Oh, the irony.

Thanks for explaining to me the intention and tone of a one-sentence message that I myself wrote.

Why would they have to age up Hahn? Is it an all or nothing deal? Either we get Kirby’s version or an MCU variant with no wiggle room in between? She already looks markedly different (and, dare I say, older) at the end of the episode—when she has the twins outside—versus just moments earlier when it’s just her and…

I did? I said I’m reserving judgment on Agatha because the show is all about things not being how they appear. How is that taking what you said as a personal attack?

Or, you know, I might be waiting to see how things play out for a show that's all about things not being what they seem before passing judgment.

Re: Agatha tying up the twins: Except we’re talking about a show where things usually aren’t what they appear to be. I’ve said the same thing about her killing Sparky.

I said this last week and got pushback (someone said in response that Agatha’s theme is for the audience, not Wanda, since there’s no longer a broadcast, which... whatever): The zoom is accompanied by Agatha’s violet magic—you see it appear around and within Wanda’s eyes. I read that sequence (Agatha’s theme, which…

Now that it’s over and both dog walker and dogs are safe, I don’t feel bad co-signing onto to this idea:

Oh, they definitely could be setting up Mephisto with that shot (maybe he’s still “Ralph”, after all!). Even if he doesn’t have much screen time in the series, they could be setting him (or Nightmare) up to be the big bad in the Multiverse of Madness.

I’m wondering if that was Ralph. We still haven’t seen him yet, unless he’s Señor Scratchy in disguise, or the mailman/delivery man that’s popped up a few times (once with a logo that read “Presto”) and talked to both Agatha and Wanda as if he’s clued in to what’s going on.

What if the dog wasn't real? You saw the cicada that she turned into a bird, right?

I knew what you meant! :)

Yeah, my whole reading of the series has been through the lens of the comics, where Agatha has long been Wanda’s mentor. Comics Wanda has been through so much grief, too, that I’m kind of hoping that they cut MCU Wanda’s suffering a little short, have Agatha and/or Strange help her heal, and control her power. A lot…

I just rewatched the "I've come to bargain" scene; it had been awhile. Good call on Dormammu's powers being violet, too!

Yep! That was after the scene with Vision comforting Wanda as they watch TV back at the Avengers compound. I was tearing up, too!

Yeah, I just watched it a second time and I’d agree that Agatha eventually does seem to start draining their powers or life force or what-have-you. I think it’s still ambiguous, though, as to whether or not she was simply acting in self defense.

Could be! I love the ambiguity, personally. Whether it turns out that Agatha is good, bad, or somewhere in between, it’s been a hell of a ride, and Hahn and Olsen (the whole cast, really) have been amazing.

Eh. The twins are pulling on the “leashes” as much as she’s pulling on them, it seems to me, plus if my hunch turns out to be right that might not really be them (Agatha might be using an illusion spell on more cicadas or whatever). Or for that matter she might just be a "tough love" kind of mentor who crosses the…

Yeah, I like Stephen’s writing a lot; I’ve read his stuff over at Wonkette for awhile now. He seems to have the same certainty, though, about taking things at face value as a lot of the commentariate here. That certainty kind of baffles me given how ambiguous I still think things are. Maybe they’re right and we’re “ove…

I said this elsewhere, but Sparky was probably a cicada that Agatha put an illusion spell on (like the bird in this episode), sent to Wanda’s, and then killed (all in the space of a day) to see if Wanda’s powers included the ability to bring the dead back to life (Agatha even asks Wanda, “You can do that?” when the…