Tagatha! And other sge things.

hm. alright. this is inspired by my horror at the idea of them adapting AWWP as it currently is into film, bc if they do that it will be a train wreck. 

(note that despite some recent hints towards them wanting to do a second film and maybe making preparations for it, I think it’s unlikely anything will be set in stone until they know how the first film performs. to put it bluntly; how can you make no.2 if no.1 bombs? apparently it’s quite common to start drafting a second season/film without actually knowing if you’ll get one, shadow and bone did it)  

this is kind of messy and maybe a bit bad but like, this has been lurking in my drafts for months now and I keep telling people about it and then not finishing it so. also I’m not being paid for this am I, I’m literally writing this on tumblr on a friday afternoon on my laptop w frog stickers on. I’m listening to florence and the machine. what do you want from me man. I’m just gonna say stuff.

I think it might make sense if the schools aren’t necessarily split into Boy/Girl, they’re split into Evelyn Sader’s regime/not Evelyn Sader’s regime. Sader calls them Boy/Girl bc she kicked all the boys out but like, a few girls escaped and managed to get across the bay, most notably Hester and Anadil. 

Tedros went and stole the Storian to keep it out of Evelyn Sader’s hands when she arrived to take over, bc he knows a little about her, mostly that She’s Bad shjsjs. (Given the Sader family are quite famous I feel the Endless Woods native students would be aware of her, especially bc of the scandal when she was fired the first time) So Tedros takes on the School Master role bc at the end of the day, the SM protects the Storian which is what he’s tryna do. Only bc he does it in such a dramatic way, bc… he is dramatic… Sader has the perfect opportunity to spin it against him

Beatrix is spying for Tedros on the inside of Girl whilst fervently pretending to be loyal to Evelyn Sader, (cmon, she has sense and I feel like she could both appreciate the idea of the supposed feminism / empowerment and also accept that Sader has completely yeeted off the end and gone into the “crazy misandrist TERF” side of things)

maybe Dot is also in Girl, upset that Hester and Anadil basically ditched her when they fled to the other side of the bay (it was an accident but she doesn’t know that. they keep trying to sneak in to get her but it’s not working. so there’s the coven conflict provided without the weight thing)

Tedros still harbours resentment over being ditched by Sophie and Agatha, but it’s more like, insecurity over being abandoned by people he thought loved him (again) lmao which is exacerbated by Evelyn Sader’s Very Fun Hedge Garden Where Guinevere Is Drowning Him In The Font. 

He’s just like *through gritted teeth* “haha it’s fine guys don’t worry we have *eye twitches* bigger problems don’t worry about it”. I don’t think him completely losing it over being left behind and attacking Gavaldon trying to off Sophie is exactly gonna make anyone like him any more is it. So he can suppress it instead and pretend like he doesn’t care, which is equally unhealthy!! yay!! oh my god tedros go to therapy

“it’s a surprise tool that will hinder us later!”

Probably not what you were expecting, but here’s a 2 second scuffed animation. Enjoy! Aggie’s in whatever she wore on the book cover of qfg lol

Aaah absolutely! I made a post about exactly this actually lmao, here it is

(more below the cut this is a bit long)

Agatha being the hero. ⚔️  And a princess. 👸🏽

Sophie: Well aren’t you just rudeness and sarcasm and everything…

Sophie: Uh…

She is supposed to be evil and vain and looking down on everyone from the beginning. She looks down on Belle for feeding the homeless woman in the square because the woman was fat, she refuses to eat the food Honora makes for her despite her making Sophie’s favourite because she hates the woman. She makes friends with Agatha initially only as a good deed, treating Agatha as a means to her own ends and not as her own person. She feels no guilt over upsetting Radley who just wants to be her friend simply annoyance that she may not be taken to the school for good because of it. She does deeds she thinks are good such as placing a mirror in the church bathroom so people can go back to the pews looking good and she donates soap to an orphanage. Everything she does is based on the delusion that she is too beautiful and by extension good for her village. Her actions are clearly driven by her vanity and arrogance.

The movie makes Honora seem like an evil stepmother thus making Sophie’s dislike of her appear rational. The movie also changes how the girls first become friends so that it seems to be a genuine friendship on both parts. Because the girls only find out about the school that day, any “good” deeds Sophie does before this day become genuine to an audience. Visually as well, Sophie’s appearance is downplayed immensely: her dress appears to be hand made but not to the quality the original Sophie would want, the duller pinks of the dress make it seem dirty which makes Sophie appear less vain. Especially as her hair doesn’t appear to have had anything done to it nor does she appear to be wearing any makeup. This setup creates a character that is sympathetic to an audience with no vanity, no duplicity and no reason for staying in what is portrayed as a very unpleasant town.

Because of this setup, Sophie being sent to the school for evil makes no sense to an audience and even seems to merely be an admin error the staff are too scared to fix. This creates sympathy for her in an audience as this situation appears to not be her fault at all and looks horrible for her. Additionally Agatha blames Sophie’s action on Rafal and his “blood magic” (which was incredibly unnecessary) thus absolving her of any blame or responsibility for her actions.

Agatha & Tedros’ not-quite meet cute. 🌹🥀

Agatha & Tedros’ goodbye for now kiss. 💋 💗