The Queer Power of Witches
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Who's your favorite famous witch? Fun-loving Madame Mim? The Sinister Grand High Witch? It's so hard to pick. And that's the thing about witches: I believe they share a magic, unspoken bond with queer people.
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Tiffany Aching, Nanny Ogg and, most of all, Granny Weatherwax. You can't find a witch simultaneously meaner or kinder than Granny. She's strong, tough as nails and would do anything to protect her home or a child in trouble. Sir Terry Pratchett (RIP) truly knew how to make a witch.
Granny Weatherwax is the best! However, the witch I wanna be is Luna Lovegood.
The Madhouse
Im agree 100%
GNU Terry Pratchett
As much as I love all his work, I love the witches best of all.
I'm glad someone else also thought along these lines.
If I don't grow up to be Nanny Ogg, what is even the point.
THis is amazing. I never considered the "why" behind why I love witches so much. This makes SO MUCH SENSE.
Because they're girls like YOU?
My favorite witches are Granny Weatherwax and her best friend Nanny Ogg from the Discworld series. Granny Weatherwax for being a tough, badass (the only protagonist in the series more powerful then her is Death, with the runner up challenger being Death's granddaughter), no-nonsense woman who despite wanting to be a Wicked Witch, will never the less do what is right and be the hero. And Nanny Ogg for being a boisterous, super friendly, crazy old lady, who can match Weatherwax and a great lover of fun, quaffing (like drinking but you spill more) and dirty jokes/songs.
And even Death sees things Granny's way from time to time.
My favorite was Williw from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Only because of her story arc: mousy bookish nerd comes into her own to become a powerful confident witch to a goddess. Her becoming a witch tests the childhood friendships and allows her to open herself up to new relationships.
+Matt Baume Mine is Fiona Goode from "AHS Coven"
+M.E. Count me in on the Willow love!
ME B AWESOME!!
@@MattBaume And Tara!
Yes Willow from Buffy !!! I'll be cosplaying her this year at Antwerp Comic Con! She is such an inspiration to me to embrace myself as I am!
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman made fabulous witches in Practical Magic.
Oh but Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing as their aunts were so great!
Yes yes yes!
@@jessicalee333 i loved the aunts. Especially when they figured out that Sally and Gilly were hiding something. "I can smell it...It's the smell of bullshit!".
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"Put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up"
My favorite witch has got to be Miss Eglantine Price, from Bedknobs and Broomsticks! Shes crafty, caring, wise, and defeated the nazis :)
As a Wiccan/witch(for 25 years so far)who still has to hide it from 99% of the people in my life due to the fear of total rejection,I thank you for this. 💜
I've had a lifelong affinity for witches. I even became one..a Wiccan high priest. There's something about their strength that empowered me as a kid. I love strong women.
Magic and LGBTQ+: two things you never think go together and are yet still an awesome pair
All the witches on American Horror Story Season 3.
And the movie The Witches of Eastwick.
+steevf Wow, the Witches of Eastweek. The movie that make me a fan of Jack Nicholson for life. After that, I was after his older stuff and became more and more hooked.
"Witches are powerful women that stepped outside their gender roles to wield incredible control"
I've always liked witches. I was a witch for Halloween at least 10 times as a kid, and now I think I know why.
Endora, of course. Or Samantha's cousin Serena.
the fact this doesn't have more likes is a testament to the disconnect of the young gays from the old gays.
Okay, i absolutely loved this!!! This pretty much sums up what i've always felt about witch centric tv shows and films... And also why i'm such a big fan of the x-men. It carries the same message. Don't be afraid of who you really are and embrace your powers! Life gets so much better when you do. That being said, i've got a few favorite witches: Endora, Penny Halliwell, Minerva McGonnagall, Hermione Granger, Bonnie Bennett, Regina Mills (The Evil Queen in Once Upon a Time), Wendy Beauchamp, Fiona Goode and Cordelia Foxx. *-*
I doubt that either Regina or Cora Mills were ever explicitly referred to as witches, but they certainly knew how to use magic, Zelena was definitely a witch. Between the OUAT and classic versions I'd go with the film version of Ursula because she had all the traits I enjoyed in Disney villains growing up; dramatic, manipulative, evil, and cunning
I don't know if this was mentioned but I found out that the concept art design for Ursula was based upon The famous Drag legend Divine. The voice that Peter Carroll had in mind was Bea Arthur. How fricking gay (and thus cool) is that?
Where was Sabrina!!!!! The love of my life
+shloopy5 Oh gosh yes, of course! Though I always suspected the show was just a prolonged Clarissa fantasy sequence.
+Matt Baume hah, a plausible theory. thanks for the reply ;) love your videos and podcast. Julian here, London England
The witches in practical magic are great. Especially the zany aunts.
You should read the book, especially the prequel that tells the Aunt's background stories...
"My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal isn't exactly a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage." --Aunt Frances
@@searchingfororion I didn’t realise there was a book! Thanks for that I’ll definitely give it a read ♥️
@@jackforrest3500 The book is *very* different. Brace yourself for a lovely story that has characters in a somewhat similar universe and similar names but a very different journey in "Practical Magic"... But the one about how the aunts grew up - that one is just *chefs kiss*.
I really loved Terry Pratchett's witches.
My longtime favorite witch is Endora from "Bewitched." I actually teach a university course about the history and witchcraft, which focuses on the label of "witch" as one that has historically been imposed (rather than adopted). As part of the course, though, the students have to write an analytical paper that examines witchcraft in a pop culture source. I'm going to show them this video for a great alternative interpretation!
Oh that's awesome! Hope they like it. :D
The witch from into the woods popped into my head immediately. The audience watches the character go through several seemingly-unwitchlike experiences: recognizing her mistakes as a parental figure, losing a loved one, and struggling with the unjustified differentiations made between herself the rest of the cast. The line "I'm the witch, you're the world. / I'm the hitch - I'm what no one believes" is juxtaposed with the vices and wrongdoings of the other characters, shedding light on how the social implications of being a witch are affecting her.
Hermione Granger of course!
Lulu from Final Fantasy X. By far the deepest character from that game. Also, Rei- sailor mars, because she's psychic and she talks to crows
Piper Halliwell from Charmed!
Yaaaaas CHARMED
Granny Weatherwax, hands down
Samantha Stevens is very dear to the heart of any gay boy coming into knowledge of who he is (and was) in the late 1960s. The gay appeal of the show is so easily apparent.
Here was a 'witch' who was living in a society that had very ugly preconceptions of how 'witches' looked and behaved, preconceptions that Samantha Stevens demolished with every episode. She was loving, warm, fair, humorous, intelligent and affectionate. But she also had to hide who she really was, both for the love of others and to live with a measure of peace.
The show additionally displayed that not all 'witches' are the same. While Endora may have been a pill of a mother-in-law even as a mortal, there was mischievous and spirited Uncle Arthur and Serena, neither of whom made any concessions to the 'mortal' world. The show made clear that even 'witches' aged and got faltering as in Aunt Clara, played by incomparable Marion Lorne, and needing gentle watching over and assistance. It was shown in Tabitha, that young 'witches' had to be cautioned that "we're living in a world that doesn't understand _our kind_."
Darrin's 'mortal' and Samantha's 'witch,' determined to make their 'mixed' marriage work, was a pre-Stonewall endorsement of tolerance and inclusiveness that was heartening when you weren't so sure you weren't the only gay person in the world.
Love this! Charmed witches have my heart. I've been doing a lot of research on witches recently because I am writing a witchcraft novel.
I love the Charmed witches! Is your novel non-fiction or fiction? I'm especially curious because I'm new to practicing Wicca. But I love fiction witches as much as the non-fiction.
Eglantine Price, from Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Can't decide on a favourite but certainly top 5, any witch who beats up Nazis is great in my book.
Sabrina, next to Samantha the prettiest and funnest witch! Although, Endora seems to have a wicked good time!!
The charmed ones all four of them!!!!
+oscar loza That's a blind spot for me! I've never seen it... but judging from the feedback on this video I definitely need to.
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yes!! it is a must!!! they began my love for all supernatural.
@@MattBaume YOU HAVE TO, i mean it was created by men and there was almost no signs of the support for LGBTQ+ communities but the magical aspect of it is a real treat
I went to high school with Kristen Chenoweth, jus as a bit of trivia! Who knew?
My favorite witch-like characters came from a favorite childhood book, "The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House" by Mary Chase, the same author who brought us "Harvey." Like me, both were released in the 1960's and the former is full of magic and fantasy and strong women who defied their traditional roles, which appealed to me. The magical ladies didn't have the most redeeming qualities, but they were powerful. I also identified with the main character, a little girl who also struggled to be herself against a repressive society.
This book would make a wonderful film, especially with the special effects we have today. It's been out of print for a long while, I think, but worth searching for as a wonderful children's book, or, for me, a great time to take a trip to the past in more than one way...
I need to see Wicked!
My fav witch is Ms Price from Bedknobs and broomsticks. (oh childhood memories) :)
+Kats987124 I almost forgot about Ms Price! Loved that movie...
Same
I knew it wasn't a coincidence I'm so obsessed with witches.
Granny Weatherwax, from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. All the witches are excellent, although Magrat was a bit meh. But Granny, Nanny and Agnes Nitt- I mean, er... the mysterious and enchanting Perdita X. Nitt.' ...who is not very good at picking a stage name, but whose vocal range goes from 'so low it makes people feel eerily uncomfortable' up to 'so high it shatters glass and causes listeners to faint'.
wickedsaviour
You mean that girl what calls her self “perdi tax”?
I always wanted to be Samantha of Bewitched. LOVE HER.
Oh, I was expecting a focus on Hocus Pocus; rather surprised by its absence. That Rita Repulsa bit more than makes up for it though. Truly a highlight of televisual history.
Eglantine Price from Bedknobs and Broomsticks; it's one of the movies that got me fascinated by magic and witchcraft from the start (aside from the Wizard of Oz.)
The Wizard of Oz and Jack Haley's RIDICULOUSLY gay "Tin Man."
LOVE IT!!! Matt the use of the word faggot so perfectly suited. "light up them faggots" thus the term flaming comes to mind. My most favorite which is Witch Hazel from WB cartoons. Trying to be the ugliest of them all. Favorite line: "I'm deathly afraid of getting pretty as I grow older"
Obviously Bayonetta
+PkHope Omega OBVIOUSLY
+PkHope Omega I came down to the comments section just to make this comment. Thank you for supplying the correct answer.
I honestly and completely AGREE! You honestly touched base of all my emotions for my "coven" thanks Matt you rock! Also next time add Mary Sibley from Salem (she's a fabulous and sexy Queen Witch)
Oh My God !! Bayonetta
Not to mention her background music is objectively the best version of Fly Me To The Moon
This was lots of fun! I can see the comparisons of gays and witches for sure. My favorite witch would have to be #samanthastevens from #bewitched. I really enjoyed all the craziness she and Darrin went through. She had this incredible power but at the same time had to pretend to be normal for the man she loved. She chose this of course but this didn't come without it's own issue. Thanks for making this. I like it when you make videos like this. Keep up the good work! Best, Marvin 😀
At this point I'm leaning to Samantha's Aunt Clara! HA! I love them ALL! :)
+Harry Laube
Aunt Clara, Endora, Samantha, Esmerelda and Serena were all groovy witches of the 60's. Loved that show.
Miss Eglantine Price from 'Bedknobs & Broomsticks' is my favorite witch (followed immediately by ALL of the witches, male and female, from 'Bewitched').
This spoke so damn deeply to me! I love witches! All the witches, always have :)
As a bi girl, Wicked was deeeeefinitely a sexual awakening for me and it took me shipping both Gelphie and Fiyeraba to figure that out about myself
I loved Sabrina The Teenage Witch when growing up.
Not sure if she’s ever explicitly “supernaturally witchy” but I’ll go with Morticia Addams :)
She did major in spell & hexes at university
Sabrina the Teenage Witch was everything in the 90's. Plus Harvey was so dreamy.
I would want to be Samantha from Bewitched for 2 reason. One she rocked and two I would have Aunt Clara as my Aunt and I always loved Aunt Clara and wished she were my Aunt.
+Kristopher “WhosYourChubby” Michaels
The show, when it became necessary, found it could replace a Louise Tate, a Gladys Kravitz and even a Darrin. But it was wise enough to know, with the heart-breaking passing of Marion Lorne in May 1968, no substitute actress could ever fill the shoes of 'Aunt Clara.' Lorne's portrayal sent the clear message that, if you've got to get old, being amiably deranged was the way to wring enjoyment out it. :) I love her dearly too.
+Dave dvlaries Aunt Clara was a doll, and the charm that Marion Lorne brought to her is heart-warming, to say the least.
+Kristopher “WhosYourChubby” Michaels Update 10/25/15:
I had picked Samantha from Bewitched as my fav Witch but then remembered Kim Novak played Gillian 'Gil' Holroyd in the great old movie Bell, Book and Candle. I grew up loving that movie and even named my cat after hers in the movie "Pywackett" when I got him as a baby in 2001. I think I blocked that out as Py died a couple of years ago and I am still not over that. Anyway, I still love Samantha and adore Aunt Clara but I think I have to go with Gil as the Witch I would want to be. Love your post, keep them coming please.
+Kristopher “WhosYourChubby” Michaels
Who could not love Aunt Clara? Even as a small child watching the show, she was wonderful.
Nothing ever made me dislike Darren more than when he was cross at Aunt Clara. Not even for messing up with faltering magic, but just for being one of Samantha's relatives and showing up. To dislike her so intently was to have no soul. I was often surprised that Samantha herself didn't threaten to vaporize him herself if he yelled at her just one more time, but then my mother was always one to speak her mind, and my father would never have done such a thing to any of our relatives anyway.
I liked Uncle Arthur, too. He was great. I know that his humor would get old very quickly in person, but he was genuinely a great guy.
This video made me reconsider why I like certain characters so much. I always wanted to be Merlin or Gandalf or Yen Sid. A guy that is really powerful and uses that power to help other people, but isn't really your typical action hero with huge muscles shooting people with guns. Also Newt Scaramander.
Ursula( I would have said Maleficent but she's a fairy, not a witch, though she is my all time favorite Villain). She's not the 'ideal' beauty other merfolk (and humans) seem to desire, yet she's also not an 'ugly' evil witch. She has curves and flaunts it. She has magic and she relishes in it. She uses other people's insecurities with themselves to hone her craft. Plus, she's already different from others, besides magic. Did you see any other merfolk with the bottom half of a squid? Only if you watched one episode of the animated series. She has arguably the best Disney villain song (though Hellfire is really badass) and when Pat Carrol described how she acted as Ursula, she was known for saying that Ursula was a Shakespearean drop-out working as a used car salesman.
Devon Chenoweth Any relation to Kristen? I was a grade above her in high school!
My favorite Witch is Sabrina from the 90s version of sabrina the teenage witch
I don’t know if she’s technically a witch but Fruma Sarah from Fiddler on the Roof always gives me life.
I think I would be a Sailor Moon villain witch. Twirling while I'm morphing into a bad blyatch!
Also the witches from CHARMED!!!
omg yes!
YES
Bewitched is one of my favorite shows. And i wasn't alive when it originally aired
I'm surprised Sabrina wasn't mentioned.
Willow and Tara from Buffy! Probably one of the first depictions to make the subtext text.
I have known since I saw The Little mermaid at 4 years old that Ursula would be my witch form. I'm talking about the French dub version of her though, because Micheline Dax infused her character with so much sass, gravel and ferocious self-confidence that it was branded onto my gay ol' baby brain forever.
Oh and honorable mention for the Cut-Wife from Penny Dreadful!!! Such a mesmerizing, tragic, naturalistic performance by Patti Lupone.
My favorite Witch has gotta be Granny Weatherwax from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. Gruff, insightful, domineering, bitchy, and protective. All my favorite characteristics.
Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg
Best witch duo, lifelong friends and polar opposites
Madam Mim was actually part of my sexual awakening as a young lesbian. When she turned into the fair maiden I had some... feelings. Thanks Disney c:
+GabeYess I KNOW! It's really unexpected. I have a feeling some animators might have been a little exasperated with how few opportunities that movie presented for attractive female forms.
Young me definitely thanks those animators. I rewound that vhs way too many times to be subtle. And I wonder why my family "had a clue"!
Tiffany Aching from discworld books by Terry Pratchett. Looked at fairytales, and decided that the witch in the stories was the only one with brains, so she became a witch.
The fact you included Bayonetta is incredible...thumbs up for you!
Bavmorda, portrayed flawlessly by Jean Marsh, was the greatest evil queen ever in Willow, directed by Ron Howard. I mean, she spends an entire movie trying to kill a baby!
I guess I'd be Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service. She's awkward, insecure and isolates herself from others (like pushy boys and Mean Girls™). She can't brew potions or tell fortunes. All she can do is fly, and she can't even do that well, all she can really do is try her hardest. But at least she can talk to her cat. Goddamn I just depressed myself LMAO
+ToruKun1 Kiki is MARVELOUS. Have you ever compared the Japanese version to the English dub with Phil Hartman as the cat? They are SO DIFFERENT.
+Matt Baume I haven't watched the Japanese dub, but I do know in the original, Jiji has a "stereotypical" high-pitched mewling cat voice and he's not sardonic at all, more cautious and helpful than anything. I'm sure it completely changes the tone of the movie.
My Goddess, what a wonderful, refreshing and inspiring channel. Thank you X
Aww thank you so much! Glad you like it. :D
Matt Baume I really like the interesting topics, well researched and delivered, you being so handsome also helps.
My favorite witches are Mary Sibley & Tituba from Salem and Nicole Kidman's character from Practical Magic. I also love Elizabeth (Rebecca Ferguson) and her mother (Janet McTeer) from the brilliant British mini-series, The White Queen. They were kinda witches.
***** Yes, she was.
I’ve never identified with anything so much. Why am I crying right now?! ❤️
The Halliwell sisters. Phoebe above all.
Wow, this is spot-on. While my brother was reading superhero comics, I read "It's Midnight The Witching Hour." Those were my favorite witches, but of course, I loved Samantha Stevens and Endora too.
i LOVED this video! this deserves more views, i def need to share this with my gurls
Nancy from the Craft!
This is spot on, and I think that some similar observations can apply to neurodivergent people as well.
The Worst Witch defined my childhood. It was such a good show.The follow up show wasn't as good but I watched it anyway.Mostly because of my crush on Felicity Jones to be honest.
Mary sibley from salem and malificent portray by angelina jolie
Elphaba, Wanda Maximoff and Karone are my favorite witches.
Endora from bewitched! I have always have loved her fashion sense! big bold colors and flowing draping gowns. Ursela because I was always a fan of Divine. And how could I forget Witch Hazel! not the Warner brothers but the Kroft Brothers. Mama Cass.
Ursula has always captivated me
When I was a kid I was obsessed with Sabrina the teenage witch. Does that count? :V
Fiona Goode, the baddest witch in town.
I wonder if we should read anything into the fact that Colton Haynes, dressed as Ursula for Halloween?
Huh, now I know why I absolutely loved witches when I was about 9 or 10!
Witches I loved reading about as a child include Meg from the Meg and Mog series of books, and of course, all the characters in The Worst Witch. They were even more outcast than most outcasts - because not only were they witches, they sucked at being witches.
Other witches I read about include the main character of The little Broomstick, a girl who's bored out of her mind until she finds a magical broom and ends up going to a weird magic academy and freeing a whole bunch of creatures from enchanted prison, the characters in Eva Ibbotson's stories, in particular Which Witch, which has a great detail about two ordinary parents realising their son has magical powers and deciding to accept him and nurture his talent, an outback dwelling weird great aunt of a witch called Granny Enders in Witch in the Bush, and of course the Harry Potter series, which will always be wonderful.
I got to go with Madam Mim. Animal shapechanging would be fun.
Also, Rita would be awesome... if it wasn't for that ear splitting voice.
Lord Zedd is a lucky sorcerer.
Interesting video! And this clears up a question I had about my writing because I noticed recently that in my D&D games I love using Hags and female Lichs as villains, lol.
Mine was always Maleficent, the original. Just so iconic, possibly the greatest entrance in cinema history and the calm reaction of "All these years they've been searching for a baby" dictated my personal sense of humor later in life (Just stating a piece of insanity perfectly deadpan, in my mind there is little funnier). She is easily the one witch in film who just makes me happy because she's unapologetic evil and has fun with it... then the new movie happened and holy crap what is even the hell with that thing.
I LOVED Samantha Stevens from Bewitched as a child. Beautiful, funny,loved her husband but had a personality all her own and her magic ruled. Plus her extended family was awesome. Also loved Cass Elliot in the HR PufnStuff movie.
Gillian Holroyd from Bell, Book & Candle
Yes, we Witches are powerful women.😊
Thumbs up for mentioning my favorite witch: the one and only Bayonetta
Sam from bewitched is my alltime favorite witch, But Regina from OUAT is a close second.
Miss Price, from Bedknobs and Broomsticks!
The Power of Three will set us free! :"3
For me it's a choice between Maleficent, and the witch from into the woods (The Bernadette Peters one).
Yes absolutely Bernadette's witch
Hmmm . . . I am fascinated by the powerful Baba Yaga. She lives alone in the forest in a traveling house (on chicken legs), she can help or hinder travelers, and if children bother her, she eats them. 🤷♂️
Honorable mention to Sir Terry Pratchett's witches of the Ramtops (hur hur!) and the Chalk, Wanda Maximoff (who has suffered *so much* tragedy!), and non-standard witch Eleven from "Stranger Things."
It's really interesting how villains are often coded as, at the very least , not hetero conforming.
Definitely the Halliwell sisters from Charmed.
Especially the snarky Piper who is my spirit animal.
And technically you could Elsa from Frozen in this list too because she's magical.
I've loved Maleficent and the Sanderson sisters all my life. I never want to have to choose just one witch because they're all amazing.
But I have a special love for real witches now. They don't fit the normal spooky lady with a book of hexes, but they're usually such lovely people who I feel don't get enough credit in the world.
As much as I love the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus, I grew up watching Bedknobs and Broomsticks countless times, with Angela Lansbury as apprentice witch Miss Eglantine Price. It left a major impression on me as a child and I've always been fond of Pagans because of it.
Though as an adult looking back, so many topics like the Star of Astaroth were so very much darker than I ever realized.
Maleficent has always been my favorite. She was not invited to the party (well, christening), and is excluded in general. That was me growing up until towards the end of High School. I was not liked, I was bullied, excluded or manipulated. I loved Maleficent's power and position because no one did her wrong without getting comeuppance, and they knew to treed lightly around her.
As an adult I channeled that (and being a witch) into making my life my own, and those who piss me off get what they deserve, their firstborn cursed. No, not really. Just told what to do.
As a side note; Ursula is actually based on the 70's drag queen 'Divine' (Harris Glenn Milstead). I thought you might find that interesting, because I thought you might have mentioned it.
Does Stevie Nicks count?