#Rio Bar

[warningsine]

[asterinthesiren]

oh my god. oh my fucking god. i just had the most insane and delusional realization/theory about agatha and rio. hear me out ok

first lets recap. agatha's colors are purple, and rio's colors are green. purple is a mix of red and blue, and we associate red with rage, passion, love and blue with sorrow and grief. green is a mix of blue and yellow, blue being the same and yellow as happiness. bUT HERE'S THE THING OK. yellow is also associated with obsession, sensationalism, and cowardice.

we know for a fact that agatha and rio are bound by their sorrow. they share grief--of being hurt (agatha) and of hurting someone they love (rio). HOWEVER, agatha channels her grief through her rage. she turns her blue into red, and we see this in her snark, her devil-wears-prada act, flaming everyone around her.

and rio? she sensationalizes her grief.

she answers agatha's rage with mocking confidence, challenges her passion with her own obsession, hunting her down but never quite killing her--she processes her grief through this facade of sensationalism, but underneath it all is her own cowardice--which the better word for it here is shame. she clearly regrets having to kill(?) nick, but the question no one seems to be asking is this:

why didn't Rio just leave Nick alone?

yes we assume she's the personification of death. but she said it was her job, which means she has someone she answers to. if rio is everything she seems to be, why didn't she challenge whoever it is that gave her that job? if she loved agatha so much, why cause any harm to nick (her son) at all? it looks like she accepted it so willingly, which is why i think agatha hates her so much. so in my mind, i'm thinking rio is always regretting that choice, and she might have thought it cowardly or shameful. because what could have possibly been powerful enough to punish her?

WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE that Rio's trial is having to face that choice again: Rio's trial is going to be about sacrifice. about LIFE.

and i think it fits with the themes of maiden-mother-crone. there's this really good post that i 100% agree with that delves more about the themes (@shutupineedtothink), but essentially what this person talks about is how jen's trial is birth, and rio's trial is life, which completes the witch cycle. i posit that jen's trial is about confronting death. jen is a midwife. midwives don't just make sure that the baby is delivered safely, they are there first and foremost for the mother--because the mother's life is what ensures the baby's. birth is such a dangerous process, because at any moment both mother and baby could die. the midwife's role is to avoid both from happening.

and that exactly opposes jen's essential conflict: rather than confront death (whether that's the death of her powers, the death of her legacy, or the death of belief in herself), she avoids it. thus, the crux of her trial is for her to confront death, and in doing so, face herself. she's been hiding behind the fact that she's bound to excuse all of the choices she's made so far--the trial, then, forces jen to remember that she's not defined by her binds. her potions and knowledge all help the coven dance with death and leave (mostly) unscathed.

the same goes for every witch--the road opposes their essential conflict and forces them to face it:

alice's conflict is denying the identity her mother passed on to her: how can she protect herself, her loved ones, if she doesn't know her own power? if she doesn't know herself? (in comparison to jen, who already knows her capability and denies it (and has it taken from her), alice refuses to know it when it's being handed to her on a silver platter)

agatha's is most likely her power: she defines herself with it, after earning it with blood sweat and tears from years of study and experience. but without it, who is she? what can she do?

lilia's is her past: she is hopelessly stuck in it. she can't shake all of the things she's seen and experienced. and if she's stuck in the past, how can she be able to face the future?

teen is still a bit of a mystery, but i can guess that his conflict is that he doesn't know where he really comes from--and why he's being hidden (we'll end it at that bc there are so many ways that could go)

THEREFORE WITH RIO, her trial is going to be about saving lives, as opposed to taking them. if rio really is the personification of death, she's the one being in the world who absolutely cannot be attached to anyone or anything. and she's THE green witch: she deals with ephemeral things all the time. flowers bloom and die, animals prey on each other, hell even the seasons are a metaphor for death. but here she is, hopelessly in love with agatha. thus, with rio, i think the road will put her in a position where she has to choose between agatha and teen. if she chooses agatha, she'll risk losing agatha's heart forever, because that will be the second betrayal. if she chooses teen, agatha will die. so i think it'll force her to come up with something to save them both. she has to go against her nature of taking lives the way she didn't when faced with that choice earlier with agatha and nick.

because what else does the yellow in her green stand for?

LIFE.

[benzodiazebeanss]

Like hello??? I was screeching, I need them to FUCK asap

[sunflowerscottie]

I cannot wait to hear Rio call Agatha a coward

[tremordusk]

I’m in love with Alice idc if she has 0 rizz I’d be smiling at a shitty not-really-a-bar but it’s a third location anyways that we happens to meet eachother at. What would she say? I’m not sure, I know it would start with me complimenting her hair. It’s a long scheme, I’m going to keep up my charms until I’m able to start playing with it. Anyways I’m a lesbian and I won’t bother you with more than this sad sad two sentences

Rio, pretending to read a newspaper for dramatic effect: Mija.

Alice, literally trying to sneak out of the kitchen: Ma- I- Rio what are doing there?!

Agatha, dramatically walking into the kitchen blocking Alice’s exit: I can ask you the same thing-

Alice: I live here

Rio: So do we

Agatha: And there are rules

Rio: You don’t follow them, my love

Agatha: That’s why your mother is giving the talk

Alice: WHAT?!

Rio: We need to talk about where you have been sneaking off to.

Alice: I’m a grown woman

Agatha: We adopted you

Alice: …

Rio: Where were you last night?

Where Alice was last night:

Alice drunk at bar: hiiii *waves at a pretty girl*

Girl: Hi.

Alice: Pretty, I mean I’m pretty- you, you are pretty

Girl: Thanks

Alice, leans on side of bar table and falls: Meant to do that!

Present time:

Rio, smirking: Well?

Alice: I was out late at a bar ok? Happy now??

Agatha, places hand on her shoulder: Alice…anything else?

Alice: flirted with a girl…

Agatha: What was her name?

Alice: I don’t know… but she looked awfully like Rio—

Rio, cackling: IT WAS ME—

[trickarrows-bishop]

agatha didnt even lean in once at the near kiss. TWICE. she is in LOVE with that woman. oh my fucking GOD

[holyblanchett]

I'm just.... yup, I'm just gonna leave this right here.

[localvamp1re]

agatha being so worried about teen are you KIDDING ME. looking at rio and saying “don’t” while crying dude. dude. i’m going insane.

[nie-narzekam]

Four Aramises walk into a bar (7).

The first one is the bravest...

The second one is the deadliest...

The third one is the grumpiest...

And the fourth one is the most audacious of them all.

[alchamiwa]

[casualfoxwitch]

Kathryn Hahn singing "Sit in It" - Transparent / Sub. Español

I can't get over how awesome/sexy her voice is??? In another timeline Kathryn Hahn is a singer not an actress change my mind

[gatabella]

Dolores del Rio, Wonder Bar, 1934

[chemicalfox]

kagehina as this picture

[ph0enixart]

current mood: coffee / kaleidoscope

[sunflowerscottie]

babes we are so close to the new episode of agatha all along

[roxaload]

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Agatha All Along (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Agatha Harkness/Rio Vidal, Agatha Harkness & Wanda Maximoff Characters: Agatha Harkness, Rio Vidal, Alice Gulliver, Billy Maximoff, Jennifer Kale, Lilia Calderu Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Rio is basically the joker, agathario, Rio Vidal-centric, My First Fanfic, Possessive Rio Vidal, Organized Crime, Cocaine, Alternate Universe - Stripper/Exotic Dancer, Wanda is Billy's older sister, Smoking, moaning about smoking, Minor Violence, 10 thousand words happened fast omg, Out of Character, probably, This is my magnum opus Summary:

He followed her eye line to the dancer he’d been watching before as Rio bit her lip. She swung round to face him again and caught him looking where she’d been looking.

“she’s a beauty ain’t she” she said with a raised eyebrow

He couldn't help but let out a low whistle and nod his head

“yeah, she's gorgeous”

Rio sat up and turned around then she put her hands to her mouth and whistled across the club. The dancer in purple turned around and grinned before jumping down off her stage and sauntering over to their booth. He was suddenly hit with a feeling that he’d said the wrong thing. Rio said nothing as the girl sat next to her in the booth, draping her bare legs over Rio’s lap. Instead, she just stared at him with a raised eyebrow.

or Rio is the ruler of the criminal underworld and Agatha is a dancer in a club, things happen

Title from John Mayer song of the same name

Go check out my agathario criminal/dancer au! highlights include Rio being possessive, Lilia being generally a badass and Agatha lying to old women! <3 <3 <3