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I really really loved this fic - it’s a perfect reconciliation fic for Wyler, set a couple of years post season 1. It’s fluffy and hot and soothes my aching soul. It’s probably my favorite from this author - though all of them are amazing, and you should check out her account. Read it! The Wyler vibes are immaculate.
Someone smarter than me please explain what the writers actually wanted to convey in the ending scene of WEDNESDAY.
Cause my dumb bird-brain immediately jumped to:
"Tyler recognized her scent despite the chemicals he's on, and tried to break out to follow behind "
Morticia: WillowHill just released a formal statement about one of their patients having escaped.
Wednesday: You suspect I had something to do with it?
Morticia: I'm not a fool, darling. I noticed the carcass left in our yard. A mating gift, perhaps?
Wednesday: I've gathered many beasts in my menagerie, mother. Leaving their kill around is not unusual behavior.
Morticia:
Morticia: Oh, and since when do they make you quads?
Jenna, on Netflix TUDUM 2023: [referring to the Hyde master bond] I always thought it'd be interesting for Wednesday to have a pet monster.
Hunter: [also referring to the master bond theory] I'd be down for that.
Me:
My favorite thing right now is any fic that has Tyler set foot in the Addams home.
Not only is he being showered with support, but he gets to be unapologetically down bad for Wednesday. You know dang well Gomez and Morticia would never judge someone taking control of their sexuality.
Also, the absolute Gold-tier clownery of having Wednesday "I'm nothing like my parents" Addams be equally thirsty in front of her family is fucking hilarious to me!
Wednesday, after pulling Tyler into the library:
Pugsley, just trying to read in peace:
we made quite a mess, babe.
To this day, this is the best headcanon I've come up with:
Y'all cannot tell me this little troublemaker ain't got an AO3 account
Wednesday Incorrect Quotes - Tyler x Wednesday edition
So... There's really just interest that the Wyler relationship is on hiatus, instead of the writers having just taken the romantic aspect out of nowhere. Because removing the romance between these two makes no sense. Especially when Jenna said that Tyler was off the mark in terms of romance, the writers corrected it by saying that, yes, Tyler's feelings for Wednesday would continue to be explored. But if they took off their jackets and just took off the romance to please Jenna, they're cowards. I'm sick of these writers who create romances and then try the next season to pretend it never existed. Either Jenna is lying so we don't get spoilers. Or else she's delirious. Everything is possible. Actors have lied before to avoid spoilers, and sometimes other actors, like those on HOTD, make statements about their characters that have nothing to do with what's happening on the show. Like Emma D'arcy saying Daemyra is a grooming relationship... So let's wait and see before we freak out.
Also, what's Jenna's problem with ROMANCE ?! In case she doesn't know, she and others who criticize this aspect of fiction, well it's actually the best and best selling type of story ! People like it ! I'm seriously sick of the fact that today romance is considered almost dirty. That's the limit. A story with romance in it, even if it's not the central subject ?! "Yuck ! How horrifying ! Besides, it's so unmature and unoriginal !" Like... Are you going to get people treated. Already because originality, regardless of the type of story, no longer exists. It is not for nothing that we find similar codes in yet very different stories. Then, if you hate to see romance in fiction so much, to the point that it's not mature for you to represent it, I would like to know how you consider it in reality ? You didn't want to fall in love ?! Love is somewhat the basis of human relationships, whatever the form. And I don't understand why today, representing romantic love in fiction is so critical, even almost shameful, as if it were worth less than other types of relationships on this planet ?! I find that seriously infuriating.
Also, I've never seen anyone complain that romance wasn't something appropriate for Wednesday in the movie "Addams Family Values" or even the musical ! And in both versions, the "romance" is between Wednesday and a normal guy. Here, Wednesday's love interest is literally a monstrous creature ! It's much more interesting than these two previous models that NO ONE has ever criticized ! (At least I never have them be...)
Or is it that they don't care about the character of Wednesday to say that romance is not something made for her... She's a fucking teenager ! Shit ! And before you tell me that romance has nothing to do with the general universe of the addams family... GOMEZ AND MORTICIA ?!
It's a universe that has literally given us one of the most beautiful romances of all time ! Why wouldn't their own daughter have the right to give us another fucking iconic romance ?!
So apparently romance isn't something cut out for Wednesday's character. My question is : Why ? Most of Wednesday's performances are when she's a little girl, so okay from then on. But when she is depicted as being in her early teens or as a teenage girl, romance has already been touched on for this character, in two different mediums, a film and a comedy musical.
And nobody had questioned it saying that it was not something appropriate for the character ! The only things that change with the series is that the romantic interests were human and that Wednesday was not the main character, but one of the main ones, since the subject generally remained the Addams family. But in the show, although Wednesday becomes the main character, romance isn't the main topic either, just one of many topics about her, so why is it so bothersome here ? Romance is a part of life, at least for some people. Especially teenagers. And this idea that Wednesday, in particular, is not a character made for a romance, is in fact totally unfounded and biased by this momentum that today society has absolutely associated strong women with celibacy in fiction. Shit. Women can be strong and in love ! One does not prevent the other ! And to think otherwise is very frightening ! It's actually just as scary as the time when women were only associated with romance ! To do the opposite extreme is just as horrible. Especially since I never see this kind of debate when a guy is the hero and he falls in love, even though that's not the main subject of his story. Strangely, no one will criticize…
Also, another detail, the series is somewhat associated with Tim Burton, the majority of whose works contain romances and or couples...
hi, may i know what makes you think that netflix has pretty much fired phw? because reading that makes me get my hopes up lol
Ok so, I'm literally just going off what I've been told by others, so if I'm spreading misinformation feel free to correct me.
It started out as Netflix promising to make a statement about him, but they backtracked at the last minute.
Apparently, someone got mad that Netflix didn't release a formal statement, and began contacting media outlets while claiming Percy was trying to keep Netflix for firing him. (This person says they worked in the series, and outlets have said they provide proper proof. Do take it with a grain of salt tho)
They still refuse to touch the incident with a 20ft pole, but they have confirmed they're aware of the petition made by fans to ban him.
I went to my Discord, to ask the person who posted the information originally, cause I wanted to make sure I was answering your question correctly. But they pretty told me that the outlets he was getting information from have been taking down the posts.
So basically, things were set in motion to kick him out, but some recent development may have put a stop to that. There was his statement, paired with hundreds of his fans polluting the media with conflicting information, people who worked on the project backtracking their statements so that they wouldn't be fired, it all led to a sudden stop.
He's trying to gain some sympathy, going to fan meet&greets and such.
This was from a while ago, so there's obviously been more development.
Don't be like me, who's too easily overwhelmed with the media to always keep up with the last minute change.
If anyone has a more thorough understanding of the situation, or just the patience to continue following the news feel free to take over this post and school me.