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Taking in her surroundings, Lilith observed every minute detail, calculating just precisely where they were and the type of...clientele that was usually drawn here. Her eyes flickered over the neon sign, one eyebrow almost imperceptibly raised while offering no actual verbal observation.

"Absolutely," she purred, refusing to back down from a challenge. No matter what uncouth horror potentially lay behind the cheap door, Lilith doubted it was worst than some of the meals and drinks she had been forced to endure in hell. Or the company.

"But," she added, stepping by him and taking the lead, as she flashed him a smile. "I assume that will be your...little...treat."

dean’s smile lingered, a flicker of mischief in his eyes as he studied her, hands shoved casually into his pockets. he rocked back on his heels, watching lilith step out of the summoning circle with an elegance that looked practiced, as if she were no stranger to these abrupt, inconvenient callings. the way she carried herself—steady, unbothered—was a reminder that she was leagues above a grimy bar with dim lights and cracked leather seats, which was a place he was about to offer. he glanced over her at the neon sign, almost amused by his own choice of venue—low lights, plenty of exits, the type of atmosphere he knew she’d appreciate.

" have a drink with me, will ya? — let's have a more proper catch-up. " the words, though unspoken, lingered in his expression, a subtle invitation matched with a hint of challenge in his gaze.

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Steadily getting back to my old self health-wise, so hopefully I'll have the right mental place to be back in the Writing-Lilith mindset soon too.

All threads are still saved in my likes, nothing has been dropped. But you'll have no obligation to continue them since it will have been a while.

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"That I'm not here to take you anywhere. Or to hurt you," Lilith added in clarification, even if the smile that danced on her red lips hinted at the possibility of a threat regardless. But she had learned in her long, long, long existence, that the greatest tool for survival was to ensure no one ever felt really confident in challenging you. An element of fear, however misplaced, went a long way.

"You see you're a witch, strangely created and recently developed but a witch regardless," she told him. "And my own creation was a little different too. I was made from earth in a perfect little prison, the first witch. I'm Lilith, dear boy," she told him.

"A pretty solid indicator," Billy said honestly. "A rather solid indicator of his previous 'pet parent', as well."

That was an attempt of a joke. Not a very good one, but it may have made him chuckle under different circumstances. Whatever was happening here, wasn't it.

"Me," He repeated. "How, why are you here for me indirectly? What does indirectly mean?"

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Still focused on her work, looking over the controls for the many souls that chose to owe themselves to Hell, Lilith strove not to let him get under his skin; the precise response he was so very obviously looking for.

"If you are light, it's one I'd easily extinguish..." she muttered, loud enough to be heard despite speaking under her breath.

Expecting to hear nothing but more jibes and deliberate annoyances, she was quietly surprised when he actually decided to explain himself. She was even more surprised by the reason he gave.

Pausing mid-pen stroke, Lilith looked up at Beetlejuice in disbelief.

"Probation?" she repeated back to him. "You want me to help you with your...probation?"

"Unbelievably is certainly right. I mean, I always like to think of myself as the light of everyone's life," Beetlejuice said, reaching his hands up to grasp his pin-stripe suit, "Even for a sour patch kid like you, darling."

He let out a light snicker to himself. Her less than impressed reaction to his presence was like fuel on a flame - this was the most fun he'd had in a while. Perhaps he should stop messing with her and start sucking up because as it turned out, he was here for a reason. "Alright, alright. I'll stop wasting your time. See, I'm here cause I'm on probation again and could really use some help."

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Due to personal reasons I have no desire to go into Lilith is going to be on hiatus until the new year. Don't worry about me at all (but my all means wish me good things), it's just that I can't let myself get fully into Lilith's headspace until then. I'm currently spending most of my time on my other main blog for Lilia, because Lilia is the perfect headspace to get into and helps a lot. I'm also still on my multimuse with its usual on and off pace.

I will be back on here in the new year, so no threads are being dropped; you will get your replies eventually!

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im stalking your blog rn over my other witchy blog (melancholicivywitch) and i cannot tell you how much i love your #observations. i agree with every single thing you say. (also i couldn’t send this over my other blog because the email is not verified</3)

Oh my gosh, thank you so much! I sometimes feel like my posts are just me rambling into the void so it’s not nice to hear someone likes reading them!

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"My interest," Lilith answered, "is in the witch who did it."

Witches binding other witches, while vaguely offensive, wasn't entirely unheard of, but Agatha had been the victim of something much greater and much more dangerous, and while Lilith's own power might place her out of reach of such a threat, only a fool wouldn't see it as...cause for investigation.

"As the witch in question isn't exactly around to ask," Lilith continued. "The only answers to be found are with the victim." She paused for emphasis, looking at Agatha as she did so. "You."

Agatha looked at Lilith again, blue eyes narrowing and her arms folding across her chest. "Then what, exactly, is your interest in me?" If it involved anything like sacrificing her for some reason, which she wouldn't exactly put past the witch turned demoness, she was making a run for it. Not that she would probably get far, but a witch had to try.

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And on her birthday! Oh dear

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"Unbelievably, I can," she countered drily. She dealt with enough problems and vague irritations without a determined addition teleporting into her immediate vicinity. While she could not deny that Beetlejuice did, technically, have a purpose, and filled his unpredictable role well, that didn't mean she wished to deal with him anymore than was entirely necessary.

"Being alone and being lonely are completely different things," she told him, "But somehow I doubt boredom is the sole reason for your little visit." Flashing a tight smile, Lilith made an attempt to return to her task even while suspecting that his mere presence wouldn't allow it. "If you have an actual reason for being here, I suggest you share it."

Beetlejuice faked a pout - for in truth, most people who knew him reacted this way so it hardly bothered him anymore. "Ah, come on! You can't tell me you're not excited to be getting a visit from your ol' pal Juice!" The pout quickly lifted into a grin, his head tilting and arms going outward as if displaying some grand prize.

He, obviously, was the prize. "Can't a stunning guy like me just show up in search of a good conversation? I mean, it gets pretty lonely down in the Neitherworld - I'm sure you're well aware of that."

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Lilith considered the rabbit, looking at the creature with keen eyes, sensing beyond simple appearances. She knew a familiar when she saw one. But what precisely the rabbit was, and whether this boy was its assigned witch or not, wasn't her interest.

"I imagine the name is an...indication as to what he does when he's picked up," Lilith suggested with a scrunch of the nose. "Anyway I'm not here for the rabbit," she continued, walking around the room, her red nails trailing along the surfaces as she did so, sensing the imprints there, the...leftover magic. "I'm here for you:" A pause as she decided to clarify the statement. "Indirectly, at least."

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"That's Señor Scratchy," Billy said. He glanced nervously between the woman, with something radiating off of her, something big. Even he in all his novice ways could notice that. "He's uh. He's my pet. He doesn't like strangers picking him up..."

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Okay, so I have mixed feelings about the finale. Generally, it fell short of what I was expecting, but there were good and bad aspects in general (in my personal opinion. I am not a marvel fangirl, I actually like the Thor movies that general opinion seems to call rotten, and I came to this show because anything witchy draws me in and because I really enjoyed WandaVision. So, before any solid Marvel fans come at me, be aware that this is my personal opinion and those are the conditions for where I'm coming from).

And any stuff I rant about below in regards to Billy's story/his part in the dynamic is not a criticism of Billy, I actually really like Billy and love the connection he seems to have with Agatha and she with him. Any complaints below are about execution and timing.

I think the Rio/Agatha relationship was well explored, even though I do not feel Rio is the 'bad guy' in any way shape or form, that she is a natural thing, and the way she gave Agatha extra time with Nicky and the gentle way she took him, without scaring him, while Agatha was asleep so it wouldn't be agonising. But I also get Agatha is so blinded by grief (she hasn't removed the three swords from her heart, because the Three of Swords does mean grief and heartbreak generally but it also tells you that the only way to escape that pain is to remove the swords yourself) that she can't get that. And I think the conclusion that she had literally been running from death and finally embraces it was an inevitable and beautiful conclusion, BUT I feel we didn't get anywhere near as much back story or exploration of their relationship as we seemed to be promised

However, I feel Agatha's death was sudden, I had a feeling since I learned she was a ghost mentor to Wanda in the comics that she, as a character, was heading in that narrative direction, but the execution felt rushed in the wake of this beautiful build-up and character exploration in the previous episodes. Similarly, I felt Billy's realising of his power was rushed in the final episodes too. It was like slow burn slow burn slow burn RUSH RUSH.

I do wonder if this show is suffering from what many shows suffer from now; being given less than 10 episodes to tell a whole story. I feel this show needed at least 15 to be able to arrive at the finale at the same pace at which we arrived at everything else.

Debra said there was more of Sharon's story and she was either outright lying to us or they cut it. Either way I'm annoyed.

And despite, as I said above, suspecting Agatha would eventually be ghost mentor girl, I feel...I don't know, it feels empty. Perhaps because of the suddenness of how she became a ghost, perhaps because we've taken a little of her bite by making her a ghost, declawing her essentially, perhaps because it feels she has been made a background character when both her writing in WandaVision and AAA showed she was much more than that (I can only hope they go a Penny Halliwell type way with her in other appearances so she's a little more present as a ghost rather than this floating CGIness). I just feel we needed to get to this more slowly.

And probably my heart and soul doesn't sit well with the idea that the conclusion of the series had Agatha becoming a ghost and supporter to boys, that even though we knew this series would help launch Billy's character into other projects, they made the entire finale about a guy when we'd had it as such strong women the whole time. I'm not criticising Jac for this, as she is working within instructed parameters for where the story needs to go, I'm mad at the whole franchise for the fact even when we get strong powerful women who carry the story beautifully on their own it all has to centre around a man in the end. I like Billy and I enjoyed his journey and Joe did great with the character, but couldn't his story have been balanced with everyone else's?

I mean that last trial was so bloody rushed. And we get Jen's 'escape' and crawling her way out and getting back in her own power for such a brief moment. Our climax with Rio (no pun intended) is big but over completely, and, even for Billy's storyline, his growth as a witch happens off screen and he arrives to the scene pre-powered up.

Also, while I get that we see the Witches' Road is a lie and the song was something Agatha used to sing with her son, for me it took away a little of the power and energy of the lyrics, because, again, it ties back to a boy and also to attacking other women, rather than the power of women shared.

Similarly, that's how I feel about Billy creating the road, that it was all the invention of man. Again, how I feel about Billy the character is irrelevant here, it's about the fact an empowering series ended up, every second of it, centring around a man.

And the reality is, that even though Agatha was bound for three years, she was safe, as was everyone else, but basically they got everyone together for Billy's sake on Billy's imaginary road and every single one except Jen died.

I did however love the following;

That Billy trusted Agatha with his power (although this proves she was lying when she said she can't control it. But I do agree with people's theories that she's like an addict and so couldn't stop with Alice because she was a junkie who hadn't had a hit for three years. The flashbacks and how she was hungry and then gets their powers suggests her siphon power is also a drain, that she doesn't just want the power of others, she needs it.

That Lilia telling her to duck when Rio calls her a coward didn't save Agatha's life completely, but allowed Agatha to choose her end, her death, on her own terms just as Lilia did

Agatha being a ghost will piss Rio off as she hates ghosts. This was clearly part of her decision making.

That we see Alice being taken by Death, and Death telling her that she died protecting someone, so her death had meaning. And by saving Agatha, Alice has, by extension, saved Billy and Tommy and also given Jen her powers back

We didn't see Rio take Lilia, because her life is a loop, out of sequence, ever moving, so her soul is alive somewhere in time and so Death can't take it.

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“You shall feel a prick”

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"I never served anyone." Honoured, worked with, supported; all that she had, unfortunately, done plenty, falsely believing that Lucifer might be different to his father, that he meant his promises, that she would one day rule beside him.

"But I take it that this means you have, finally, realised that so very many of your siblings are..." Lilith took a breath, a tight smile on her red lips. "inevitably problematic."

       ❝ you look like someone who is just now realizing the man she’s served her whole life is an ASSHOLE. care to commiserate ? ❞

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"There are few things which manage to...slip my attention," Lilith told her, catching the mutter whether it was Agatha's intention or not. "And I have little doubt that you'll regain what you lost; you're nothing if not a survivalist." Just as Lilith herself was, even if, admittedly, their methods differed.

"But whether or not you have powers, or just how, exactly, you intend to get them back doesn't matter to me. It's not my interest," Lilith added, giving no hint, just yet, as to what her interest actually was.

Any and all amusement drained fast from Agatha's face. "So much for hoping that hadn't spread too far," she muttered, toying with a lock of her dark hair and looking away. But of course it had-no thanks to Rio, she was sure. Her ex had pointed the Salem Seven in her direction, why not tell everyone else so they could come after her too?

Agatha cleared her throat, looking back at Lilith. "It's a temporary problem. I'll get my magic back." No matter what it took.

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Thank you, Ms Wardwell

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"Toxic?" Lilith repeated, raising an eyebrow in sceptical disbelief that this was really a concern at all. Aside from the unlikelihood of any student adding enough nutmeg to any concoction as to be poisonous, the Unseen Academy wasn't exactly an ordinary school, and many of its pupils weren't exactly teenagers.

And, considering the levels of dangerous pranks as well as the very fatal Harrowings that the school had engaged with for centuries, Lilith doubted nutmeg toxicity was high on their list of concerns.

"Well, while I doubt adding nutmeg to hot chocolate is the kind of inclinations these students have...witches here generally have a higher tolerance for most things. But," Lilith continued, "if they were to add anything, I imagine it would simply be alcohol."

               "Because I don't want to be responsible for teenagers needing their stomachs pumped after ingesting toxic levels of the stuff?" He didn't know just how Sabrina had roped him into helping with the school's Samhain celebrations, but he figured it would give him, and everyone else something to look forward to... as long as nothing went wrong or pulled him back to the city. "Teenagers, by the laws of nature, are kinda dumb like that." He never put himself in that specific situation, but words were telling that he had been there and done that in relation to teenage antics.

"Yeah, that's it." He took it from her and observed it, very much trying to see if it had already been used. "If we got a big pot of hot chocolate going for the end of the night, who's to say a kid's not gonna think it needs more nutmeg and dunk in a tablespoon when there's already a teaspoon and a half in it?"