The creator of Agatha All Around breaks the silence about the relationship between Death and Thanos

Agatha All Around’s Rio Vidal isn’t just any witch: she’s Death itself, and the show’s creator has finally addressed her connection to Thanos (but prepare to be disappointed).

Episode 7 of Agatha All along confirmed what we always knew. When Lilia Calderu came to the end of her journey, she heard a familiar voice. “All roads lead to me… don’t you recognize me, Lilia?” she asked, and the Original Green Witch stepped forward in her true form as Lady Death.

It was a huge reveal that drastically changed the power hierarchy in the MCU; After all, who can defeat the embodiment of death, a cosmic force as inevitable as life?

However, Marvel fans still had one question: Does this version of Death have any relationship to Thanos, as outlined in the comics?

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Speaking to Inverse, showrunner Jac Schaeffer teased: “There will be a little bit more illumination about our version of Death, but what I’m saying is that on this show we generally leave some of it up to interpretation.

“But you get a little more insight into how she operates in the last two episodes.”

As for Thanos, this isn’t the answer you’re hoping for, I’m afraid. “Thanos is not on my show, so I can’t talk to Thanos connections. Thanos is out there, I have no answers for you,” she added.

In the MCU, Thanos used the Infinity Gauntlet to take away half of all living things for a noble cause: he wanted to correct overpopulation and prevent famine. In the comics it’s a little different: he wanted Death’s approval, so he destroyed half the universe.

The Avengers post-credits scene teased this storyline, with one of Thanos’s aides warning, “To challenge them is to court death.”

However, this was nothing more than a nod to his relationship with Death, and Aubrey Plaza’s Rio is her first canonical appearance in the MCU (there’s a statue of Death in Thor: Love and Thunder, but that doesn’t count).

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