Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility."
Spider-Man has declared that this article is still under construction. Please don't delete or edit this article yet because it may contrast with the original author's edits. After I finish this article, the world will be saved!
“
She's a snake shifter! Her name is Stringbean, and she's PERFECT!
„
~ Luz introducing Stringbean.
Stringbean is a minor protagonist in The Owl House, serving as the overarching protagonist of the Season 3 episode "For the Future" and a major protagonist in the series finale, "Watching and Dreaming".
She is the Palisman of Luz Noceda who hatched after she realized her real desire was to be understood. Being a "snake-shifter", Stringbean is a snake that can shape-shift into various animals and presumably more.
In her default form, Stringbean is a snake-like palisman with small pointed ears with dark pink insides (reminiscent of the ones on Luz's hoodie), fur-like tufts on either side of her neck, small fangs, a dark purple forked tongue, and a lime green spherical appendage on the end of her tail. She has protruding eyes with dark purple irises and lime sclera, Her upper back and body are aubergine in color, with a purple stripe running from the back middle of her head and ending in a point near the end of her tail. She has two more purple stripes separating her upper and lower body colors, running from her lower cheeks to the ball on her tail, and her lower body and underbelly are lavender. Her nose and upper snout are white and form into a heart shape on her forehead.
In her staff form, the side of the ball on her tail attaches to the staff, which is dark blue in color, and she wraps her lower body around the ball. Her ears lie back, and her eyes smile.
When shapeshifting, she can take numerous forms, such as a bat, scorpion, or dragon, but her colors and stripes seem to stay consistent across forms. When she takes a new form, a glowing starry pattern appears on her chest, which appears pink in the middle and more blue at the edge.
Personality[]
She is nice and gets along with the other palismen very well.
Biography[]
Gifted as palistrom[]
After Luz fails to bond with a palisman like the rest of her Hexside classmates during Palismen Pairing Day, Eda and King break into the Bonesborough Botanical Garden and steal a small log of palistrom wood. After giving it to Luz, she decides to wait to carve her palisman.
Shortly before the Day of Unity, the Emperor’s Coven raids the Owl House and confiscates almost all its contents, including the palistrom. As Luz and Eda search the contraband for Francois, they are caught and arrested. However, before they are found, Eda snatches the palistrom, kept in a box marked "Eda's longest toenails". After meeting up with the Covens Against the Throne, Eda gives Luz the palistrom and they start carving, with Luz carving an egg to let her future palisman choose what she wants to be.
Waiting to Take Form[]
The following day, Eda presents the egg to Luz before trying to stop the Draining Spell, the latter keeping the egg within her backpack. After Luz, Amity Blight, Hunter, Willow Park, and Gus Porter become stranded in the Human Realm, as the months pass, Luz questions if her egg will ever hatch. During this time, Luz nurtures the egg, providing it warmth and light while waiting for it to take form.
After returning to the Demon Realm and visiting the Owl House, Luz discusses the egg with Amity, who reminds her that, as Bat Queen had said to them on Palisman Pairing Day, palismen only connect with their owners when they express their deepest wish. Later, whilst being pursued by Kikimora, Camila Noceda apologizes to Luz for not sticking up for her when she should have, revealing to her that she too felt ostracized as a child, and didn't want the same to happen to Luz, which caused her to try to protect her by "changing (her) into something she wasn't". This causes Luz to realize that, all along, her true deepest wish is to be understood. After admitting this, the egg finally hatches.
Taking Form[]
Upon hatching, the egg lets off a massive, starry purple mushroom cloud into the sky, alerting Kikimora to their location, and takes the form of a dark blue staff, with long, vapory smoke plumes swirling around it, and with many glowing smoky purple clouds revolving atop it. The staff, levitating above Luz, begins to drift towards her in midair, and she grabs it. Lightning bolt-like shapes begin to travel up the staff from where she holds it. The clouds atop it begin to form into a much rounder shape, and then clear away, revealing a dark purple glowing orb. At this point, Kikimora manages to catch up to them.
Shortly afterward, Hunter, Willow, and Gus escape the tunnels of the Detention Pit, the staff produces a very large, starry purple blast which goes in their direction, almost hitting them, and burning through the nearby landscape. When Kikimora catches up to the group, the staff hoists Luz up into the air and helps to fly her around and recreate Philip Whittebane's teleportation glyph to transport them onto the Titan's head.
Upon arriving there, the orb begins to glow much brighter. Much like before, it has revolving purple wisps, but this time it has a glowing magenta center and tiny white stars. Luz invites the group to finally meet her palisman, and they speculate on what it will be when it hatches, with Camila guessing a dragon, Hunter guessing a bird, Amity guessing an otter, Willow guessing a bat, and Gus guessing a snake. Luz tells them they're all close, and Stringbean then takes form, first into a bat, then a scorpion, then a dragon, and then finally her true form. Luz describes Stringbean as a "Snake shifter". She plays with the other palismen and greets Camila warmly. Stringbean then comes back to Luz, turning into a staff, and Luz and Amity fawn over her, anticipating how Eda, King, and Hooty will react to her once they are reunited, but half-jokingly express concern that they may all try to eat her.
When the Collector traps Luz, Eda, and King into nightmares, Stringbean helps her owner navigate through it. Once Luz manages to free herself from the nightmare and does the same for King and Eda, she proudly introduced Stringbean to them, and they’re happy to meet her. When the Collector manifests himself in front of them and whisks them away to play his favorite games, Stringbean saves Luz from getting eaten by the Collector by transforming her tail into a scorpion sting and stinging his tongue. Once the child is defeated, Stringbean accompanies the group around the isles to teach the Collector about friendship and the adventures the trio had throughout the series.
After Luz briefly dies saving the Collector from Belos, who is now possessing the Titan’s corpse, Stringbean remains dormant and in her staff form until her owner returns to life as a human/Titan hybrid with the help of King’s father, activating only after she returns. When Belos is defeated, Stringbean comes to lives with Luz, traveling between the Human and Demon realms at will, and together finding a way to use magic without the help of the Titan’s glyphs, which no longer work after he passes away. In the end of Luz’s belated quinceañera, Stringbean accompanies her owner and all their friends to see the light spectacle the Collector has prepared for the birthday, bidding farewell to the child as he flies away.
Gallery[]
Forms[]
Stringbean shifted into a bat.
Stringbean shifted into a scorpion.
Stringbean shifted into a eastern dragon.
Screenshots[]
Stringbean and the other palismen being cuddled by Camila Noceda.
.png "Stringbean (Bat Form).png (178 KB)")
.png "Stringbean (Scorpion Form).png (233 KB)")
.png "Stringbean (Dragon Form).png (285 KB)")
Heroes
