Deciphering Joe Locke’s ‘Agatha All Along’: Uncovering the Character Identity Through Clues | Identity

SPOILER ALERT: This piece incorporates spoilers for the first three episodes of Agatha All Along.

Joe Locke’s mysterious goth “Teen” in Agatha All Along marks fairly a shift in character from his Heartstopper function of Charlie Spring.

The younger British actor made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut alongside in Agatha All Along when the sequence premiered with two episodes Sept. 18. Showrunner Jac Shaeffer has teased a fun buildup to discovering out the true id of Locke’s character.

A frenzy of theories on-line overwhelmingly level to a sure character in the Marvel comics. We’ll stroll you thru all the Easter eggs and hints beneath:

The First Two Episodes – “Seekest Thou The Road” & “Circle Sewn with Fate Unlock Thy Hidden Gate”

Within the first two episodes, it turns into clear that Teen received’t be capable to disclose any particulars as to who he's. When Agatha (Hahn) asks Teen his title in Episode 2, he says it, however a sigil that seems to be in the form of a cursive capital ‘M’ covers his lips when he says the phrase. The most typical principle is that Teen is Wanda’s son Billy Kaplan, aka Wiccan, and the ‘M’ might stand for “Maximoff.”

His voice additionally sounds muted to Agatha in the automobile when she asks him the place he’s from. She can hear the radio simply nice, however his voice cuts out utterly. Also on that automobile journey, Teen’s boyfriend (who could possibly be Teddy Altman from the comics) calls him as a result of “he worries.” Billy is one in all few brazenly homosexual male Marvel characters.

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It’s necessary to notice that Teen is the one who snaps Agatha out of the hex Wanda left behind on Westview, trapping the witch in her false function of nosy neighbor Agnes when she snuck into the dream world Wanda constructed. He is an newbie witch, and he arrived shortly after Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal made her grand entrance, which muddles a bit what magic in the questioning room was his or hers. Photos of the girl’s lifeless physique Agnes noticed in Episode 1 modified to flowers, and a portray showing on the mirrored wall.

The Trailer:

A giant connection many viewers have identified is a selected outfit Locke wears in a scene in one of the trailers for Agatha All Along.

A shot of Locke carrying garments similar to an outfit younger William ‘Billy’ Maximoff wore in WandaImaginative and prescient. The beneath character poster additionally depicts the costume.

In the comics, Billy has powers similar to his mom Wanda’s — chaos magic, telepathy and different electrical powers, which viewers received a glimpse of in the ultimate episodes of WandaImaginative and prescient.

Episode 3 – “Through Many Miles/Of Tricks and Trials”

It’s not till Episode 3 that Agatha’s chaotic coven notices that “someone’s put a sigil on the boy.” The sigil, or magical seal, takes the type of a cursive capital M. Lilia Calderu (Patti LuPone) factors this out, and it’s the first time Teen realizes he’s beneath the spell as nicely.

Who is Mephisto?

Another principle is that the sigil belongs to Mephisto, which might both solidify the principle that Teen is Billy, or it could possibly be setting the stage for Teen to be the son of the pink demon. In the comics, Wanda created her twin sons from two misplaced souls that Mephisto “lent” her.

Mephisto is a grasp manipulator and a giant dangerous in the comics, and he returned to assert the souls of the boys when Wanda gave them up, however the souls had been so influenced by Wanda that they vanquished the demon and had been reincarnated elsewhere. Billy grew to become the son of Jeff and Rebbecca Kaplan in New York City, later renaming himself Wiccan after he took the title Asgardian for a bit. Wiccan grew to become a younger avenger alongside Kate Bishop and Cassie Lang.

In the third episode, Jenn (Sasheer Zamata) drops the title Mephisto as the coven visits a luxurious seaside home for his or her first trial, which seems to be for her — the potions witch. This isn’t in reference to the Teen’s id, however somewhat that of Agatha’s son, who — Jenn tells Teen — was traded by Agatha for the guide of the damned (The Darkhold). This comes after Jenn warns Teen to watch out of Agatha due to the rumor that she traded her personal youngster for the darkhold, and this was referenced in a earlier episode with the phrases “another child sacrifice?” in regard to Teen.

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Agatha Harkness’ son Nicholas Scratch grew as much as be a robust warlock in the comics, and he did change into an agent of Mephisto after getting banished to Hell the place he agreed to serve the pink demon.

“They say that nobody really knows what happened to him,” Jennifer says. “They say he might be dead. Others say he might be a demon or an agent of Mephisto. But hey, that’s what happens when you have Agatha Harkness as your mom. I doubt she’d even recognize her own son if he showed up on your doorstep.”

Later, whereas bonding with Alice (Ali Ahn), Teen confesses “A lot happened to me at 13 too,” which might reference just a few issues based mostly on who he actually is.

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In Episode 2, the “Black Heart” that was on the listing of witches Agatha wanted to kind her coven led her to ask Mrs. Hart aka Sharon Davis (Debra Jo Rupp), who joined as the lacking inexperienced witch to carry out mandatory earth magic. But, the clue additionally known as again to Rio Vidal’s self-described “black heart” that beats for Agatha.

Well, curiously sufficient, Blackheart is a personality in the Marvel Comics. In reality, he's the son of Mephisto. From the approach Rio Vidal described her personal coronary heart, some suppose she might signify the gender-swapped youngster of Mephisto with a possible connection to the Teen, as she did seem in Westview round the time that Teen got here searching for Wanda. If Rio is Blackheart, it is smart she would possibly come searching for Wanda’s son.

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However, Teen himself may be Blackheart as nicely. As endearing as he's, there’s no telling if Teen has an ulterior motive for requesting Agatha’s steerage strolling the Witches Road.

All indicators are pointing to the undeniable fact that Mephisto is probably going on his approach, as a result of, in the same trailer famous above the place we spot a Billy-esque outfit on Teen, a suspicious fiery determine who appears loads like the demon seems in the finish.

Baron Mordo

Mordo is also a consideration due to his Sorcerer Supreme standing in a single universe, as seen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). In the movie, which sees Wanda as a villain, Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) as Sorcerer Supreme in one in all the many multiversal dimensions, trapped Doctor Strange and America Chavez at the Illuminati Headquarters. Wanda used the darkhold to dreamwalk into her self in that universe and slayed the 4 illuminati — Captain Carter (Haley Atwell), Black Bolt (Anson Mount), Captain Marvel (Lashana Lynch), Reed Richards (John Krasinski) and Professor X (Patrick Stewart) — leaving solely Mordo to outlive.

Mordo is the least possible principle of the caster of the sigil as a result of Teen’s shrouded id should be making approach for the introduction of a personality, whether or not it's his future Young Avenger self or Mephisto and even to carry Wanda again. Mordo’s connection to Wanda from their earlier encounter might inspire him to need to conceal Billy and Tommy from her if she is someway nonetheless alive and looking for them.

There exists a deleted scene from Multiverse of Madness the place Wanda kills Mordo, so the undeniable fact that they selected to go away that out and preserve him alive is an fascinating clue.

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