Thanks for the shoutout! 😁 I interpreted Lilia putting the sigil on William as her seeing the ominous split life-line and being like, “well, maybe I can prevent witches from being the cause, at least”. After seeing Billy’s room, I think that once we get to the end of the road, we’re going to find out that it was an unintentional construct conjured by Billy the same way WandaVision was unconsciously(at first) conjured by Wanda. With the overall Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Goonies vibes matching the posters. The trials are also reminiscent of Saw traps(a poster after the three-year jump along with Carrie and the Craft). It also seems like each person’s trial has been tailored around what Billy knows about that person. Jen’s trial: her customer-base, and we saw Billy watching her KaleKare videos. Alice’s: her mother, Billy being a fan of the record. With Agatha, she’s kind of a campy Satanic Panic type of witch, so she get’s an 80’s horror trial. I think maybe that’s why it seems so questionable as to whether Agatha has actually walked the road or not. Maybe she has so she knows that this isn’t the normal road. And if she’s deduced that Billy’s the one doing it, that explains the “I didn’t know you had it in you. /wink” and the “Are you sure?”
Teen might have loved Houdini, but considering how long it took him to get out of duct tape, he apparently didn't learn much from him. And the Ralph Boener scene cuts a razor thin line between comedy and tragedy and it's SO brilliant.
My favourite clue about Lilia being the one who puts the sigil is the promotional Tarot Cards that Marvel released for the show has the sigil on all the Tarots.
Great summaries, as always, Madison! Also, the party scene felt like it was directly out of Heartstopper (what Joe Locke is most known for before this, and definitely indie coming of age story).
I think Billy, with no memories of either William or Billy is being raised as a Jewish kid in a Jewish family so he is Jewish. He also refers to himself as having died temporarily at 13 - so he has been living as someone with permanent amnesia piecing together his life from what William's room, his friends and his parents (and his ability to read minds) have told him. So he is as much William grown into an emo teen as William might have been if he had survived the car crash wih amnesia.
Was Wanda Jewish? I know she was in the comics, as the daughter of Magneto, but I don't remember if they ever said in the movies. I think Agatha was saying to Teen/William/Billy/Wiccan all the things she needed to hear when she was young, about doing what's necessary to survive not being bad.
I’m not a comic reader, so I’m not sure about Wanda. And that’s such a good point! Agatha really was saying what she wanted to hear! It makes that scene so powerful
Thanks for the shoutout! 😁 I interpreted Lilia putting the sigil on William as her seeing the ominous split life-line and being like, “well, maybe I can prevent witches from being the cause, at least”.
After seeing Billy’s room, I think that once we get to the end of the road, we’re going to find out that it was an unintentional construct conjured by Billy the same way WandaVision was unconsciously(at first) conjured by Wanda. With the overall Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Goonies vibes matching the posters. The trials are also reminiscent of Saw traps(a poster after the three-year jump along with Carrie and the Craft).
It also seems like each person’s trial has been tailored around what Billy knows about that person. Jen’s trial: her customer-base, and we saw Billy watching her KaleKare videos. Alice’s: her mother, Billy being a fan of the record. With Agatha, she’s kind of a campy Satanic Panic type of witch, so she get’s an 80’s horror trial.
I think maybe that’s why it seems so questionable as to whether Agatha has actually walked the road or not. Maybe she has so she knows that this isn’t the normal road. And if she’s deduced that Billy’s the one doing it, that explains the “I didn’t know you had it in you. /wink” and the “Are you sure?”
WAIT! YOU CALLED IT!!!!!
@ Lol! Well, won some, lost some. 😆
Teen might have loved Houdini, but considering how long it took him to get out of duct tape, he apparently didn't learn much from him. And the Ralph Boener scene cuts a razor thin line between comedy and tragedy and it's SO brilliant.
Aahhh! So true!!!
And omg yes, that scene was so funny, but had such an undercurrent of sadness. Overall loved it!
My favourite clue about Lilia being the one who puts the sigil is the promotional Tarot Cards that Marvel released for the show has the sigil on all the Tarots.
Woah!! Never realized this!!!
After finishing the season, I enjoy hearing the speculation on the nature of the Road, and how close some of those elements are!
Absolutely! It was so much fun theorizing and discussing with everyone!
Great summaries, as always, Madison!
Also, the party scene felt like it was directly out of Heartstopper (what Joe Locke is most known for before this, and definitely indie coming of age story).
Thank you!!
And woah that’s such a good point about Heartstopper!
I think Billy, with no memories of either William or Billy is being raised as a Jewish kid in a Jewish family so he is Jewish. He also refers to himself as having died temporarily at 13 - so he has been living as someone with permanent amnesia piecing together his life from what William's room, his friends and his parents (and his ability to read minds) have told him. So he is as much William grown into an emo teen as William might have been if he had survived the car crash wih amnesia.
Okay that makes a lot of sense!
Madison saying the next episode, everything is going to be flipped on is head. Wow, girl!
Ah omg! I didn’t even remember I said that!
Was Wanda Jewish? I know she was in the comics, as the daughter of Magneto, but I don't remember if they ever said in the movies. I think Agatha was saying to Teen/William/Billy/Wiccan all the things she needed to hear when she was young, about doing what's necessary to survive not being bad.
I’m not a comic reader, so I’m not sure about Wanda.
And that’s such a good point! Agatha really was saying what she wanted to hear! It makes that scene so powerful