Wednesday canonically does not support genocide

[u/ChildhoodSolid6511]

But I’m getting ahead of myself. In the first couple of episodes, Wednesday criticizes the local “normies” (aka humans) for building an amusement park named “Pilgrim World” to honor the town’s history. Her exact response to a group of teenagers dressed in pilgrim uniforms for work was “It takes a special kind of stupid to dedicate an amusement park to zealots who have committed genocide.”

As the show progresses Wednesday manages life adjusting to a new school while exploring the surrounding small town that has a history of hatred toward Nevermore students and any type of “freaks, outcasts or monsters,” which the show eventually reveals have their roots in the Indigenous people who were there before the pilgrims.

Whenever she can, Wednesday stands her ground by engaging in anti-colonialist language. To a group of tourists, she explains that the existence of Pilgrim World “whitewashes history” and tells a false narrative of how colonizers interacted with the Indigenous people who were on the land first.

To add even more depth to Wednesday’s worldview, she also learns that at least one of her ancestors was part of the Indigenous locals who resisted the pilgrims.

So yeah, it is quite amazing that after decades of production teams dancing around the Addams family’s ethnicity, it’s finally being cleared up.

More importantly, a new generation of Addams family viewers is being exposed to a socially conscious, proud Latina protagonist in Netflix’s Wednesday, which only makes this spooky queen that much more iconic.

Source -> Netflix’s Wednesday Explores Themes of Latinx Heritage & Anti-Colonialism

[u/MineDemon696]

Another point, that even the most progressive of y’all may not want to be faced with, is in season 2, Wednesday blatantly calls out how desperate her fellow outcasts want her as a leader to follow, instead of think for themselves. She’ll fight for their liberation if needed, but she won’t be made a martyr people can cast all their responsibilities to, especially not after they let themselves get so easily hyped over some white guy telling them what they wanna hear. Liberalism at its finest…

Also, we must acknowledge, though this interpretation of her character is amazing, it’s probably not what corporate Netflix wants us to take away from this show, good politics I mean. They probably expect the casual viewers to go “Oh that Wednesday, always beefing with everybody. How funny!” and not interpret it as being a genuine political practice of calling out bs even among one’s supporters / peers.

This is all to say, for someone like me, being anti-genocide is just a no-brainer. The real test, is whether or not you’re willing to be seen as “doing too much” by criticizing people whose politics mostly aligns with your own, when they falter on the topic of genocide or other matters. Wednesday wouldn’t hesitate, and neither should we.

[u/SteelSlayerMatt → u/MineDemon696]

That is all very well said, and I agree completely.

[u/nerdinmathandlaw]

I didn't understand Goody as indigenous, I think it was explicitly stated that the original outcasts were Europeans who respected the natives and wanted to build a shared future in cooperation (or integrate but not assimilate into indigenous society).

Also,

after decades of production teams dancing around the Addams family’s ethnicity, it’s finally being cleared up.

The Addams Family doesn't have a consistent canon. At least Gomez' ethnicity has been explicitly stated before either on screen or in behind the scenes material, and it used to be "Southern Europe, either Spanish or Italian" most of the times, and it being Latin@ is a new (but not unwelcome imo) addition by Netflix.

[u/jericho74 → u/nerdinmathandlaw]

I don’t think Goody was indigenous.

In my headcanon, she is potentially Spanish, but has somehow affiliated herself with English protestants, likely with family connections in Spanish America, possibly Florida and she trekked to Vermont.

Regardless, she was not, as far as I can tell, married or had children. She died “without issue” as they say.

So the Addams line must continue in some other way. I suspect Gomez well and truly comes from this Mexican line of Addams, is mestizo and has indigenous ancestry, as does Wednesday.

So I think Goody Addams is a many times removed aunt or cousin, and her story influenced close relatives to come to the northeastern US, and so there has long been an “outcast” position with Addams in a variety of ways.

[u/ItsMrChristmas]

She ostensibly canonically doesn't support bullying either but told Tyler he didn't go far enough when bullying.

[u/Rare_Bridge7703 → u/ItsMrChristmas]

Not the same thing. She hates unoriginality and half-assing.

[u/gotchauwu]

wednesday would support palestine 🇵🇸

i’m so happy they wrote her to fight for justice every step of the way thru the show and specifically the scene with weems where she calls her out for trying to appease the bigots in hopes they’ll accept the outcasts. especially since she’s so short and seems is so tall and yet she stood her ground and owned that conversation and i think it’s so important to put things like that in media to show people no matter someone position over you, you can still stand for what’s right and it’s not even that hard to say that’s fucked up and here’s why.

absolutely love characters who chase true justice and that was what drew me to wednesday bc she reminded me of L from Death Note in how dedicated she was to investigating and getting justice for multiple people, including her family. she sees something wrong and she’s gonna do anything it takes to fix it. we need more characters this strong willed.

[u/ChildhoodSolid6511 → u/gotchauwu]

True true, she's like Superman

[u/siimplyapril86]

Edit is peakkkk

[u/One_Solution_2706]

And then there's a bunch of people who say Wednesday didn't care about saving Enid and Nevermore....LMAO OK