After finishing Part 4 of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina... I just can't stop thinking about Ambrose.
His relationship with Sabrina was always my favorite and after that horrible ending my heart is completely broken for him. I think the reason this season highlighted their bond so much was to make that ending hurt even more.
He was always supportive even when he knew her plans were wrong/dangerous, even when he told her not to do things and she didn't listen.
He dealt with her antics, helped her clean the mess she often made, without asking for anything in return.
Always, but especially this season, he was protective and soft and caring and my heart was soaring at their every interaction.
So to see him barely holding himself together at her funeral, arms wrapped around himself like it's the only thing keeping him from completely falling apart... It was unbearable.
It didn't even really hit me until now, after seeing Sabrina's memories of her birthdays that... That he was there, all the time, watching her grow. It's not that I forgot about it, that information was always in the back of my head, but seeing their dynamic - I never really thought about that until now. He, alongside Zelda and Hilda watched her grow up. He helped raise her. While Aunties acted as substitute for a mother for Sabrina, it's safe to say that sometimes Ambrose took on the mantle of a father. Sometimes an older brother. Sometimes a teacher. He embodied all of those roles Sabrina needed in her life.
I can't stop thinking how guilty he must feel. How much he blames himself for what happened.
He stopped Prudence from killing Blackwood only for Blackwood to become the main reason Sabrina had to die - he brought the Eldrich Terrors, he turned Sabrina into a shadow of herself and brainwashed her into sacrificing herself (I'm not saying Sabrina wouldn't do it otherwise, she is the type of person who would gladly lay her life down for her loved ones. What I'm saying is that without Blackwood's influence she would agree to search for another way first).
The ending made me furious. Wasn't this show first and foremost about family? Weren't the Spellmans supposed to be the main focus really? Yes, Sabrina was the star but there's more to her character than a boyfriend she ends up with. But in typical Riverdale fashion (thanks, Roberto) everything ended up about ships and that's infuriating.
Without mentioning the very fucked up way the "endgame" happened (as much as I love Nabrina) - this was NOT what I wanted to see.
If Sabrina really had to die - fine. I can live with that. Not my first main character death and not my last.
But show me how the life goes on. How her loved ones grieve and come out of that grief.
We got Zelda and Hilda grieving but it was brief and focused more on their shattered faith in Hekate than on their actual grief.
Except for those few heartbreaking shots during the funeral, we didn't see Ambrose's reaction AT ALL, really.
I wanted to see his face in that cave, right after. He stood beside Hilda, holding on to Sabrina's knee but that wasn't enough.
I wanted to see how he and the aunties are doing after all of this. And I'm not talking hours or days after, but months, maybe years.
I know all of that depened on when they found out about cancellation. You can't deny this wasn't written as if Sabrina wasn't supposed to come back next season.
But still, even with a little time and space for changes, they could have done so much better.
This whole family deserved better.
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