{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Agatha All Along: Mother to Mentor","description":"In this podcast episode, Tricia Barr and B.J. Priester consider the recently released MCU Disney+ series Agatha All Along from the perspective of long-running themes at FANgirl Blog and Hyperspace Theories: the influence of myth and heroic journeys on contemporary storytelling and how contemporary storytelling is evolving those ideas, especially in stories told by women and other creators from diverse and marginalized backgrounds. The story structure of Agatha All Along itself is built around the idea of an evolving myth, the \u201cBallad of the Witches\u2019 Road\u201d song, which appears in multiple iterations over the course of the series. We then discuss the character arcs of Agatha Harkness and Billy Maximoff through the frame of the Maiden Mother Crone triptych that is central to the series, and to longstanding lore about witches and other female archetypes. We also examine how Agatha All Along draws upon familiar elements of storytelling frameworks like the Hero\u2019s Journey and Heroine\u2019s Journey while also breaking from tropes and expectations in telling the tale of a centuries-old witch and a twenty-first century American teenager.   Related Links: \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Boss Jac Schaeffer Talks Episode Four\u2019s Reveal and Mephisto: \u201cThat Is Larger Than Me and This Show\u201d (The Hollywood Reporter; Oct. 7, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Showrunner Teases \u2018Lots More\u2019 Coming for Agatha and Rio \u2013 and Whether We Should Trust That Reveal About Teen (The Wrap; Oct. 7, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Showrunner Unpacks Episode 5: Wiccan, Agatha\u2019s Mom and the Shorter Runtime (The Wrap; Oct. 14, 2024) Billy Maximoff Returns: Joe Locke and \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Creator on Hiding His Identity, \u2018Wacky\u2019 Fan Theories and Bringing Back [SPOILER] From \u2018WandaVision\u2019 (Variety; Oct. 18, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Showrunner Talks Billy\u2019s Backstory, Evan Peters\u2019 MCU Return & What\u2019s To Come On The Witches Road (Deadline; Oct. 18, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Showrunner Talks Episode 6: Billy\u2019s Backstory, Agatha\u2019s Secret and That Cameo (The Wrap; Oct. 18, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Creator on Directing Patti LuPone\u2019s Mind-Bending Episode, Revealing [SPOILER]\u2019s True Identity and Who Is Really Dead (Variety; Oct. 25, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Showrunner Unpacks Lilia\u2019s Trial, Rio\u2019s Reveal And More Ahead Of Final Two Episodes (Deadline; Oct. 25, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Showrunner Unpacks Time-Tripping Episode 7: Patti LuPone on Wires, Wanda and That Death Reveal (The Wrap; Oct. 25, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Showrunner Jac Schaeffer On Sticking The Landing With Final Episodes & What\u2019s To Come For Billy (Deadline; Nov. 1, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Creator Explains Shocking Finale Twists, Agatha and Rio\u2019s Backstory, Nicholas Scratch\u2019s Father and Why There\u2019s No Post-Credits Scene (Variety; Nov. 1, 2024) Agatha All Along creator clarifies the Tommy moment and where the Road goes from here (EW; Nov. 1, 2024) After That Shocking \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Finale Twist, Sasheer Zamata Discusses Jen\u2019s Reaction and Her Potential MCU Future (Collider; Nov. 1, 2024) Agatha\u2019s Fate Was Decided From the Beginning in \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 (Collider; Nov. 1, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019s Showrunner Breaks Down the Finale\u2019s Reveals and Twists (Collider; Nov. 1, 2024) Agatha Is Not \u201cThe Hero of Her Own Story,\u201d Says Creator (Collider; Nov. 2, 2024) \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Boss Jac Schaeffer on Forgoing Wanda in Finale: \u201cIt Didn\u2019t Feel Fair to Agatha\u201d (The Hollywood Reporter; Nov. 4, 2024) \u201cI will die on that hill\u201d: Jac Schaeffer Will Never Accept One \u2018Agatha All Along\u2019 Criticism Even After Revelation That Billy Maximoff Opened the Road (FandomWire; Nov. 6, 2024) ","author_name":"Hyperspace Theories","author_url":"http:\/\/hyperspacetheories.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"