Anyone whose read the Marvel comics knows that the real reason Thanos killed half the universe didn’t have anything to do with ‘balance’—it was supposed to be a romantic gesture for Marvel’s personification of Death, who Thanos was in love with.
Of course, the concept was too abstract for Marvel at the time, but as per the second-to-the-last episode of Agatha All Along, Death has come in the form of Aubrey Plaza.
With some wondering if Death was influencing Thanos in some way in the story, series creator Jac Schaffer tells Inverse, “Thanos is not in my show, so I can’t speak to any Thanos connections… Thanos stans out there, I have no answers for you.”
It’s unclear what Death’s role in the story is yet, but she definitely has something that resembles a lover in the form of Agatha Harkness. Schaffer continues to tease, “There will be a little bit more illuminating about our version of Death, but what I will say is we generally leave some of it to interpretation in this show… But you’ll get a little bit more understanding of how she operates in the last two episodes.”
At this point, I’m kind of just hoping that Marvel plans for Death to show up in some future movies (perhaps a Doctor Strange film?) but we could get a more solid idea of how they’re approaching her character once we get to the finale.
If anything, Plaza was a great pick for the character, and it would be a shame if she only got one appearance. I wouldn’t even mind if she went to court on She-Hulk…if we ever get a second season , that is.
Catch the finale episode of Agatha All Along when it airs on Disney+ this Wednesday.
