#wednesday commentary

The one person Hyde!Tyler was made to attack but didn't kill—Eugene—was the only one of the victims whose death would've upset Wednesday (whether character- or narrative-wise, not a coincidence)

Wednesday after Tyler threatened her and Enid with death: “He may be a deranged psychopath, but his timing is poetic. If I could choose my last day, El Dia de los Muertos would top my wish list.” – She was concerned for Enid, not herself

Wednesday after coming out of the coma Hyde!Tyler threw her into and Enid brought up her injuries: “Pain reminds me that I'm still alive.” – And she never mentioned it again

Wednesday after being dug out of the grave Isaac buried her alive in as Tyler watched: “I enjoyed that.” 

Wednesday “lack of empathy” Addams doesn't gaf about anyone Hyde!Tyler killed, even if she knew them (especially Rowan, who she pointed out multiple times “the monster” saved her from). Death threats don't scare her, and she appreciates the poetry in potentially dying on her favorite holiday. Plus, she ultimately knew that the threats to Enid were only to get her attention (and it worked). Being chucked out a 2-story window was revitalizing, then she walked off the subsequent coma as if nothing happened, and being buried alive is like a spa treatment/wellness activity for an Addams (and remember that time she was just kickin it in a morgue corpse drawer?).

It would've been easy, and in character, to have Wednesday say something mean and snarky in reply to Tyler asking why she released him instead of killing him—maybe something along the lines of not giving him the satisfaction of/him not deserving an “easy” death, especially since he’d told her to do it. But the absence of any reply of the sort, plus the subtle, subtextual, mutual understanding—between the characters, and between the narrative and the audience—behind the obvious insincerity of downplaying her established expert marksmanship and aim…

Werewolves and Hydes are the only Outcast types that completely transform into an animal(istic being)...

…and there’s typically some amount of drama around when and how they first transform (especially for late-blooming Weres/Alphas)

The two most important peer characters to Wednesday are a Werewolf (Enid) and a Hyde (Tyler) 

Aside from other Hydes, Werewolves are the only beings that can (without weapons) even begin to physically take on a Hyde—as seen between Enid and Tyler (1x08), and referred to by Isadora Capri about her Hyde boyfriend Alfie’s attack (2x05) 

Tyler's cell in Willow Hill was “originally designed for a schizophrenic Werewolf” (2x02) 

Hydes and Alpha Werewolves are outcasts among Outcasts—ostracized for being deemed too dangerous and uncontrollable for “mainstream” Outcast society (Hydes) or their packs (Alphas)

Francoise’s genuine but also projected fear for Tyler being a Hyde and trying to relieve him of it so he’ll be “normal” (and preserve his life) invertedly mirrors Enid’s mother’s fear of her never transforming into her wolf and trying to send her to a camp to solve the issue so she’ll be “normal” (x) 

When Francoise fell to her death, in Hyde form, she was caught/held in the arms of Nevermore’s Werewolf statue, evoking Pietà imagery (which I found to be especially poignant after s2 seemed to give extra visual emphasis to that statue) 

The show’s main Werewolf/Alpha character (Enid) and its main Hyde character (Tyler) now have a mutual connection to Isadora Capri, due to her knowledge of Alphas and Hydes

Isadora is a Werewolf with a Hyde father…

meaning her mother is a Werewolf and she's the product of a Hyde/Werewolf relationship…

which she later mirrored in her relationship with Alfie

"Aww, lookit her reassessing her life's choices...she sore 'cuz she got wrecked alllll day by her man at the cabin. Now she has to go all the way to the crypt? Fuck her life LOL AWWW, DOES YOUR VOLVO HURT, BEHBEH? D.J. will kiss it, make it better."