Despite all the title changes that happened, it seems that Agatha All Along has finally found its proper title. The series will make its Disney+ debut with two episodes on September 19, 2024. The remaining seven episodes of the series will air once a week until November 6. We know that Kathryn Hahn will reprise her role from WandaVision, now as a main character in her standalone show.

While the initial reviews have been more than positive, with everyone stressing out one notable issue, some fans are worried that the series might suffer the same fate as The Acolyte due to its content and the cast and crew statements before the premiere.

In this report, we are going to analyze this issue and reveal how likely it is that Agatha All Along will suffer the same fate as The Acolyte, as the series is finally beginning its long-awaited streaming run.

As far as The Acolyte is concerned, the story goes roughly as this: The series was supposed to be a major prequel project, and Lucasfilm invested a lot of money in the series and its marketing, hoping that the series would be as successful as The Mandalorian or Ahsoka.

But, even before the series started, a lot of toxic “fans” started trashing the series because of its diverse cast and female leads; this hate was further fueled by the comments from the cast and crew, some of whom openly provoked these “fans.”

All this culminated in a before-unseen hate and review-bombing campaign, but while this definitely didn’t influence the fate of the show, it turned out that The Acolyte had more than one problem and that the writers failed to craft a truly great show, which led to its cancelation.

As far as Agatha All Along is concerned, the series doesn’t seem to suffer from such systemic issues as The Acolyte, but some fans are still concerned due to the fact that both the cast and crew members have been calling the series “Marvel’s gayest” show to date. Creator  Jac Schaeffer has, among other things, said the following:

In fact, I think of Agatha as a drag queen; not only is she an icon, but she’s a performer above all else, and a code switcher depending on who she’s with. With all of this in mind, the writing team as a group were unapologetic about making these characters openly queer. (…)

There is an enormous overlap between the history and persecution of witches and that of the LGBTQ community, just as there’s a lot of intersection between the queer community and the horror genre, so it was a very natural fit for there to be queer representation in the show.

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Other cast members have also discussed this, with Aubrey Plaza even hinting at a possible romance between her character, Rio Vidal, and Agatha, and we know that Joe Locke has openly discussed the issue of LGBTQ+ representation in the series.

This was similar to how Leslye Headland and some other cast and crew members talked about The Acolyte, calling it “gay” and openly attacking everyone who disagreed with them; this, of course, fueled the “fans,” who started to become more insistent on The Acolyte, a show most of them had not even seen, being bad. So, seeing a similar pattern, could Agatha All Along suffer the same fate? Probably not!

There are two principal reasons why we think that. First, it is the franchise. The MCU has been like this from the start, and MCU fans are used to LGBTQ+ representation in these works.

On top of that, Marvel’s comics are likewise more open to such topics, so the fanbase we’re dealing with does not have that many toxic “fans.” On the other hand, Star Wars “fans” are very vocal about their conservative interpretation of Lucas’ franchise, and when something changes (for example, a woman is the main character), it is immediately a problem, regardless of the overall quality of the work.

Secondly, Agatha All Along has a completely different starting point. The show, in itself, is much different than The Acolyte, and it is connected to a wholly different narrative universe, so this isn’t a big change, to be honest; in fact, some would say that this way is expected.

On the other hand, Disney has been implementing, sometimes even forcing, numerous changes within the Star Wars franchise, and The Acolyte was a prime example of that.

Having said this, we really don’t think Agatha All Along will suffer the same fate. There will always be haters and “fans” out there, but if the show turns out to be good, and it seems that it is good, it probably won’t suffer the same fate as The Acolyte.

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