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Do you have an opinion as to why Agatha thinks the witches road was a more interesting piece of magic than Wanda's hex ?

Is it because it was based on the ballad ? Or personal interest (his subconscious created something that was directly linked to the culture of witches in a way that the hex really wasn't) ? Or both/something else ?

Thank you for the excellent question 💜

The fact that it's based on something witchy is definitely a big part of why Agatha finds it more interesting. She was super impressed with Wanda's hex and how her magic worked on the whole town, like the technical aspect of it, but I think she just found sitcoms cheesy. But the road leaned so much into witch culture that it's probably more to her taste. And Billy was fascinated with magic whereas Wanda didn't even want to call herself a witch so that contributes to her liking him more than his mother.

The other reason why she thinks the road is more impressive is that the road isn't just forcing them to act out scenarios like Wanda's hex, the road has become an incredibly powerful entity far beyond the theatrics. The poison in the first trial was real. Alice actually broke the generational curse. The ghost of Agatha's mother was actually summoned. Objectively, he created something far more powerful than Wanda's hex that in hindsight looks quite harmless compared to the road that conjures up your worst nightmares and forces you to evolve and heal the parts of you you never wanted to confront. The road did deliver, albeit in a very violent sometimes cruel way, but it delivered. That is objectively an incredibly powerful hex to cast.

And then the fact that it's a piece of Nicky come to life is not négligeable of course. It is Agatha, it is never one thing with her, it's always layers upon layers.

But I do kind of agree with her if only out of personal taste. I love Wandavision and it will always be special by virtue of being the first of Jac's projects I've seen and the first in this format, and the love letter to television it was. But as a non American born in the 90s the early episodes just didn't really speak to me that much, I had to read posts from people who understood the references to really get it. The only one I recognized is the Modern Family one which I loved but that's about it. I was way more interested in the magic part if it all. Now Agatha All Along, as a lover of fantasy and all things witchy, it was a love letter to all those iconic things I've loved so much. The references to Practical Magic, Fleetwood Mac, The Craft, The Wizard of Oz, summer camp horror movies, etc were just incredible.

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Imagine if a post credit scene had just been like Billy and ghost Agatha showing up outside Jen’s house

Her opening the door

Agatha: Sup?

Jen: Absolutely not

And slams the door in their faces

laughing at how Jen is out there with absolutely no clue what happened after she got her power back. later down the line maybe Billy and Agatha eventually come across her again and he’s like “oh! right btw the road was never real”

“…what”

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WICCAN | AGATHA ALL ALONG ↪ follow me my friend, to glory at the end

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I disagree with most people about the Agatha All Along finale and Loved the fact that the road was all in Billy's head, that the road was never real and that Agatha used the "I'm the only survivor of the Witches Road" schtick to trick Witches into stealing their magic, because she was just as surprised when a road Actually showed up. But Billy was so desperate in finding Tommy that he did Exactly what Wanda did, he made the road in his head, and others suffered because of his actions. Much like how Wanda was so desperate in her grief of Vision that she created the Hex, and others suffered as a result. "You're so much like your mother" as Agatha says...

Are there some questions that I have post finale? Sure, like how did Agatha get actually get her hands on the Darkhold? Was her plans in using the Darkhold to try and get Nicolas back? Will Agatha try to put things right with Nicolas in the afterlife or will she forever try to avoid him? and probably more that I can't think of at the moment.

It also seems that no one knows what a "cliffhanger" is anymore, because there really seems to be the possibility of another season and With that the show would leave the audience With questions that they would answer at another time, When they have more story to tell, not everything has to be answered all at once.

Also, WHY do fans need shit Spoon-fed to them?! "How was Agatha pregnant with Nicolas?" she had SEX! "He was made from scratch" meaning the Traditional way of having a kid, she and some rando off screed got it on and she got pregnant, she can't create reality out of nothing like Wanda can, this is pretty straight forward thinking people! Also Nicolas was Supposed to die at birth, he was supposed to be a stillborn but Agatha begged with Rio for more time, which Rio granted her, and was there when his time was up.

I was Never expecting Wanda to come back, Especially after the show told us that Billy's purpose of "The Road" was to find Tommy and Not Wanda. And I think a good chunk of these fans are just salty Wanda stans that are mad she didn't come back.

People were also pissy about Billy having focus despite us being LITERALLY TOLD this is Just as much Billy's story as it is Agatha's. "I wanted more Salem!" why? Wandavision already showed us what we needed to know, that her mother and the rest of the coven tried to kill her because she steals magic, that's all we needed to know. Just say you wanted Agatha and Rio to bang and be off already like damn...

I honestly can't Wait to see what the future holds for Wiccan and what projects they have in store for him, especially if they're going to be paralleling the comics like this.

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BILLY MAXIMOFF | AGATHA ALL ALONG ↪ death's hand in mine (7/?)

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Listen I Like Wanda, I think she's incredibly complex and pretty well written. HOWEVER, the Wanda stans just piss me the fuck off (or well, THOSE types of Wanda stans). Especially after these past two episodes of Agatha All Along.

"Why isn't Billy looking for Wanda? That's his mom!"

"How DARE he say Wanda isn't his mom! She tore reality apart to look for him!"

The show Explicitly says to us that he doesn't have any memories of Wandavision, just that he feels that his brother is alive, so it's Very justified why he'd be looking for Tommy over Wanda. And seeing what people like Wanda and Agatha have done to Ralph, Sharon and the rest of Westview it's Also pretty justified that he'd have negative feelings for Wanda, especially after telling Agatha to her face that he doesn't trust her. (It's also pretty justified for the residents of Westview to be angry at Wanda, to not use her name or call her "evil witch" because they were Suffering under Wanda's Hex. Sure, Wanda was grieving when her powers created the Hex, but that doesn't make her actions blindly excusable.)

He also spent like a week with Wanda (the timing of Wandavision is pretty wanky but that seems about right), and despite living as "William Kaplan" for 3 years, those 3 years he's had time to know these people and have them Actually Be his parents, so yea no Shit he'd be closer to the Kaplan's than Wanda. No Shit he'd call Rebecca his mom over Wanda.

I swear some of these fans don't pay attention to Anything if it puts Wanda in a negative light.

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SAY👏IT👏LOUDER👏FOR 👏THE👏PEOPLE👏IN👏THE👏BACK

Rio doesn'T GET A TRIAAAAAAAAALLLLLŁĻĽ🦅🦅

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I'm gonna stand my ground on this one:

RIO IS NOT 👏GETTING👏 A 👏TRIAL👏

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Agatha All Along + Tarot cards

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AGATHA ALL ALONG s1e07 "DEATH'S HAND IN MINE"

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I am the traveler. I am the Queen of Cups.

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I needed you. My coven.

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So if we use the formula established in previous episodes of having every other episode ends with a specific song

Episode 1- Season of the witch

Episode 3- Heads will roll

Episode 5- You should see me in a crown

If they keep the pattern up, what song could episode 7 possibly end with?

( I think the episode will end with some reveal about Rio, since it doesn’t really make sense to put it in episode 8, because that takes away the week of theorizing before the final two episodes. So some song related to that probably)

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LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON 💜🖤

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Teen is so sincere in his love of everything witchy. So he sort of challenges these women whose opinion of themselves and of their culture has actually curdled. It’s his sort of fresh eyes, and his sort of eager nature that make them reconsider.

--Jac Schaeffer - Agatha All Along Showrunner Unpacks Episode 5 (TheWrap)

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One of my absolute favourite things from ep 6 of AAA is Agatha's delight in Billy's newly revealed dark side. I am waiting with bated breath for some massively talented gif maker (i.e. all of them - anyone who makes gifs is a true superhero) to put together a set of Agatha's micro-expressions as she interacts with Billy.

Agatha tries to take charge and head off down the road as if nothing has happened. Billy's response: "We? ... But I don't need you anymore." We zoom in on Agatha's face and she is slightly shocked and taken aback, but then her face changes. Her eyes light up. Even as her eyebrows lower questioningly, the edges of a smile are beginning around her lips. She's thrilled and curious all at once.

Billy tries to call on his power. To do what? We don't know, but the last time he did that he threw Agatha into the Mud. This time around, nothing happens. But look at Agatha's initial reaction - not to be afraid (which she well might be, given the fact she nearly died last time and for all she knows, Jen and Lilia definitely did), but to be interested. Her expression includes a little nod of expectation - an unvoiced, "Well go on then" which then turns to laughter as she realises nothing's happening.

Agatha goads Billy into revealing that he's on the road to find Tommy and allows herself a little vent 'you're such a Maximoff'. As a result, Billy gets right into her face: "He's my brother." Again - you see the shift in Agatha - wariness and care as she realises the danger that he presents, immediately followed by the beginnings of a smile. It's not a rage-bait smile, it's one of delighted interest. She LOVES seeing this newly expressed dark side in him. She knows it's dangerous, but she's just so engaged in wanting to see what's driving him and what's going to come next. She even has to shut herself down when she realises she's pushing him a little too far in the moments that follow.

For me, these are showing us an aspect of Agatha's personality that has always been there. She is fascinated and thrilled by both power and the darkness in people, and longs to experience and explore it. I've never seen it as clearly as in these moments though, and those micro-expressions are doing so much amazing work.

Agatha is under no illusions - she knows that Billy is dangerous. He's already nearly killed her once, and clearly is ready to use his power on her again. But for all that, she wants to see where he's going next SO badly.

Loving this dynamic, loving these character revelations, and can't wait for the next episode to see what's next for them!

(As soon as an applicable gifset appears, watch me break the sound barrier as I rush to reblog them.)