Real Life Barriss

To add on to my previous post about the “Another woman’s son” line of Rio’s:

It also is giving “So you wanna hang out this kid but you can’t even face OUR son and be with him.”

Like I can see how watching Agatha and Billy would be so painful for her and another reason she’d tell her “that boy isnt yours,” it’s like a harsh reminder of all the history between them and their son and how Agatha is just getting all motherly with this other boy that isn’t just not hers, but not Rio’s.

To Rio this could be seen as her moving on from Nicky which of course isnt true but thats not how she’d see it. He’s a part of her too so it’s like they are both forgotten to Agatha

Funny… “Why do you hate me still?” Could also apply to Rio. Like Agatha having anger at her for some time I can see. But not hatred. Not for centuries. Just not like this.

“This WALK with another woman’s SON on a road that doesn- “ exist….

God that line kills me. Just the jealousy and anger in it. The use of “another woman” because she feels so tossed aside for something she had no choice doing and did as gently and kindly as possible.

Rio is mourning so so so much. She is mourning Nicky, her heartbreak with Agatha, and she is having to watch the love of her life galavanting like this bonding with this new boy while she is left to grieve THEIR own son all alone. I’d be broken and angry too.

“She is my scar” makes absolute sense to me

Nicky is def their baby 🥺 he even looks just like Rio but has Agatha’s eyes. Perfect casting 😭

So I especially dont get why Agatha could hate Rio so much when their boy looks so much like her

Maybe I'm just a sad hopeless romantic with too much hope but that finale was disappointing. Obviously I loved the kiss sosososos much, but I needed their backstory so bad

YES YES YESSSS WHERE WAS THE ROMANCE?! THE BACKSTORY?! WHAT HAPPENED?!

Rio offered Agatha mercy and took Nicky in the most peaceful and respectful way possible, I just don’t understand the level of hatred. Losing a child would undoubtedly be hard but…Rio can only do so much. I don’t know I felt awful for Rio, she truly loved Agatha so much only for it to be futile.

Well, they didn't stick the landing you guys.

They just undid all of the development Agatha went through by letting her continue as a ghost. Which isn't to say death was the only way, but in continuing as a ghost, and in all her conversations with Billy afterward she... hasn't changed at all.

She's still fine with killing other witches. She still never had to face Nicky. She kind of accepted Rio and death, but she never had to go with her, never had to actually die. It should have ended with a shot of Rio leading Agatha into the afterlife, hand in hand.

Agatha's Costume Designer understood the assignment 🙏🔥

Agatha All Along in general but especially Agatha and Rio are so fucking special to me and I cannot be normal about this...

We are finally not being queer-baited. Whether they seal it with a kiss or a flashback scene or a happy ending it doesn't matter. We have confirmation that those two women were and still are deeply in love.

It's two mature women. No weird age gap, no mentor-pupil dynamic, no disproportionate power play. I find coming out and setting into your queerness stories incredibly important but it is so refreshing to see a story where the discovery and accepting that your queer isn't the focal point. They just are who they are and neither them nor the people around them had a big dramatic reaction to it like it's something strange or unexpected. They just ARE and my god is that beautiful to witness ❤️

Their softness, connection and care for eachother is so heartbreaking. Agatha smiling and leaning into Rio when talking about her scar cause Rio already knows, Agatha melting just by having her hair played with, Rio refusing the kiss cause that would be taking advantage of Agatha's weak moment, making sure she knows that Teen isn't her son, Rio regretting what she had to do for centuries. I am losing my mind over here

The whole cast is mature women (well, + Joe haha) which again, refreshing as hell to see. And I love how the focus isn't just completely on Agatha. We get constant glimpses into everyone. Jen saved the day twice already. Alice had her beautiful moment in e4, Teen is basically their spirit guide with his spell book. Adore that lil funky boy Agatha technically kidnapped but whom she very obviously cares for more then she would like to. Lilia is my favourite of this new found coven family. Her and Agatha are the oldest and have seen the most and suffered through so much. I think that's why she softened up to Agatha and vice versa. Beside Teen, Agatha seems to be the softest towards Lilia like when she had her hallucinations and she didn't mock her but reassured her it's ok and Lilia's constant blurting out of prophecies like "Protect Agatha" 😭😭. I could go on for ages about all of their dynamics.

And everything about the production and the actors themselves being SOOO invested into the story and clearly loving what they do.

I don't give a shit about Marvel in general but damn, they got me with this one. Canonically gay witches, Kathryn Hahn and Aubrey Plaza, musical numbers and then they throw in miss icon legend mother Patti Lupone on top of it all. I am in every possible way the target audience

The talk about how witches, monsters and in general creatures feared by the wider population are so very deeply queer coded is for another day but AAAAAAAAAAA I love everything about this show so much I might just explode

THIS FUCKING THIS. You put the words to my thought-feelings-slosh mess in my head thank you!!!!

It’s the way Agatha and Rio feel so grounded and real and mature yet still passionate and messy but not predatory. Beautiful and sexy but not oversexualized but also not sanitized for the homophobic audience they’re just raw and perfect

Agatha Harkness and Rio Vidal AGATHA ALL ALONG (2024) 01x04 | "If I Can't Reach You / Let My Song Teach You"

Mild Agatha show spoilers episode 4

Among all the gay things that happened a small but important (to me) detail I absolutely LOVE is how when Rio walked in the recording studio, Agatha felt the need to cover her cleavage with her shawl thing because she knew where lil miss death was gonna put her eyes