My Take on Agott's Future
been thinking about agott recently (surprise surprise) particularly about her love for cute things,,, she herself never explicitly talks about it (the council of emo would disapprove) but also I am thinking..... Agott didn't really have a childhood. Born into the arklaum clan, she's been been put through the trials and the tribs, we know that she was constantly criticized for her magic (when she was like 5????? insane clan) and then around 7~ish got accused of copying someone else's spell and was banished, abandoned by her clan and MOTHER and was tossed out like used paper.
This is some serious damage to deal a child. And what's interesting to me is we see so many scenes where Agott hates being a child and wants to grow up as soon as possible which is in stark contrast to the childish (adorable) habits she still holds onto.
From this where we learn that Agott makes her stuffed animals dance??? (and she's comfortable enough doing it in front of her fellow apprentice or she just forgot coco shares a study room with her).
THIS. Agott who values efficiency and learning magic that can be useful and impress everyone— has a secret hobby of looking for decorative seals that have no witch society perceived value. She also makes cute puff puffs (posting full page cause wahoo):
and it just kinda drives home the point that Agott is still holding on to every chance of still being a kid at heart— just as strong as how much she wants to grow up.
Whether she's doing this subconsciously or not, time will tell but its so nice to see that even though she's a little cynical and jaded for a twelve year old (her experiences warrant this so) she still holds onto these little specs of child-like wonder wonder with magic, the sparkly and the cute, the bright and joyful aspects of it.
And she's grown so much she's learnt to share it with people! Doesn't care about the judgement! She's thinking about the joy she can share with others instead of what she can gain from them! The toxic mindset of the arklaum house lies in the shadow of the light from the spell she casts for the people she cares about! Amazing!!!
And now I really wonder if the end is her being the librarian of the tomes. This is still very much a 'the only thing she knows so she goes towards it' type goal. Its rooted in showing her worth to her shit clan and herself. But with all this growth she's having and what she will have— she's on the path to realizing her self worth is not tied to the arklaum house at all and i know its a very popular theory that she becomes watchful eye to coco's atelier following in orufrey's footsteps and i add one more to this:
Agott's spells that we've seen her be most proud of are these!! The cutest spells with no practicality other than making someone happy! And the 'nostalgic' bit could mean that Agott was always drawing cute spells when she was younger for no rhyme or reason other than to make someone smile!! (or its the adina agott clone theory but that's for another post)
So all this makes me think that Agott won't be librarian in the future and in a similar vein to Olly be an inventor— her specialization? Magic tools geared to kids! Imagine the lamp being replaced with one of her puffs!
or the pouches with the puff lights! Or pens that change ink color or the magical version of slap bracelets or a magic doodle board! Idk I'm pulling things out my childhood memories that i had fun playing with and what if that's what Agott ends up doing? Making magical items that help kids stay kids a little longer or remind adults that there is whimsy and wonder in the everyday?
TLDR: Future Agott might become a famous inventor like Olly, but instead of fire magic she makes magic geared to children! Her way of coming to terms that being a child is great and growing up is great too and her magic will remind everyone of that fact <3
