#wenclair analysis

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Wednesday loves her personal space. Enid also loves Wednesday's personal space. So Wednesday takes pills for her color allergy, so that Enid will continue to be able to enjoy Wednesday's personal space.

[districtsleepsalonetonight]

"Sure, besides maybe having someone to share it with." She says this in the long-vowels teasing tone she usually applies to Ajax. At first I think she means herself, and I think she's right. It does feel better now that she's here, and she's the only person I've ever been able to truly say that about. I'm about to muster the courage to put the sentiment into words when she continues. "Thing may have blabbed about your date with Tyler. How did it go?" This is such a hard one-eighty that it takes me a moment to calibrate. It's certainly no longer time for a compliment. I haven't thought about Tyler all night, even when I was coordinating Xavier's arrest with his father. But Enid seems to want to discuss the date. "It was....interrupted," I say. It's the only word that feels honest. Enid's smirk widens. "Maybe it's time to finish it? I heard Tyler is working the late shift..." It would never have occurred to me to do any such thing, but then I think maybe this is what Enid wants from me. Someone to discuss boys with. Dates. All the trappings of adolescent girl friendships I've always avoided like the plague. Maybe this is what she shared with Yoko. The thing that made the other girl the more attractive option when all I could do was fixate on attack patterns and organs in jars. There's more to parse out, of course. Part of me wants to confess that I'd rather stay here...."I'll tell you all about it when I get back," I promise her, and I head out for the Weathervane.

-from the novelisation of Wednesday.

So...

Wednesday notices that Enid is addressing her, while talking about having someone to share things with, in the same tone she uses to address Ajax-which is explicitly described earlier as flirtatious.

From earlier:

"Ajax," Enid says in that flirtatious way people sometimes do. Drawing out the last vowel.

And Wednesday, thinking Enid is talking about herself and Wednesday....agrees, and is about to reciprocate.

And then Enid reveals she was talking about Tyler and Wednesday's date-meaning she was definitely talking about having someone to share things with in a romantic context-and Wednesday reveals she hasn't even thought about Tyler all night.

And even with the knowledge that Enid was definitely talking romantically-Wednesday is disappointed to realise Enid wasn't talking about herself and Wednesday and had been about to reciprocate the sentiment to Enid.

And then Wednesday admits she doesn't even want to go and find Tyler-but she does so because she thinks that this way, she and Enid will have something to talk about, and that their bond will be less likely to end. (It's also made clear she doesn't want Enid to prefer Yoko to her.)

So Wednesday reluctantly goes out to continue the date with Tyler-with the clear implication that if Enid had been talking about herself and Wednesday, she wouldn't have done. She's only going because, in her mind, Enid just made it clear that she sees Wednesday and Tyler as a couple-and because she wants to have something to talk about with Enid in their friendship that Enid actually enjoys talking about, with her thinking that "maybe this is what Enid wants from me". Which kind of has a note of "Maybe this is only what Enid wants from me."

I was going to say it reads like that trope of the main character going on a rebound date when they've been about to confess feelings for their love interest only for a miscommunication to lead them to think the love interest doesn't reciprocate and then realised that's basically exactly what it is.

In the novelization, at least, Wednesday canonically believes Enid is talking in a flirtatious, romantic context to her and is about to reciprocate.

[izukurtus]

umm, so has no one noticed the undertone in thornhill's words, and that entire conversation?

specifically the line, "and those friendships, often turn into lifelong bonds."

ok, key words here are turn into and lifelong bonds. we know that they're best friends, hence the friendship part. then, the lifelong bond part? the same words that could be used to describe morticia and gomez’s relationship, how they share a lifelong bond like no other. they’re literally connected for life.

then, the turn into part? friendships are not everlasting things, at least from wednesday’s pov. neither is typical teenage love… unless it’s addams’ love, of course. thornhill was there and knew the type of love morticia and gomez had, both in the past when her brother got killed, and presently.

but, i feel like she was also making a play on the multiple tropes and dynamics of wenclair, specifically “they were roommates” (because that’s literally what she’s referencing in that moment). and why would they include the turn into part?

after all, lifelong relationships are usually associated with a romantic context (because that’s the ideal and the “dream” most have). why would she use such words to describe them, if she knows how cold and “heartless” wednesday is, even after meeting enid?

food for thought, guys, food for thought. another thing im really interested in is enid x ajax, and why it wont work out long-term, and how it is so, SO heavily comphet.

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JEALOUS ENID SAVE ME AGAIN PT. 2

Lmfaoooo wtf?? This literally looks like a meme, Enid looks READY to throw hands at Agnes

AND LOOK AT WEDNESDAY

"She's jealous again... even though she doesn't need to be." THE HEAD TILTED LIKE "really?"

Enid is so damn possessive istg I know you want each other but calm down

AND WEDNESDAY IS NO BETTER

LITERALLY TRYING TO IMPRISON HER IN THEIR DORM BY SABOTAGING HER DRIVING LESSONS SO SHE CAN'T LEAVE THE SCHOOL PREMISES AND NOTHING CAN HAPPEN TO HER

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WEDNESDAY SMILED AT BEING ABLE TO WATCH ENID AGAIN!!!!!

This Wednesday and this Enid haven't physically seen each other and had each other in their view field for 24 hours.

Look how happy Wednesday is to see Enid!! She's in her own world as she watches Enid squirm happily in her clothes and talk about whatever she's talking about (Wednesday's mind is elsewhere right now). She's happy to see her happy, and she's happy that she's able to watch Enid from her own eyes and body again and for the foreseeable future.

And you KNOW Wednesday does not smile easily. She's smiling because she did not manage to keep her smile in, it slipped. Oh my god.

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ENID SINCLAIR CANONICALLY WHIMPERS WHEN SHE'S SCARED!!! I REPEAT ENID SINCLAIR CANONICALLY WHIMPERS WHEN SHE'S SCARED!!!!!

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I'm sorry season 2 of Wednesday is basically just Wednesday and Enid courting each other while miscommunicating for 8 episodes straight. WHAT THE FU

Enid's whole 'I'm strong too, I took down Tyler, I saved you' thing, I'm like gee, it's like she's trying to attract Wednesday as her mate...

And Wednesday going 'no upsetting Enid. No telling Enid. No Enid ever stepping out of the house. Only protecting Enid and doing it all myself.' DAMN, ARE YOU A TRAUMATISED ALPHA?? THIS IS PEAK MATING MALE BIRD PUFFING UP THEIR CHEST BEHAVIOR

This her

I know what you are 🫵🏻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

They're basically just going "I'll protect you!" "No I'LL protect you!" "No I'LL protect you" over and over and over again. They are so cute. And so gay.

And there's also a big theme of 'I wanna be with you, let's be together, please show me you love me' on Enid's part... my poor heart.

Will expand in future posts

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“Wednesday and Enid are straight”

Ah yes, good old risking their lives for each other multiple times. How very straight of them.

Ah yes, good old being jealous of your friend's friend.

Ah yes, good old, without skipping a beat, promising to go be with your friend if they wolf out permanently.

Ah yes, good old breaking up with the person you're jealous of while in your friend's body.

Ah yes, good old "I can't imagine my life without her in it".

Ah yes, good old sabotaging your friend's plans so she literally doesn't even leave the house so you can keep her safe.

Ah yes, good old "you are my pack".

Ah yes, good old "I will save Enid, or die trying."

Ah yes, good old, without even thinking about it, going to save your friend's life even though you'll likely become a permanent werewolf and be hunted by other werewolves until they kill you.

Ah yes, good old wanting to be together 24/7.

Ah yes, good old waking up gasping in a cold sweat yelling your friend's name after a nightmare about her.

Ah yes, good old talking about your friend while with your boyfriend so much that he begs you to just go talk to your friend.

Ah yes, good old gay.

That's what it is.

It's gay.

It's two girls loving each other. That's it.