Morticia Addams Wednesday has always had a strained relationship with her mother. For most of the series, it can be seen that Wednesday has a one-sided rivalry with Morticia, often defying and rebelling against her.
Tyler Galpin is the monster aka the hyde in the series Wednesday. Disclaimer: The information below consists of major spoilers for the Netflix series Wednesday. In episode seven "If You Don't Woe Me by Now", it was revealed that the hyde is none other than Wednesday Addams' love interest, Tyler Galpin.
Wednesday Was Never Romantically Interested In Xavier
In fact, for most of her encounters with him, Wednesday believed Xavier was the Hyde. Wednesday was never romantically interested in Xavier, and even chances of a friendship between the two characters became remote once she began to suspect he was the monster.
Wednesday may be afraid of being alone but doesn't want you to know. Goody Addam's prediction that the Raven's path is a lonesome one seems to come true for Wednesday, as she pushes people away from her.
Wednesday meets her other love interest Tyler Galpin at a coffee shop when she escapes her therapy appointment in Nevermore's neighboring town, Jericho. They quickly bond as he offers to help her skip town and shows her the "horror movie" Legally Blonde.
Wednesday also has a growing relationship with Xavier (Percy Hynes White), the other love interest in her so-called love triangle, and a frenemy-ship with Nevermore Queen Bee Bianca (Joy Sunday). But, it's her roommate and eventual best friend Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers) that makes the biggest impact on Wednesday.
At the end of the seventh episode of the series, Tyler and Wednesday finally have their first kiss. Everything seems perfect and Wednesday even smiles.
This representation (or lack thereof) parallels the disturbing lack of research on and acceptance of autistic people assigned female at birth in real life. While Wednesday is not explicitly autistic, she is certainly neurodivergent-coded and many autistics, including me, relate to her. She is sharp and talented.
The idea came about after they tried one take where Jenna didn't blink, and it left Tim Burton inspired. Netflix's official account on Twitter revealed: “After trying one take where she didn't blink, Tim Burton was so enamoured with the result he told Jenna Ortega not to blink anymore when playing Wednesday.
Wednesday is the only daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams and the sister of Pugsley Addams.
One of Wednesday's psychic visions reveals that Tyler is the monster, and he later confesses that his feelings for Wednesday were never real as he was compelled by his master — Marilyn Thornhill a.k.a. Laurel Gates (Christina Ricci) — to get close to her.
Who is Xavier Thorpe? Thorpe is a student of Nevermore Academy who starts to develop feelings for Wednesday, he possess psychic abilities that show up in the art he paints.
According to Hunter Doohan (Tyler's actor), Tyler was deceiving Wednesday the entire time and even if he felt any attraction or respect for her, there was no true romantic feelings. Tyler actually hated Wednesday and the rest of the Addams Family, and all of Nevermore because of what happened to his mother.
Christina Ricci is back and in her villain era, folks. By Wednesday's finale, we learn that the duo behind the monster terrorizing Nevermore were in fact Ms. Thornhill (Ricci) and Tyler (Hunter Doohan).
Yoko being behind the messages is made all the more possible as she was in the cafe where the picture of Tyler and Wednesday was taken, and it is highly likely that she was within the school premises where Xavier and Wednesday were talking.
What Tyler did to Wednesday and her friends at Nevermore is horrifically unforgivable. Not only did he gaslight Wednesday into a relationship she didn't want, but he also betrayed the trust of all of Wednesday's friends.
Wednesday's powers come in the form of psychic visions of the past and future. While she isn't able to conjure these visions on demand, she does experience them when touching an object that triggers her supernatural powers. Wednesday inherited these powers from her mother, Morticia Addams.
The Owl House could have taken the easy route and abandoned its neurodivergent coding as the fantasy world was introduced, transforming Luz from a character who clearly exhibits symptoms of ADHD and morphing her into an untouchable heroine.
While Wednesday's introverted nature can be one reason for her social resentment, her past experiences point toward unresolved post-traumatic stress disorder. While Wednesday comes from a loving family, in several episodes, it is shown that she had been bullied from an early age by her classmates.
Wednesday is rated TV-14 for violence, fear, and profanity, which means it may not be suitable for children under 14 years old. Keep in mind that age ratings are simply suggestions — your child might be able to handle the show before age 14, or you may have a child older than 14 who finds it too scary.
Wednesday and Uncle Fester are outcasts within their own family of outcasts, so her smile when seeing him in Wednesday season 1 demonstrates her comfort with him and relief at having his help in the investigation.
Finding Thing stabbed in her room, tears well up in the eyes of an emotionally distraught Wednesday as she brings the sentient hand to Uncle Fester, who attempts to revive him using his powers of electricity. After almost giving up, Fester miraculously zaps Thing back to life, nearly causing Wednesday to cry and smile.
Throughout the show, we learn that the monster is actually Tyler, Wednesday's first-ever crush, who possesses the ability to turn into a ravenous beast on demand.