Raeda

Raeda is the non-binary ship between Raine Whispers and Eda Clawthorne from The Owl House fandom.

Wing It Like Witches
Eda looks through her old photos in her notebook, reminiscing over her Grudgby days. One of the photos is obscured, where Eda and a bard witch link arms at a carnival, and Lilith is watching them in the background. The bard witch is confirmed to be Raine, who is proven to be an old friend from Eda's Hexside days.

Eda's Requiem
Eda is again going through her old things, and she picks up an instrument engraved with a thunderbolt and a raincloud. She looks at fondly and begins playing a song that the audience later comes to know as Raine's Rhapsody. At first, the objects around her begin to glow and float into the air, and Eda questions whether her magic has returned, but her magic quickly fails, making the objects fall to the ground, and with a gray substance over them, as if they are burning away.

Later, Eda bumps into Raine for the first time in years when Raine, along with the other members of their rebellion, the BATTs, throw a performance in defiance of Belos. When the BATTs are surrounded, Eda offers an escape route. Upon Katya, a member of the BATTs, asking Eda how they could repay her, Eda asks to join the rebellion. When Raine denies Eda, she admonishes them, referring to them as an "old friend" in the process. During this exchange, both of them are blushing, and it is revealed that even after all this time, they are still on good terms. This was in direct contrast to the popular fan theory before Eda's Requiem aired that Raine and Eda were exes and on bad terms. Raine introduces Eda to the group, saying that Eda was the one who inspired them to form the BATTs. At Eda's surprise, we delve into a flashback, where Eda is playing "Raine's Rhapsody" on her instrument, and Raine is gazing at them, looking lovestruck. Raine fixes their position on the instrument, saying "you'd be a mess without me", which leads to Raine blushing and both of them looking away.

After Eda join the BATTS, the team goes on a series of raids to help free some of Belos's prisoners. After a successful night, thanks to Eda's plan, Eda calls Raine "rainstorm", and Raine responds with "haven't heard that one in a minute", showing the viewers that Eda used to call Raine "rainstorm" when they were at Hexside together. Eda asks about Raine's stage fright, questioning how they became head bard despite it. Raine says they're "just that good", asking Eda about her stage fright in turn, and if she still knows any of her bard magic. Eda deflects, talking about how her curse "messes with magic", but Raine summons them an instrument and asks them to play. Eda reluctantly does so, once again demonstrating their "death" magic. Eda remarks that Raine's Rhapsody had become more like "Eda's Requiem", hence the episode title.

Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door
In Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door, we see a flashback of Raine and Eda breaking up in Eda's dream sequence. Eda lies and doesn't tell them about what's going on, and Raine responds to that with: "You're lying, again. It's like I don't really know you. So, I've made a decision." Eda's next words are "I know how this plays out, but I'll be ready this time," implying that they have replayed this same memory enough times to be familiar with it and memorize what's going on.

Raine then says that they're joining the Bard Coven, but Eda doesn't get upset at that part. It's the part after- she says to herself "No, no, no, I hate this part"- when they say "I think we should see other people. I'm sorry, Eda, it's over." This is when Eda truly has a reaction, their eyes getting smaller and going black, and feathers beginning to sprout from their arms. She lets out a whimper, and Raine immediately notices, worried and asking- "Are you okay? Is this the curse?"

Present Eda tries to get through to her past self, and we can see that she regrets pushing them away, begging herself to let them help her. It doesn't work, of course, with Past Eda lying once more and saying she's fine, telling Raine that they can leave now. Raine disappears after that, leaving them with "I can't do this anymore," and Eda is left alone with the now fully transformed owl beast.

Fanon
Ever since discovering the photo in Wing It Like Witches, the fandom has speculated on whether or not the bard witch in the photo with Eda was a past love interest. With the Season 2A Trailer and the clips of Raine and the young Eda flashback, it only added fuel to the fire. The plot summary to Eda's Requiem was later released as well: "A special witch from Eda's past enlists her in a rebellion against the Emperor." Many took this wording and began speculating if they were exes, and how they might have interacted in the past.

The ship currently has 100+ works on AO3.

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