It was just kinda weird and kinda shows a loss of creativity when deciding a setting. Why does Agatha get into acting, I have no idea, her spells don't get stronger based on her fans. The only excuse is, Agatha's actor was so likeable, let's give her another thing to do.
It just feels like they are writing the story in reverse, let's make something cool and then figure out how we get there. This is what if, the first thing that should be written is how this diverges from Canon then write everything else.
I guess I can see that. But I have a more generous interpretation— a lot of the “What If” episodes look at what would happen if a tortured lead was just in a healthier situation. Like Loki growing up with his own family leading to party Thor.
So without changing Agatha’s core personality, what’s an environment where she would feel supported, get what she needs to be secure and healthy, and end up doing more good for her community than harm? And you consider (1) she needs an unlimited power source to overcome her power requirements and (2) she likes to put on a show (which she does— not to attract fans, but she definitely enjoys a scam).
So where can you run a scam to get unlimited power, and have a ton of fun doing it? And that’s how we end up solving for midcentury Hollywood.
Tldr— I think most of the WhatIf are really “What if character X was ok?” Which is still a hard story problem to solve.
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u/jerry-jim-bob Avengers 1d ago
I just watched Agatha goes to Hollywood and I think I've lost the will to go on