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‘Agatha All Along’ Was Originally Going To Include Hulkling As Billy's Boyfriend But Marvel Said No (www.forbes.com)
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Here’s showrunner Jac Schaeffer talking to EW about it:

"There were early conversations [about Hulkling]," Schaeffer said. "[Eddie] was originally called Teddy because we were looking at the artwork and thinking about that. That was a Marvel decision to not have him be Hulkling for the purposes of our show. Within our show, he is not Hulkling…but we pivoted to Eddie because he is named after a person that is important to the writers' room. It wasn't sort of teasing the fans, it was one of those lovely tributes to somebody who matters to us."

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[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm glad they kept these cameos out.

The story felt more self-contained and didn't need to remind us of every bit of the MCU.

I'd even argue that Debra Jo-Rupp was wasted as a coven member and a callback. They didn't do anything interesting with her as a character. But at least she was from Wandavision so it was less of a stretch to include her.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That really was one of the good things about Agatha All Along. All you really need to know is that we open with Agatha imprisoned in her own mind after trying to manipulate an extremely powerful witch who'd gone mad with grief. The rest is optional if you're willing to roll with a few otherwise weird ideas that arise out of the MCU-ness of the show.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I guess? I would really struggle to suggest watching Agatha All Along without first having seen WandaVision. Despite the different names it's really a season 1, season 2 situation.

I think you could survive without Multiverse of Madness since the first episode of Agatha clarifies that Wanda is dead, but WandaVision sets up so many things that are further explored in Agatha.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Debra Jo-Rupp really was underutilized.

Episode 8 spoilersHer death, in hindsight once we know Billy created The Road, is huge for both Agatha and Billy.

Agatha gets to understand that Billy, intentionally or not, will kill people while on The Road. It's clearly unintentional since when Billy is looking for Tommy he asks if he's purposefully killing "new Tommy" or if "new Tommy" is already dead.

I think a moment where Billy reflects and really gets to understand that he killed Mrs. Heart/Sharon would have been helpful.

(Although maybe they can throw that into the future. Billy will be tasked by Agatha with needing to kill someone. Billy will be torn, stating that he's never killed anyone before. Agatha can just nonchalantly mention that he killed Mrs. Heart, causing Billy further distress. Although for that to happen Agatha has to remember her, so that's less likely.)

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Totally agreed about Debra Jo-Rupp. I was pretty sure her death was a fake out and that we would be seeing her again.