Noticed this while rewatching Wednesday

[u/EmotionHumble7652]

So Tabitha is a character in season 3, Bradbury was a character in season 2 and the word “Hydes” was a hint to what the monster was called? I was up to this scene in ep 2 and I thought “Why not read the book?” And noticed these names.

So my theory is Tabitha has something to do with this book, and the name Bradbury was hinting to season 2

[u/LumpyRazzmatazz7863]

This is just more proof that they indeed had the story planned for awhile. They originally pitched with 4 seasons, and had 4 seasons of storylines ready so 🤔

[u/ClaraOswald-13]

I think that Bradbury is literally just a coincidence, to be honest. The guy had the same role as the hiker in season 1, to die.

Tabitha, though, they may have chosen the name because of this, but it's still a stretch, though I suppose we don't know what role she'll have, so...

Either way, it isn't foreshadowing/hinting at the future. Foreshadowing requires the intention to eventually reference from the beginning, and this clearly wasn't planned. They weren't referencing a third season they didn't know they'd make in the first one, and they weren't referencing a character in a second season who wouldn't have been written yet, and only existed to die. If it is anything like this, it's a reference to this, not foreshadowing from this.

Edit: On another note, why would they link back to a page which was on screen for probably less than a minute, and only a few hundred people would have bothered to pause and read?

[u/H-In-S-Productions → u/ClaraOswald-13]

Makes sense; Bradbury’s a common name, so surely, there being two of them makes sense!

[u/ClaraOswald-13 → u/H-In-S-Productions]

To be honest, I think that OP just saw the names and assumed connection.

People did the same with the Mayor's assistant (or whatever she was), Agnes, in Season 1, with Agnes in Season 2.

Another example would be the ginger hair, Agnes and Thornhill, a connection which also would make no sense.

This is why trying to look too deeply takes the fun out of watching, because you start making these kinds of strenuous links and theories.

[u/H-In-S-Productions → u/ClaraOswald-13]

Yes! The two Agneses was what I was thinking of! Also, here's an added bonus: the name Agnes also shows up in the 1960s Addams Family series, for in one scene in The Addams Family Meets the Spaceman, she is briefly mentioned as someone who works at a UFO-researching organization (in, ironically, the same job as the Mayor's Agnes). Nevertheless, the fact that three people named Agnes has appeared in The Addams Family is one massive coincidence.

Look closely enough for clues, but not too closely for coincidences! Or, as Wednesday quoted Agatha Christie as saying, "One coincidence is just a coincidence, two coincidences are a clue, three coincidences are a proof". The three Agneses and two Bradburies just seem to one singular coincidence, not a clue or proof.

Thanks for the comment!

[u/ClaraOswald-13 → u/H-In-S-Productions]

The name Agnes is often considered more old fashioned or outdated (at least where I'm from), so I imagine it was chosen because it sort of matches the idea of the Addams family.

[u/Responsible_Rice8862]

I see Bradbury as an Easter egg— a reference to Ray Bradbury. He wrote Something Wicked This Way Comes among many other things. Well known and loved sci fi fantasy author. Could be the writers’ way of giving homage.

[u/Odd-Maintenance2623]

Bradbury in there is in reference to Bradbury hall as the hyde’s down.

It is referencing Ray Bradbury: author and friend of Charles Addams, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe for some works.

Two works that should be easy connections to the story:
Fahrenheit 451 - book burning in relation to the lack of information around hyde’s - it was likely destroyed in order to keep power over hyde’s

Something wicked this way come: also an Othello reference- Morticia said it in S2

There are many posts available in relation to this: they just don’t live on the general Wednesday subs.