I saw that a lot of people hated the latest Mando episode but I'm not sure why? It didn't seem to contribute much to the story, like I'm unsure how it developed the characters or relationships, but I wasn't thinking "man this is terrible"
i mean. i think you pretty well answered your own question since the whole point of a show, a movie, a book, whatever is to tell a story of some kind. even episodes that qualify as "filler" will contribute to the story in some way, even if it's not in service of the Big Main Plot. whether in terms of character development or the development of relationships between said characters, filler episodes do serve a purpose, just not in a show that has 8 episode seasons that range anywhere from only 33 minutes to an hour, in which there has been more time and attention paid to meaningless action set pieces than, i dunno, actually developing the characters in any way?
and i disagree with you in saying that this episode didn't contribute anything to the story because it did! din has now given the darksaber to bo-katan! something that was previously established as being impossible because it must be won in battle! but hey, here's a stupid loophole we just came up with to justify wrapping up the "din as a reluctant leader" plot line in the most boring fucking way possible (also, we basically lifted it from rebels. sorry!! we don't do originality here).
honestly, it's really not just about this last episode. this episode was fucking bad, but for me it's just the final straw after a season (more like two, because s2 as a whole wasn't this bad imo but it still wasn't much to write home about either) of mostly awful, incoherent writing. it was 45 minutes of shiny colours and celebrity cameos that felt made to distract viewers from the fact that they have no fucking idea what they're doing with this show (and they have explicitly confirmed that they don't).
pretty well every remaining plot thread from last season has now been resolved in the most boring, narratively incoherent ways possible. din and grogu are separated? let's reunite them on a totally different show between seasons instead of actually exploring how their time apart affects them in any way that is remotely interesting!! gideon has been arrested by the new republic? no!! he actually escaped off screen almost immediately and who knows when we'll actually address that!! din has the darksaber but doesn't want it and bo-katan does want the darksaber but refuses to take it? we've just made up this insane loophole about how bo-katan saved din which means the darksaber should be hers, rather than exploring any of din's internal conflict as a leader or his external conflict with bo-katan over that title. etc etc.
they're even dragging out things that have already been resolved!! like din's dislike of droids, which was ostensibly resolved at the end of season one when ig-11 saved his life, but for some reason came back even stronger than we've ever really seen it in this episode. and for what? the comedic value of watching him kick droids and drop zingers such as "you had me at battle droids"? this show is incapable of resolving any of its plot lines in a satisfying way and is now retreading things that have already been addressed. and they're doing it with a $15 million per episode budget. there are people who are starving, jon.
i'm not even going to get into how shitty the politics of the show are because other people have already articulated that in ways far better than i am capable of, and i also really don't expect amazing political commentary from star wars to begin with. but they apparently can't even manage the low, low expectation of "show that tells a coherent story" for fuck's sake. because the whole show is just a product placement for toys and merch and other star wars shows. so i don't know what i expected.
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agatha being this carefree and curious witch who explores magic for fun but once you show her the darkhold it twists that curiosity into an obsession with power that grows stronger every night you meet her 😵💫
also, demonstrating certain spells on her and in turn allowing her to practice them on you 😏🤤
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Let me know if you want the alternative thoughts I had that were sparked by your ask as well! ❤️
Warnings: contains minor smut, mentions/allusion of abuse
You realizing how vulnerable Agatha is when she one day shows up sobbing on your doorstep about not being good enough.
"maybe you're just not being allowed to practice the right sort of witchcraft"
Poisoning her against her mother, slowly and carefully.
It shouldn't be very hard, but Evanora (quite literally as you eventually learn) had beaten Agatha into submission, doing her best to mold Agatha into who she thinks her daughter ought to be.
Agatha thrives off of learning dark magic
It calls to her in a way other witchcraft hasn't
She also has a budding crush on you
At first she thought it was the new form of witchcraft, that it just simply makes one feel like they're on fire and desperate to be touched
Turns out, it's just you
She figures it out when she finally gets brave enough to practice dark magic alone
After realizing this, she becomes an adorable mess for you, constantly tripping over her words and feet, blushing whenever you brush against her
She's not very subtle, you pick up on it fairly easily
So you find an excuse to 'help' position her, and you can hear how her breath catches as your front brushes up against her back
"you know, you just had to ask for me to touch you like this, you don't need to pretend to need help getting your body into the right position"
Agatha is stuttering trying to deny it, but when you give her neck an open mouthed kiss her own moan cuts her off
"there are some spells we haven't talked about, I didn't think you'd be interested, but now..."
"what spells?"
"pleasurable ones"
Agatha asks you to demonstrate, she doesn't quite believe you
You predict her needs and tell her to hold onto your shoulders, turning her around, before flicking a hand
Agatha's knees buckle as you magically stimulate her, her mouth opening wide in a big 'o'
She's always been innocent in most other things before, like magic and her understanding of the world, and this is just one more thing you take and claim for yourself, guiding Agatha forward on the dark path you've set for the two of you to share
You don't let up the spell until her eyes roll up and she collapses
She awakens in your bed, surrounded by the scent of you
She realizes it's because you're holding her against your chest, lightly dozing
She gently shakes you awake
"can I do that to you"
You smile at her, before asking her if she wouldn't rather undress you first
Agatha's eyes are big and round and so full of want and lust
They're pits ringed with ocean blue
You direct her to leave bruises and hickies as she slowly rids you of your clothes
"don't be scared of hurting me. I want you to mark me"
She gets rough fast, and surprises you by biting sharply into your skin, hard enough to draw blood
When she realizes she rushes to apologize but stops when you let out an unrestrained moan
Needless to say practicing dark magic quickly falls to the wayside for a few weeks while you learn each other's bodies and how to being the other the most amount of pleasure possible
You start to incorporate teaching her dark magic into it once you realized how hooked she is
"you're really just a slut, aren't you" you'd laugh, teasing as Agatha desperately whines "so willing to do anything I say as long as you get to have my fingers or tongue buried in you"
One day Agatha comes storming in, furious and angry
"someone's having a bad day"
"shut up"
You raise a brow. "Is that how you speak to me?"
"I said shut up"
You appraise her before you find the answer you're looking for
You get on your knees
Agatha is startled
"I- what?"
"you need to blow off some steam." You explain. "And to feel like you can control something. So use me. Tell me what to do, and I'll listen. I'll be your perfect fuckdoll."
Agatha doesn't want to admit how wet that makes her, but goddess is she dripping
"unless of course you want to continue to give up contr-"
You're cut off by Agatha squeezing your cheeks painfully, jerking your head up to meet her gaze.
"I thought I told you to shut up, bitch"
You're unbearably turned on by the dark look in her eyes
You do your best to nod, and Agatha smiles sharply as she lets go of you
It won't always be like this, you won't always let Agatha be in charge, but if it'll help further push her to become the darkest possible version of herself that you could see? You'd gladly pay any price as long as she stayed yours.
When she's brutally fucking into you with three of her fingers, it happens. Your magics connect on an intimate level, and you both peak at the exact same split second as Agatha's magic feeds off of yours, utter ecstasy coursing through the two of you
"more" Agatha gasps once she's able to draw breath into her lungs. "I need more."
She craves the dark magic now, can feel how powerful it is as it courses through her
"feed off of the darkhold" is what you say. Magic like that is so saturated in darkness that if Agatha were to do it she'd never be able to turn away from the dark magic
She'd also never be able to turn away from you, from the high your once pure magic can give her that the book can't, something you ensured by carefully ensuring there will always be a part of your magic that goes whole and untouched
It's not any wonder to you when the next month Agatha stumbles into your room in the middle of the night, babbling about how she accidentally killed her entire coven, how her mother's corpse now lays rotting in the middle of the forest
You guide her to lay down, and she doesn't realize what you're doing until you thrust into her, having fashioned a strap on out of magic, and she can't help the way she moans, how her eyes roll as you manage to somehow stroke that spot deep inside her
"you might not want to admit it" you whisper against her lips "but you're dripping wet. I'm willing to bet it's because murdering people turns you on"
And Agatha hates how right you are, hates that she realized how arousing it was to consume not just another's magic, but their life magic, hates how close she is from it all
She cries as she comes undone around you, she cries as she begs you to continue to make her body feel good, cries as she thinks about how she doesn't regret the deaths, but regrets her lack of ability to be good
She cries as she wishes she had more witches to feed on, cries because she wants the power so badly it hurts, and cries as she asks you to infuse her blood into the darkhold so she can fill the void that now sings inside her, demanding to be fed
You kiss every tear away, whispering reassurances and promises and
"use it. Use their deaths as a sacrifice to the god Chthon and ask that he bless you with more power"
After that, Agatha is no long quite human. But neither are you, as she had insisted the both of you be blessed, since you're the one to have helped her, the only person to love her as she is, and not as who you wanted her to be (what Agatha doesn't know won't hurt her)
And the death of an entire coven, one that Agatha was bound to by blood? A worthy sacrifice indeed.
Agatha is insatiable after that, constantly needing you, and you find yourself absolutely loving how desperate she is, how it gives you a thrill every time you remember how innocent she once was and how it was your guiding hand that corrupted her into a creature of your own doing
"you're perfect" youll tell her
"and you, my love, are without flaw" she'll purr back
And there is not a single person able to convince either of you otherwise
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