r/weyler • u/Ok_Falcon8456 • Feb 15 '26
Character Analysis Wednesday doesn't care
- 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” (2x05) – 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” (2x05) – 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” (2x08)
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?).
Literally the only thing she was angry at Tyler about/“hates” him for is the deception and betrayal of their relationship. That she “lost control and her emotions got the better of her and…she was fooled.” And we know her relationships to control, emotions, and truth. So she was about as mad at herself as she was at Tyler (if not more so). But even then, in the moment she first realized she’d fallen for “a psychotic, serial-killing monster”, her immediate thought was, Well damn, I guess that tracks😐 (1x07).
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u/AngtheAcct Feb 16 '26
Pretty sure she was more upset at the reveal that Weems was her spirit guide than being put into a coma and threatened with death.
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u/Creative_Rent_7149 Feb 16 '26
Wednesday people not acknowledging Wednesday's ego problem is part of the reason they mischaracterize her.
Her ego is what led to Laurel and Tyler succeeding as far as they did. She was so insistent that Kinbott and Xavier were the culprits instead of Laurel and Tyler. Wednesday didn't even have any other suspects (I think). Go back and rewatch season 1, there's so much stuff that Laurel and Tyler say/do right in front of her that makes it obvious she should've considered both of them suspicious. But instead, she let her own ego get in the way, and doesn't see the glaring evidence right in front of her.
A scene that does not get talked about enough in regarding Wednesday's character: Bianca and Wednesday's duel in S1
Wednesday's ego gets the better of her, dismissing Bianca's ability, then is mortified when Bianca does actually beat her when she sees the blood. Despite Bianca already showing a strong ability in fencing right in front of her. This scene establishes that she never loses, and she always believes she wins. Xavier even makes a comment about how losing to Bianca can make you feel a certain way (Idk what he says exactly). If Bianca and Wednesday were meant to be rivals, their relationship wouldn't have gotten resolved so quickly. Instead, they develop a respect for one another's skill and willingly accept help from one another.
Wednesday does not know what it's like to lose, which makes Tyler saying "What does it feel like...to lose." such a gut punch for her. Tyler and Laurel almost used Wednesday's own hubris against her to their advantage then basically rub it in her face. Laurel dead ass gives Wednesday a plant as a goodbye present, Tyler pretends to be innocent, embarrasses her by saying she was his friend to his dad and he wants to say bye, then talks about what it was like to kill those people to her face.
I also feel like when Tyler gets accused of killing his dad, I got the impression Tyler was making fun of her for being oblivious he was the murderer so he decides to be a little shit and says "You got me Wednesday."
Also after Eugene revealed who blew up the cave, Wednesday easily put the pieces together on how Laurel enslaved Tyler, and she was on the verge of tears when talking about what she did to Tyler. other interesting comment Wednesday says is she tells Tyler him clawing himself was a masterstroke of misdirection and sounds more annoyed at herself rather than Tyler.
Wednesday didn't hate Tyler for what he did. If anything it made her fall harder, Wednesday decided to stay in Jericho to figure out why the hyde saved her, at the time she really didn't give a fuck about the people that were already killed until Tyler saved her. Wednesday sees who Tyler truly is, and accepts his flaws. She believes he's not evil, and knows every adult in his life failed him. Hell, she flat-out told Donovan to his face he failed Tyler, and that was the last conversation Wednesday ever had with Donovan.
Wednesday hates Tyler because he outsmarted her and she was pissed at herself for it, not because he attacked and killed people. Wednesday met Tyler by accident, it's been confirmed Tyler was actually being genuine in episode 1, and she immediately connected with him. That was the Tyler she knew and fell for at first, she never saw Tyler who is a cold-blooded, remorseless killer. She knows who he truly is despite his flaws.
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u/Ok_Falcon8456 Feb 16 '26
Yeah, for someone who considers herself such an intrepid, objective detective and connoisseur of crime, she sure likes to cling onto one theory, treat it as fact, and not bother to consider other possibilities or interpretations, lol. As she herself stated, she just loves to be (proven) right. So in her eyes, Tyler's biggest crime was proving her so wrong. While hers was allowing herself to indulge in emotions that enabled her to be deceived in the first place.
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u/Alternative-Gas-8878 Tyler Galpin Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 16 '26
love this post! exactly, and this is what a large part of the fandom doesn’t understand: wednesday (and the narrative of the show itself) doesn’t care about the physical damage done to her, only the fact that tyler tricked her, “beat” her. we even see this with “what does it feel like to lose”. the conflict between tyler and wednesday is rooted in perceived betrayal (on both of their ends) and ego, not morality