#i don't want to just rewrite my mag 67 analysis so this ones pretty short

[oaxleaf]

mag 139 - chosen

you know, it kinda gets me that, at the end of the day, agnes not only agreed to her death, but was also the one to suggest it. despite how she seemed to love, or at least crave, a normal life, she was in the end still devoted to the desolation. and i guess that's not surprising. not only was she raised in it, she was the center point of it, and despite the fact that it isolated her and robbed her of personhood, she goes back to it. a common pattern amongst people who are just about to break out of the harmful circles they've been subjected to for a long time

that's not to say that agnes was some sort of saint. she was a victim, in the way that all of the avatars who never made an active choice to become such were, but it's not like she detested the desolation or didn't engage in it. like i've said before, she probably would not have kissed jack then, and here she is said to have found delight in the destruction and pain she caused. honestly i think that this episode, despite still being biased, shows what might be the most nuanced portrayal of her that we ever get. not because eugene is such a trust-worthy source, but maybe because he is in this situation where he dislikes her, but not enough to distort her actions too much. and, like i also said in my mag 67 post, agnes' actions are the only thing we can really base our perception of her on