In The Owl House, why does Belos choose to destroy the Boiling Isles?

grill_gus

In The Owl House , Emperor Belos wants to kill all the witches and destroy the Boiling Isles. My question: why? Of course, if you have watched the show, you already know it's because he is a Puritan Witch-Hunter. My question is why does he choose that specific option? Especially for being from the 17th century, there are alternate things he could have done that would benefit him: Try to "save" the witches with colonial Christianity. Back then,...

Originally asked by Crafter on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I cannot remember the exact episode numbers, but during mid season 2 and early season 3 Belos repeatedly mentions that he had a brother who was "seduced" or corrupted in some way by a female witch (whom is it implied, though never confirmed, to be Eda). His reason for wanting to destroy all witches is that he blames all of witch kind for what happened to his brother. The reason that he doesn't want to convert them is likely for real world reasons. Disney traditionally avoids references to European based religions in its cartoons. There are a few exceptions, but its the rule more often than not. For example, Christmas\Easter episodes typically only mention Santa and the Easter Bunny. Real...

Full answer by Aaargh Zombies: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/119816 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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