#// fluffy agathario gives me life...

[lumiroleplays]

She smiles, taking Agatha's hand in hers and bringing it to her lips for a soft kiss.

"I know. But I was in the neighboorhood... You know I like to free roam sometimes." She winks. "How have you been, my love?" She rubs her thumb on Agatha's wrist in a soothing motion as usual.

 

❝ I’m not good, I’m not nice, I’m just right. I’m the witch. ❞

[nyx-aira]

I know many people here love the idea of Agatha and Rio having had a nice and loving relationship, well as nice and loving as it can be with Death and The Witch Killer as a couple, but I am much more intrigued in Rio being feral and not having and understanding human emotions

Hear me out:

(more under the cut because it gets long)

I love good fluffy agathario like the next person but what I really love is the idea of Rio trying to mimic human emotions and behaviour because she can't understand it

Rio is Death (with a capital D), she is a primordial being, a personified concept, a godlike entity. Rio doesn't feel emotions. She only feels the need to consume (yes I could make another post on how that mirrors Agatha's magical syphoning ability but it would probably be longee than this lol).

But over time she has learned to mimic things. Of course she has. She has had eternity to watch and learn because time doesn't matter to her, hey that's probably how she came up with the name Rio Vidal. She overheard people making jokes and in her own twisted way of wanting to be part of something as well, named herself "River of Life".

And that's where Agatha comes into play. Because Rio is obsessed with Agatha. She's different, which makes her interesting to Rio, so she observes. Kinda like a little kid catching a butterfly in a jar and observing it. Rio is fascinated. Wants to get closer to Agatha, learn more, keep her to herself. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if she came up with the name shortly after she met Agatha, just to see her reaction, to poke at her experiment, her obsession.

Rio is enamoured with Agatha, fascinated, and when Agatha returns that fascination, gives her attention, Rio is sold. She wants this one to herself, no matter which way. And the more time she spends with Agatha she tries to understand her. Now we have to remember, Rio doesn't get emotions. She can observe them and draw her conclusions (Rio did something, Agatha acted out, cried maybe, that's not a good thing so she files that information away) Rio can make sense of emotions on a surface level, she observes and she draws conclusions but she can't feel those things herself.

And in the way she is capable of, in the lack of her emotions, she does "love" Agatha. In her own way. She can't feel love but she can feel possession, wanting something to herself. So in her way she loves Agatha. Protects her from her mother, comforts her when she realises that she needs someone. And Rio has become quite good at it with all the time they have spent together. She knows Agatha, in and out, all her secrets, all her thoughts she doesn't want anyone to know. Not because she emphasises, she's incapable of that, but because she's been observing for so long and is able to draw logical conclusions.

And that makes such an interesting foundation of their relationship. Agatha, cast out by her peers and mother, finds solace in the only being that doesn't reject her for who she is. Death. And Death becomes enamoured with her, obsessed even, it's a twisted obsession. But it works in a way, because Death only wants more death and Agatha can give that to her, so they work out. Rio is on top of her game when Agatha is acting as her murderous self because that she can relate to the most. But when she isn't, when she's having "feelings", then Rio has to put on her detective hat and start figuring things out. And that makes it so interesting. Because if she interprets wrong and Agatha becomes cross with her, she might not want to spend time with Rio anymore, but Rio doesn't want to loose her favourite toy. So she has to figure things out she is incapable of understanding.

And yes, I wrote all this just because I love the idea of socially inept Rio just trying to figure out emotions, which do not make the slightest bit of sense to her. Because feral and unhinged Rio is my favourite and I just want to see Rio being put in situations that require human emotions and she turns into the shocked pikachu meme because she doesn't have a clue on how to act