After the introduction of one major entity, the MCU needs to elaborate on the specifics of Cate Blanchett’s stature in the MCU.

Like most early releases in Kevin Feige’s MCU, the Thor movies were riddled with forgettable antagonists, which finally changed with the threequel. Not only was Ragnarok miles above its predecessors in terms of writing, but the Taika Waititi-led feature delivered fans one of the best MCU antagonists to date, Cate Blanchett’s Hela, the goddess of death.

Cate Blanchett as Hela in Thor: Ragnarok | Credit: Marvel Studios

However, with the introduction of Aubrey Plaza’s Lady Death, the prospect of two potential deities of death co-existing in the MCU has been a little confusing for the general audience, which they need to address.

Cate Blanchett’s Hela and Aubrey Plaza’s Death aren’t cut from the same cloth

Agatha All Along | Credit: Disney Plus

While on paper, it’s not hard to see why the introduction of another death-centric figure has some viewers perplexed, the explanation is fairly simple. Opposed to Cate Blanchett‘s Hela, who is the Asgardian goddess of death, Aubrey Plaza‘s Lady Death on the other hand is the literal embodiment of death. Unlike Hela, who has a pact with Rio, which allows her to claim the souls of Asgardians, Plaza’s MCU counterpart is the concept of death itself: A fundamental cosmic force that isn’t confined by multiversal boundaries.

Hopefully, the MCU will touch on the difference between the Asgardian goddess of death and Death herself in future releases, and given the strong reception to Plaza’s MCU debut, Death’s return seems almost inevitable.

Agatha All Along showrunner on Lady Death’s potential connection to Thanos

Although time will tell if the MCU under Kevin Feige would elaborate on the aforementioned issue for the general audience, Agatha All Along showrunner did tackle one popular speculation regarding Rio. Considering that Thanos in the comics wiped out half of the universe to win over death, since Rio’s introduction, fans have been wondering if she had any prior connection with MCU’s Mad Titan.

Unfortunately, Jac Schaeffer has no answers about a potential connection between the two, which is reasonable as the show had nothing to do with Thanos (via Inverse).

Thanos is not in my show, so I can’t speak to any Thanos connections. Thanos stans out there, I have no answers for you

Given how integral the concept of death is, it’ll be interesting to see how potential future stories will elaborate on Plaza’s character, which seems a strong possibility as death is everywhere in the MCU.

You can watch Agatha All Along on Disney+.