Spiritus Nox2d ago
So a thing I really like about precisely how Agott acquits herself in this episode: we learn here, if it wasn't already obvious, that Agott is desperate to prove herself, desperate both to become and *to be seen* as a powerful, talented, fully fledged witch. #WitchHatAnimelier
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She wants to *publicly perform the role of Witch in society* and she wants The People to be in awe of the grandeur and complexity of her spells. #WitchHatAnimelier
Show threadSpiritus Nox2d ago
And yet in this episode by the river, she has to demonstrate both to herself and to the public that that grandeur and complexity *don't actually mean anything in and of themselves* - her big glorious shining phoenix *does not help*, in a manner that is obvious to even an outsider. #WitchHatAnimelier
Show threadSpiritus Nox2d ago
Agott, in this moment, has publicly made a fool of herself - the likeliest conclusion an outsider will make here is that Agott is both a narcissist and a moron, a child going "look what I can do" and turning a cartwheel while a man's son has his legs crushed beneath a boulder. #WitchHatAnimelier
Show threadSpiritus Nox2d ago
And yet this public humiliation was itself entirely Agott's idea, the only way she could think of to buy time for Coco -with only the simple spellwork of a raw novice - to do the real hero's work of saving Custas. Because as dear as Agott's pride is to her, she DOES ultimately...
#WitchHatAnimelier
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...believe in the Pointed Caps' mission, does believe that her own pride is ultimately subordinate to the public good and to the safety of her fellow apprentice - and the incident at the river serves both to remind Agott herself of that base truth and demonstrate it to the audience. #WitchHat
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Show threadSpiritus Nox2d ago

Agott is childish and hasty and insecure and desperate to prove herself, but at her very core she's willing to set all that aside and do what's right when it counts, whether that means bringing up the rear with a dragon advancing on her party or beclowning herself in public.

#WitchHatAnimelier

Show threadSpiritus Nox2d ago
anyway i just think she's neat #WitchHatAnimelier