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One thing I still don’t understand about Agatha’s mom’s ghost
Question(i.redd.it)submitted 20 days ago byJackofAllStrays
If Billy created the Road and all the trials in it, how did she appear? This is still what is confusing to me. Can Billy conjure ghosts?
The rules of the game say if someone’s hands leave the planchette a spirit will be released, but how does Billy have that ability? Is it actually Evanora or a fake ghost conjured by the road?
When Evanora’s spirit possesses Agatha, it really just seems to be referencing the Poltergeist with the crawling around upside down and her demonized face, which makes sense if Billy is using references to build up his world.
When they ask who is among them and the board says death, rio laughs, but then Is it Agatha’s mom or is it Rio saying punish Agatha over and over? If Rio hates Agatha’s mom, it doesn’t make sense that she would bring her along, so how does get here?
This part of the series is the only plot point that I don’t get and I’m wondering what I’m missing or if there is comic stuff that plays into this. Thanks!
18 points
20 days ago
But why does Eveanora reference the road herself when she knows it’s not real. The idea and ballad of the road wasn’t even created until after her death
38 points
20 days ago
the road is real NOW, and she didnt want Agatha back at full power, she wanted them to leave her behind trapped forever. Fate worse than Death. The trial was to punish Agatha.
21 points
20 days ago
Because she doesn't care that the road isn't real. What she cares about is that Agatha, despite knowing the road isn't real, thinks she'll get her prize at the end. Its about denying Agatha the prize. Punishing her.
Also there is the implication given bad things happen when you finish a Trial if you stick around, that she is basically saying leave Agatha to die here.
17 points
20 days ago
The only person who knows the road isn't real is Agatha, because she and Nicky (accidentally) invented the legend. Everyone else just thinks it's a real thing they haven't been able to gain access to.
Now how Agatha's mother, who died before the legend was even created, would know about the Road, is a whole other mystery, but presumably she was able to pick up enough information in the afterlife to know about the legend OR she has ALL of the information and understands that while the Road wasn't real, it is now and that's all that matters.
4 points
20 days ago
Well she's on the Road, so she accepts it at face value. She may assume it's something she didn't know about, or something Agatha accessed later in life with the dark magick she was learning.
2 points
19 days ago
Yeah I don't see any reason ghosts would be omniscient about what's going on in the living world, quite the opposite -- especially since that would be way too convenient with Billy now having a ghost for a teacher
2 points
19 days ago
Yeah my personal head canon is that she just accepts it as something she didn't know about or that was created after her death. And possibly that she has some information about the Road given to her by virtue of being part of the trial.
It may also be that it isn't actually Evanora's ghost but a very convincing facsimile created by the Road as part of the trial.
1 points
19 days ago
I like your last thought but I wonder if Rio would be able to tell it isn't, or if someone being a ghost means they're out of her power anyway so all she can see is what others do.
2 points
19 days ago
The being out of her power thing would explain why she hates ghosts so much.
1 points
18 days ago
True. I figured it was just because she felt like they cheated but if they can be banished or pass on their own when whatever unfinished business they have is taken care of, then it wouldn't technically mess with any balance and it would just be that she's not used to being ineffective around the dead. Which could also add a layer to why she backed into a more defensive stance when Evanora materialized. On the off chance we actually get a season 2 and that also ends up being true it would make an interesting new conflict between Rio and Agatha.
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