Quote Originally Posted by Scowling Dragon View Post
I continue to point to Agathas death ray that could blast through mountains miles away.
Actually, while Agatha's death ray was just there one moment (not already established but needing to be more powerful, so saying the zappy stick could be the same is ridiculous), it never would have been created without the disease arc, you know that big story that everyone complains was pointless but actually created the opportunity within the story for quite a few important things to happen to advance the "main story."

What's that, you'd like examples? Happy to. The disease story arc gave Agatha relevant story reasons to create a death ray, traverse the castle to find Gil, have a confrontation with Zola and then bring her along, have a confrontation with the doctor and with Von Pinn, create the giant tunnel that revealed Lucrezia's secret lab, discover the problem of the castle's power supply, recruit a new smoke knight minion, cause potential trouble for Tarvek's succession to the Storm King throne, find the great movement chamber, meet up with the castle/muse, etc. etc.