command.”

“我在制作《怪诞小镇》的过程中从未哭过。” Hirsch笑道，“但King经历了很多难以承受的东西，而《猫头鹰魔法社》确实让我为此落泪。”

The cast also shared some insights into their characters. Whitman, in particular, gushed about Amity’s journey from aloof mean girl to a blushing love interest.

配音演员们还分享了他们对自己的角色的深入见解。特别是Whitman，她滔滔不绝地讲述了Amity从一个冷漠刻薄的女孩变成一个体贴的朋友的过程。

（a blushing love interest……我不知道怎么翻译比较好——译者注）

“Something I thought is so magical about [Amity] is that she is complex, she’s complicated. She has issues. She is dealing with some stuff! You didn’t really get to know her vulnerable side for a while,” Whitman describes. “When she met Luz she realized she didn’t have to be that way, she could tap into her softer side, her more vulnerable side.”

“我认为Amity吸引人的一点在于她很复杂，她的人物形象很丰满。她不完美，她有问题与困难要应对！一开始的时候你无法了解到她脆弱的一面。” Whitman如此描述，“当她与Luz相遇时她意识到自己不必永远那样下去，她可以展露自己温柔的一面，更加脆弱的那一面。”

The Owl House made Disney animation history by featuring a queer romance at the center of the show, along featuring a nonbinary person as its main character.

《猫头鹰魔法社》在迪士尼动画中创造了历史：它是首个着力展现同性恋情的迪士尼动画，此外，它还描绘了一个非二元性别的主要角色。

（指Raine——译者注）

“For me, coming out as pan, I felt even more strongly and passionately about this,” Whitman explains. “Having a show like this when growing up would’ve been really cool. I think it’s great for everyone to have that visibility, that connection.”

“我本人是双性恋，我对此的感受更加强烈和热切。” Whitman解释道，“我小时候要是能看到这种节目，那就太酷了。我认为对所有人而言，能够看到这样的作品并建立这样的联系都是极好的。”

（Pan在此处指Pansexual——译者注）

In addition to a new clip, Terrace also revealed some concept art of the upcoming season, which includes some new outfits for the characters, Luz’s hometown in Connecticut (all decked out for Halloween), and giraffes! (It’s a long-running series joke.) Some new footage was also revealed, including a revamped theme song for the final season. Terrace spoke about the moments she was most proud of the show throughout the entirety of production.

除了一段新剧集的切片，Terrace还透露了新一季的一些概念图，包括角色们的一些新服饰，Luz在康涅狄格州的家乡（为万圣节装饰一新），以及长颈鹿！（这是个前两季里出现多次的笑话了。）一些新剧集的镜头也被透露出来，包括被翻新一番的最终季主题曲。Terrace谈到了在整个制作过程中她对这部剧最自豪的时刻。

“The times that I hold dearest to my heart are the crew screenings we’ve tried to do over Zoom, or the few times we’ve tried to watch the finished show… totally legally on the channel,” Terrace describes. “To be able to sit there with the crew and be like damn we pulled it off!”

“我最珍视的时刻是我们创作团队试图一起在Zoom上放映剧集，或者是我们试图看成片的时候……完全合法地在频道上看。” Terrace描述道，“能和所有人一起围坐着，感叹着我们最终的成功。”

（Zoom是个在线聊天软件，但是这一段我理解的是否正确我也不知道——译者注）

As for the fact that the third season is shortened, Terrace sounded disappointed that she didn’t get to dive into Hooty’s true origin, or give some more backstory to Raine and Eda — who she calls her favorite characters to write. But she says that the crew went all out when it came to making sure that the animation and story were the absolute best for this last hurrah.

至于第三季被缩短的事实，Terrace听起来很失望，因为她没有机会深入发掘Hooty的真实起源，也没有给Raine和Eda更多的背景故事——她说她们是她最喜欢写的角色。但她说，剧组人员竭尽全力，确保动画和故事是绝对最好的，能赢得最后一次喝彩。

“What can you do at this point?” she says. “We did our best.”

“到了这地步还能做些什么呢？” 她说，“我们已经做到最好了。”

The first of the three Owl House finale specials premieres on Oct. 15 on Disney Channel at 9 p.m. EST. The first two seasons are available on Disney Plus.

《猫头鹰魔法社》的最后三集特别篇中的第一集将在10月15日美国东部时间上午九点于Disney Channel首播。前两集将在Disney+发布。

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