#all the scratches…

[anti-anticheese]

#rio you are the father

[zaffiri-saffici]

Nicky was always meant to be stillborn. He was never supposed to live after birth, but Rio gave Agatha more time with him, and in turn he got more time with Agatha.

Whether it was implied or not, he was always the son of Death. He was always supposed to go home to his other mother. When Death finally beckoned him home that night, Rio wouldn’t allow him to join her until he kissed Agatha’s cheek. And he knew, instantaneously, to kiss Agatha not once, but twice.

Once from him, and once from Rio.

Though he was always meant to join Death at her side, Rio gave Agatha the chance to be his mother, too, and now I am a mess about it and will be thinking about this for a long time.

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11/4 edit: Wow, y'all have completely overwhelmed me with your love for this little meta, so as thanks, I turned it into a bit of fic we can all cry together about.

Read "Once (Twice) from Nicky" on AO3.

11/19 edit: So I have Agathario brain rot now (ty Jac Schaeffer) and couldn’t help starting a longer form fic because this family just makes me a mess. So, in light of this, I am selfishly adding the link to this fic below so we can all be messes together.

Read “Five Stages (in Grief’s Embrace)” on AO3.

[pelgraine]

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[lena-luthor]

[hussyknee]

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[assiraphales]

anyways (I say this as someone who is deeply critical of the united states government, military, unchecked capitalism, police, etc) I am SICK of people treating america as if it has no cultural value or positives so..... I love u 85 million acres (bigger than italy) of national parks. I love u harlem renaissance. I love u groundhogs day. I love u sweet tea and fried chicken and jambalaya. I love u apple cider donuts and maizes on crisp autumn days. I love u 95k miles of coastlines and new england fisherman and hand knitted sweaters. I love u halloween where millions of people dress up and give candy to strangers and carve jack o’lanterns. I love u small talk and small towns and potlucks and bringing over casseroles to your struggling neighbors. I love u cowboys and ranch hands and arizonian cactus. I love u appalachian trail and dirtbikes and divebars. I love u sparklers and fireflies. I love u mark twain and toni morrison and emily dickinson and henry david thoreau. I love u rock n roll i love u bluegrass and hippies i love u jimi hendrix and nirvana and CCR and janis joplin. I love u victorian houses and jonny appleseed and john henry and mothman and bigfoot. I love u foggy days in the pacific northwest and neon signs and roadside attractions. I love u baseball and 1950s diners and soft serve. I love u native american art and pop art and poptarts. I love u blue jeans and barbecues and jazz musicians 

[born-in-neverland03]

So we all agree that Rio's the baby daddy, right?

Because you don't just cast someone to look so much like the mothers's ex for no reason. He's like the perfect mix of them.

[ngatwa]

I have always known This Road is cruel and wild I bury my own heart Here with you, my child If one be gone, we carry on But every mile I go With every bend Beyond the end Your mother loves you so

[sasheemo]

*opens twitter*

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*throws phone out of the window in between sobs*

[gafreesart]

So yeah, this is my own personal Westview in which everything's fine, everyone's good and they're all living peacefully together leave me be🥲

I know my inner Wanda is showing, but I need so much therapy after Agatha all Along and this is the cheapest option. Look, they're having a cookout!

[tasteslikekeys]

Someone commented about drawing something with Nicky, so here's a sweet AU moment. If only...

[medusas-daughter]

It's the way Nicky reacted to Rio. The way he wasn't scared or even surprised like he knew her. The way she only nodded and he immediately understood that she was telling him to say goodbye to his mom. Like she'd been visiting him regularly before taking him. Like she's been preparing him. Like she's been parenting him. Like she's been loving him in secret because if Agatha saw her sniffing around him she would have lashed out. But Rio couldn't stay away from Nicky. And he left the road in peace with Death's hand in his.

[butmakeitgayblog]

The Harkness-Vidal family trait

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Agatha when a real door showed up on her basement floor

[zipadeea]

RIP Lorna Wu, the only person who actually understood the purpose of the Witches' Road song. Nicky Scratch would have loved you.

[holyblanchett]

"This walk with another woman's son on a road that doesn't exist."

Are we really suprised that Rio crashed out at the end? Not only did Agatha reject her once again and say she never wanted to see her again. Rio was jealous as fuck about her care for Wanda's son when she's a single mom in the afterlife raising Nicky because Agatha's avoiding them both.