Notice! This post contains SPOILERS for Agatha throughoutA new MCU theory suggests there could have been a way for Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) to save her son in Agatha all the time (just not alone). As seen at the end of Agatha all the timeThe titular witch’s role in the creation of the Witch’s Road is revealed, as well as what really happened to her son, Nicholas Scratch. To that end, a major revelation from Agatha herself seemingly opens up the potential that she could have kept her son alive if she had chosen a different path.
As seen in Agatha all the time In episode 9, it is revealed that Rio Vidal, aka Lady Death (Aubrey Plaza), gave Agatha more time with her newborn son, who was apparently supposed to die in childbirth. To this end, the witch spent about six years with Nicholas before he fell ill, and Lady Death finally came to claim the boy and take him to the other side. However, a new Agatha all the time the theory suggests that Agatha could have had her child for much longer if she had operated differently in the new MCU show.
Agatha is an incredibly powerful witch in the MCU
But even she has her limits
Without a doubt, Agatha Harkness is a very powerful witch in the MCU. While she may not be as powerful as the legendary Scarlet Witch, aka Wanda Maximoff, Agatha has been around for centuries.stealing the power of other witches for her own gain throughout the ages. In the same way, Agatha all the time Episode 9 confirms how she attracted witches before ultimately betraying them, using the Ballad of the Witches’ Road song she created with her son, convincing the clans that the Road was real, and then stealing their power after inciting them to attack her with their spells.
To this end, Agatha also confirms in Agatha all the time episode 9 everything she can do with her magical powers to Nicholas in the years before his death. According to Harkness herself, Agatha has the power to fire magical blasts of purple energy from her hands and can cast various illusions. She can also control weak minds and manipulate objects using her will with a form of magical telekinesis (and can obviously absorb the power of other witches). However, Agatha also tells her son everything she can’t do, despite being such a powerful witch in the MCU.
Agatha admitted her failures to her son, Nicholas Scratch
She cannot heal, protect or divine
In Agatha all the time episode 9, Agatha also admits her faults and everything she it cannot do for her son. Likewise, the specific text seems very important: “I can’t heal you. I can’t protect you from what’s to come. And I can’t guess when she’ll return.” Although Agatha is, of course, referencing and dreading the inevitable moment when Nicholas dies and Rio, aka Lady Death, returns to claim his soul, It can’t be a coincidence that every skill she can’t do is something one of her fellow clan members excelled at in the current events of Agatha all the time.
Jennifer Kale (Sasheer Zamata) was a witch talented in potions and an expert in healing magic. Alice Wu-Gulliver (Ali Ahn) was a protective witch. Lilia Calderu (Patti Lupone) and her main area of expertise was divination with the ability to look into the future. Each of the coven members’ respective skill sets was a power that Agatha herself did not possess.. As such, one wonders how Agatha’s past and Nicholas Scratch’s fate might have been different if she had actually been part of a clan in the MCU.
MCU Theory: Joining a Coven Could Have Saved Agatha’s Son
Was Nicky’s death the cost of being a clanless witch?
Instead of constantly betraying the witches and choosing to stay isolated, it stands to reason that Agatha could have trusted other witches and their abilities to keep her son alive. To that end, perhaps losing Nicholas at such a young age was the inherent cost of Agatha Harkness being a covenless witch.. It certainly puts her time with Nicholas in an even more tragic light, assuming she could have actually saved him and kept him alive longer in her MCU past.
All episodes of Agatha all the time are now streaming on Disney+.