#like how rio could've been impulsive to do it (with agatha wanting it)

[lilithschosen]

do y'all ever think about how Rio probably carved her name somewhere in Agatha for shits and giggles with her dagger when they were young and in love? how Rio might've regretted it afterwards and tried to heal it but Agatha stopped her before it was too late so now she has a faint R in her skin forever?

oops i made a new headcanon lmao

[faiienlucifer]

In this case specifically (because I know we all know how Marvel is like), I think it's different. It just isn't the same. It's not about being a "happy ending", I missed prefer bittersweet or tragedy and I think most people here wouldn't mind either..

But this, it felt kind of anti-climactic after episode 7 specifically. It went down hill. I was really expecting a more agatha focused finale and I fully understand they ran out of time ane everything but the only time we ever saw Rio (who was a clearly big part in Agatha's life) being at the river and during the present time didn't feel right. But that I could excuse bc time and budget.. but the kiss, I get it fully. It was ultimately a great ending because Agatha will definitely not admit she was wrong after just fully accepting it not so long ago. Would ultimately do something so impulsive just to spite Rio, just to rub it in one last while also showing that affection she still clearly held for her.. While I wished for at least a few more words or scenes I ultimately understand..

But.. her being a ghost is what truly bugs me the most about the ending. It feels.. unsatisfying. All she ever wanted was to see her son. From beginning til end. It's why she blamed her lover because she had no one to blame for her grief. She lost herself in the process of grieving the incomprehensible loss of her son. Her Nicholas Scratch.. "Not able to face him" just felt like such a cheap excuse to keep her connected to Billy and continue his story. And I see it yes but I feel like her need to see him again would win over the guilt for ruining their song in the haze of grief.. it just seems so out of character. Like they're just using her (frankly extremely interesting and wonderful) story and character as little push for Billy's storyline. It just rubs me and other people the wrong way. We only want a satisfying ending (seeing her son again, full circle moment) because it's ultimately her amazing and wonderful character and her show. Even if it was on screen for like 1 minute, it would've been something.

But now I'm just yapping but those are my thoughts on the topic. I think that's the true reason people find the last episode so unsatisfying.. and also because of the beast of an episode that was ep 7. That felt more satisfying than anything in the show, great ending for a great character even if it wasn't "happy".

(sorry for any typos or weird formats, I'm a tumblr newbie still 😭)

Edit: Omg my dumbass forgot to add but just their story in general! What we could've had. A witch and death herself? The witch, cursed with a power she thinks is a curse to kill everyone around her, a poison, disease.. and death.. growing a heart for the only mortal that grieved enough to fill whole eons of time. So many times. Faulted herself for it and only found comfort in death herself because she's everything that surrounded her, the only thing that was permanent. Something grounded and forever there for her.. How amazing is that story? I feel like it (partially) wasn't satisfying because that dynamic seems so poetic and beautiful and like a joy to explore from a writer's standpoint. I wanted more, we all did because they were so interesting. So poetic. Intertwined in the most tragic way because that's the only way their story could ever go..

It's Greek Tragedy level beautiful.

..and we all wanted more.

Honestly, I don't understand the people who are bitter about the way Agatha All Along ended. I thought it was freaking amazing.

Agatha and Rio got to be angry and in love and epically drawn to each other. And petty as all hell.

We got a kiss (and Rio's face those seconds before Agatha kissed her and she felt it coming). We got to see the wounds Agatha left in Death. We got to see a moment where Agatha essentially forgave Death (even if she wouldn't acknowledge it to Rio). We watched Rio cover her grave in the color that meant most to Agatha. We watched how Rio gave Agatha the time to love her son (because even if the older Agatha refused to see it - because it hurt too much - she would clearly have taken that gift a second time if she found herself back in that moment).

And it wasn't even the end of them, because if you don't think Rio is going to keep pursuing Agatha's soul now that she's floating around as a ghost instead of coming home to her, you're wrong (you're just... wrong).

It might not have been a "happy ending" but it was freaking glorious.

[tremordusk]

The said R is located under Agatha’s boob near her heart because Rio left an undeniable mark on her (both literally and figuratively)

do y'all ever think about how Rio probably carved her name somewhere in Agatha for shits and giggles with her dagger when they were young and in love? how Rio might've regretted it afterwards and tried to heal it but Agatha stopped her before it was too late so now she has a faint R in her skin forever?

oops i made a new headcanon lmao