Agatha All Along isn’t just queer-coded—she’s queer-cracked wide open

Agatha All Along didn’t walk down the Witches Road to only flirt with queerness – it stomped, sparkled, and kissed the pavement all while being extremely canon to the MCU.

When I first tuned in to watch a Disney+ Marvel show, I expected the usual Marvel fare; a few sly winks here and there, some cleverly veiled subtext, maybe a throwaway line at times for those of us clinging on to visibility. But, Agatha All Along took a look at all that half-baked queer coding and said – ‘No, thanks.’

The result? A MCU show that doesn’t just nod at queerness – it basks in it. This isn’t tokenism or safe representation – it’s messy, magnetic and maddeningly beautiful.

Authors Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own and stem from my lived experiences as a queer viewer who’s spent years looking out for crumbs in mainstream media. This show is one of those places where I finally get to search the fruitiness in Marvel.

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The queerness in Agatha All Along isn’t hinted at—it’s alive and clawing out of the ground

The moment Aubrey Plaza’s Rio emerged from the ground with a flower in her hand, hair wilds and eyes all locked on Kathryn Hahns’ Agatha, I knew something seismic was happening or rather, about to happen soon. There was no playing coy. The heat and chemistry between them were unmistakable.

When Jennifer remarked she didn’t know whether to hate Rio or ask for her number, and Alice agreed? That was canon right in front of our eyes.

And then came the scene! You know the one – Agatha offers a truce, Rio’s hand finds Agatha’s thighs and she says:

“Like old times?”

I practically screamed because are we sure we’re watching a Disney+ show? When Agatha replied:

“Work and play.”

It was a masterclass in queer tension.

Agatha was scheming (it’s Agatha All Along, after all), but the intimacy between them was undeniable.

Later, at the campfire, things went on like a missile when Rio declares:

“I have a scar.”

And before she could even finish her sentences, Agatha replies with;

“No, you don’t.”

This wasn’t romantic innuendo – that was history. Rio further adds:

“…She is my scar.”

And I swear, the entire queer community in the little corner of the internet collectively ascended. It was the kind of line that queer fans have dreamt of having, that unapologetic declaration of love and pain. No euphemisms, no hiding, just heartbreak, raw and queer and so very real.

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The cast, the creators, and the culture—they knew exactly what they were doing

It's no accident that Agatha All Along feels like a coven-powered fever dream of queer joy.

At the premier, Aubrey Plaza didn’t mince out on any of her words. She said:

“It better be [Marvel’s queerest project], because that’s what I signed up for.”

She continued saying that show will be:

“…A gay explosion by the end of it…”

While Sasheer Zamata said:

“Witches are queer, inherently, just because we are outcasts...”

The cast and everyone associated with it might not be queer, but the story majorly sure is, from inside out. The showrunner, Jac Schaeffer said:

“There is a very strong intersection between the LGBTQ community and witchcraft. That was undeniable and needed a place in the show.”

And that’s what she delivered. The vibes? The energy? Chaotic lesbian, bisexual and gay. The execution? Pure witchy perfection, too.

Agatha All Along doesn’t ask for permission to be queer. It doesn’t offer on any footnotes. It simply is just queer. And that’s the magic, that’s the witchy-ness of it all. The normalization of queerness here isn’t about diminishing it – it’s about allowing that it exists freely, without any need for justification or validation.

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Agatha All Along feels like it’s a spell that’s been cast just for us – for those who’ve waited, watched, and hoped to finally see some WLW representation strongly being put out in a MCU project.

And as long as the magic keeps flowing, the Witches Road is always a queer home for those who’ve longed for it.

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